Rayman 4 (DS) - Before The Rabbids

[danyq94]

[Elite Piranha]

There is a topic for Rayman videos.

[danyq94]

There is a topic for Rayman videos.

I had seen it, but they don't seem to be the same type of video.
In that thread there seems to be more entertainment videos, this one instead is about the RRR DS prototype

[ItzalDrake]

Maybe it would be better the CPA engine leak topic, this discovery would not have been possible without this leak.

About the video, I have found it very interesting, I had no idea that Ubisoft was working on such a game!

[arnoldfranklin]

So, could that mean that Rayman Raving Rabbids DS started as another game, not even Rabbids? Was it like supposed to go with the original 4 or was it a totally random DS game? I'm glad Droolie could make this video and for the others who helped. Gotta say, though, that this is a little mysterious. Anyways, cool video

[Retrofuge]

Every time I see another Rayman 4 build. It only just makes me annoyed of that the franchise could have been if they never went through with Rabbids. Like seriously, I wish we were in that timeline.

[arnoldfranklin]

Yeah, maybe it's in another dimension.

[Dancaa]

Well that gives me some answers. I’ve always wanted to know more about the development of the DS RRR considering the radically different story in the data. I’m not sure I’d have preferred the original concept honestly but I’m always interested in details about it.

[PluMGMK]

Ah yes, I remember that prototype script surfacing, and my reaction to it. But with this context around it it makes a bit more sense

It actually sounds like a very interesting premise. It feels like a follow-up to Hoodlum's Revenge, in that both are handheld and feature an old antagonist coming back for revenge. The appearance of evil rabbits makes sense in the context of an alternative dimension where Uglys act like Hoodlums, but then you have to wonder if this had any relation at all to the concept of the Rabbids, who wanted revenge for being oppressed by the inhabitants of the Glade…

Also, I guess they came up with the idea of a sentient Dark Rayman wanting revenge about half a decade before Adsolution's fangame was announced. Huh…

[ChronicTraitor]

What an interesting video! I remember reading about this old plotline on TCRF awhile back. I always found it very fascinating, so it's really neat to see some unused assets lying around in the code moving around and stuff! I'm more curious about this twin world and whoever JJ is. I imagine it's really industrial and element-heavy, and JJ's probably just Jimmy again, though I'm just speculating here. Who knows what they could've going for? Also the name is just fine to me, it's Rayman for DS after all!

[Dancaa]

What I find notable about this is that it explains the fact that the back of the box for the final game mentions “four elemental guardians”. I always wondered why it said that when costumes don’t really fit the description of guardians.

[Greengoop]

I’ve always found this build quite weird, because it doesn’t seem to be related to Phoenix’s Rayman 4 Build at all, nor does it have any matching features with the Rayman Raving Rabbids build.