Halo more popular than sonic and samus, No. Sonic is a good adventure series and samus also, how can a war game can defeat a adventure game such as sonic or samus? I don't think so, halo is a good game, but not at the level of sonic and samus
Speaking of Rayman 1, did you guys see the mini game at the end of R2? You can only get the mini game once you have atleast 90% of the Lums. It's a game of R1.
Gotta add Rayman M to my list. The game is fun. The controls are pretty easy. I thought the controls would be similar to those of Rayman 2 i.e. camera relevant but they're easier.
My favorite? That's Rayman 2 because the music, the enviroments, it all plays in so that you feel like you are going through all of it for a meaning.
It's more serious, not like Rayman 3 where Globox went around being clumsy and stupid, I do not say i dislike Rayman 3, but prefer Rayman 2