Finding Out The Original Rayman 2

[El Dango]

I think it would be bad, because i don't think the knaarens would be in.

[Droolie]

Rayman 3 isn't good only because there are Knaaren in it... -_____-

But anyway, more about Rayman 2.
This IGN article is a Q&A with Michel Ancel about Rayman 2. He tells the story of the new ( which is actually quite old for a game ) Rayman 2, but notice this quote:

Cruel pirates from outer space have invaded Rayman's world. Their mission is to capture the inhabitants and to sell them to an inter-galactic circus.

Did you know they were going to sell them to a circus? o_O

More on the BETA later...

[Cairnie]

Oh man I remember that article from my first internet adventures! When I had internet with the dreamcast I went on IGN and Gamespot a lot and it'd take me about 40 mins to go through the screenshot galleries.

[El Dango]

Rayman 3 isn't good only because there are Knaaren in it... -_____- <- Where did that come from???

But anyway, more about Rayman 2.
This IGN article is a Q&A with Michel Ancel about Rayman 2. He tells the story of the new ( which is actually quite old for a game ) Rayman 2, but notice this quote:

Cruel pirates from outer space have invaded Rayman's world. Their mission is to capture the inhabitants and to sell them to an inter-galactic circus.

Did you know they were going to sell them to a circus? o_O

More on the BETA later...

1. I never said that Rayman 3 was good only because of the knaarens.
2. Yes, i allready knew that. Kelvin thinks that it's still the original storyline, but that it was the way Rayman ended up in the "Rayman 2 world". He still doesn't know that it's the same world.

[Droolie]

1. You DID say it would be bad BECAUSE the Knaaren wouldn't be in. -______-
2. It IS the original storyline, but they never told us what the pirates' purpose was...
3. http://psx.ign.com/articles/065/065023p1.html ... XD
Michel Ancel was beginning to do early work on the true Rayman 4, which is also called R4 in that article, while Rayman M is being called Rayman 3. XD

EDIT -> Look here! http://ign64.ign.com/articles/060/060232p1.html

A mysterious guild has decided to create an intergalactic zoo with creatures from planet Rayman. A gang of unscrupulous pirates has been recruited to capture rare species, like Rayman and friends...Rayman manages to escape, but his pals are still prisoners.

By freeing them Rayman will acquire new resources which will be essential in his fight against the pirate robots. But in order to conquer the robots he must also go through the Temple doors, guided by Ly who knows the temples secrets. In the fourth Temple, he will be at the heart of the Great Power...

So... what is it? A zoo or a circus? I guess they couldn't decide and just didn't mention it in the game... ^^
And here, Polokus ( who is also called Polocchus in an old interview on IGN o_O ) didn't exist...

[El Dango]

1. I never said that was the only reason.
2. The pirates' purpose was to take over the world and make people their slaves.

[Droolie]

Oh well, then it was a BETA story, I guess. Oh, and look at the edit of my previous post.

[El Dango]

A zoo? Now that's just... kinda dumb. So is the circus thing. No wonder why they scrapped those ideas.

[Droolie]

By the way, does anybody know what the name of that magazine is that had pics of the BETA R2?

[Lijik]

Oh well, then it was a BETA story, I guess. Oh, and look at the edit of my previous post.

Curiously enough an issue of Nintendo Power that had a preview of the near finished Rayman 2 ( it was to be released about 2-3 months from that issue's print date) also mentioned the intergalactic circus plot line. Given that magazines tend to have their articles written at most 3 months in advance, I think its safe to say they had that storyline bit all the way up to possibly 9 months before it was released.

The article also had storyboards of some of the last few cutscenes too (like the Grolgoth salesman one and the one where Razorbeard shoots at Globox) which was kind of cool.

[Droolie]

A little bit of news from the old 2D version of Rayman 2:
In this video from 1996 ( I was 3 years old back then! o_O ), you can also see some of the pictures shown in the video we all know now ( I think it was around 36:35 or something like that ). But even more interesting, this video has the same music, so it must be music from the original video at E3 '96, which means that it is probably music from the game itself. ^^
I'll try to remove the voices from the music now.

[Cairnie]

You sure this is the right video? I'm not sure I can see anything Rayman in this.

[spiraldoor]

R2 beta stuff:

[El Dango]

This game looks pretty insane...

[Kelvin12]

R2 beta stuff:

I know. I posted those pictures.

I ripped the first one from the Youtube Video.

[Droolie]

By the way, I downloaded the full quality version of that video on abandonware ( mainly to get the music and remove the voice ). Tell me if you want any pics, but don't expect a huge difference.

[Hunchman801]

This one looks like a Tonic Trouble character.

[spiraldoor]

A lot of people say that he and the Grolgoth salesman look like tonic trouble characters, but nobody has ever specified which tonic trouble characters.

[El Dango]

The Grolgoth salesman first appeared in Tonic Trouble, so he is actually a Tonic Trouble character, and the guy in the picture looks like him.

[spiraldoor]

Here's my idea for the R2 2D beta version:

Ubi should finish it and release it as a download for PS3, 360 and Wii. It should be set between R2 and R3, and kind of bring them together, plotwise. It should feature characters from R1 too. Story: The mysterious Being who sent Razorbeard is pissed off that Razorbead wimped out and flew away. The Being sends a new Robo-Pirate army - but the Being thinks that, since Rayman is so powerful, it should create an army of Limbless Robo-Pirates(like in the beta). I think they should be called Henchmen 600. And at the end, Razorbeard returns, and he is annoyed that he has been replaced...