Interview of Michel Ancel: the fans ask the questions!

[Mr. Dark Thingamajig]

Razorbeard replaced The General.

We know that, I think Clara meant how they got the idea and design of Razorbeard.

I also wouldn't mind to know how the ideas for Razorbeard came, but it is true that the Grolgoth's Salesman was originally the villian of the 2D Rayman 2. But I honestly prefer Razorbeard.

Same here, I like villains who have brains, not brawn, though Mr. Dark is the embodiment of both, plus he is awesome, so yeah, I like him too.
Razorbeard, I can't put my finger on it, he possesses the above quality but there is just some charm that I can't put my hand on which makes me really like him as a villain.
Andre, on the other hand, has brains and no brawn, but he also is one of more irritating characters, ruining the magical moments of Rayman 3.

you like my friend Mr. Dark, he's the best antagonist ever (under me of course )

[Clara Knight]

Razorbeard replaced The General.

We know that, I think Clara meant how they got the idea and design of Razorbeard.

Exactly. ^^ Though, the Grolgoth's seller was about to be the bad guy of Rayman 2 2DS?! Oh my god, I thought the general was only a character coming from Tonic Trouble doing a cameo! This, I didn't know. Silly me.

In my opinion I also prefer Razorbeard...XD I guess you already had an idea of this, coming from me. I like Mr Dark, he is quite evil and inteligent...Though I don't know why, I think Razor has got a little charm that other villains don't have. I dunno, maybe his bad temper?
After, André and Reflux...Bleh. I'm not into them.OK they were evil but, they were so rude and irritating...

OK OK Razor is the only who didn't fight by himself, and used the Grolgoth. But look at his size. XD He's smaller than Rayman, it would be pointless a battle of "shorties". (Admiral, forgive me for this... )

[Master]

Razorbeard replaced The General.

We know that, I think Clara meant how they got the idea and design of Razorbeard.

Exactly. ^^ Though, the Grolgoth's seller was about to be the bad guy of Rayman 2 2DS?! Oh my god, I thought the general was only a character coming from Tonic Trouble doing a cameo! This, I didn't know. Silly me.

In my opinion I also prefer Razorbeard...XD I guess you already had an idea of this, coming from me. I like Mr Dark, he is quite evil and inteligent...Though I don't know why, I think Razor has got a little charm that other villains don't have. I dunno, maybe his bad temper?
After, André and Reflux...Bleh. I'm not into them.OK they were evil but, they were so rude and irritating...

OK OK Razor is the only who didn't fight by himself, and used the Grolgoth. But look at his size. XD He's smaller than Rayman, it would be pointless a battle of "shorties". (Admiral, forgive me for this... )

You never know, if he had his abilities from Rayman M and the ability to fly, he'll be an awesome final boss.

I can imagine Razor sitting on that chair, commanding deathtraps and such.

[Shrooblord]

I don't know if that's an actual screenshot or not, but in the versions I know he sits on a floating chair that's able to rotate - the same one Rayman uses in the Top of the World. I like that concept a lot better than this scraggy thing, albeit scragginess is something the Pirates seem to be fond of.

@Clara:
I think it's that classic comic bad-guy image he's got. He's a typical, ill-tempered, easily-agitated yet really quite villainous little underlord who runs an army of robots probably a lot dumber than he is - or in Lunette's case, a lot clumsier.

[Master]

I don't know if that's an actual screenshot or not, but in the versions I know he sits on a floating chair that's able to rotate - the same one Rayman uses in the Top of the World. I like that concept a lot better than this scraggy thing, albeit scragginess is something the Pirates seem to be fond of.

@Clara:
I think it's that classic comic bad-guy image he's got. He's a typical, ill-tempered, easily-agitated yet really quite villainous little underlord who runs an army of robots probably a lot dumber than he is - or in Lunette's case, a lot clumsier.

It's a screenshot of Bunnieblaster's who managed to moonjump his way into Razors room, the topic link:
viewtopic.php?t=5970

[Keane]

I haven't been here for a while, when is the interview?

[Hunchman801]

Hopefully soon! Rayman Origins is keeping Michel and his team extremely busy right now.

[DandyGuy]

Hopefully soon! Rayman Origins is keeping Michel and his team extremely busy right now.

wait i thought RO was done

[Shrooblord]

Oh, no, games are still in the making as they near the release date. Like Spore, the release date even gets pushed back a few months/years sometimes to make way for more time for the company to improve or just generally work on the game.

[Haruka]

You are forgetting that Ubisoft must give the final touches of the game, preparing the marketing stuff by creating the game copies, talking with the game distributors and shops to sell the games for they can sell to the public.

[Master]

Oh, no, games are still in the making as they near the release date. Like Spore, the release date even gets pushed back a few months/years sometimes to make way for more time for the company to improve or just generally work on the game.

Though in Spore's case the wait ended up giving a less better product than what was originally shown.

[Itooh]

(that's so right )

Also, I think debugging must take much time.

[DandyGuy]

You are forgetting that Ubisoft must give the final touches of the game, preparing the marketing stuff by creating the game copies, talking with the game distributors and shops to sell the games for they can sell to the public.

ah thats right

[stan423321]

Hopefully soon! Rayman Origins is keeping Michel and his team extremely busy right now.

wait i thought RO was done

It is and it isn't.

Basically everybody speaking they are still "touching the game" is wrong, especially knowing it has PS3/X360 versions (if it was Wii only, then the cooldown period would be shorter) - game must be tested by console makers in order to make them license the game. Public presentations and such stuff take time though. Not even talking about some extra "making of" materials, which usually don't have to be licensed.

[Rayman3DS]

Hopefully soon! Rayman Origins is keeping Michel and his team extremely busy right now.

wait i thought RO was done

Kind of.. But not rlly

[El Dango]

Every time there is a new post here, I check to see if the interview is up.

[ikke471]

Every time there is a new post here, I check to see if the interview is up.

XD you're not the only one

[Haruka]

It will take a while still. Since RO is two months away for the release...

[Rayman3DS]

I will def. love the interview

[magman]

Any update on the interview?