Rayman 2

[PluMGMK]

Spiraldoor must have felt a shiver down his spine when that was posted…

[Haruka]

Yeah, no, that would be terrible. I think Rayman 1 is fine as it is. We don't need to remake every single game that's a couple of years older so it lives up to current technological standards, or worse, the current market.

Exactly. Hence why I said that it would be a quite dangerous request to do right now knowing what kind of stuff are in fashion in the entertainment departments nowadays. So I'm literally "between the sword and the wall", as a popular expression says around here.

And besides, Rayman 1 is a game that aged well. I still play it in 2014 and enjoying it as much as I did fourteen years ago. If there was a way I would like to see a remake (not reboot: remake), it would be in the same treatment that Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee had. I would also rather have the art style of the game untouched because it would end up really bad if it was transformed into the RO/RL style.

[Shrooblord]

I'm literally "between the sword and the wall"

I like Portuguese.

[THEdragon]

I recall one piece of Official text for R2 directly stating that Rayman is the only one of his species.

I think it said that the people of the Glade had no idea where Rayman came from and that nobody had seen anything like him before.

Yes, but I'm sure there was another piece of text not within the game itself but in some advertisement for R2 that mentioned something about someone trying to capture Rayman for an alien zoo or something. I recall someone buying one of the R1 educational spinoffs and that being included with the manual, which is kind of ironic. I need to find it.

[PluMGMK]

The "alien zoo" concept was scrapped before release. It was changed to an "intergalactic circus", which made it sound like an Animated Series tie-in, but then they did away with the idea altogether.

I'm literally "between the sword and the wall"

I like Portuguese.

"Between a rock and a hard place" is the English equivalent.

[incognito]

Entre le marteau et l'enclume in french.

[Shrooblord]

I'm literally "between the sword and the wall"

I like Portuguese.

"Between a rock and a hard place" is the English equivalent.

Yeah, and it's a lot less dramatic. But it is somewhat more poetic.

[Bradandez]

Yup, Rayman 2 was what introduced me into the series and Rayman Origins is what made me love it!

[Haruka]

I'm literally "between the sword and the wall"

I like Portuguese.

"Between a rock and a hard place" is the English equivalent.

Ah, so that's the English equivalent! Thanks. It sounds different in English, but it is the same real meaning.

[Adsolution]

As we're still completely in the Dark about how the Valley and the Glade connect in the world (if at all), there's no real saying where the people from R1 are hanging out as of the events of Rayman 2.

And given that 'The Valley' was coined by Digital Eclipse when working on Rayman Advance, [insert literally anything here].

[Shrooblord]

As we're still completely in the Dark about how the Valley and the Glade connect in the world (if at all), there's no real saying where the people from R1 are hanging out as of the events of Rayman 2.

And given that 'The Valley' was coined by Digital Eclipse when working on Rayman Advance, it thereby follows that as such, concurrently, truly unremarkably, the Tetris Lineblock is the god of all things. Praise Helix.

Mm. Quite.

[THEdragon]

As we're still completely in the Dark about how the Valley and the Glade connect in the world (if at all), there's no real saying where the people from R1 are hanging out as of the events of Rayman 2.

And given that 'The Valley' was coined by Digital Eclipse when working on Rayman Advance, we must all prepare ourselves for the rise of the Rayman 1 GBA port overlords.

As vague of a title as it is, though, and its less than glorious origin, it is good that the Rayman 1 world at least has a name. The Rayman 2 prototype, from what I can remember, called it Rayman's island. Now wouldn't that have been tragic. Or worse, we would've stuck with... Hereitscool...

[Shrooblord]

As we're still completely in the Dark about how the Valley and the Glade connect in the world (if at all), there's no real saying where the people from R1 are hanging out as of the events of Rayman 2.

And given that 'The Valley' was coined by Digital Eclipse when working on Rayman Advance, the cookie monster will eat your soul.

As vague of a title as it is, though, and its less than glorious origin, it is good that the Rayman 1 world at least has a name. The Rayman 2 prototype, from what I can remember, called it Rayman's island. Now wouldn't that have been tragic.

But that raises some interesting points about the possibility of the Archipellago indeed being the Rayman 1 Valley.

[THEdragon]

I had an interesting thought. Rayman 2 claims that no-one knew what Rayman was or where he came from when he arrived, but doesn't it also claim that, at least as of the events in that game, his origin was still a mystery? That begs the question, wouldn't Rayman have told someone where he came from or at least that there were others like him? Is it possible that Rayman had amnesia when he arrived on the shore of the Glade?

[Adsolution]

The Rayman 2 manual states that Rayman doesn't have any primordial knowledge as well, I believe. Either that or it's strongly implied.

[Shrooblord]

primordial knowledge

What do you mean exactly? Knowledge about past events or about how the world was formed?

[Adsolution]

How Rayman began. The word doesn't carry a biospherical implication~

lol words yay

[Shrooblord]

Well, primordial knowledge implies knowledge about how the Universe was before life, before time, before creation (interpret that however), i.e. before the world even existed. But primordial 'unknowledge' about one's self is - perhaps - an apt way to describe what it must be like to not know where you came from.

[Bradandez]

I just found out I can play Rayman 2 on my iPhone. I just downloaded it.

Now to relive 2010 ALL OVER AGAIN!

[rolesfamily]

Hahah that's 100% you Brad