Rayman Pirate-Community

dr_st wrote: Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:55 am You know, I wish so much that someone release the entire Rayman2 PS1 version as an addon / level pack / reimagination / redemption for the PC. I am fascinated by the different content, but can't get over the technical inferiority of the PlayStation, compared to a PC with Glide / Dreamcast / PlayStation 2.

Game Designer

Sep 1995 - May 1996 9 months

Rayman 2 PSX (The game was abandoned by Ubisoft after the decision to change strategy and move to 3D – 2 Levels of the game are available in Rayman 2 3D version for the Playstation.)

- Design of the game
- Level Design

1996 – 1997: Rayman 2 “2D” (projet non sorti).
- Création de niveau de jeu.
- Projet abandonné, le jeu se fera en 3D.

1996 – 1997: Rayman 2 “2D” (unreleased project).
- Creation of game levels.
- Project abandoned, the game will be in 3D.

Droolie wrote: Thu May 29, 2014 11:43 pm

PluMGMK wrote:I don't know. The statues of robots in the Tomb of the Ancients somewhat give the impression of history repeating itself, so maybe the whole thing was contrived.

The name "Tomb of the Ancients" might be somewhat of a mistranslation, seeing as it gives off a different vibe than the original French name.
Although I really like the thought that the Ancients were beings that existed a long time ago (I even use that in Dreambound), and although it would be amazing if there was some kind of cyclic history in the Rayman universe, we might just have been wrong by thinking about ancient things this whole time!

In the original French name "Le Tombeau des Anciens", the word ancien in French of course means ancient when looked at as an adjective, but as a noun, it means "predecessor in a function". The robots in the Tomb of the Ancients might simply be Razorbeard's predecessors - the previous captains of the Robo-Pirate army.
But that would raise more questions: why would his predecessors be buried in the Glade? The war hasn't been raging on for that long, has it?

PluMGMK wrote: Sun Sep 24, 2023 12:11 am Here's one take on it:

Droolie wrote: Thu May 29, 2014 11:43 pm

PluMGMK wrote:I don't know. The statues of robots in the Tomb of the Ancients somewhat give the impression of history repeating itself, so maybe the whole thing was contrived.

The name "Tomb of the Ancients" might be somewhat of a mistranslation, seeing as it gives off a different vibe than the original French name.
Although I really like the thought that the Ancients were beings that existed a long time ago (I even use that in Dreambound), and although it would be amazing if there was some kind of cyclic history in the Rayman universe, we might just have been wrong by thinking about ancient things this whole time!

In the original French name "Le Tombeau des Anciens", the word ancien in French of course means ancient when looked at as an adjective, but as a noun, it means "predecessor in a function". The robots in the Tomb of the Ancients might simply be Razorbeard's predecessors - the previous captains of the Robo-Pirate army.
But that would raise more questions: why would his predecessors be buried in the Glade? The war hasn't been raging on for that long, has it?

The Jonster wrote: Sun Oct 08, 2023 11:32 pm That's when you buy the charge power up, no? I think you can buy it as early as finishing the Fairy's Glade, and I think it's neat how you can right away charge up your fist without having to wait for the last silver lum given by Globox.

I was reading through RayWiki and I am now wondering something. The lone Robo-pirate that looks like he's fishing in the Marshes of Awakening, can he actually be destroyed? I never bothered to try doing this since I was always just trying not to die while skiing on Ssssssam, but....