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How do you feel about Rayman Legends Retold?

Maximum hype! I can't wait for October 1st.
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37%
Cautiously optimistic. Mostly positive, but I have a few reservations.
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37%
Mostly disappointed. Not really what I wanted, but there are a couple of highlights.
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25%
Zero hype. I'm not touching it with a ten-foot pole.
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2%
 
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Re: Rayman Legends Retold

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Droolie wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 3:22 am Between that and all the levels being renamed, I feel for people who will have to read RayWiki and find out everything now has 3 different names or spellings - and which one is correct depends on the whims of the developers.
Umm, I think all of the levels have their same names. If you mean all of the worlds being renamed, then I understand what you mean; I fear some poor soul will be left wondering if the medieval world is called Teensies In Trouble, Medieval Mayhem, or the Old Teensie Kingdom now. :lol:
Earth Gwee wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 9:59 am The fact that they're honoring the original spellings of the Teensies and Livingstones and what have you is actually really nice to me. Someone on the dev team cares about the history and the lore of Rayman.
I don't really care much for the names being reverted to their original spellings (except for Murphy's; hasn't it been spelled with an F ever since his first appearance? :mefiant:), but I do appreciate the team continuing to go out of their way to subtly tie this game, and hopefully the franchise as a whole, back into the world of the older Rayman games. Never thought I'd see the day, much less that it'd be from a Rayman Legends remake, but here we are. :nostalgic:
Earth Gwee wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 9:59 am Side note and this might be a bit of a hot take: considering that Rayman's future relies on this game doing well, I think it was smart of them to do a Legends remake. As much as I personally don't care for remakes in general--this of course being an exception--they are made for a reason. In this case, Rayman needs to grab people's attention with what is most familiar/recent. Remaking Legends is the safe and smart idea if we want to see it do well enough to justify a true Rayman 4.
Honestly, I would agree with you. Despite it not being the game that most of the fans wanted, I think that remaking Legends was probably the best idea from the standpoint of the general audience, something that I feel we can sometimes forget about. While catering to longtime fans is still important, the one providing the bulk of the game's sales will be the average Joe who sees trailers and gameplay for a game, thinks that it's looks really cool, and pre-orders it or purchases it sometime after it's launched.

Rayman Legends is the best-selling game in the series to my knowledge, so most people are most familiar with that version of the franchise. Visually overhaul that game, add some new content, tie it back into the world of previous Rayman games, and pack in another UbiArt game not everyone may have played, and suddenly you have a game that will simultaneously attract new fans and convince older fans that this is worth buying. Add all of that to the fact that this seems to be setting a new standard for the future of the franchise - and say what you will about the game's tone or character designs, but this is a darn good ground floor from where I'm sitting - and I can't help but give the team their flowers. :)
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Re: Rayman Legends Retold

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I'm not following this line of logic...Legends is the most recent game in the series, so it's the game that effectively killed it off for fifteen years. The game that didn't do well enough to justify any further sequels by Ubisoft's standards. Why would releasing the same game now bear a different result?
RayGamer99 wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 12:28 pm I don't really care much for the names being reverted to their original spellings (except for Murphy's; hasn't it been spelled with an F ever since his first appearance? :mefiant:),
Yeah they need to fix that spelling before the game comes out or I'm going to have an anal retentive episode.
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Re: Rayman Legends Retold

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Sabertooth wrote: Wed Jun 10, 2026 5:13 pm I'm not following this line of logic...Legends is the most recent game in the series, so it's the game that effectively killed it off for fifteen years. The game that didn't do well enough to justify any further sequels by Ubisoft's standards. Why would releasing the same game now bear a different result?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's completely befuddled why they're doing this.
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Re: Rayman Legends Retold

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Looks like the official Rayman Twitter account has released a new bio for Rayman!
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It's not breaking new ground by any means, but it's still nice to have, I guess. :hap:
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