spiraldoor wrote:It’s very likely that the character was based on popular perceptions of Vikings. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her identified as one in the game.
Asterix has vikings, so I guess it wouldn't be too much of a stretch.
Talk about the devil; who else felt the "viking" girl reminded them of Abba from the film Asterix and the Vikings?
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:50 pm
by Electoon
Spanex wrote:
Talk about the devil; who else felt the "viking" girl reminded them of Abba from the film Asterix and the Vikings?
Yeah, they do look very much alike. There might even have been some inspiration involved, which wouldn't be surprising.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:52 pm
by Mammothphant 2
Rayman=Asterix
Globox=Obelix
Grand Minimus=Geriatrix
The barbarian girl=Abba
Ive seen Asterix and the Vikings, so when i saw the barbarian girl in the trailer, Abba popped also on my head.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:58 pm
by sergiomonty
And the Goth Teensy? :c
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:16 pm
by TeensieKing
sergiomonty wrote:And the Goth Teensy? :c
The goth teensie is irrelevant to the series u.u anyway it could be the town priest?
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:18 pm
by Hunchman801
spiraldoor wrote:It’s very likely that the character was based on popular perceptions of Vikings. I wouldn’t be surprised to see her identified as one in the game.
That will depend on how cultured the staff is.
sergiomonty wrote:Sorry Hunch, I choose the... "ignorant" side. I mean, you don't need to look too closely in ancient cultures when discussing about cartoon characters (mainly because we're talking about the Rayman Origins series, the second least serious games of the franchise after the rabbids). Questioning whether the red-haired girl is really a viking or not is like questioning if the vikings of How to Train your Dragon really qualify as Vikings and are historically correct. It's just a cartoon character, it's supposed to be based on viking OR barbarian stereotypes. Don't worry, I'll stop calling her "Viking Girl" when her real name is confirmed
A lack of seriousness is no justification to resort to blatant errors, particularly common misconceptions; if Rayman's world is all but serious, we might as well call frogs birds and birds frogs. Just be warned that any reference to this character as a Viking will be deservedly booned at.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:54 pm
by Electoon
I swear there has just been pages worth of arguements/discussion as to whether the new player character is a viking or not
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 6:57 pm
by Haruka
What about we waiting for the official name of the girl?
For me she looks more to the barbarian side but I can also be wrong. There are no evidences that Vikings used horned helmets during battles.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 7:01 pm
by El Dango
Just did a post search, and it turns out that I was the third member to refer to her as a viking, as well as the first one in this thread. At this point I feel motivated to continue for no other reason than to be a massive fucking troll.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:08 am
by sergiomonty
Just for this awesome discussion, I'm gonna play as the ginger girl every single time I play online with someone from the PC haha
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 9:43 am
by beebo44
El Dango wrote:Just did a post search, and it turns out that I was the third member to refer to her as a viking, as well as the first one in this thread. At this point I feel motivated to continue for no other reason than to be a massive fucking troll.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:14 pm
by sergiomonty
TeensieKing wrote:
sergiomonty wrote:And the Goth Teensy? :c
The goth teensie is irrelevant to the series u.u anyway it could be the town priest?
Well, he's reappearing in Legends as a major character like in Rayman Origins (I presume). Maybe he will reappear in later games, even in 3d games maybe something similar happened to bowser jr in Super Mario Sunshine, he's non canon, wasn't mentioned before, but suddenly started appearing in every single Mario game.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:21 pm
by TeensieKing
I only hope he's only supposed to guard the entrance to the LotLD and nothing more.I don't like that character.Anyway they should totally put Ly as a major character instead of him :/
And about the viking/barbarian discussion...barbarian just sounds weird for a Rayman character,I'll go with them calling her a viking,wether she is or not.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:32 pm
by sergiomonty
Oh, I forgot to mention... TK, you mentioned once that you were happy because the bubblizing is not returning. Well, you were wrong, check the trailer again, those Polokus-like warriors bubblize when rayman defeats them.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:43 pm
by The Edditaur
Just as a side note, I happened to notice that the trailer on the front page of this topic seems to have been taken down. Just as an FYI.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:50 pm
by TeensieKing
sergiomonty wrote:Oh, I forgot to mention... TK, you mentioned once that you were happy because the bubblizing is not returning. Well, you were wrong, check the trailer again, those Polokus-like warriors bubblize when rayman defeats them.
*jumps out of the window*
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:54 pm
by Hunchman801
TeensieKing wrote:Andbot the viking/barbarian discussion...barbarian just sounds weird for a Rayman character,I'll go with them calling her a viking,wether she is or not.
Re: Rayman Legends
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 11:24 pm
by TeensieKing
Hunchman801 wrote:
TeensieKing wrote:Andbot the viking/barbarian discussion...barbarian just sounds weird for a Rayman character,I'll go with them calling her a viking,wether she is or not.
