Have we some kind of feedback loop with Ubisoft?
Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 9:41 pm
This is nothing that hasn't been mentioned before, but I think it might deserve its own topic: there is some official Ubisoft material that looks suspiciously like RayWiki was consulted during its production.
Firstly, there's the list of achievements in Rayman Classic. "Bye bye Bzitt" is the achievement to "Defeat Bzitt in Anguish Lagoon". This despite the fact that for the many years of existence of Rayman 1 prior to this port, there was absolutely no official indication that a character named Bzitt appeared in that game. Although this position was adopted by the wiki, the official line as recently as Rayman Origins seemed to be that the name "Moskito" applied to all mosquitos ridden in 2D games – just look at the level names, like "Hi-Ho Moskito".
So while this apparent differentiation of the two mosquitos in Rayman 1 may have pleased some people, this is all that comes to mind for me:
The other matter is the existence of the character Shadow Ray. It would not have been hard for someone visiting this site to notice that the Bad/Dark Rayman distinction can be something of a sore point around here, and the confusion caused by Raymésis in Origins and Dark Rayman in Legends would probably also not go unnoticed. So perhaps the developers noted this and created this character to troll us? It's the best explanation I can come up with for why they would do it tbh!
A more minor thing is the appearance of the French name "Ambre Écueil" in an English Rayman timeline. Perhaps whoever made the timeline couldn't remember the name of the nymph (who could blame them?) and then, browsing this forum, mouse-overed the avatar of someone who had that rank, saw the French name and used it. Maybe.
It's not like this sort of thing is unprecedented in this community. L'Histoire de Rayman, although obviously not worked on by Ubisoft themselves, was written with some consultation of the wiki. And it's not like the inclusion of fan material was foolproof – imagine my surprise when I found a screenshot of one of my videos in the book, as an illustration of Rayman Designer, despite the fact that it shows a game hacked six ways till Sunday and so was entirely unsuitable.
Also if someone from Ubisoft really is reading this, I'm not mad.
If anything it's flattering that so much stock is put in the wiki!
Firstly, there's the list of achievements in Rayman Classic. "Bye bye Bzitt" is the achievement to "Defeat Bzitt in Anguish Lagoon". This despite the fact that for the many years of existence of Rayman 1 prior to this port, there was absolutely no official indication that a character named Bzitt appeared in that game. Although this position was adopted by the wiki, the official line as recently as Rayman Origins seemed to be that the name "Moskito" applied to all mosquitos ridden in 2D games – just look at the level names, like "Hi-Ho Moskito".
So while this apparent differentiation of the two mosquitos in Rayman 1 may have pleased some people, this is all that comes to mind for me:
The other matter is the existence of the character Shadow Ray. It would not have been hard for someone visiting this site to notice that the Bad/Dark Rayman distinction can be something of a sore point around here, and the confusion caused by Raymésis in Origins and Dark Rayman in Legends would probably also not go unnoticed. So perhaps the developers noted this and created this character to troll us? It's the best explanation I can come up with for why they would do it tbh!
A more minor thing is the appearance of the French name "Ambre Écueil" in an English Rayman timeline. Perhaps whoever made the timeline couldn't remember the name of the nymph (who could blame them?) and then, browsing this forum, mouse-overed the avatar of someone who had that rank, saw the French name and used it. Maybe.
It's not like this sort of thing is unprecedented in this community. L'Histoire de Rayman, although obviously not worked on by Ubisoft themselves, was written with some consultation of the wiki. And it's not like the inclusion of fan material was foolproof – imagine my surprise when I found a screenshot of one of my videos in the book, as an illustration of Rayman Designer, despite the fact that it shows a game hacked six ways till Sunday and so was entirely unsuitable.
Also if someone from Ubisoft really is reading this, I'm not mad.
If anything it's flattering that so much stock is put in the wiki!
Still, thanks for telling me about SearX. I like how it's AGPL, unlike DDG, and I also enjoy the spelling!
