{{quote|text=They say, on the night the Shubamubans were created, the whole world smiled at the sound of the Bubble Dreamer's belly-shaking Laughter... the [[Lums]] shone more brightly and danced more merrily as the [[Heart of the World]] pulsed out the primordial rhythms of the Cosmos.|sign=Unknown narrator|source=''[[Rayman merchandising|The Art of Rayman Origins]]''}}
[[File:Shubamubans.PNG|thumb|One of the few references to shubamubans]]

The '''Shubamubans''' are entities mentioned at the very end of the artbook ''[[The Art of Rayman Origins]]'', and in [[Rayman_Origins_(early_production)#Unused_subtitles|unused files in Rayman Origins]], and are not directly referenced in ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', the exact entities to which it refers are unknown.

The word "shubamuban" means 'Shaman' in [[Raymanian|Ubbi Dubbi]], the Bubble Dreamer's native language, suggesting that possibly the Shubamubans are a type of shaman.

According to The Art of Rayman Origins, at the creation of the Shubamubans, the [[Bubble Dreamer]] laughed so hard that the world smiled with him, the Heart Of The World pulsed more harmoniously and the lums danced more merrily.
Pictured on this page of the book are two egg-shaped rock statues sculpted respectively like [[Rayman]] and [[Globox]], indicating that shubamubans may be these statues or those characters.

In ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', a [[Rayman_Origins_(early_production)#Unused_subtitles|piece of unused text]] indicates that [[Globox]] is a shubamuban, perhaps this could indicate his species, or the English translation of shubamuban being "shaman" could refer to the fact he used to be [[Red Wizard]].

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= Art Ludique - Le Musée =

'''Art Ludique - Le Musée''', (lit. Playful art - The museum.) Is a musuem in Paris, France.

Art Ludique held an exhibition called "L'Art dans le jeu vidéo" (Art in the video game), which ran from September 2015 to March 2016 and included much art from the Rayman series.

While videos were released covering the subject, unfortunately, they are only in French.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOmybT9RyrM

= Teensies =
The Teensies (singular Teensie or Teensy) are a magical race of ancient, diminutive and wise creatures, created by Polokus to watch over the secret ways of the Glade of Dreams. They are frequently encountered throughout the Rayman series, starting with Rayman 2.

Teensies are short compared to most glade inhabitants and are characterised by their grey-blue skin and long, drooping noses, which overlap their mouths and are marked with elegant blue spiral patterns. Their eyes are black and beady and they have small, four-digit hands. Their large noses give them a keen ability to smell magic, as well as a tendancy to snore.

The Teensies were created by Polokus to oversee the many passages of the world. After the fairies, they were the second race to be created, and as such are among the most ancient inhabitants of the world. Long before the events of the Rayman games, the Teensies created the Hall of Doors, a magic place where all paths eventually meet. Most, if not all Teensies have the ability to create Spiral Doors; these portals can quickly take a Teensie (or other character, such as Rayman) from one location to one another. The Teensies can harness the power of Yellow Lums collected by Rayman to create Spiral Doors or open sealed doors that lead Rayman to the Sanctuaries.

= Rayman =
Rayman is the main protagonist and title character of the Rayman series created by Ubisoft game designer Michel Ancel.

== Personality ==

Rayman has a friendly and carefree disposition, though his personaliy changes somewhat over the course of the games.

In Rayman 1 he seems cheerful and child-like, having an innocent expression and pulling a silly face as a means of defense.

In Rayman 2 he showed a more serious side, taking his mission seriously while remaining friendly. The Rayman 2 manual described him as particularly lively with an intense love of life, indicating he might usually be more cheerful if the situation weren't as serious.

In Rayman 3 he seems slightly more impatient, aloof and cocky, showing some exasperation with Murphy and Globox, though shows worry when Globox appears in danger and comforts him when sad. The Rayman 3 manual describes him as lazy; loving to sleep, mess around with friends and not take things seriously. It remarks that he doesn't really act like a big hero, though the Rayman 3 manual is characterised as having an opinion of it's own, this seems partially true.

As of Rayman Origins, Rayman is an energetic, childish and fun-loving character that likes to beat up his enemies and spar with friends.

== Appearance ==
Rayman is best known for his lack of limbs and neck, having a large head, hands and feet that are nonetheless connected to his body, as if by magic. He has a large, snout-like nose, wears white gloves, yellow skeakers and a purple suit with a white "O" shape on the front. Most recently he appears with a red hood and fluffy ginger hair that sticks up in two fringe-like locks. Though in Rayman 1 and 2, Rayman sports a red kercheif where his neck would be and blonde hair. While usually his eyes are shown black, his eyes are blue in Rayman 2.

==Conception ==

Rayman was originally designed by Michel Ancel and was originally conceived as an avatar character for human boy, called Jimmy.
Jimmy created a virtual world on his computer called Hereitscool. When Hereitscool gets infected by a virus, Jimmy must enter his virtual world, and take on the persona of Rayman in order to defeat the virus. Rayman was originally designed with limbs but there technical issues that where hard to correct, so he was designed limbless instead.

==Roles==

===Rayman 1 ===
Rayman lives in The Valley with other limbless people, his journey starts when [[Betilla]] and [[The Magician]] call on Rayman to retreive [[The Great Protoon]] from Mr Dark, who has stolen it.

===Rayman 2===
Rayman lives in The Glade of Dreams amongst limbed creatures, and curiously, he is said to be the only of his kind, with no-one knowing where he comes from.

Rayman and the people of the Glade are captured by robotic space pirates and Rayman must escape in order to save the people. He goes on a quest to collect the four masks awaken the god, Polokus so he can kill the pirates.

===Rayman 3===
Again The Glade of Dreams. Rayman sets out to defeat André, a black lum who is attempting to take over the world with his army of hoodlums.

===Rayman Raving Rabbids games ===
In Rayman's Raving Rabbids, Rayman is captured by rabbids, a race of anthropomorphic, rabbit-like creatures who force him to participate in games for their entertainment.

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 curiously seems to be set on Earth, where Rayman attempts to infiltrate the rabbids' attempts to take over the world.

In Rayman Raving Rabbids TV party, Rabbids invade Rayman's television and force him to watch their TV shows.

===Rayman Origins and Legends ===
Rayman and friends disturb the Land of The Livid dead with their snoring, and have to deal with the army of antitoons and monsters that are sent up from it's depths. As the game progresses it becomes clear the Teensie Magician is an enemy. Unsused dialogue reveals his name is Ales Mansey and that he's a follower of Mr Dark who wishes to overthrow Polokus. Rayman is shown to have been created by Betilla.

As of Rayman Legends, Rayman and his friends have been asleep for a hundred years, meanwhile, Polokus's nightmares have been multiplied. The heroes must awake to defeat the nightmares.

==Abilities ==
Rayman's main form of attack is his fists, which he can extend a long distance to attack enemies, this and his ability to use his hair as a helicopter were introduced in Rayman 1 and have been a staple since. In Rayman 1, Rayman has the ability to pull a silly face an incite frenzy into enemies. He can also use blue fairies to help him shrink.

The exception to Rayman's fist ability is Rayman 2, where offensive magic spheres are used as the sole attack.

Rayman 3 introduces the concept of combat fatigues, Rayman uses magic washing detergeant to transform his clothes and use different abilities. Later in the game, Rayman gains the ability to pull a silly face and make black lums laugh, which turns them into red lums.

Rayman Origins introduces the ability to run on walls, a power given to him by a nymph.

The circle on Rayman's chest appears to be the source of Rayman's powers, it's through this which he gains powers from [[Betilla]], or silver lums from [[Ly]]. This circle appears to serve as some sort of key that allows him to obtain the Masks of Polokus and appears in several places carved into stone, indicating it has importance in Rayman's world.

== Relationships ==
Rayman's best known friendship is that with Globox, Globox was introduced in Rayman 2 and the two have been best friends since.
In the Rayman Origins reveal trailer, Betilla describes Rayman and Globox becoming friends before the events of Rayman 2, and that their adventures have become legends and myths.

Ly was shown to be in a romantic relationship with Rayman before the events of Rayman 2, starring in "the most romantic wallpaper ever seen"<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20000106193852/http://www.rayman2.com/en/goodies/goodies_wallpapers1.html</ref> on [[Rayman2.com]], though the game itself doesn't show them in this way. It's questionable wether they were supposed to be in a romantic relationship in the final revision.

== References ==
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= Rayman 2 Prototype =
[[File:RAYMAN.png|thumb|252x252px|Rayman sneaks in on the robots.]]'''[[Rayman 2]]''' was initially intended to be a 2D game and would expand directly on the aesthetics and gameplay of Rayman. This version of the game was intended to be released for the Sega Saturn, Sony Playstation and Personal Computer.<ref>[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/rayman/images/d/d0/Next_Generation_June_1996.png/revision/latest?cb=20180831134340 Next Generation Magazine]</ref>

A playable level level of this prototype is available in Rayman 2:The Great Escape for the Playstation 1.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QmbIFNv4HE&t Gameplay by Havuka Taveres]</ref>

== Story ==
No official story has been mentioned directly by Ubisoft, though magazines mention that the limbless robot enemies are invaders from space and wish to cover Rayman's world with metal.<ref>[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/rayman/images/d/d0/Next_Generation_June_1996.png/revision/latest?cb=20180831134340 Next Generation Magazine]</ref>

The robots' leader is a purple robot known only as "Chief" to fans<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ubisoft-e3-1996 Image file named "CHIEF.png"]</ref>, he has shape resembling a muscular male with wide shoulders, a single visor-like eye and is always seen with a cigar.

== Gameplay ==
An important gimmick in this game was that Rayman and enemies could travel between the foreground and background. Rayman achieved this by using teleporters, while enemies would jump between the planes or shoot Rayman from both the background and foreground.

Gameplay would include Rayman's fist ability, ring grab, hover and grimace, and presumably the ability to run, though Rayman does not start with this.

New mechanics include timid platforms, which would shy away from Rayman and would need to be tethered with Raymans fist ability, these could also be pulled into position. Rayman could also use a canon to shoot cannonballs into the background and in the playable demo, Rayman uses this canon to shoot cannonballs onto a sticky wall, which he can then climb up.

Floating mines would need to be avoided or pushed, and could be used to destroy path entrances.

== References ==
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*''This article is about the cancelled SNES build of the game. For the early production of the final game, see [[Rayman (early production)]].''
[[File:Jimmy.jpg|thumb|Poster describing a considered plot for Rayman]]
Over the years, a considerable amount of information regarding the earliest development stage of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]] has been unveiled, through the featured Pix 'N Love article about a Super Nintendo Entertainment System version of [[Rayman 1|the game]], from [[Michel Ancel]] himself, and an early dumped ROM of the version.
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==Plot==
At the beginning of it’s development, Rayman had a very different plot. This prototype version followed Jimmy, a boy who created a world on his computer called Hereitscool. When Hereitscool becomes infected with a virus, Jimmy enters his virtual world and takes on the persona of Rayman in order to defeat the virus.

==Pix 'N Love article==
On the 4th of July 2010, French retro-gaming magazine ''Pix’N Love'' revealed that, at the very beginning of its development, [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]] was intended to be released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The magazine also contained an interview with [[Rayman]] creator [[Michel Ancel]] on the subject. This version of the game featured a two-player co-operative mode, in which one player controlled [[Rayman]] and the other player controlled what appears to be a female version of [[Rayman]], not dissimilar from the [[Rayman's girlfriend|girlfriend]] character once planned to appear in ''[[Rayman 4 (cancelled prototype)|Rayman 4]]''. [[Rayman]]'s body is red rather than the purple used in [[Rayman 1|the final game]], and the girl's body is blue. Both characters look considerably bulkier than [[Rayman]]'s final appearance. Three screenshots of the prototype (visible to the right) are currently available, and they show early versions of [[the Dream Forest]] and [[the Caves of Skops]]. One image shows the heroes battling against an early version of [[Mr Skops]]. There are glimpses of what appear to be early versions of [[Antitoon]]s, [[plum]]s, [[flying ring]]s, [[Ting]]s, [[mushroom]]s, [[Big Power]]s and the [[telescopic fist]].

One of the screenshots shows a heads-up display which is completely different from the one used in [[Rayman 1|the final game]] or either of [[Rayman (early production)|the Atari Jaguar prototypes]]. This display shows both characters' heads, each with their own ‘Shield’ and ‘Power’ status indicated by bars. [[Rayman]]'s section of the display shows a picture of a pink crystal with the name ‘[[Mr Skops|Skops]]’ above it, and the girl's section of the display shows a question mark where the crystal can be displayed. The ‘Shield’ bar appears to indicate the characters' health, but the function of the ‘Power’ bar and the crystals remains unknown.

[[File:Rayman-1-SNES-3.jpg|thumb|320px|A photograph of a previously unseen environment from the SNES version of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']].]]

With the advent of more powerful, optical disc-based games systems, the SNES version of ''Rayman'', though nearing completion, was cancelled. The game was reworked for the newer platforms, and became the ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' which is known today.

==Answers from [[Michel Ancel]]==
During a live stream of ''[[Rayman Legends]]'', [[Michel Ancel]] replied to a question concerning the SNES version of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']]. He stated that he was only in a team of two at the time the Super Nintendo version was being made, and that he was 'super excited', it being the first platform he'd ever worked on directly. It was painful and extensive procedure to build the game onto the cartridge though, and since he eventually got the full team together, the Super Nintendo couldn't do it justice.

On the 18th of October 2016, [[Michel Ancel]] posted two partial screenshots from the SNES version of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']], confirming that the game was never completed and adding that it was lost forever.<ref>Instagram, @michelancel, https://www.instagram.com/p/BLt6dsUgODo/, « Pixel lovers ... Did this 25 years ago , the game was playable on the Super nintendo console but was never finished + We've lost the build . All these pixels are lost , like tears in the rain ... »</ref> However, on the 23rd he announced that a cartridge containing an early version of the game from this stage of development was found by Frédéric Houde, this cartridge was stated to have been from 1992,<ref>Instagram, @michelancel, https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5fSliA2bD/, « Incroyable !!!! We have found the old unique Rayman SNES ROM !!!! It was sleeping for 24 years ..... Time to wake it up !!!! »</ref><ref>Instagram, @michelancel, https://www.instagram.com/p/BL_wNhGALF8/ « Rayman SNES in motion . The little ugly guy is alive after a 24 years night . This ROM might be the first one we burnt and contains very few stuff . We might find more ROM with other early prototypes . I just need to convice Fred, the coder who revealed their existence to continue the search in his vast and dangerous attic. Man, this is electronic archeology ! »</ref> and managed to make it work. He then posted a photograph of a previously unseen world contained in the game.<ref>Instagram, @michelancel, https://www.instagram.com/p/BL5f5XIAfa5/, « It's working !!!! 4 people in the world have seen this . We thought it was lost , but somewhere in the cold electronic circuit , something was still alive . and running at full 60fps !!! should do a Switch version of this 😂 »</ref> [[Michel Ancel|Ancel]] later revealed that at this stage, the game initially took place in a computer, with [[Rayman]] being one of its employees, the main villain at this point was intended to be a computer virus.<ref>Instagram, @michelancel, https://www.instagram.com/p/BL_wNhGALF8, « You're right ! Original game was taking place in a computer and the big villain was a computer virus . Rayman was just an employee in this big computer »</ref>

[[File:Rayman-1-SNES-4.jpg|thumb|320px|Another photograph from the SNES version of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']].]]

{|
|-valign="top"
|[[File:Rayman-1-SNES-1.jpg|thumb|200px|The first partial screenshot posted by [[Michel Ancel]], not seen anywhere before.]]
|[[File:Rayman-1-SNES-2.jpg|thumb|200px|The second partial screenshot posted by [[Michel Ancel]], part of one of those published in ''Pix’N Love''.]]
|}

==Dumped ROM==
On the 3rd of July 2017, an early ROM was dumped<ref>Twitter, @ocornut, https://twitter.com/ocornut/status/881876378056085505, « I've dumped a prototype demo of unreleased Rayman for SNES, here it is! (NB: very early dev build, not a full game) »</ref> with a short gameplay segment as previously shown by [[Michel Ancel]]. In the ROM, the player can jump and trigger animations, which will also automatically start if the player does not move. The player can also move faster and start an animation with a charging [[Telescopic fist|fist]].

<gallery widths="256px" heights="224px" class="sprite">
Ray SNES - Falling.png|The level starts with [[Rayman]] falling down.
Ray SNES - Start of level.png|The start of the level.
Normal fist SNES.png|[[Rayman]] charging his [[Telescopic fist|fist]].
Gold fist SNES.png|The [[Telescopic fist|fist]] turning gold.
Ray SNES - Music animation.png|An animation with a music box.
Ray SNES - Open mouth.png|[[Rayman]] with an open mouth.
Ray SNES - Pipe.png|A pipe the player will go through when jumping into it.
Ray SNES - Top of pipe.png|The top of the pipe from where it is solid.
Ray SNES - Stunned Rayman.png|This stunned animation is triggered from jumping from a high distance.
Ray SNES - Stretch jump.png|Another jumping animation.
Rayman (Early Prototype)007.png|Some transparent material.
Ray SNES - End.png|The end of the level.
</gallery>

==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBYMZHiy-XU&lc=z13ueruycri5uf3sg23xdvypsyrshnrro04 Dumped ROM playthrough on YouTube, part 1]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpNmUUFdKAM Dumped ROM playthrough on YouTube, part 2]

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