Maths and English with Rayman

Rayman Junior
Published by	Ubisoft
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Release date	2000
Genre	2D Platformer/Edutainment
Gameplay mode	Single player
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Platforms	Sony Playstation, MS-DOS
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Rayman Junior (also known as Rayman Brain Games in the United States, and Maths & English with Rayman) is an educational video game based on Rayman that was designed to teach children aged 6-8 years old the basics of mathematics and literacy. Many variations of the game are known to have been released for MS-DOS starting from 1996, with the Sony Playstation version being released in 2000.

Gameplay

The gameplay in Rayman Junior is somewhat simplified specially for the young player. The number of levels in the game has been reduced to just twelve, two per world, and each one covers an educational topic, such as phonics, adding and subtracting, number recognition etc. The questions asked come in three difficulties, which may or may not be selectable depending on the version.

Each level starts with the Magician giving Rayman an overview on what he has to do. Then the player will see the Magician's hat at various points of the level where he asks you a question when you walk past it. You then have three paths to choose from, the right path being the right answer to the question. A life is lost if the wrong path is taken. After the level is completed, the player is then sent to a bonus stage and given a time limit in which he or she have to accomplish whatever challenge the Magician has now set for him or her. Once all of these levels are cleared, Rayman can then have access to Mr Dark's hideout.

The game contains a new world map, and aside of the levels, there is an extra one called Betilla's Garden, which the player uses to practice. This is the first time in which Betilla the Fairy speaks. It also has a new title theme, and the level music is extended.

Other Names in Different Areas

Rayman Junior is known as Rayman Brain Games in the USA. Rayman Junior(UK)has three difficulty levels split across three games. Rayman Brain Games has all the difficulty levels in one game. Amazing Learning Games(US) with Rayman, also known as Maths and English with Rayman in the UK, has all three difficulty levels on a single game. Maths and English with Rayman just separates them into three games like Rayman Junior. The difficulty levels indicate the volume number, for instance Volume 1 is level 1 and so on. However, Ubi Soft re-released Amazing Learing Games with Rayman as Rayman Learning Center as the "Rayman Junior Setup," Vol. 1-3.

Glitches

1. When the demos play on Rayman Brain Games(RBS), they don't play Rayman's 2D theme music, but on Amazing Learning Games with Rayman(ALGR), it does play. 2. On rising tides, the music for Butterweed Bog plays(RBS). 3. On both versions, the music for tasty chase plays on Mr. Dark's Lair. The music that is really supposed to be playing on this level is the 2nd half of the Space Mama music.

Bold textThese are known glitches for Rayman Brain Games and Amazing Learning Games with Rayman. Its unknown if these exist in Maths and English with Rayman and Rayman Junior.

Rayman Junior's Music

There are several ways to listen to the music.

1. Play the game. 2. Download them from Raytunes. 3. Stick Rayman Brain Games or Rayman Junior in a Playstation 2 or 3 that supports the game, go to the menu of the system with the latch of the disc open, and once you're there close the disc latch and wait for a black disc picture to pop up once you're at the memory card menu. Select the Playstation disc and listen to the music. 4. Choose a media player like Windows Media Player 11 or iTunes and insert the Rayman Learning Center disc into the CD-ROM Drive and choose to rip the songs out and on to your hard drive. Now you have your music once you wait long enough. 5. Copy the disc and play the game.

More Rayman Learning Games

There are more Rayman Learning Game available.

1. Rayman Activity Center 2. English with Rayman 3. French with Rayman

Plot

“Happiness abounds in Rayman's world. The sun shines brightly, the plants are green and the clear water of the river bubbles and sings merrily as it flows.

Deep in the forest, the Wizard's cottage is peaceful and sheltered. There, he and Betilla the Fairy spend time enjoying their idyllic world and protecting the Wizard's Magic Book of Knowledge. The Wizard, a very scholarly and philosophical person, has put all the secrets of wisdom and knowledge in this book; the secrets that keep the world happy and beautiful.

But one day, the evil Mister Dark breaks into the Wizard's cottage, destroying everything in his wake, and steals the Book of Knowledge and the map to this secret hideout that Rayman gave to the Wizard! Now the world will be at the mercy of the evil Mr Dark! So the Wizard and Betilla call for the one person who can save the world and return it to its former happiness and beauty. They call for Rayman!!!

Only this superhero, who has proven his courage time and again, can save the world from such a grave situation. It will be a long and difficult journey, but Rayman is strong and clever, and prepared to face the challenges ahead. Each time Rayman successfully completes a challenge, he gets a piece of parchment which, when matched with all the other pieces he obtains along the way, forms the map that will show the way to Mister Dark's hideout. Once the map is pieced together, a final test will give Rayman the chance to retrieve the Magic Book of Knowledge from the evil Mister Dark, and fill his world with happiness and beauty again.

Good luck Rayman!!!!!”

Levels

• Art alley
• Pebble peril
• 'copter candy
• Ring rhapsody
• Eraser rebound
• Butterweed bog
• Rocky road
• Slick slopes
• Crazy caves
• Rising tides
• Percussion path
• Tasty chase
• Mr Dark's lair

French Voice Cast

• Steve Perkinson as Rayman
• Brigette Guedj as Betilla
• Gérald Loussine as The Magician
• Douglas Rand as Mister Dark

Screenshot Gallery

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  The title screen, which despite the game's name shows just “Rayman”
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  Rayman leisurely painting in the intro sequence
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  The game's world map
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  The game in action

See Also

• Rayman
• The Magician
• Betilla
• Mister Dark

External Links

• Rayman Junior footage on Sony Playstation @ Youtube