Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party

Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
Published by	Ubisoft
Developed by	Ubisoft Paris
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Release date	14th November 2008 (EU), 12th November 2008 (US)
Genre	Party
Gameplay mode	Single player/Multi-player
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Platforms	Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Mobile Phone
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Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (known as Rayman Prod' Présente : The Lapins Crétins Show in France) is the third game in the Rayman Raving Rabbids spin-off series, and the first game in the Rayman series as a whole to optionally use the Wii Balance Board. Unofficial gameplay footage, which included the introduction movie, was leaked onto Youtube starting from 10th November 2008. It is followed by Rabbids Go Home in 2009 and Raving Rabbids Travel In Time in 2010. This game is compatible with the Wii Balance Board.

Announcement

The game was officially announced on 28th May 2008 via the Ubidays conference in which two of the minigames were demonstrated by Ubisoft representatives and UK TV presenter Vernon Kay. Following this, several artworks depicting the Rabbids parodying films, TV shows and celebrities (eg. football players) were revealed on the official Rabbids website, and recently official gameplay trailers were released.

Plot

Deep in the forest, Rayman is running away from a small group of Rabbids. For a few moments, they are distracted by a bolt of lightning, but quickly resume their pursuit. Rayman takes refuge in a small house at the edge of the forest (presumably his), while the Rabbids are then struck by that lightning, and travel into a TV set indoors, where they scream and mess around, making Rayman try to turn it off, but to no avail...

The next day, Rayman is washing the dishes, polishing the windows and vacuuming the house, tired from having had a sleeplees night of the Rabbids in the TV annoying him. As they go on and on, Rayman gets so sick of it he unplugs the TV, switching the TV off. At first, he thinks he has succeeded in shutting them up, but the TV switches back on and the Rabbids continue their messing around. In his anger, Rayman slams the TV, making the corner of the screen start cracking.

The night after, Rayman is lying on the sofa with a headache and a hot water bottle on his head, and one of the Rabbids are continuously brightening and dimming the TV. Rayman throws the hot water bottle at the TV, making more cracks appear.

On day four, Rayman is lying and the sofa with a cushion over his head, as one of the Rabbids makes a continous scream while he keeps changing the volume level. Rayman has an idea, and uses duct tape to wrap around the TV Rabbid's mouth and the volume control, but the Rabbid continues screaming until the TV starts bloating up and the duct tape flies off onto Rayman. Rayman chucks the TV out the window, and it lands in the field outside...

The moles that live underneath the field struggle to spend a day of putting up with the screaming TV Rabbids. Rayman wakes up from having had a peaceful day when he hears a knock on the door. When the opens the door, he is shocked to see the moles throwing the TV back into his house.

The next day, Rayman is reading the newspaper, the TV lying on the floor behind him. It suddenly turns on again, with the screaming Rabbids. Rayman throws the TV into the toilet, and slams the toilet door closed. The TV cracks some more...

The Rabbids are using a hook to pull the toilet lever the following day, continously flushing the toilet while the Rabbids laugh mischeviously. Rayman opens the door to see what all the noise is about, shocked to see what the Rabbids are doing. He puts the TV in the sink and fills the sink up with water, but as he walks away the Rabbids the Rabbids start gurgling extremely loud, making the pipes start bloating up and the house start to shake.

That following night, Rayman is enjoying a game of Rugby, but the Rabbids keep interrupting it. Rayman loses his temper, disattaches his foot and throws it at the TV. The TV finally breaks, releasing the Rabbids inside who chase Rayman out of the house. They accidentally switch the vaccum on as they pass it, and one of the Rabbids stays behind and watches it in wonder and interest. Playing around with it, he accidetally gets the sucker attached to his ears. He then decides to stay in the house and make himself at home...

Setting

The setting is the TV station the Rabbids have gotten into. From there, Rabbids can be customized with clothes unlocked in Story Mode. The player can play unlocked games in Training Mode, and play with friends in Party Mode.

Gameplay

Their are three modes in this game: Story Mode, Party Mode, and Training Mode. Story Mode is when you experience what the Rabbids did in an entire week with the television station. Party Mode is for having a multiplayer game for up to eight players. Training Mode is the collection of games played in both Party and Story Mode.The game uses a channel system to play games. On each section chosen, it shows what shows are on in the time slot. When one game is completed, it is saved. Whenever you go to the slot, you can only replay that game. Beating Rayman's score will win an accessory for the Pimp My Rabbid minigame. Among some shows, there are microgames based on TV advertisements. Beating those games gives a bonus for the minigame played, such as getting more points.

Minigames

X-Tam Sports

• Mount Beehind 7am-9am
• Missfit 9am-12pm
• Mount Cushytush 12pm-2pm
• Rabbid Wrestling 2pm-4pm
• Mount Killmytushy 4pm-6pm
• Rabbidass 6pm-8pm
• Breakbutt Mountain 8pm-10pm

Trash TV

• Stawberry Fields - New Jersey 7am-9am
• Fashion Victim 9am-12pm
• Wood Stock South Dekota 12pm-2pm
• The Garden of Weeden 2pm-4pm
• B.R.U.S.H. 4pm-6pm
• Armpit Utah 6pm-8pm
• Prison Fake 8pm-10pm

Cult Movies

• Night of the Zombids 7am-9am
• Dawn of the Rabbids 9am-12pm
• Star Worse 12pm-2pm
• SOS Red Planet 2pm-4pm
• SOS Red Planet 2 4pm-6pm
• Rabzilla 6pm-8pm
• OutOfControllables 8pm-10pm

Raving Channel

• Little Big Jackpots 7am-9am
• Shoplifting 9am-12pm
• Big Big Jackpot 12pm-2pm
• Flippin Burgers 2pm-4pm
• Bigger Big Jackpot 4pm-6pm
• Very Rabbid Show 6pm-8pm
• Ginormous Jackpot 8pm-10pm

Macho TV

• American Choppy 7am-9am
• Raving Angel 9am-12pm
• Pimp My Rabbid 12pm-2pm
• Delirious Divebomb 2pm-4pm
• Loser Sweepstakes 4pm-6pm
• Watchamacallit 6pm-8pm

Groove On

• Ladies' Night 7am-9am
• Toxic Britney Spears 9am-12pm
• You Know I'm No Good 12pm-2pm
• Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel 2pm-4pm
• Born To Be Wild 4pm-6pm
• Another One Bites The Dust 6pm-8pm
• Open Book 8pm-10pm

Shake It TV

• Jungle Boogie 7am-9am
• ABC 9am-12pm
• Soul Bossa Nova 12pm-2pm
• Trick Me 2pm-4pm
• Le Freak 4pm-6pm
• Acceptable in the 80's 6pm-8pm
• Wake Me Up 8pm-10pm

No Brainer Channel

• Megaclicker 8pm-10pm

Internet Connection

At the end of a minigame in Story Mode, there is a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection icon. If you have internet connection with the Wii, you can send your score over to www.ravingrabbids-tvparty.com. You can compare your score with others and try to beat them. You can also do the Pimp My Rabbid contest. Each week there is a new theme. You can send it to the website listed above and see what the other Rabbids are dressed up as. The winner is announced after one week of voting.

See also

Miscellanea