User:RayGamer99

Raygamer99
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Real name	I'm not telling
Favourite game	Rayman Legends
Favourite character	Rayman
Gender	Male
Age	Wouldn't you like to know
Location	United States
Interests	Rayman, 2D platformer games, making games, animals
Occupation	Currently none, I plan to be a gamer in the future

My History with Rayman

I first discovered this limbless legend on my Amazon Fire tablet. They had two Rayman games on here: Rayman Jungle Run and Rayman Fiesta Run. The folks over at Amazon would later get rid of the latter game, making me sad, since, in my opinion, that one was the best of the two. But anyway, my young and curious self stumbled upon Rayman Jungle Run while I was looking for auto-running games, like Minion Rush, which I really liked back then. I was curious, and had lots of questions (mainly why the heck this guy doesn't have limbs), so I downloaded it. And BOY am I glad that I did. The cartoony graphics, art style, and characters were appealing to me, and it was fun getting every Lums and unlocking (and completing) every Land of the Livid Dead level. I downloaded Rayman Fiesta Run and had even more fun with it, due to its expanded roster of characters, its modernized art style, and its large amount of levels.

Later, I found out a select amount of Rayman games were on the PlayStation 2, which we owned. I was able to find Rayman Raving Rabbids (even though these days, I wish I would've gotten it on the Wii), Rayman Arena, Rayman 2 Revolution, and Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc at eStarland, which was near the church me and my family would go to. I had a blast with these games, and I still enjoy them to this day, despite me playing them less frequently these days.

A few years later, I would get a Wii for (I think?) Christmas. I was overjoyed, mainly because of the fact that I could now play games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, and Rayman Origins on this. Out of the Rayman and Rabbids games, I got Rayman Origins, Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, and Rabbids Go Home (I didn't bother getting Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party because of Rayman's lack of appearances and playability in it. To this day, I still can't bring myself to call it a Rayman game).

A few more years later, I would get a Nintendo Switch, the console I had waited pretty much all of my life to get. For some reason, they currently only have one Rayman game on the Switch, but it quickly became my favorite: Rayman Legends Definitive Edition. I had wanted the game for years leading up to this, and my excitement was not in vain; this game was epic! From its stupendous soundtrack to its gorgeous graphics and challenging levels, everything about it was outstanding. For once, Ubisoft outdid themselves.

Then came the years of darkness. Even though I had gotten Rayman Legends Definitive Edition about five years after its release, I still felt that Rayman had a bright future ahead of him.

Unfortunately, I was wrong.

Very wrong.

For years, the only thing we'd hear from the franchise was a cameo, a new mobile game here or there, but no real news. Rayman felt dead, and it didn't seem like he'd be coming back anytime soon.

But then, IT happened. A teaser during Ubisoft Forward 2022 had revealed that after years of absence, Rayman would return in a new DLC for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (which, along with Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, is the only Rabbids game I have on the Switch right now). I was overjoyed, as I know the rest of the community was. The following year's Ubisoft Forward game us some more footage of the DLC, and of Rayman's new design. In-game, it was... interesting, to say the least. As of writing this (July 13, 2023), the DLC still hasn't released yet, but my anticipation is through the roof. I cannot wait to play this, and hopefully, this is just the beginning of Rayman's revival.