Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party
| Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party | ||
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| Published by | Ubisoft | |
| Developed by | Ubisoft Paris | |
| Release date | .png){kind=small} 18th November, 2008
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| Genre | Party | |
| Gameplay mode | Single player/Multi-player | |
| Platforms | Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, mobile phone | |
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 final game in the series to feature Rayman. It is followed by Rabbids Go Home in 2009 and Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time in 2010.
Announcement
The game was officially announced on May 28, 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 (e.g. 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 that had appeared from his broken TV in the previous game. 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 the 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.
At the end of the game Rayman is watching Rugby, but the Rabbids keep interrupting it. Rayman loses his temper, disattaches his foot and chucks it at the TV. The TV finally breaks, releasing the Rabbids inside who chase Rayman out of the house. They accidentally switch the vacuum cleaner on as they pass it, and one of the Rabbids stays behind and watches it in wonder and interest. Playing around with it, he accidentally gets the vacuum 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
There are three modes in this game: story mode, party mode, and training mode. Story mode is where the player can experience what the Rabbids did with the TV stations/ 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 the player goes to the slot, they 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.
This is first game in the Rabbids series as a whole to optionally use the Wii Balance Board.
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 (Kool and the Gang)7am-9am
- Toxic (Britney Spears) 9am-12pm
- You Know I'm No Good (Amy Winehouse) 12pm-2pm
- Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel (Tavares) 2pm-4pm
- Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf) 4pm-6pm
- Another One Bites The Dust (Queen) 6pm-8pm
- Open Book (The Rakes) 8pm-10pm
Shake It TV
- Jungle Boogie (Kool and the Gang) 7am-9am
- ABC (Jackson Five) 9am-12pm
- Soul Bossa Nova (Quincy Jones)12pm-2pm
- Trick Me (Kelis) 2pm-4pm
- Le Freak (Chic) 4pm-6pm
- Acceptable in the 80's (Calvin Harris) 6pm-8pm
- Wake Me Up (Wham!) 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 the player has an internet connection with the Wii, they can send their score over to www.ravingrabbids-tvparty.com. The top 3 players in the world are listed in each minigame section. The player can also do the Pimp My Rabbid contest. Each week there is a new theme. The player 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. Since May 2014, this feature no longer works.
Mobile phone version
The game also has got a mobile version, designed by Gameloft. This version contains twelve mini-games and sixteen Rabbid characters to unlock. The main goal of the minigames is to collect as most golden carrots as possible and holding most time as possible in order to achieve score records. Each new minigame and new Rabbid characters need fifty golden carrots to unlock.
The following list corresponds to the existent minigames in the mobile phone version:
- Band of Rabbids
- Rabbid of Persia
- Wild Wild Rabbid
- Rabbid on the Moon
- Croc Rider
- Supersize Rabbid
- Rabbid Jones
- Independence Rabbid
- Eye of the Rabbid
- Seven Seas Rabbids
- Rabbid Trek
- Rabbid Tower
The following list corresponds to the playable characters in the mobile phone version:
- Rabbid One
- Crazy Rabbid
- Sexy Rabbid
- Splinter Rabbid
- Ghost Recon Rabbid
- Creed Rabbid
- Professor Rabbid
- Pirate Rabbid
- Grandpa Rabbid
- Ninja Rabbid
- BIA Rabbid
- Persian Rabbid
- Disco Rabbid
- Chef Rabbid
- Police Rabbid
- Maid Rabbid
Gallery
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A scarecrow that resembles a Hoodlum. -
Rayman's house. -
A far view of Rayman's house. -
Under Rayman's house. -
Inside Rayman's house. -
Inside Rayman's house at night.
