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[E3 2012 Announcement] Ubisoft Officially Announce Rayman Legends

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Today at the E3 Expo, Ubisoft revealed Rayman Legends, a brand new platforming adventure with incorporated social functionality. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and will be available on the Nintendo Wii U gaming platform.

Rayman Legends is the follow-up to last year’s highly-acclaimed Rayman Origins. Legends uses the innovative new controller to explore fresh multiplayer gameplay experiences and expand beyond the traditional platform games. Players use the new controller to discover new ways to navigate through the game with touch–based gameplay to take out enemies or clear paths and gyroscope technology to manipulate and rotate platforms. The new controller also allows you to continue the adventure of Rayman and his friends on the controller screen even while the television is off.

Rayman, Globox and the Teensies are back to embark on a new fantasy adventure through a series of legendary worlds with new environments, characters and enemies. Rayman Legends features a variety of uniquely-themed levels including several musical maps intricately set to creative soundtracks and a spooky medieval theme. Players can also connect online with friends through a variety of challenges to test their skill and speed, and see where they rank on the worldwide leaderboards.

Rayman Legends retains the fantasy appeal of its predecessor while adding a multitude of clever and entertaining gaming modes, new characters, new environments and a new soundtrack.  The award-winning team of artists, designers and composers behind the UbiArt framework has also returned with an advanced engine to include multi-dimensional gameplay elements, an improved lighting system and updated game rendering that elevate Rayman Legends to the next level.

Michel Ancel, Creative Director at Ubisoft had this to say on the announcement:

The combinations of new controls and original game styles that the Nintendo Wii U makes possible really inspired the creative ambition of the team working on Rayman Legends. Rayman Legends expands upon what everyone loves about Rayman’s world, and adds new ways of playing together that will make it the most collaborative and fun game in the franchise.

Personally I would really like to have seen the return to the Rayman 3D Platforming games which I grew up with, but given Rayman Origins on the Playstation 3 et al. came from memory 2nd Place in my Top Games for 2012…. I have high expectations for this release.

Sam
Sam
Founder of The Otaku's Study. I have been exploring this labyrinth of fandom these last fifteen years, and still nowhere close to the exit yet. Probably searching for a long time to come.

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