Rayman Origins (Wii)

I do remember playing this franchise in other devices (Xbox) a while back. This is the first time I tried playing this on the Wii. I am not a particular fan of the Wii, I must confess, though I occasionally do play them. It is nice that I tried out a Wii game and picked up Rayman Origins for my occasional Wii experience. The only difference you definitely feel, however, is that the Wii graphics would appear to be grainier. The reason is that the Wii version runs on an anamorphic 640x480 widescreen while the Xbox version runs on a true 1920x1080 widescreen. However, it does not show up unless ... more

Introduction Rayman Origins (Wii) is the latest edition of the Rayman series of games that are developed and published by Ubisoft. First released in 1995 as a 2D platformer, the 2011 version has gone back to its roots. Background I have never been particularly impressed by the Wii and have always sooner played on my Xbox or PC. However, when sitting with my young nephew on Christmas day, I saw Rayman Origins and had some flashbacks to the first release during my youth, thinking how funny it is that some of these ideas are still going. Judging by other Wii games, which generally have very ... more

It’s nice to see that whilst game developers are busy working on new formats, styles and characters for games the old favourites aren’t being forgotten. The latest character to be brought back is Rayman, whose last outing was in 2005 on the Gameboy advance. I’d played the original Rayman game on the Playstation back in the mid-nineties following its release on the original console and that prompted me to get the new version from lovefilm to see if the latest update made the game as good as I remembered the original to be. The Concept The original Rayman concept was that of a 2 dimensional ... more

Rayman has been something of a constant figure on the gaming scene for the past number of years with a variety of games, tie-ins, mini game collections and cartoons. Still going strong in 2012, Rayman Origins is the latest title in the multi format adventures of the little critter and this is a review of the Wii version which I played for a quite a while over my Xmas break from work. As with most new Wii games now this is not very expensive and is already under £20 in most stores and I picked it up even cheaper second hand for only £7 and it has been well worth that as I have found it to be a ... more

The game is moderately difficult and masterfully gathers pace from start to finish, contains many different tests on the reaction. Here is a terrible and evil bosses, a lot of secrets, dozens of additional missions and amusing characters. Despite the fact that the world is completely hand-drawn and two-dimensional, it does not look flat picture.On my opinion Rayman: Origins is good just enough to squeeze between Mario and Kirby, its worth every minute you play it.Advantages:Funny and memorable charactersA huge variety of game situationsExciting, often unpredictable testSpectacular and ... more