[Wii] Rabbids go (finally) home, Michael Ancel working on the game

elkatas

Well, here is another tidbit from Nintendo Power. Rabbids have finally decided to go home, but unfortunately they don't know where their home is. So, they have decided to go to the moon. The player controls two rabbids, one sitting in the trolley and one pushing trolley around. Rabbids must work together to collect pieces for the rocket, and the game is supposedly action-adventure, not mini-game fest. Ironically, series turned into action-adventure immediately after Rayman was removed from the equation.

Bartholamue

I miss Rayman .

Arde

Fuck Rayman - Rabbids all the way.

Slicer

Bartholamue wrote: »

I miss Rayman .

AdditionalPylons

Slicer wrote: »

Bartholamue wrote: »

I miss Rayman .

DeaconKnowledge

Good. Stay there.

SirUltimos

Hmm, interesting. I wonder if it'll play like the old Rayman games or something completely different.

Mortal Sky

I want the old Rayman Raving Rabbids game they had planned out to come back.

zimfan

AdditionalPylons wrote: »

Slicer wrote: »

Bartholamue wrote: »

I miss Rayman .

brynstar

This seems like it will, at the very least, be funny. The Rabbids are always good for that.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

I think Rayman should come to the VC.

elkatas

Supposedly this is Michael Ancel's game, unlike previous Rabbid titles. Ancel said in recent interview made for french all-gamers site that he was working on game that focuses on quality parts of Rabbids IP, and game would be "really deep" instead of "commercial".

Brainiac 8

I stopped buying the mini game collection Rabbid games after the first one, but I still absolutely love the characters.

Now that they put them in a starring role in an action/platformer, I will be on this like a fat kid in a land made of chocolate.

Tig

I struck off this franchise for committing the cardinal sin of being yet more crappy minigames.


But the idea of Rabbids not knowing where home is, and deciding to go home to the moon?
Rampaging through the world atop a shopping trolley filled with traffic cones?

I've got to admit, the premise of this is wonderful.


It would be great if they went absurdly epic on it - have the bombast E.T. and Twighlight Princess rolled into one, atop a shopping cart.

Arkan

Oh man micheal ancel is working on the game. I always wanted to play something he's worked on. Who the hell is he, anyway?

maximumzero

Arkan wrote: »

Oh man micheal ancel is working on the game. I always wanted to play something he's worked on. Who the hell is he, anyway?

Creator of the Rayman series & Beyond Good & Evil, and responsible for the pretty awesome King King game.

cloudeagle

Oh man, I can't get enough Rabbids. It'll be nice to see what they can do outside of minigames.

Edit: Wait. Wait wait wait wait. Wasn't Ancel supposed to be making Beyond Good and Evil 2? The game we haven't heard a peep about in a long time?

Uh oh.

Voth

I love the Rabbids. I love Rayman, too, but he just isn't as charming. It'll be interesting to see how this turns out.

FyreWulff

cloudeagle wrote: »

Oh man, I can't get enough Rabbids. It'll be nice to see what they can do outside of minigames.

Edit: Wait. Wait wait wait wait. Wasn't Ancel supposed to be making Beyond Good and Evil 2? The game we haven't heard a peep about in a long time?

Uh oh.

We only ever got like "Trailer, Part 1"

I think BG&E is a bit of a ways off

LBD_Nytetrayn

Well, I'm definitely interested.

elkatas

First screenshots, teaser trailer, and developer interview from IGN:









The game is handled by Ubisoft Montpellier (Beyond Good and Evil, King Kong, first Raving Rabbids), and has been under development for three years. Sounds pretty promising, and artstyle is pretty good, even if little Katamarish.

Voth

Looks marvelous. It's becoming an instant buy for me.

maximumzero

Cue the "olol, those are HD screenshots the Wii can't do that."

DiscoPirateBunny

elkatas wrote: »

First screenshots, teaser trailer, and developer interview from IGN:

Love the tagline in the teaser: "The party's over. Now the adventure begins."

Sold already.

Sterica

I love that they have a bunch of peripherals.

Nimble Cat

This looks cool.

FyreWulff

Rorus Raz wrote: »

I love that they have a bunch of peripherals.

It'd be awesome if the Weeee Helmet is a reference to that fanmade Nintendo On trailer.

DarkPrimus

I have a reason to dust off my Wii now!

cloudeagle

Oh my yes.

Spicy_Rev

Loved the first game and this will definitely be a welcome addition to the family.

I would love some wii fit support but I may be asking for too much.

cloudeagle

Heh. IGN has a great interview with one of the developers:

We asked ourselves: "Who are the Rabbids? What is their archetype? What values do they represent?" The Rabbids have no memory, so they're spontaneous; they're stupid yet enthusiastic; irresponsible yet joyful, overbearing yet without taboo…. They incarnate a good number of our irrational impulses--that's the key. The Rabbids are irrational, emotional, sensual. They represent emotions pushed to the extreme. We created the Humans as their exact opposites. The humans in Rabbids Go Home mull over all their decisions, their emotions in-check. Their organs have atrophied. They have nearly forgotten that they have a body or a heart, and can barely handle those.

The meeting between these two opposing characters is an allegory of the internal debates we have with ourselves each time we make a decision.

When these two archetypes meet, sparks fly… and make for a variety of comedic situations wherein the Rabbids unleash their utter Rabbidness.

Come to think of it, I can assure you that the Rabbids couldn't care less that they are actors in an allegory. In fact, they would never have responded so rationally!

Ok, here's the deal. Now I'll give you the Rabbids' version and you choose:

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH !!!!!!!!!!

Brainiac 8

Arkan wrote: »

Oh man micheal ancel is working on the game. I always wanted to play something he's worked on. Who the hell is he, anyway?

Go to your computer, get on ebay, buy Beyond Good & Evil, and play it. Play it, live it, love it.


The more I see of this game, the happier I become.

TheSonicRetard

So it looks like they've completely abandoned the rayman universe? Because that looks like earth, not the surreal, completely bizarre worlds of Rayman.







One of these is not like the others. One of these just... doesn't belong...

EDIT: And, oh, don't misunderstand me. This is an INSTANT BUY for me. I completely support moving away from minigames towards an adventure game. The trailer also has some nice music near the end... sounds grand for a lack of a better word.

EDIT DOS: I just placed the music! It totally reminds me of the music from Edward Scissor Hands, one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time.

Voth

Well, the developer interview explains the change in art direction for the rabbids. I think it's good to have the two universes separate, actually.

Couscous

Both of those pictures depict a character humping something. I'm not seeing the difference.

Brainiac 8

Now I'm sadly hoping there is a dry hump button for the Rabbids game.

Hump..BAAAAAAHHHH...hump...BAHHHHHHH

FyreWulff

I think Rayman is pretty much dead in the water as a franchise. The platformer as a genre just kind of went into a recession. They'll probably bring him back when platformers are popular again.

LBD_Nytetrayn

Well, he says there will be more Rayman adventures, and he and the Rabbids are BEF (Best Enemies Forever)... it just seems that the two are taking a break from one-another.

Besides, I thought the Rabbids came to Earth in 2, and stuck around; did they go back at the end or in TV Party?

maximumzero

FyreWulff wrote: »

I think Rayman is pretty much dead in the water as a franchise. The platformer as a genre just kind of went into a recession. They'll probably bring him back when platformers are popular again.

Bullshit, we got two platformers this week.

Sterica

Since the Rabbids are playing a Wii Rabbid game, it's clear they are on Earth.

FyreWulff

maximumzero wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

I think Rayman is pretty much dead in the water as a franchise. The platformer as a genre just kind of went into a recession. They'll probably bring him back when platformers are popular again.

Bullshit, we got two platformers this week.

That doesn't really mean anything.

Back in the days of Banjo, DK64, Mario Sunshine, Vex, and so on, platformers were it.


Now it's the first person shooter. You're going to get a FPS a lot more easily funded and approved before a platformer these days.

Guek

holy shit. this game looks like its more fun than it has any right to be.

you can definitely tell ancel is working on this game.

here's a preview as well.