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A limbless hero in a magical world of platforming adventures.

Rayman is a platform game series created by Michel Ancel for Ubisoft. Since the release of Rayman in 1995, the series has produced multiple games across multiple platforms.

Quick Facts

Franchise: Rayman
Developer: Ubisoft
First appears: Rayman (Original Game)

Lore & Background

The series is set in a fantastical, magical world which features a wide range of environments that are very often based on certain themes, such as "the Eraser Plains", a landscape made entirely of stationery, or "the Band Land", another one made of musical instruments, or even "Olympus Maximus/Mount Elysium" and "Fiesta De Los Muertos/Mystic Mesa", which are based respectively on Ancient Greece's mythology and Mexican tradition. The protagonist is Rayman, a magical limbless creature, being renowned for his courage and determination who, with the help of his friends, must save his world from various villains.

Reader's Guide

The core games of the series are platformers, but there are several spin-off titles in other genres. The main series includes Rayman (1995), Rayman 2 (originally conceptualised as a 2D sidescroller), Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, and Rayman Origins. A cancelled Rayman 4 was in development in 2005. Rayman Raving Rabbids began as a 3D platformer but was reworked into a party-style game for the Wii; however, the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS versions were side-scrolling platformers. Cancelled games include a SNES version of the original Rayman and a 2D prototype of Rayman 2.