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Rayman M (Rayman Arena in North America) is a multiplayer party game developed and published by Ubisoft. The North American GameCube and Xbox versions, with both releases featuring exclusive content. A spin-off of the Rayman series, the game retains a number of elements that previously appeared in Rayman 2: The Great Escape, such as similar controls, gameplay and level design. The game is split two game modes, both supporting up to four players: on-foot racing and arena-based battles.
Gameplay[]
GameCube and Xbox[]
The PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows versions of the game were released worldwide, but the GameCube and Xbox versions were only released in North America under the name Rayman Arena. There were a number of changes made to the GameCube and Xbox releases, including:
- Increased frame rate (60fps)
- A new main menu.
- A new intro and a new outro.
- New cutscenes where Murfy explains the basics to the different game types.
- Difficulty levels in the single-player mode (Beginner, Pro and Master)
- Modified level designs for some levels.
- A new playable character (Dark Globox) and new unlockable skins (such as Dark Rayman).
- A new game mode (Time Attack).
- A new Race Exhibition level (Extreme Slide)
- Three new Battle Exhibition levels (Pac-Arena, Low Gravity Arena and Kuraï)
- Born to Slide and Speed Stress renamed to Speed Stress and Run, Run respectively.
- Race, Lum Spring and Lum Fight renamed to Obstacle Racing, Freeze Combat and Total Fight respectively.
- The removal of five game modes (Training, Popolopoï, Lums, Kill Time and Capture the Fly)
- The removal of two Bonus League race levels (Big Bang and On and On)
- Modified character themes for Globox and Tily for all race levels.
- New character themes for every character in the Factory race levels.
Reception[]
The game got mixed reviews.
External links[]
- Rayman Arena at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Rayman Arena at GameFAQs
| Rayman series | |
|---|---|
| Main series | Rayman (Advance) • Rayman 2: The Great Escape (GBC/DS/3D) • 3: Hoodlum Havoc (GBA) Origins • Legends |
| Raving Rabbids series | Rayman Raving Rabbids • Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 • TV Party • Rabbids Go Home • Rabbids Lab Party Collection • Travel in Time • Rumble • Land • Kingdom Battle (Donkey Kong Adventure) • Party of Legends • Sparks of Hope |
| Spin-offs/Compilations | Rayman Arena • 10th Anniversary • Rayman and Rabbids Family Pack |
| Related | Rayman (character) • Ubisoft • Michel Ancel • Tonic Trouble |
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