- Rayman Raving Rabbids (Nintendo Wii).
Product description
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Rayman Raving Rabbids brings you back to the world of Rayman,
just as it's being threatened by demonic rabbits! With the help
of magical creatures, Rayman must battle to save his world from
the bunnies. It's a great way for Rayman to punch his way onto a
next-gen platforms!
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Rayman Raving Rabbids is the edgiest and most off-the-wall gaming
experience in the history of the Rayman franchise. This new
Rayman game features the funniest, zaniest, wackiest antics ever
when hordes of nasty bunnies invade Rayman's world. They enslave
him, forcing Rayman to participate in a series of gladiator-like
trials. In order to win his freedom, Rayman must entertain and
outwit these crazed, out-of-control bunnies.
Beat the bad bunnies and become a superstar!
Unlock mini-games to play with friends. View larger
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Innumerable uses for the Wii Remote allow for creative game
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How many Raving Rabbids can you take out in 30 seconds? View
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Multiplayer games are as fast as they are hilarious. View larger
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.Welcome to a new generation of Rayman
You'd be hard-pressed to find a game with as much character as
Rayman Raving Rabbids. From the creative minigames to the quirks
of the bunnies, this game packs an immense a of
entertainment on one disc. It's rare in games that failing during
a competition can bring you as much joy as actually succeeding,
but Rayman Raving Rabbids does an admirable job of rewarding your
failure with a large dose of comic screams, flying plungers and
crossed eyes.
Of course, the point is to succeed and not let the bunnies laugh
at your failure. Rayman Raving Rabbids may have a lot of style
but it has very little plot. Each level consists of four minigame
challenges and one "boss battle," so to speak. If you complete at
least three of the minigames, the main gate opens, allowing you
to take on a greater challenge. Once you play a minigame in the
Story Mode, you unlock that minigame and can play it at any time
and against friends.
Exercise your Wii Remote
Hand it to Ubisoft's development crew as they really took
advantage of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers'
capabilities. Some minigames are as simple as twirling the Wii
Remote like a lasso and pushing a button to launch a cow as if
you were in a hammer throw competition. Some minigames really
test your coordinating, asking you to swing the Nunchuk like a
jump rope and flicking the Wii Remote up to make Rayman jump.
Each level has one consistant challege, however: a rhythm game.
As a song plays, the bunnies approach a spot on either stage left
or right. When they hit that spot, you'll shake the Nunchuk (if
the bunny is on the left) or the Wii Remote when the rabbid hits
the mark.
When you take on the boss stages, you'll find yourself, more
often than not, playing a rail shooter. The Wii Remote becomes
your light , firing plungers at the horde of oncoming rodents.
When your plunger supply runs out, shake the Nunchuk to reload.
In recent years, the rail shooter (where you don't control the
movement) has been forsaken for the first-person shooter and free
movement. The Rayman boss experience will make rail shooter fans
rejoice. If other shooters can perform as well as the
plunger-fueled firing action of Rayman Raving Rabbids, the genre
will come back with a vengeance.
Impressive replay value
There's extra incentive to play the many minigames of Rayman
Raving Rabbids. When you complete a game in Challenge Mode, the
game gives you a code that you can enter at the Rayman Web site
which basically gives you access to special features on the site.
The minigames of Rayman Raving Rabbids skew toward a younger
audience, and at first, an above-average gamer should find the
games to be pretty easy. However, once the minigames are
, a big challenge awaits you to get the highest scores
and blast your friends in multiplayer challenges. That's when the
real party begins! Rayman delivers exactly what the Wii promises:
fun and lots of it. Here's hoping the bunnies come back for
multiple invasions!