Rayman Raving Rabbids - Bottom 12 / Top 12 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 DS - Bottom 12 / Top 12 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Wii - Bottom 12 / Top 12 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - Bottom 12 - Top 13 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 DS - Bottom 12 / Top 12 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Wii - Bottom 12 / Top 12 Minigames
Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - Bottom 12 - Top 13 Minigames
Following my LONG review of Rayman Raving Rabbids, I decided a review of a game about minigames couldn't be complete without me listing my favorite and least favorite minigames. RRR1 has no less than 75 minigames, which is quite impressive. Sure, 15 of those are music minigames, 12 are shoot'em-ups, and plenty of minigames have more than one version, but it's still a large number. Since this is the Rabbids we're talking about, I at least expect the minigames to be funny, crazy or creative. But mostly funny. There's a lot to look at, so let's not waste any time! Let's start off with the minigames I hated.
BOTTOM
12 MINIGAMES IN RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS
12.
Bunnies Like To Stuff Themselves (2)
I! DEMAND! PIZZA! YOU! SHALL! DRAW! PIZZA! |
A
bunny with a chef hat is waiting for his meal. Draw it for him with
the Wii remote! On the menu today: Sausages, bananas, sandwiches,
bells, bricks and other stuff that may or may not be edible! This
minigame is hard because you can't be very precise. It's not easy to
follow the outlines too well, unless you are insanely precise. Oh, by
the way, in RRR, many minigames have sequels in which (usually) a new
layer of difficulty is added to the original minigame. For this one's
sequel? The item's outline flashes, disappearing and reappearing, making it
even
harder to be precise when
drawing the line.
A difficult, unimaginative minigame. Meh.
11.
Bunnies have A Poor Grasp Of Anatomy
It takes a special kind of bad to suck that much at this one. |
A
wooden Rabbid with separate pieces for the ears, eyes, mouth and arms
spins. Then the place goes completely dark except for the pieces, and
you have to place them one at a time, in the correct location and
angle... IN THE DARK. OooooOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOoooh! The result?
Misplaced members. That's it. I really don't get the joke, if there's
one in there. Plus, this minigame is annoyingly hard, and even in the
Story Mode (where the target score for each minigame are much lower
so you can beat them more easily), this game is a pain in the ass.
...It's not even funny! It's barely fun! Entertaining? Nope! Skip it.
10.
Bunnies Have No Memory (2)
Cool name for a band: Plungerface and the Beach Wabbids. |
And
for sucking at this minigame, apparently neither do I. Four Rabbids
on the beach. They sing in a sequence and you repeat it by clicking
the Rabbids in the same order. Simple? This bajillionth video game
rendition of Simon Says can go on forever. You get one point for each
note you get right. To reach 1,000 points, you need 400 points. And
after a while, the sequence is just too long. Oh, by the way, this
has a sequel in which a fifth Rabbid (Serguei the Rabbidhulk, to be
precise) joins the fun. I've seen SO MANY of those mimics of Simon
Says that I'm positively fed up with them. Developers everywhere, just
stop doing this as a minigame. We're tired of the old Simon Says. Come back with Simon Says once you find a new, imaginative version to do that classic game.
9.
Bunnies Are Heartless With Pigs (2)
Before you know it, a Rabbid will come out and attack. Because the Rabbids are big jerks, I guess. |
I
hate this game because it's, more often than not, impossible. As in,
literally impossible, and the only way to beat it is to try again...
and again... and again... until the odds are nice enough to be in
your favor. You have to bring a baby pig to his mother, passing on
the lines of a 3X3 grid. But Rabbids are hidden in some of the
squares. The pig will squeal to tell you where the Rabbids are... and
you must avoid them. The problem? The Rabbids' locations are always
randomized, frequently resulting in a grid where you can't reach the
mother at all, due to the Rabbid obstacles. For this reason, I hate
this minigame and its sequel. Yeah, they felt the need to put us
through this torture twice. Thanks a bunch!
8.
Bunnies Don't Sleep Well
GHOSTS! Quick, call Luigi! |
A
Rabbid is sleeping. In his head, ghastly nightmares and a little
bunny avatar. You grab the bunny avatar, and then you have to move
around the area without touching the borders or getting hit by the
ghosts, which move faster and faster by the second. One of the few
minigames that can be played by all players at the same time, in
1Player mode it ends as soon as you touch something. Its an annoying
minigame due to how hard it is, and it's also a tad unimaginative.
Can't we have the Rabbid waking up, screaming, and then hitting a
cactus? That would at least be funny. But it's not there. This
minigame isn't funny at all...
7.
Bunnies Never Close Doors (2)
Do Rabbids even... ... ...I don't want to know. |
6.
Bunnies Are A-Mazing
Another
boring minigame where you and three friends can play at the same
time. Simple. Grab the bunny avatar and move it through a maze.
Hitting walls causes the cursor to drop the bunny avatar, and you
have to pick it up again to move forward. Yet another minigame with
little to no comedic value, with crazy requirements (it's hard even
when you're good, so imagine trying to beat the best time!) It's also
pretty ugly and basic. When I think Raving Rabbids, I expect better.
5.
Bunnies Can't Play Soccer
He shoots... Barranco... and he scores! |
4.
Bunnies Are Addicted To Carrot Juice
You
have to pump carrot juice with the Nunchuk. By shaking it for the
entirety of the minigame. That means an entire minute, at least. You
must them aim the diver Rabbids who are coming towards you. You...
fill their diving mask with carrot juice to knock them out. You know,
this is a fun and challenging minigame, but your arm holding the
Nunchuk will be aching by the time you lose (because the minigame
only ends once you're incapable of stopping all the Rabbids). That is
a guarantee. You basically have to take breaks! ...During a
minute-long minigame! ...That's not a good sign. Shoo.
3.
Bunnies Are Ticklish
YUCK. JUST NO. |
2.
Bunnies Are Slow To React (3)
This is a Rabbid's brain. This is a Rabbid's brain after a concussion. Any questions? |
1.
Bunnies Don't Use Toothpaste (2)
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! |
On
to something happier: My favorite minigames!
TOP
12 MINIGAMES IN RAYMAN RAVING RABBIDS
12.
Bunnies Are Not Ostriches
Rayman's
controlling a UFO with a chain and a hook. He has to hover over
Raving Rabbids whose head is stuck underground (it's Clark, the
Super-Rabbid), deploy the hook and pluck them out. Sounds easy, but
controlling the UFO is a little harder than it seems, you have to
pluck 10 Clarks out, this minigame has a time limit (the less time you
take the more points you get)... Oh, and Professor Barranco is
following you around because he wants to be caught by the hook. The
concept alone is funny, and while it's not one of the minigames I
play most, this one definitely has some charm.
11.
Bunnies Rarely Leave Their Burrows (2)
I
might be fed up with Simon Sez, but I'm not tired of Whack-A-Mole!
Rabbids come out of their burrows. Aim at them with the Wii remote
and whack them by shaking the Nunchuk. Easy, really. There's also a
sequel where pigs can randomly come out of holes, and you must not
hit them, which adds some nice difficulty. I really like this
minigame, even if it's simple and basic. And it's also a lot easier
to reach 1,000 points in this one.
10.
Race Good A Like Bunnies
There
are 4 racing minigames in RRR1, but this one is the best. You're
racing with the other Rabbiids... but you're going in the opposite
direction of the other racers. As in, you'll need to avoid the
incoming racers as you progress. I have no idea who thought about
this, but it's frankly brilliant. Brilliant as in “silly”, but
it's a silly idea that works. Plus, it's creative. Have you ever
played a racing game where you go the opposite way everyone else
goes?
9.
The Bunny Hunt Minigames
Also of note, that giant mecha at the end of a Wild West level. |
8.
Bunnies Have Natural Rhythm (2)
Colored
bunnies dressed in different styles are running around a beach. As
Rayman, you have to go kick a color radio to activate it. The Rabbids
colored like the radio will start dancing, which means you can go up
to them and kick them out. Do that for all four radios and you win!
Try to beat the best time! There's a sequel to this one where
Serguei, who doesn't like music apparently, will hurry to turn off a radio you
turned on, so you need to be quick in kicking the colored Rabbids
out. Oh, also, if you're in Serguei's way, HE will knock YOU out.
That's a very funny minigame, which offers a decent challenge. Also,
Rabbids of a color are dressed in a certain style, and the radio of
that color plays music of that style (ex. Blue Rabbids wear cowboy
hats, the blue radio plays country music). It's adorable and
hilarious all at once.
7.
Bunnies Have A Great Ear For Music
One of them is currently singing heavy metal and screaming like there's no tomorrow. FIND IT! |
6.
Bunnies Don't Know What To Do With Cows
The
arm-breaking minigame. You have to spin the Wii remote over your head
faster, faster, faster. On the screen, Rayman will be treating a cow
attached to a chain like a hammer to be thrown in the distance. He'll
spin the cow over his head. You have to keep going faster, always
faster, and then you have to press A or B to release the cow. It'll
be flung in the distance, and your score is determined by how far
from Rayman it lands. A very hard minigame, very physically
straining... but dammit, it's worth it. Hilarious minigame. Just
don't play it too often, you'll feel the pain in your arm VERY
quickly. ...Still not as bad as the carrot juice-pumping minigame...
5.
The 15 music minigames
Guh-roo-vee! |
4.
Bunnies Don't Give Gifts
And the Rabbids KNOW that this is a bomb! |
3.
Bunnies Are Oversensitive
And now the bumb starts growing... |
2.
Bunnies Don't Understand Bowling
Ten bunnies are placed like bowling pins on a
platform above a pit. Rayman, in a mine, must send, at great speed, a
rolling barrel towards them. The goal is to make all Rabbids fall
down the pit, or at least make them trip and fall on their faces. If
all the Rabbids were hit through a domino effect, you record a
Strike, and you get even more points if Rabbids fell off the
platform. If you didn't do a Strike, you have to try and hit the
remaining Rabbids. If you scored a Strike, you can try to get a
second one, because 10 new Rabbids replaced the others. This minigame
is just hilarious. And it renewed my interest in bowling! Plus, it's
easy to play, but getting a high score is challenging... exactly what
I want from a Raving Rabbids minigame.
1.
Bunnies Like Surprises
The
funniest minigame in RRR1. A Rabbid is walking around a platform with
a plunger on its face, It can't see where it's going. You shake the
Nunchuk to lead him to your left, and the Wii remote to lead him to
your right. He'll run in whichever direction you asked him to. The
point is to have him hit the obstacles in the way. Lovely surprises
such as rakes, cacti, campfires, bear traps, and overcharged car
batteries. Yes, you get points by forcing the Rabbids to fall in
these traps. Your points double each time you make him hit the same
kind of trap twice in a row. At the end, a giant 50,000-ton weight
falls on the platform. Just in case it wasn't painful enough already.
This minigame is amazing. I get huge Looney Tunes vibes out of it,
and it always makes me laugh. Oh, and it's one of the minigames in
which you can hit 1,000 rather easily: Have the Rabbid hit every
single cacti while also avoiding the other traps! It's not easy but
not insanely difficult. And the result is just great. This is my
favorite minigame.
Well,
those were my two lists. Thanks for reading. This Friday: Rayman Raving
Rabbids 2... on the Nintendo DS!
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