Hello
everyone! I felt like I would be better off using all the space I could in the next reviews, so I'm doing this introduction to Raving
Rabbids Month in a separate post. It's not gonna be long.
They're loud, they're stupid, they're thousands, and they're ready to run amok! Many, many thanks to ComicFury artist LeRenardRoux for this picture! Go check out her webcomics! |
Intro
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
Rayman's
creator Michel Ancel stayed rather quiet about the creation of the
Raving Rabbids. Not much happened to Rayman for a while. Then, all of
a sudden, we get this odd trailer: Mr. Ancel discussing his ideas in
his office, until he gets attacked by the bunnies. Then we get
another trailer where an impressive army of scary-looking Raving
Rabbids come out of the ground in Rayman's video game world, with creepy expressions, distorted
bodies and terrifying machinery. We then see Rayman dressing up as an
elderly lady, a stereotypical goth, a stereotypical disco fan, and
then we see him using plenty of weapons to hurt the Rabbids... The trailer made it look like this was going to be an
open-roaming Rayman Adventure where he would just go around and bash
Rabbids as he liked. That sounded amazing.
The rumors say that Ancel had to scrap the original villains of what was then known as Rayman 4, and found himself having to doodle a little something that would serve as the new villain(s). So he drew a cute, if disproportionate, little bunny. The Rabbids were literally created in a rush. And they were presented this way, too: Not only were they suddenly the new villains, but they had practically no backstory (only implications that they're aliens, and that's it; even the major Rabbids have no backstories), which means they were just sneaking their way into the franchise, like it or not. The invasion was a plot point, but it was also extremely meta in the way it was presented to the gamers.
Then
we found out that the new Rayman installment was actually going to be a
collection of minigames, Okay, it makes a bit of sense with the
previews, but many gamers still found themselves a bit angry that
they didn't get their action-packed, bunny-bashing adventure. Oh
well. We still got some very funny games. And as we all know, Rayman
eventually split up with the Rabbids, and thus both franchises lived
on as their own thing. A compromise that made a lot of people happy. By the way, if we ever get that action-packed, bunny-bashing game, it will be incredible.
But
let's not be too negative. There are plenty of things to discuss
about the Raving Rabbids, not just their backstory and legacy. This
month, I will be taking a look at four Raving Rabbids games:
-Rayman
Raving Rabbids, for the Wii;
-Rayman
Raving Rabbids 2, for the Nintendo DS;
-Rayman
Raving Rabbids 2, for the Wii;
-Rayman
Raving Rabbids TV Party, for the Wii.
I
will write 1 post for each review, in which I cover the plot, the
type of minigames, the multiplayer options, the bonuses, etc. Of course, in each regular review I will not have enough space to properly discuss the minigames themselves, since there is so much to cover. That's why I will use a second part to each review, in which I will list my 12 favorite and 12 least
favorite minigames in that Raving Rabbids game. This is going to give me a chance to take a look at the Rabbids' main draw.
This
is gonna be a LOT of work.
But
it's gonna be awesome.
Join
me in February. If you're a fan of the Raving Rabbids, you'll like
it. If you've heard of them but you aren't a big fan, maybe I'll give
you reasons to become a fan. If you hate the Rabbids, well... maybe
my lists of least favorites minigames will give you more reasons to.
Or maybe you'll learn to appreciate them, who knows?
Either
way, don't miss any of it. This is going to be great!
Oh, by the way, if you want to hear my cheap imitation of Rabbid speech, here's a video. I basically repeat everything I said in this post, except in Rabbid speech (and subtitles), and God is it one of the stupidest things I've ever done for this site. Oh well, have fun watching it.
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