Rayman is a platform video game series created by Michel Ancel and owned by Ubisoft. The original Rayman was a 2D sprite based platformer similar to those of the 16 bit era. Rayman 2: The Great Escape moved the series into 3D, and added more variety to the gameplay with new actions such as being pulled through a marsh by a snake, riding a rocket, and the ability to temporarily swim in water. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc kept the same core platforming of Rayman 2, but added timed power ups and had a bigger emphasis on combat. The handheld entries in the series have remained similar to the sprite-based original in gameplay in that they are mostly 2D; Rayman DS and Rayman 3D are the only exceptions to this, as both are ports of Rayman 2.
Rayman Raving Rabbids, which was at first planned to be a traditional platformer, turned into a mini-game collection late in development after the developers were able to try out the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. Early trailers for the game and early information portray it having a darker atmosphere than is typical of a Rayman game, and show Rayman riding animals including a giant spider. Rayman could alter his appearance, and his dancing style with it, and dance to entrance the Rabbids. Ultimately this idea was scrapped, and replaced with motion based mini-games similar to those in WarioWare: Smooth Moves. Rayman Raving Rabbids was also released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, and PC despite being made around the motion-sensing Wii controller, and simply replaced physical actions with traditional button presses and stick movements. Rayman M features Rayman characters racing on foot through platformer like stages and battling in a separate arena mode. There has also been a Rayman educational game, Rayman Junior, which focused less on gameplay and more on learning.
Beautiful fairy, beautiful life
There is a choice, to choose your path
Beautiful fairy, beautiful life
The most important thing is not to lose.
I had chosen a more calmful way
I liked the sense of it at the most
Although it was not so colorful outwardly
But eternal horrors will pass me from behind.
I gave the most of myself
mainly for that way of life on this earth
And I had gained a part of heaven in eternity
Peace, happiness, joy on this earth.
Fairy of life, come, choose
As soon as you are born
The way to eternity has a reward of life
Fairy of life, come, choose
As soon as you are born
Choose the way to eternity
A reward of eternal life awaits.
Horrors and tortures are waiting at the end of ways
To those, who are brighter and nicer at the first thought
Beautiful by view, dangerous inside
And full of poison and dead bones
Stench and tortures are their essence forever
That's what they include in themselves
But besides torture in eternity
Depression tortures them on this earth. â- (2 times)
Black greedy ravens are whirling
Above those, who had chosen not God's way
Egyptian vultures are dividing souls of the doomed
Choosing whom they will peck
Whirling are the ravens, whirling are the demons
Wanting to peck the doomed
Wanting are the ravens, wanting are the demons
To tear the retreated.