Random: Frozen Rayman Spotted In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

That could literally just be an easter egg at best and a coincidence at worse lol

It looks a little bit like Rayman but I'm not convinced.

Personally I do not really care THAT much who joins the Smash roster however, if I had to choose one it would be either Rayman or Viewtiful Joe.

I just kinda hope that Nintendo picked an Western franchise/game character for Smash this time.

So even this turns out to be true... I would really like it.

Well it certainly looks like Rayman and Nintendo like to tease. If it was Waluigi frozen in the ice I'd say it was just Sakurai having a laugh.Rayman though, why else would he be there?

Absolutely nothing, I'm afraid. It's unlikely development time would have been put into creating a Rayman Spirit if the eventual plan was to include him as a fighter (I say this as an ever-optimistic Isaac fan). It does look similar to Rayman, though!

After the ugly divorce between Nintendo and Ubi over the disaster of the Wii U, and then the sloppy make out session that spawned Mario + Rabbids when they got back together, I was actually surprised when the Smash line up didn't include Rayman or a Rabbid. I would have preferred Smash stick to cute cartoony characters beating each other senseless rather than the very humanesque soldiers and fighters that have been showing up. So if this is true, it's cool, but I don't get that excited over who's in Smash. I just hope Ubi makes another proper Rayman game.

I can't see it for the life of me.

I don’t see anything

@TheFox "I would have preferred Smash stick to cute cartoony characters beating each other senseless rather than the very humanesque soldiers and fighters that have been showing up."

I think you and I would get along swimmingly, friend.

Extremely likely.
In addition to Nintendo and Ubisoft's good collaborative relationship, he's been rumored and wanted for years. (though you could say the same thing about GENO and he's probably not happening, unfortunately)

The only character I would say is a LOCK at this point is Banjo-Kazooie.
I would be VERY surprised if they don't make the cut as a fighter.

I can’t see it at all.... literally have no idea where I am meant to be looking

This is nothing. There are same vague shapes in the ice that kinda-sorta can be resolved into a rough head shape, so our pesky brains try to make sense of it by seeing a face that just isn't there. Even if some people think they see something, they should ask themselves why in the world he would be there. This is Smash Bros, not Mortal Kombat. They're not known for putting Easter eggs in the background, so why would they make an exception now?

@TheFox OR you can have a wide variety of different characters from different games for different fans, like they've done and are doing, instead of being selfish and wanting the roster to only appeal to your sensibilities.

@WaxxyOne Yes, they are known for putting easter eggs in the background.
Look up the Pac-Man easter egg, before he was announced, for example.

@mist I don't either and I'm really trying

Are you effin' kidding me? It looks nothing like the sort. Should there be any resemblance, it would just be purely coincidental...

There looks like there's something in there, but it isn't Rayman, it looks like it has legs

Once you see him you can't unsee him,even from afar.That is 100% Rayman in there.

This is a bit Jesus in the toast.

Hope not but when they done the 3.0 update video I saw a background with a witch and a big pot. Is that a nod to say Banjo and
Kazzoie are coming?.

This has been here since day one, at this point I feel like it's a texture

I don't think this is anything, but I hope it's something!

My take is that if it's a Spirit, it's not becoming a fighter anytime soon.

Clickety-clickety-bait headline...

I see it straight away there’s no doubt it’s him. Would NEVER have spotted it if I wasn’t looking for him, but it’s definitely Rayman.

It’s totally him. You can even see the circle he has on his shirt!

Not to be rude but I think there are some other more attractive characters to be put in the game. I dont think he will be added

Frozen Rayman? I prefer hot ramen.

@Wavey84 when you put in the free code for piranha plant does it just appear or so you have to play to unlock.it put in code but not there

He's stuck in the midnight forest in HLD too.

That's 100% purely, definitive coincidence.

@OorWullie
No, it's not. It's like, if you are starring on a random pattern and you suddenly see a face in there. It's just imagination.

@MrBlacky I know that can happen but not in this case. It's Rayman with his eyes closed wearing his red shirt,you can even make out his hair. It totally stands out from the rest of the ice so it's not just a coincidental pattern.

Jesus'-face-on-a-toast syndrome.

No Rayman has not been spotted some twitter poster has seen what they want to see. A coincidence, nothing more, and not even a particularly convincing one.

That face and hair pretty clearly reference Rayman, y'all.

With that said, it could very easily just be an Easter Egg.

I would love to see Rayman make the cut, though. And Shantae. And Banjo-Kazooie.

You only see what your eyes want to see
How can THAT be what you want it to be? It's frozen
The DLC spot still open

I would love to have Rayman playable in Smash, unfortunately I don’t see that happening.

Super Smash DLC name idea
Everyone is coming to join Smash!

Played this stage so much, and never saw it? Lol I feel really stupid. Don't know about Rayman tho.
I'd rather have someone else.

While I can see Rayman in there, I think people shouldn't be getting their hopes up over this. Remember when people saw characters in the clouds of Subspace Emissary and they didn't get in Brawl? Yeah.
Anyway, I wouldn't mind if Rayman was made playable. I mostly just think it's strange that he's been a trophy and a spirit two games in a row and not being made playable. Is that just me?

That looks a lot like Rayman, and I'm not really a fan of the character. I've only played the demo of his game from the eShop, and while I thought it was fun, it's not something I'm desperate to play. So I'm no biased in any way.
I'll be neutral if he's one of the DLC fighters. He's not a bad character after all, just not my cup of tea.

@TheFox I wasn't around in the Wii U era. What happened?

Can't roll my eyes hard enough.

I can see the resemblance plain as day, but I seriously doubt it has any meaning other than a texture that resembles something.

I like Rayman, but this is nothing more than chatter.

If you squint hard enough, you can see anything...

Hmm... i don't see it... i don't think is Rayman at all... must just be a coincidence and nothing more.

This sounds like the Virgin Mary toast thing. Except with the toast, you can actually see her face.

I see it completely. Also here’s my 4 picks for the final dlc: 1. Rayman 2. Banjo-Kazooie 3. Shantae. And for the 4. I’m gonna get creative. Okay picture this; It’s E3 and Bayonetta 3 is shown off... and along with a new character reveal from the game....... BAM! That new character is also a smash fighter! So that’s my wild pick, a new Bayonetta fighter in smash

Looks vaguely like him from a distance, is immediately and clearly not him as soon as you zoom in slightly

@OorWullie
You see Rayman, because you were told it's him. If I remove this image of Rayman from my head, I can easily see some banana guy with sunglasses.

@Trajan Ubisoft was one of the biggest supporters of the Wii, and when the Wii U came out, they initially had strong support for that system too. Among the early games were two Assassin's Creeds, Rayman, and ZombiU which is considered one of the best games for game pad integration. I'm sure you know that the Wii U wasn't exactly a success, but the Ubisoft games, despite mostly good reviews, really REALLY bombed. While EA, Activision, etc quietly backed away from the Wii U, Ubisoft didn't hold back in their press releases talking about what a disaster the Wii U was, identified games they were cancelling (which was painful for people like me to hear because, hey I wanted that!) and even admitted they had a game that was 100% complete but would never release it. I don't know if Nintendo was actually because EVERYONE abandoned them, but I can't imagine Nintendo was happy with the Ubisoft quotes being splashed all over the gaming press.

Looks more like a Koopa Troopa to me.

Would love Rayman as a playable character (along with crash bandicoot) but seeing as how Rayman is already a spirit it does seem unlikely

Waluigi confirmed.

Yeah, that's nothing. And the fact that Rayman is already a spirit pretty much deconfirms him anyway.

I hear it straight from the dev, or I don't "see" it, simple. If he'll be playable, I'll wait for the official news story, and if not, not gonna even bother hyping myself. I saw a cloud that looked like the Death Star-- Empire confirmed btw...

That's what UbiSoft gets for turning its back on the Wii U. Now Rayman had to pay the price.

Imagine if Rayman were to be a DLC fighter, his reveal trailer would have him break out of the ice. That would be the funniest thing

@MrBlacky THAT would be a cool DLC! Peanut butter jelly time!!

I don't see it at all, no matter how hard I try.

Decided to check out the Battlefield Model in Blender just to get a closer view and sure enough, it does look like Rayman.
No idea if this is some sort of hint or just a reference but given how much I'd love to see Rayman, I really hope it's pointing to something.

All I'll say is that I couldn't see it for the life of me until I watched the GameXplain video, and now I can't unsee it.

They just confirmed Rayman in Smash Bros!

@ryobi85 it immediately unlocks and becomes playable upon entering the code. Are you sure you got a valid unused code? The codes were no longer distributed after January 31st, and they might be locked to the registered game (if you get out from an outside source).

I don't see it, BUT if you look at the clouds you can clearly see WaLuigi.

I know Nintendo like avant garden picks but the last 4 DLC packs should be:

• Fortnite Default
• Rayman
• Noctis (they did Cloud despite VII never being on a Nintendo console at that point)
• Master Chief

Just a photoshopped little mac

Had my girlfriend look at it and tell me what she saw. She described Rayman, down to the purple hoodie and everything. She doesn't know who Rayman is either. That crystal has no other colors like that in any other location there. Come on, it even has the hoodie shape there too

@Ralizah Yes please.

Meanwhile, Waluigi is off in the corner, saying:

"Eeeeeeverybody loves Ray-man".

"What color is the dress?"

I just dont see it.

At first I didn't see anything at all and thought that you were crazy. But tilt your head to the right a little and it's obviously a face. Thought it looked like Diddy Kong first. But it definitely looks like Rayman after having looked at a few pictures of him.

I can't unsee it now.

It's far fetched.

If it's Rayman he was definitely frozen when trying to deal with constipation.

I can't see it. Unless Rayman gained a lot of weight and grew legs. His face looks a bit chubby and he has skinny legs?

I don’t see it.

Now I see him, but I'm not convinced
I still have some hope for Rayman coming in the DLCs

It's unbelievable how many people don't know what 'literally' means. Rayman cannot be "literally frozen in the past".

It is with a heavy heart that I say it's not Rayman. At first glance I thought it was him but upon closer inspection I realized what seemed to be his signature hair is only the pattern on the flag seen through the ice.

Nothing to see here

A stage based on Rayman could be beautiful both visually and aurally. I'm not sure I'm ever going to buy DLC for Smash though. $60 is more than enough for a game.

I know some reliable insiders and Rayman is indeed one of the four upcoming downloadable characters:

1. Rayman
2. Cuphead
3. Kazuma Kiryu (Yakuza)
4. Ecco the Dolphin

Today my brain see a Koopa Troopa... Or Goemon... Maybe Lemmings...

Edit: Now also Dynamite Headdy...

No...I mean I can sort of see his face, but to me this is 100% coincidental.

Take my money Nintendo!

@KoekiieWoekiie Yeah, with that Joker guy, they killed my interest in their DLC, so far. I'm much more excited for the DLC that'll appear in Mortal Kombat!

It's more than likely not Rayman, but now I can't unsee it.

@Stocksy To give you an idea where to start looking, I'd suggest you start at the purple thing with a tooth-paste-smile flashing face and yellow hair in the red circle.
Just kidding, but it IS possible, Nintendo LOVES these teases / easter eggs, and the red circle is definitely there!

@ddowler85 I agree with him. There are too many human like characters in my opinion and they are boring compared to the variety the more cartoon ones have. Secondly, I bet you any money that Banjo doesn't make it.

@Jayofmaya You could easily say there are too many cartoon-ish characters as well; I'd say it's a good mix that pleases most everyone.
And your opining about a general lack of "variety" and the so-called "boring" nature among the more human-ish characters simply does NOT hold water.
At all.
You can't say Bayonetta, Snake, Ryu, Cloud, Link, Zero Suit Samus, Captain Falcon, Simon/Richter Belmont, Little Mac, Joker, Sheik, Shulk, etc. etc. "lack variety" in their appearance/movesets/style or have "boring" natures compared to the more cartoon-ish characters.
That's utterly RIDICULOUS.

You may have a point if you say some of the Fire Emblem characters, specifically, are a bit too similar and too numerous, that's been a common complaint among western fans for years, but I understand that Fire Emblem is HUGE in some regions and Nintendo wants ample representation for new installments, and the characters would not be included if that demographic did not want them in the game.

@HumanDog Ecco the Dolphin would be a great addition.

@Jayofmaya "Secondly, I bet you any money that Banjo doesn't make it."

Not sure why you would bet money on ANY DLC character's inclusion OR exclusion after Piranha Plant and Joker's reveal have shown us to expect the unexpected.

Yes, out of all the rumored/wanted characters, Banjo-Kazooie is definitely the front-runner IMO; I would not be at all surprised if Microsoft has actively lobbied Nintendo for his inclusion as well. (or perhaps another Microsoft or Rare character will make the cut instead, in keeping with the out-of-left-field DLC trend)
He's been wanted for several years and things are just lining up too well, there may even be other Banjo-Kazooie related news at Nintendo's E3 showing.
A Dragon Quest character is also quite possible.

Hey, a sailboat!

First Thanos now Rayman what next John Cena??

@ddowler85 The Fire Emblem ones were what I was talking about really. Though, I'm not into Joker, either. Link, Samus, Cloud, Snake, Bayo and even Simon are all great too. I even like Xenoblade and completed the original but tbh Shulk wouldn't be my first pick, I'd much rather Rayman or such.

If this is trying to say, HEY RAYMAN IS GOING IN AS DLC, even though he is a spirit, then ppl better start predicting Geno.

Please, let this be true

I see him. He's just chillin'. Looks might painful though.

If this turns out to be true, people will search every nook and crany of every stage to find even more dlc hints!

I cant see anything. I just see ice