Rayman Legends on Wii U Wins Digital Foundry Face-Off

Wii U does what Xbox and PlayStatioNOT!

Aside from the bad puns, it's nice to see the Wii U version getting better praise than the other versions.

Only Gamespot marked the Wii U version lower than the others apparently.. Didn't like the gamepad levels..

Ubisoft just wasted 7 months on versions that lost to the Wii U..clap clap Way to go, Ubisoft...i hope Nintendo gets Atlus to replace your stupidity...

I am also glad to see Nintendo get some praise for something they deserve it for. Yeah! The internet isn't all negative!

They did a pretty good job with them Gamepad controls.

So, it could have sold much more on Wii U, building the Wii U's install base and such had they released it back in February, and it wouldn't have had to compete with any other games at the time. I think Ubisoft is kicking themselves right now, and rightly so. The question is, will they make that same mistake twice?

@Cohort gamespot has always been a little bias in my opinion.

@jpfan1989 Well quite.. the "reviewer" in question also gave Skyward Sword a 7.5/10

I will the day after today.

Something to ponder:

Had the game gotten such glowing reviews without those extra 7 months?

@Discostew I doubt their kicking themselves. It got no. 14 on the individual formats chart just like Wonderful 101, which everyone agreed was a flopped and resulted in 22nd place on the all formats chart. This would have been exactly the same as Wii U on it's own, but the other formats more than doubled their sales and boosted them up to 6th in the all format chart.

I'll be getting it on Wii U when I get one. The Weekend Confirmed podcast have been calling it by far the best use of the gamepad from any game for months.

I really liked the gamepad segment of the Rayman Legends Challenges app. I remember thinking, "how the hell will other consoles emulate this"? Apparently the answer is they won't.

Ubisoft is going to wonder why they delayed the Wii U version to accommodate the ports when that version sells at $60 while the others are promptly discounted to $40 (similar to Origins).

Not to say those versions shouldn't sell. Only that they will over-saturate and eventually undercut the market.

@Discostew Remember Rayman Oranges..I mean Origins? I think they decided to make it cross-platformed because the predecessor was originally a commercial failure. Still, it's just not the same without full control with Murphy...

@ReshiramZekrom NintenDOES what the others won't.^_-

Surely the fantastic marketing/appeasment strategy that was the challenge app has something to do with the better sales

@Cohort While normally I would disagree with a statement of hatred against one's opinion, I have read that review and it was a joke

@ScroogeMcLz Very strange review...

Giving Skyward Sword a bad review because you don't know how to play it is pretty sad

@ScroogeMcLz Similar thing happened with Wonderful 101 in regards to a lot of reviews that I read..

This isn't surprising. Alotta gaming media has been recommending the Wii U version of this game over other platforms.

@Blastoise As they should I mean yes the Murphy levels suck single player but that's true in all versions of the game, Ubisoft made it no secret those levels are meant to be played CO-OP now while that's not always possible I'd prefer the touch integration over some rhythmic QTE section like the PS3 and 360 versions have.

I can't wait to pick this up.

Good for the team behind Rayman Legends. Good for Wii U. All this business about "they should have or could have" doesn't mean much. Many more sales and much more success is coming from this plan. Wii U owners also got that cool challenges app for free.

I happen to believe that more Wii Us could have sold had it released on time, but this is only speculation and even then I don't think it would have been enough to move significant numbers.

I can't fault them. If I had worked on Zombi U or Lego City Undercover, two games with a lot of love and creativity put into them, I'd be pretty disappointed in the number of sales. Lego City in particular is really losing out due to the failure of the Wii U launch because it is the best Lego game in a long time.

Anyway, I'd much rather see this a success than a failure no matter the past and I'm eager to pick it up this week.

Wii U, not them.

@Cohort
I think they secretly just don't like the Wii U Gamepad, so the game's analysis suffered as a result. Anything that's not a Dualshock is a gimmick to those kind of people. Again, the Wonderful 101 review on IGN gave a 7.6 and labeled "bad controls", because of the Wii U gamepad. It's a common trend.

@Cohort Gamespot rarely gives accurate reviews.

@JaxonH

This is why I hardly trust reviews anymore, for the majority of the games that I own on Wii U the GamePad is an absolute joy to use..

@galetyler
I thought the Murphy levels were AMAZING in single player. There's nothing wrong with them. The challenge is a unique and fun twist on platforming- and while it is great in co-op, I don't buy that the levels were specifically designed for co-op. Not at all. The levels were designed to test your skills in reaction time and route-planning, all while utilizing the second screen. The Challenges App had Murphy Levels where you'd go as far as you can without dying... I liked those more than the regular levels! And so did a lot of other people too.

@sinalefa
Or more importantly, would the game have gotten such glowing reviews if exclusive to a Nintendo console...

@aaronsullivan When the Wii U picks up sales in the upcoming months due to must buy games looks at Sonic Lost World, I hope Nintendo markets Lego City: Undecover again like crazy. That game is amazing and deserves tons of praise.

ill still be getting it on my ps3, i buy nintendo consoles to play nintendo games

@Blastoise I hope they promote Lego City Undercover again and I hope they do the same with Nintendo Land. I think Nintendo Land needs an online component to give it a boost, too. Not likely, but it would certainly generate some new interest.

The problem is that the world has moved on. There will be a couple of new Lego games (Lego Movie and Lego Marvel) before Nintendo would promote Lego City again, for instance.

@xNoktemAeternus So you don't own a Wii U. Not many do. Whose going to flame you for that? Still, this WAS made to target Wii U and it's the best version apparently, so I guess you're missing out. Not worth buying a console for most people, but missing out none-the-less.

@xNoktemAeternus

I hear ya, brother. My Wii U is currently collecting dust until Mario and DKC come out this fall. Maybe I'll go play Infamous, DmC, Tales of Xillia, or The Last of Us again whilst the Big N fanboys wait for something to play with their little Game Pad.

@aaronsullivan i do actually own a wii u, and i was planning on getting this for the wii u when it was an exclusive. once they announced multiplatform i changed to the ps3

@Pachterkid i can vouch for xillia, its another excellent entry in the tales series

@Senario i liked versperia and graces a ton, and thought abyss was meh XD waiting for the symphonia HD version to play those

I think it sold more copies for Wii U simply because Wii U owners have so little choice in game selection at the moment, and this is the highest rated game for it so far, so the majority of Wii U owners will be buying this game. I doubt many 360 or PS3 owners ran out to buy a Wii U just to be able to play this game on the GamePad (if they even gave a thought to buy this game with the piles of 360/PS3 games they likely still need to play).

@Memeboy3

In all honesty: That's the most nonsensical thing I've ever heard.

Making a game for different consoles and playing to all their strengths is a smart thing to do. It almost always guarantees positive feedback.

Not sure why a multi-platform release qualifies as 'Stupidity'.

It happens all the time, and it will most likely continue.

Ubisoft saw potential in the WiiU's GamePad. And they used it. And Legends is the highest rated release so far on WiiU.

Don't know why a literal masterpiece is stupid. I do know, however, you're comment was nonsensical.

@xNoktemAeternus Oh, you have a Wii U, that surprises me. Why are you punishing yourself, then? I mean why buy the verifiably less enjoyable version of the game? I'm sure I'm missing something in your reasoning.

Will wait for impressions of the Vita version before committing to buy.

@Cohort Gamespot and IGN are by far the worst reviewers ever. They don't understand the very first basic thing about true gaming, and are obvious fanboys. They expected Zombiu to be a Left 4 Dead clone, and rated it bad because it's not. It has some flaws, but I've seen FAR worse games get double the marks...

Co-op Murphy levels are such a blast! Also, the 7 months weren't wasted. I too was angry for the delay at first, but they made it even better, and the TRUE fun is still Wii U exclusive.
Also: LOVE Kung Foot!

Awesome game, we've been playing it non-stop (well, nearly) for the last 3 days!

@Shambo A lot of the ZombiU reviews seemed to mark it down for not being an FPS and not having more Zombies... lol

@xNoktemAeternus Rayman was built from the ground up for Wii U, so it's very much a "Nintendo game" in that respect, the PS3 version is actually a port of Rayman, a good port but obviously not as good as the system that it was originally made for..

I truely think with the current attitude towards nintendo and wiiu this year that if rayman had released in feb as an exclusive it wouldnt have recieved such high marks...

All of this negativity about how the game should be a wii u exclusive, I know Ubisoft made it multiplatform because of money but have any of you considered that there are many Rayman fans that would have wanted to play the game but didn't have a wii u? I doubt there would have been a lot of people who would have bought a wii u just for a third party game.....

I don't have a Wii U but got to play the Legends demo at Best Buy and the gamepad features were pretty cool.

@Cohort Funny, 'cause it was OBVIOUSLY marketed as a verrrrry hardcore survival horror game. Last time I checked, verrrrry hardcore survival horror gamers were not looking for the next guts-'n'-gore slaughter fest. I bought the Zombiu premium pack day one, and I can tell you, unless they DO make a Zombiu sequel that doesn't screw it up, I can see myself play this game once a year for the forseeable future.

@Shambo Seriously they were complaining that there were not enough Zombies...

I liked the Idea of ZOMBIU but there's not enough to keep you there playing it, If it had an "animal crossing" vibe of finding items to trade or fix up your hideout with, then that would have kept people coming back, "scavenging" for items would have been a good fit with the style of the game.

The wii u is best version it should be its competing against consoles at the end of their lifespan.

I can't wait to pick this up today for WiiU! The busy season is upon us!

this should be $20 in a few months. ill pick it up on ps3 then. the gamepad only sections are meh to me. my wii u only tastes nintendo made games. it'll continue to sit idle untill mario 3d world in november.

@WinterWarm The reson why it was a multi platform was stupid, due to the fans, the Main reason why exclusives exist was to help the platform, if Ubisoft let it be an exclusive, it probrobly would've gotten more money and helped the Wii U. I'm mot saying the Game sucks, but if Ubisoft is doing moves like this..Nintendo could just out bid sega and replace Ubisoft w/ atlus cobsidering Ubisoft starting to back out a little and Atlus is slowly saying to Ninty '' Hey, buy me!''

It's fine that they went multiplatform (it was never a confirmed Wii U exclusive anyway) but my frustration came from the delay. It didn't even seem like a smart business decision because In February there were no games out for the Wii U, so it probably would have sold a fair number, plus it could have had 7 months of additional sales. This month it's competing with Splinter Cell, The Wonderful 101 and Windwaker HD on the Wii U alone (plus GTAV on 360/PS3); so it probably won't get great sales on any platform.

I wasn't going to buy it but I was sold on the challenge app, so I picked up my copy today (on Wii U of course).

@Memeboy3

Oops, in 'General Discussion'.

@Cohort Maybe, but it didn't bother me. Maybe even getting too 'cosy' would undermine the very basics of survival. There was an ultimate goal to the game, so I just focused on that and made it through in one piece, satisfied. It's almost been a year, and I'm starting to get an itch for replaying it.

@Memeboy3 Lol