'Rayman Legends Retold' Brings The Beloved Platformer Back To Switch 2 This Year

I'm so excited !! Legends is one of the best plateformer ever made, and this version seems to improve it even further

Was a little afraid of seeing it remade in 3D, but it works really well !

It's one of the best platformers ever....but really?! 😂

Why not some new levels omg! Make the music levels a game or something!

Edit: 40 bucks with a complete overhaul, new world and new music stages. Sounds like a fun deal. Let's hope it's a sign of a sequel coming sometime soon!!

Loved this on the Wii U. I haven't played it in ages, so a Switch 2 version is welcome.

@garfreek If I'm not mistaken, the levels that look like Dracula castle are actually new.

In fact, I think they were originally planned for the first Rayman Legends game but did not make the cut (saw it in the official artbook when it released a few years ago)

But maybe I'm wrong, I did not play the game since quite some time now, so maybe they were already there

If they require ubiconnect I’m out

I'm not as opposed to giving Ubisoft money as other are (I bought both Mario + Rabbids games plus DLC when they were on sale in the eShop, and I don't regret it one bit), but I really question why they thought this game needed to be remade. I haven't played it yet, but I can't imagine there was much to actually improve. It looked perfectly playable.

All in all, though, I can't really be too upset about this, since it does look nice, even if RL:DE still exists on modern platforms.

What WOULD make me really upset is if Nintendo pulled this same stunt with Ocarina of Time, a game that ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT NEED THIS.

Magnificent trailer. I’m all in. Please Ubisoft, don’t mess this one up.

This is clearly a very high-effort remake with completely new graphics, cutscenes and some new levels by the look of it, and it looks great but... if they're going to that much effort anyway, why not make it an entirely new game? I suppose it's the same thing they kept doing with Rayman 2...

If you try to tell me with a straight face that this looks good/better than the original game and its lush, painterly style, I fundamentally don't trust you as a human being.

I agree with the comments saying it feels a little too soon for this to be remade. It's already in HD, already on current systems, and already looks GORGEOUS. So it's kind of a head-scratcher.

That said, at only $40 AND it includes Rayman Origins HD, that's really not a bad price at all. And Rayman Legends is one of the best modern platformers ever. I just wish we could see a brand new Rayman game that looks like this.

The original Legends has some of the best, most expressive 2D cartoon art in video game history, so I don't get what it stands to gain from the addition of more generic Dreamworks-y 3D animation. They're definitely not gonna make me double dip by cheapening the game's art design like that.

I'll keep the presence of new levels and cutscenes in mind but only time will tell if they will truly be enough to make me prioritize this over the already "definitive" Switch port in the Rayman binge. More importantly, isn't Hoodlum Havoc the only entry left on home consoles (the handheld ports of the era seem typically condensed, if likely still worth acquainting oneself with)? Perhaps the Gamecube version might show up on NSO down the road as well.

So they put it through a sterilization filter and (most likely) took out the Origins levels. Ubisoft can't even let Rayman have some frickin' dignity. Gross.

I'm a huge Rayman fan, so this has me excited! It looks amazing and I think it'll be a big seller on Switch 2.

@nhSnork I tried with 3 recently. I don't think people remember how often and how awful the banter from Murfy is in that game. Not sure I can get much further than the few hours I have played.

Never actually owned the game, but I'd play the heck out of it on the Wii U demo unit at GameStop. I'll most likely get this on Switch 2.

@LikelySatan no biggie, I've been playing Residual.😏😆

"Four all-new musical stages"
I'm sold

I recall loving Legends on the Wii U, it really is one of the best 2D platformers ever. I later played a little of the Xbox One version too, but I think it was too soon after the original, so I didn't get very far, I totally fell off it.
Perhaps it's been long enough, and with sufficient changes that it may be worth playing again now.

Ubisoft so it is a sale.

But it does include another game as part of the bundle so... maybe 40 isn't a bad price.

@nhSnork no idea what you mean.

So the big qestion is, will it be Game-Key card?

Hideous hire that man energy

Huh. It actually looks like it has some new stuff in it. Also I really like the new cutscenes, and the voice acting from the characters. Also if the game also has Rayman origins in it then I’m definitely gonna get it.

@Oldstalk Just read the article here on NL.
A new world, five new music stages and a few dragon riding stages. The whole thing is going to cost 40 buck. So I'm definitely gonna get this once the inevitable sale hits and it's like 20 euro. I played it on Wiiu last so I could go with another round! 😂🤎

For a moment, I thought Rayman was gonna be in the next Mario movie

Kind of confusing why they would change the art style, I've never played the original (or any Rayman for that matter), but that art style seriously looked pretty good from what I saw of it.

Probably gonna require that stupid Ubisoft Connect (why you would need an online account for an offline game is beyond me).

$40 for a full on remake via Legends plus a remastered edition of Rayman Origins included. Im happily surprised as I assumed the game would be at least $50 possibly $60. This is a day one purchase for me

@N00BiSH This looks better and you are a red flag for judging others like that

@oshawottfan3203 Technically better, sure you could argue, but certainly not artistically. The hyperrealistic CG is completely antithetical to the core visual style of not just the original Legends, but to the entire series, which has always gone for an illustrative, cartoonish and almost painterly style, even in the very first game.

@N00BiSH Looks artistically on the same lvl, if not better, to me

@oshawottfan3203 I feel comfortable in assuming you also think the new Star Fox designs look exactly like the SNES puppets(uncomplimentary)

Game key card, so they can piss off.

@Tryffel Yes. And the PS5 version effectively is too, as it's a disc that you use to download the game from the PlayStation Store. So it's not a TRUE physical copy on either console!

@LikelySatan think Claptrap from Borderlands but accompanying you for the entire game.

Shut up and take my money...well, for the digital copy because screw Game Key Cards

@nhSnork woof.

@Tryffel No need to question it. You can see it is on the box art.

Remember all those rumors about a "original Rayman" remake, possibly 3D?! Now it just turns out to be a "Legends" remake. Might still be worth it, though the original artstyle is probably better. As for the enhanced "Origins", I guess it only comes for free with Legends at launch. But its something to consider.

KUNG FOOT FTW!