History Videogame / Rayman3HoodlumHavoc

An HD UpdatedRerelease was made for UsefulNotes/PlaystationNetwork and UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade, featuring some graphical enhancements and achievements support. It's missing the song "Madder" from the previous console versions, though.

* CompilationRerelease: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of ''Rayman 3'' would be re-bundled along with ''[[VideoGame/Rayman1 Rayman Advance]]'' as a little 10th anniversary package.

* InNameOnly: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of Rayman 3 is basically a side-scroller with elements largely inspired by ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'', with only the story and superficial elements of Rayman 3 (i.e. the occasional Hoodlum) sandwiched in. The same goes for the mobile/N-gage versions.

A Game Boy Advance and N-Gage side-scrolling version of ''Rayman 3'' was also produced, but it has ''very'' little in common with the console version save the appearance of Andre and the occasional hoodlum, instead being more of a {{Interquel}} bridging the gap between ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' and this game (even if the three don't exactly line up very well). A sequel to the handheld version, also on the GBA, called ''Hoodlums' Revenge'', was later produced. That game more accurately represented the console ''Rayman 3'' through an isometric viewpoint which provided gameplay in 3 dimensions. The Java mobile and Symbian versions are short, original 2D platformers, not unlike the GBA version.

''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' is the third PlatformGame in the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, the last one to have [=3D=] graphics, and the only one not to have been headed by the series' creator, Creator/MichelAncel. It is available for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, Platform/GameCube, Platform/{{Xbox}}, Platform/Xbox360, PC, Mac OS X, Mobile, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and Platform/NGage.

* OhCrap: Rayman pulls an epic one upon finally being caught by the Knaaren in the Desert of the Knaaren.
* OneWingedAngel: Reflux during the final boss fight.

* NostalgiaLevel: The minigames ''2D Madness'' and ''2D Nightmare'' (the latter is [=GameCube=] only and due to a glitch innacesible without hacking the game) are tributes to the original Rayman game. They are based on the Dream Forest and Picture City respectively.

''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' is the third PlatformGame in the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, the last one to have [=3D=] graphics, and the only one not to have been headed by the series' creator, Creator/MichelAncel. It is available for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/GameCube, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, PC, Mac OS X, Mobile, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and UsefulNotes/NGage.

* NonIndicativeName: The Land of the Livid Dead is actually quite calm and tranquil when it's not being invaded by Hoodlums. Could be referring to the purplish coloring though. Globox even lampshades this.

The gameplay is largely the same 3-D platforming that ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' had, but with more emphasis on power-ups, combat and mini-games. The games tone is also considerably LighterAndSofter than the previous game, with the characters being much more wacky, wisecracking and self-referential than before, going into outright fourth wall busting and shout outs to not only the previous game, but also other media as well. This is the first (and so far, only) ''Rayman'' game that features American voice actors to play the characters.

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** The game begins with Rayman and Globox taking a nap as black lums swarm over the land. [[spoiler:The game ends with Rayman and Globox settling down for a nap when a flash- back shows how Rayman's hands wandered off to scare a red lum into becoming Andre.]]

''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' is the third platform game in the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, the last one to have [=3D=] graphics, and the only one not to have been headed by the series' creator, Creator/MichelAncel. It is available for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/GameCube, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, PC, Mac OS X, Mobile, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and UsefulNotes/NGage.

''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc'' is the third game in the main ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' series, and is the only one not to have been headed by the series' creator, Creator/MichelAncel. It is available for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/GameCube, UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/Xbox360, PC, Mac OS X, Mobile, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, and UsefulNotes/NGage.

The gameplay is largely the same 3-D platforming that ''VideoGame/Rayman2TheGreatEscape'' had, but with more emphasis on power-ups, combat and mini-games. The games tone is also considerably LighterAndSofter than the previous game, with the characters being much more wacky, wisecracking and self-referential than before, going into outright fourth wall busting and shout outs to not only the previous game, but also other series as well. This is the first (and so far, only) ''Rayman'' game that features American voice actors to play the characters.

* OffModel:
** Rayman is horribly off-model in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfVml9m5hFA the USA commercial]]. His torso looks like a flippin' DRESS the way it's shaped, and his eyes look different, especially when he squints his eyes.
** [[http://www.rayman-fanpage.de/rayman3_neu/grafik_desktop/R3-US.jpg The magazine ad]] (which also involved a pee joke, because Ubisoft's US marketing team seemed to have been obsessed with pee) has a better-looking model, in which only the face is off-model. Other than that, everything else seems to be on-model.

* DisneyAcidSequence: The interactive transitions between worlds: you skate on colorful beams of light, surrounded by '70s LSD imagery.

-->'''Globox''': Ah, the Land of the Livid Dead, at last! In any case, it's nice and calm here. And here I was expecting a scary place filled with terrifying ghouls.