Trivia / Rayman Origins

• Acting for Two: Voice actor Douglas Rand voices all the male characters.
• Dummied Out: When the demo came out, some clever fans found a script for the full game in its files; the script reveals why The Magician became evil, and his real name, and at least four costumes (Tarayzan, Uglette, a robot Teensie, and The Magician) that didn't make it in.
• No Export for You: The only home console version of Rayman Origins to reach Japan was the PS3 version. While there's no proper reasoning for the Wii version not to be released there (considering its popularity in Japan), the 360 version is justified - the console was a complete and utter flop there.
• The Original Darrin: After being replaced with Joe Sheridan for Rayman M and John Leguizamo for Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc as the voice of Globox, Doug Rand returns to voice Globox again here.
• The Other Darrin: Doug Rand replaces David Gasman as the voice of Rayman.
• Sequel Gap: Eight years between Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc (2003) and this game (2011). Heck, even if you're willing to count platformer spinoffs like Hoodlum's Revenge and the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids, that still leaves five years between this game and GBA Raving Rabbids (2006).
• What Could Have Been: There was going to be a world based on different art styles, but it was scrapped very early on.
  • The game was originally going to be a prequel to the first Rayman, meant to tie it and Rayman 2 together, now it's a sequel that takes place sometime after Rayman 2. Auxiliary material still reveals the actual origins of some of the characters, though.
    • While the game itself doesn't explain the origins of Rayman himself, the Play Station Vita version of the game features two mosaics that are completed with Version-Exclusive Content collectibles, one about Rayman's past with his ex-wife/girlfriend and the reason for his helicopter hair (which implies that he underwent a Bag of Spilling in Rayman), and the other about how Globox, a former Red Wizard, turned blue.
  • The game was meant to be a downloadable episodic title, but its scale grew so much that it had to be made into a full retail game.
  • Judging from how Big Mama was shown in early trailers, it seems like she was going to be a boss in the main story, as opposed to being a Giant Space Flea from Nowhere. Her true form was also going to be a middle-aged female Glute (Globox's species) instead of a young nymph.
  • There's an unused song titled The Final Showdown. All we know of it is that it was meant for a final battle with what might have been Mr. Dark, instead of the The Magician's Warship as the final boss in the main game.
  • The game has an unused script which gives the game an actual plot and reveals the Magician's name as well as his motivation for his Face–Heel Turn.

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