History VideoGame / RaymanOrigins

* FairySexy: Batilla.

** The game was originally going to be a prequel to the first Rayman, meant to tie Rayman 1 and Rayman 2 together, now it's a sequel that takes place sometime after Rayman 2. It will still reveal the actual origins of some of the chracters, though.
** This was also meant to be a downloadable episodic title, until sometime later when it was made into a full retail game.

** In a few water levels you have to stay in the light of fishes and Angler fish to avoid dying.

* HotterAndSexier / FanservicePack: Betilla, compared to the original.

** In the E3 demo, there was a level very blatantly inspired by {{Tetris}}, complete with [[EarWorm Koboreiniki]]. It could also double as a shout out to IWannaBeTheGuy, which had a very similar (and just as hard) Tetris-inspired jumping section.

This game started life as a downloadable title for the XBox360 and PlayStation3 but is now sold as a [[http://www.destructoid.com/rayman-origins-is-now-a-retail-title-coming-this-holiday-200612.phtml full retail game]] on the two aforementioned consoles, {{Wii}}, [[Nintendo3DS 3DS]] and PlayStationVita. It also has 4-Player Co-Op.

A ''{{Rayman}}'' game released in 2011, '''''Rayman Origins''''' is a sequel to the long-dormant ''{{Rayman}}'' series. As the story goes, it takes place in a world called The Glade of Dreams created by a being known as Bubble Dreamer(Polokus from Rayman 2), who was so attached to his world, that his emotions directly impacted it. Rayman was created by Betilla from the magic of Nymphs to be a guardian of this world. Just one problem: [[IdiotHero He's about as sharp as a beach ball.]]

* AllMenArePerverts - The first thing Rayman does after his creation is using his helicopter hair to upskirt the first woman he spots (which happens to be the nymph who created him).

* PowerPerversionPotential - As mentioned above, Rayman using his usually innocent helicopter hair for MarilynMonroe-style skirt lifting.

** Along with the rather zombified first Grand Minimus.

* NeverSayDie: The game text refers to defeating enemies as "bubbelizing" them. See BalloonBelly above. It's all PlayedForLaughs, though.

** The game also completely eliminates health and lives. It ''is'' irritating to die after one hit, but you will be thankful about the loss of the life system, otherwise you'd see the 'Game Over' screen many, ''many'' times. Luckily, you can find potions in bubbles that give you an extra hit point.

* PaletteSwap: all of the playble characters play exactly the same.
* PigLatin: The fairies speak in this manner.

* SaveYourDeity: Rayman and friends are trying to cure the Bubbledreamer's terrible nightmares, which, if not cured, threaten to tear the world apart.

*** The red bird enemies of the Desert of dijiridoos also resemble Angry Birds.

* GottaCatchThemAll: You got Three Electoon cages in most levels, at least 300 Lums in each level which you need to get two more Electoon cages, a time trial which you need to beat to get ''another'' electoon cage, a multitude of skull coins in each level, and skull teeth, all of which you need to get the true ending.

** Slapping was ''expressly created'' for this purpose, as MichaelAncel disliked that other Co-op platformers like ''NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' didn't have a more direct way of screwing with other players.

** One of the Secret areas in the Jibberish Jungles is based off of Angry Birds,

* NeverSayDie: The game text refers to defeating enemies as "bubbelizing" them. See BalloonBelly above.

Our story begins proper when our heroes (Rayman, Globox and two Teensies) snore loud enough during a nap to literally awaken the dead. Their underground neighbours (residents of the Land of the Livid Dead) retaliate by invading the surface en masse, imprisoning the heroes and capturing the peaceful Electoons, which in turn causes the Bubble Dreamer to go cuckoo and have terrible nightmares which further threaten the stability of the entire Glade. Rayman and his pals set out to free all the Electoons, cure the Bubble Dreamer's nightmares and save the Glade before it vanishes like a bad dream. You can watch the trailer [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvhwWXF-LfU here]], and the official blog [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/blog/ here.]]

* {{Homage}}: To Tetris, in the Infernal Kitchen.