History VideoGame / RaymanOrigins

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[[caption-width-right:267:Back to basics.]]

%%* RapunzelHair: The Nymphs.

* VideogameSettings: The game puts a spin on classic examples.
** Jibberish Jungles is JungleJapes world filled with TooDumbToLive Hunters and Livingstones.
** The Desert of Didgeridoos is a [[ShiftingSandLand desert world]] mixed with a [[BandLand music theme.]]
** Gourmand Land is a combination of LevelAte and HailfirePeaks. The ice half being filled with gelatin and frozen fruits, and the fire half containing Mexican dishes and boiling soup in the place of lava.
** [[UnderTheSea The Sea of Serendipity,]] despite the name, has things that are ''not a pleasant surprise.''
** DeathMountain: The Mystic Piques, where monks meditate and sacrifice peas to the Bubble Dreamer. It also leads to Moody Clouds.
** The final area is an EternalEngine.

* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: "Pronounced Looms, as in ilLUMination, and not Lums, for dumb."

* CoolOldGuy: The Bubble Dreamer has CoolShades, a BubblePipe, a BadassBeard and a laid-back attitude.

* DummiedOut: When the demo came out, some clever fans found a script for the full game in its files; the script reveals [[spoiler:''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.

* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:The Wizard is a neutral, mostly benevolent character in the first Rayman game]], but here he not only TookALevelInJerkass but also became the BigBad.

* WombLevel: One boss fight takes place inside a giant dragon's innards that has a huge stream of fire chasing you, and even has the shadow of a realistic beating heart in the background at one point.

* GratuitousDiscoSequence: [[spoiler:When Rayman and co. reach the BigBad, instead of fighting or running away, he starts a rather catchy disco dance. Then Rayman inexplicably joins the groove.]]

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: Some of the abilities that the Nympths grant you are basic actions such as punching or diving underwater.

* DummiedOut:
** The E3 2010 trailer displayed many things not in the final game, such as different types of enemies, including an ant-like creature with a spear, different moves like Rayman using his hair to blow away enemies, and the [[spoiler:Big Mama]] boss battle taking place at Mystical Pique instead of the Land of the Livid Dead.
** When the demo came out, some clever fans found a script for the full game in its files; the script reveals [[spoiler:''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.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** [[https://youtu.be/a3lC99gqWp8?t=1m32s In one of the E3 2010 Trailers]], Rayman used his hair to blow Betilla's skirt (and she avoided a PantyShot, thanks to a MarilynManeuver). Despite Betilla holding her skirt, she apparently was enjoying it! This scene was scrapped from the game.
** A minor example, but they managed to sneak the word "badass" into the manual.
** On completing a level, if the player collects above a certain number of lums, The Magician will straddle the tube the lums are collected in and stroke it suggestively.
** The nymphs are quite busty. In fact, if you look closely, they have different ''sizes'' on their breasts, some having larger ones than others.
** Rayman's "win" animation after rescuing Electoons depicts him humping the air.

%%* ZettaiRyouiki: The nymphs.

Released in 2011, ''Rayman Origins'' is a sequel in the long-dormant ''{{VideoGame/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 ''VideoGame/Rayman2''), 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.

* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/# website]] gives some added backstory on some of the characters, such as why Rayman has no limbs (the Nymphs got distracted and lost some of the Lums they needed) and where the Darktoons came from (the Bubble Dreamer had a nightmare for the first time that created them by the dozens). The website also reveals that Jano from ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}: The Great Escape'' was created as a product of the Bubble Dreamer's first bad dream.

* ArcWelding: The [[VideoGame/{{Rayman1995}} first]] and second ''Rayman'' games were almost ''completely'' different in terms of characters, story, and even the general way the world works. This game seeks to remedy this, by tying together the elements of the first ''Rayman'' game (Betilla the fairy, the Electoons, The Magician) with the second one (Globox and the Teensies, the Lums, the general makeup of the land).

* YourRewardIsClothes: You can unlock more playable characters as you rescue Etecoons, but most of them are Teensies.

Released in 2011, ''Rayman Origins'' is a sequel to the long-dormant ''{{VideoGame/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.

Our story begins proper sometime after ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}'', 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvhwWXF-LfU here]], and the official blog [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/blog/ here.]]

* ArcWelding: The [[VideoGame/{{Rayman1995}} first]] and second Rayman games were almost ''completely'' different in terms of characters, story, and even the general way the world works. This game seeks to remedy this, by tying together the elements of the first ''Rayman'' game (Betilla the fairy, the Electoons, The Magician) with the second one (Globox and the Teensies, the Lums, the general makeup of the land).

* ArtifactTitle: The name indicates a prequel of some sort, but this was removed midway through development for a ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}: The Great Escape'' sequel. While the game reintroduces characters from the first game, the title otherwise makes no sense in the game's current form. (Unless you think of it as Rayman returning to his origins as a side-scrolling platformer character.)

* BroadStrokes: The game applies some visual and story {{Retcon}}s to the first game to fit in with the rest of the franchise, as well as bits of ''2'' and ''3'', such as ''3''[='=]s Land of the Livid Dead looking much less peaceful, but things seem to have largely happened in the same way as they did in the previous games, aside from the Rabbids, whose entire presence [[CanonDiscontinuity are completely ignored]].

* BookEnds: [[spoiler:Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies end up right back where they started when they destroy The Magician's energy core.]]

* CanonDiscontinuity: The game never attempts to acknowledge that the [[VideoGame/RavingRabbids Rabbids]] ever set foot in the Glade of Dreams, or even mention them at all. Even ''Rayman 3'' (made without Ancel's direct involvement) gets a mention, in the form of The Land of the Livid Dead[[note]]and Globox apparently still having a thing for plum juice[[/note]], even though the two levels don't share much in common besides the name and [[{{Uberwald}} general theme.]]

* KillEnemiesToOpen: In order to rescue the [[PlotCoupon Electoons]], you need to dissipate bubbles of dark energy surrounding them by killing the enemies connected to it, (as [[LampshadedTrope it seems their life-force is the thing powering the barrier via streams of darkness]]) before smashing their steel cages to bits.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Good job snoring so loud you woke the dead and [[spoiler:giving all the Lums to the bad guy, Rayman!]]

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: One of the royals is turned into a ''humongous'' dragon.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler:Big Mama (aka Fée de la Mort) is the final nymph.]]

* BossRush: [[spoiler:You have to fight two robotic duplicates made by The Magician.]]

* CoolOldGuy: The Bubble Dreamer. CoolShades? Check. BubblePipe? Check. BadassBeard? Check. Laid-back attitude? Oh, most definitely.
* CoolShades: The Bubble Dreamer has a pair.

Our story begins proper sometime after ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}: The Great Escape'', 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 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvhwWXF-LfU here]], and the official blog [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/blog/ here.]]

%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Grand Minimus.

* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: The Stonemen from the original game gets this hard. They were invincible, took five hits to stun, and resuscitated after a few seconds (like Skelerexes), but here, they just vanish in one hit like most enemies in this game.