Rayman Legends (Now Edited Definitively On Switch)

I can't help but at how camp the bass player with the bandana is, also what the guy with no instrument doing on the left side?

Had another go at Origins today. The platforming is good, but I dislike the collectables and the way they float away, and I hate the aesthetic. This is my problem rather than the series', but on a personal level I don't think it's worth me investing further.

@Balladeer wrote:

Had another go at Origins today. The platforming is good, but I dislike the collectables and the way they float away, and I hate the aesthetic. This is my problem rather than the series', but on a personal level I don't think it's worth me investing further.

Once you get a feel for the levels, you'll realise that a lot of the Lums require you to be running at full clip to grab 'em. 'Tis a speedrunner's haven.

I've just played Castle Rock/Black Betty in the Legends demo again, and I still love it.

I am not a speedrunner.

Nor am I, though fortunately I found enough enjoyment in replaying the levels to see their designs shine through. Those time trial times were evil, in a good way.

@Stu_the_great wrote:

Those time trial times were evil, in a good way.

Word! Fists pounded in frustration became falls to the floor with joy (steady). Thanks for the perseverance, Balla!

Yep, at least you gave it another go.

The level design is good, so maybe I'll give it another another go some point.

Level design gets even better the further you progress. Particularly when you gain the ability to...

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...use momentum to run up walls.

I played this on a demo booth in GAME today while searching for KEY. I played the "Black Betty" level, and now I'm afraid I may have to get this. It helps that Viking Lass is substantially less of a pain in the backside than the limbless one.

Whoo! Kirby's Epic Yarn.

And Castle Rock is pretty sweet, isn't it? A little more time with the demo last week allowed me to further appreciate just how stunning the game looks.

I can't wait to see Wii U handling the huge swarms of airborne enemies the Vita version of the original game threw at us so effortlessly.

This is going to be my next game, I've decided - hoping to clear some of the backlog away first, maybe get some trade-ins together...

Fucking hell. I think we were all unanimously looking forward to this in March, and to have it pulled away from under us until (at least) September is a kick in the teeth for all of us early Wii U adopters. That it was an exclusive was cool, but that the surely-finished Wii U version is now delayed to accommodate other version just makes me angry. What a disappointment.

That's a fairly shite move on Ubi's part. They'll have a lot of explanations to do to angry Wii U fans, which they won't give. Makes me dread facing the CVG article comments...

A double delay! Permission to call this news "upsetting".

I can find no upside for this, totally desperate as I am for another fix of Raymanity.

Looks like they've pulled a "3DS Gabriella's Ghostly Groove" move.

I would have definitely bought this game in three weeks, but now, they've decided to go up against GTA V and possibly MarioKart. Good luck with that!

And here's a genius Miiverse image, summing up my feelings brilliantly:

This was one of the reasons I wanted a Wii U, now I have a Wii U and I don't want this as much on it XD

Incredibly awful decision as far as I'm concerned, going multi-platform is fair enough but delaying the Wii U version when it was due out in 3 weeks is a joke, I was really looking forward to Rayman Legends as well but there isn't a chance I'm giving Ubisoft my money for it now. As mentioned on Twitter I'll buy it pre-owned perhaps if I really want it and it's cheap otherwise Ubisoft can do one. Think it's probably time I trade in ZombiU too, won't make much difference now I've already bought it but I've been looking for an excuse to not play it anyway.

Multi-format for a Rayman game was an inevitability at some point down the line. Knocking back a finished game on the cusp of release is nothing more than a kick in the gentleman's department for early Wii U adopters, though.

This game was the main reason I (and many others) bought a Wii U in the first place.

How can the game get delayed with just 3 weeks to go? Surely it's all pressed & ready to be sold?

September is for FIFA 14 and GTA V. Definitely wanted it, but I - like the majority of you - will hopefully have moved onto other games by the time September rolls around.

Rayman Legends can go and lick my manky ring.

Aye ye can't really disagree with what has already been said so far, also wont this move look even more stupid when Sony/MS are set to announce their new systems?

I guess the bright side is that we have free month to get our backlogs down a bit.

@The_Jaster wrote:

Aye ye can't really disagree with what has already been said so far, also wont this move look even more stupid when Sony/MS are set to announce their new systems?

I guess the bright side is that we have free month to get our backlogs down a bit.

Yeah and no, I suppose...I could be doing with a bit more time with Assassin's Creed III and ZombiU, but if you've planted £300 on a new console then you want a steady stream of new software. That Nintendo Direct at the end of January illustrated that the Wii U could - should? - have a bright future, but there's fuck all happening at the moment. The game I'm most looking forward to in the immediate future is F-Zero at 30p.