You mean Uglette right? The pink one with the bow? And yes, it would have been amazing to have her in the game.

@@lovelyday2174 No no, i mean Mama Hite, a scrapped character that appeared in some promocional stuff. Look it up.

Ahh yes - right you are. Good catch yeah.

Thanks so much! It's been a ride with Rayman for me by now - so I hope you got something valuable out of the series :D.

Yes, and you can tell. It's been stripped back but there's a lot of evidence that a full 'game' was behind this system even now.

Yeah, I think it was a bit much but I still liked how their character shone through regardless. They were just kinda infectious in their energy :D.

Good on you, it's a worthy choice.

Hey - glad you liked the video :D. That's an interesting thought concerning Microsoft - I'm not sure about it though. I've been looking for info about it and couldn't find anything that suggests microsoft were rejecting games from going onto their console based on this. I think the GTA thing was just a normal timed- exclusivity deal for it's DLC, not anything to do with the policy of the console itself. Can I ask where you got this info from - I might just be missing something obvious.

Sorry - I just noticed your edit now. It's interesting but I'm still not convinced. As you say, it's a thing for Indie games not AAA - they specifically say that that it's standard for AAA studios to release games all at the same time and they were just enforcing the same idea on the Indie space. (I don't agree with this as a policy to be clear, Indie and AAA games are just not the same beast and should not be treated the same way - though in fairness they imply some level of flexibility). It's also for the XBone not the 360, which while Legends did get a release on both the XBone one was a couple of months later. This policy seems to be more about "don't leave us as an afterthought" than exclusivity deals as well. There might be something to it but in source 8 of the video we have a fairly straight answer from a public relations specialist from Ubisoft which seems quite clear to me that the decision was made within the company. Granted there might be some restrictions on what she could have told us, but overall this just seems like stronger evidence to me. Sorry if I seem a bit sceptical about this, I am still glad you're pointing it out. It's good to make me think more about what I say and others will now have a better ability to judge for themselves. Thanks again for commenting :)

@@lovelyday2174 yea it's all very interesting and to talk more about rayman legends itself i think the game is so smartly designed when i first played it with origins fresh on my mind i didnt gell with it at all but then i began replaying it for years after and i think while its mechanics are similar Legends does its own thing extremely well I think the inclusion of the Origins levels was clever because it paces the campaign out so the more elaborate set pieces of Legends are contrasted by the quicker, more momentum-based design of the Origins levels. It's all good stuff

Ooooo, go on tell us :D

@@lovelyday2174 See, Polokus is always creating something. And often he creates something disgusting and horrible. So i think he tried to save Glade of Dreams. I think he wanted to trap Rayman and friends for not stopping him build his "Columbia". After all, it's mentioned that he loves Betilla (via some educational games). I clearly doubt that he was evil. Yeah, i know he followed the cult of the Mr. Dark. But if not counting Mr. Dark as a villain, but a very powerful wizard, it's understandable why he followed him. I think his only desire was to save the world. Also i clearly doubt that in Rayman Legends we sent him to the moon. Maybe, the true Ales is still somewhere at the Glade of Dreams. I really hope we'll see his Redemption in one of the future installments.

Love it - not sure if we can really consider the educational games cannon, but it would be kinda cool if they recontextualised him this way in the future. Alternatively they could make it that his dogmatic approach to what he see's as right drives him to becoming a proper villain - but either way they'll probably need a bit more story focus than they've been striving for to do so. Still a really cool interpretation though, thanks for the comment :D

Absolutely agree with that, I'm very on the fence about which is better overall (of the 2 I've played). But a blend of both would make something incredible.

PC, haven't had access to a console for a while.

Somewhat, but I think there's a few layers to why I don't accept that. We still hardly saw the world before Mr Dark's schemes took over for one, and there is a dubious sense of how the world's of the two games relate to each other to say the least (Rayman himself is the only real common ground). Furthermore, there's an argument to be had that asking people to play another game to grasp the context is unreasonable. Still, I stand by that Rayman 2 doesn't really need it.

Do you mean a boss fight at the end.

@@lovelyday2174 yes. Straight up a vs mr dark fight

Oh yeah - Rayman Redemption is really good

Hey, glad you liked it. So there's a few arguments here, first concerning the target audience. There's a bit of a chicken and egg situation about this. You're right that boys play these types of games more than girls, there's plenty of data backing that up - but how much is it because of how they're sold and how much is it natural. Granted, I don't know the answer to that, but it's worth keeping in mind. Thing is, I don't really think it matters - even if the game targets boys, it is still good to communicate to them that girls and women should be treated with the same respect and versatility as their own gender. It might also be true that most people don't actively think about this sort of thing, but how our media presents the world to us does affect how we think about it - even if only in subtle ways. A good example from the cold war days is that places in East Germany which had access to West German TV actually had less children, which was in line with the typical depiction of 1 or 2 child homes (or even none) of western TV at the time. (This was just a depiction of their way of life on the other side of the iron curtain, as far as I know there was no active attempt by the western powers to reduce the fertility in East Germany) The affects aren't always overt and conscious - people and societies aren't that easy - but that doesn't mean they aren't there. As for the argument that the developers didn't have the time - this is fair to point out when asking for additional work to be done. But they already had the Teensie Queen to use as a base so they could have used her as the foundation for other characters instead of the male one. Like, say, the Goth Teensie, the Globox fan, the Wizard and the one that eat too much spice could have all been female instead of male and the work load really wouldn't have been that different. There's also the existing character Uglette that could have simply been a pink version of Globox - so I don't really buy that workload was the reason they didn't add more female PC's. I'm not really sure I understand your argument about telling a deep or realistic story - why would that change the gender of the main characters? Do you mean like from a historical perspective or something along those lines? Either way, sorry for long comment :P. Hope this clarifies my thoughts a bit better.

Perfect outcome :D.

@@lovelyday2174 that's the spirit :)

I don't know - from the in game lore/manual it seems to imply to me that they came from elsewhere, I think the nightmares of the world are things like the skeleton chickens or evil catapillers you encounter throughout the game. Polokus's reach is vast so it's still possible that they still ultimately came from him. With that in mind, upon rereading the lums lore - I think I got his creation backwards - he was born of the lums rather than being their creator himself. Ops

@@lovelyday2174 The Zombie chickens are actually explained in the manual, the presence of the Pirates freaked out the normal chickens so much they started laying eggs that hatched the Zombie Chickens.

Ah you're right - I just double checked that. Yeah - I suppose that only leaves the pirates to be the nightmares then.

@@lovelyday2174 Still, I can see how you'd think they're inter-galactic, they do have some pretty advanced tech, not to mention lava proof wood.

Thank you, really glad you liked it. I agree about the nymphs too, would be much cooler if they had sillier designs to match the worlds. I liked the princesses quite a bit more personally, but there's still a discussion to have about them.

That makes sense, feels like Nintendo would've had no trouble making their own party game, but I guess sometimes it's easier to serve the work elsewhere.

:( not much I can do about that I'm afraid.

Idk maybe im wrong but am gonna check out this guy’s other videos

Thanks, hope you like my other stuff. It's also true that the last decade has seen a lot of progress, but that came with a lot of pushback and misrepresentation. I think that it's important to remember these things so that we don't burry our heads in the face of any new challenges to gamings status quo. After all, just because something was normal doesn't mean it ever acceptable.

That's the beauty of a good challenge and a gorgeus game, no matter the stress, you'll remember it fondly.

Yeah, a lot of them anyway. In particular Rayman is the only on of his species now.

I'd tried it at points and wasn't really sure about the results. Might have to go for it again though, audio has been difficult.

Thanks, I try :)

Yeah, I agree. Though I wouldn't describe legends as superior. I'd probably prefer it to Origins my self (as do most from what I can tell), but there are reasons some might go the other way.

I know, the game doesn't handle it perfectly because it doesn't tell you when it updates and it's hidden behind an obscure button press (or hold). It does add so much to the game once you know it's there though.

Course I suck. I just want to suck happily.

I like the roster too, you could just add a bit to it. I would assume if they added Ly, she'd be a Nymph, but having said that. Yeah, would be really cool to play with her. Uglette too. I actually like the princesses though :S

@@lovelyday2174 I’m thinking maybe instead of having 69 trillion teensies you can have the nymphs be playable & has Alas Mansey (aka the Teensie magician) have 1 or even several henchmen who are responsible for the Nymphs’ capture, aka have them fight the nymphs while a temporary undead alley holds them in their mouth.

@@lovelyday2174 My favorite so far is Barbara cuz it seems like she has the most reason to be part of the cast, idk about the others & why are they not at all similar to the 4 kings we saw in origins. Like imagine fighting as a fucking dragon that spits fire or as bootleg flowey or a funni shrimp, but gurl. That would fit the setting just as much. Or heck actually have them be reflective of their respective areas, like have a skeleton/undead girl rather than just having an emo girl cuz the whole point of the series is that it doesn’t have one, as to to say, that it is absurd. So why not take advantage of its fantastical setting & make more bizarre characters?

I like both of these ideas a lot yeah. If the nymphs were playable it would give them much more opportunity to shine in thier own right and the princesses could have been far more flavourful. Cool thoughts indeed.

Ubbi dubbi, not ver fluent myself I'm afraid.

Idk what you mean by feminist bullshit, but if it is feminist bullshit, then I don’t like it either.

We get it, you can't please a woman, no need to announce that to everyone

@@maxenswlfr1877 bruh what?? You feeling okay in the head?

@@maxenswlfr1877 Nuh uh, it’s Par la rêv, Pour la rêv.

Right, glad you liked the video as a whole. As for the 'feminist bs', I don't think there is really anything fundamental that separates this from other topics I talk about. It is an aspect of the game that is trying to achieve a certain result and I have thoughts on it, so I want to say them. The only reason I can see to leave it out is because the topic is politically charged or otherwise controversial, and I decided before releasing a video that I wouldn't avoid topics because of that. If you want to argue that it was too long, I agree. I wanted to cover quite a bit as well as prime the discussion to be brought up again in the legends video (where my thoughts are more nuanced), but I still think there was some trimming to do. Besides, there are a lot of youtubers who reveal thier political standing later and have a crisis in thier audience. I'd rather just be clear about it from the start. Very long answer sorry, I hope that's a good explanation.

ALSO, love the use of references that you put in. I definitely haven't seen many KZfaqrs do that.

Thank you, glad you liked. References were always important to me, I feel like it's important to give people the resources to fact check you, as well as just being nice to original creations.

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it. Hope the others are to your taste as well.

Yeah, I suppose. 😐 would be right. Would show some self awareness if this had been explicit at least.

Thank you :D. I love that people talk about Rayman too, he deserves it.

​@@lovelyday2174yes He does but ubisoft has made Rayman really messed up because they don't do anything anymore

Yeah, same here. You never forget a game like this.

Well, 50 now :D.

Yeah, I get that. I don't really think it's fair either, the two games look and control very similarly. But the priorities of the story and level design is quite different really, so I feel Origins deserves to be treated as it's own thing.

Thank you, though there is still plenty of room to improve. Honestly, I'm just stoked that this one is doing as well as it is.

Thanks :) Glad to give those moments.

Yeah, that's a depressingly good point :(

Thanks mate! :)

That's a point, makes sense with the design of the place too. Still not clear on why he wants the fortress though. Maybe he just wants to live there, that would be pretty evil after all.

That is very fair - I have tried to space out my 'bad' points in other videos a bit more. I didn't really realise how long I was being negative in this one (about 8 minutes in a row) - definitely should avoid doing that again. If I can ask, when you say 'cut short' do you mean that I didn't give enough closure to some of my points?

I agree with that - the bosses are a pretty small part of the overall experience. I talk about them like this specifically because I like boss fights a lot as both a mechanical and narrative climax - and always feel a bit let down when they're not up to par. So much more of the game is really good though, should never forget that.

:D Thanks for the vote of confidence! I'm still learning though, not really any point in worrying about that.

@@lovelyday2174 Ok

Thanks :D. We'll see about traction, time will tell.