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Rayman Mini cover

2019 · Pastagames · Platformer

Rayman Mini

Developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and Pastagames, Rayman Mini follows Rayman on a legendary journey as he has been reduced to the size of ant! To undo this spell, Rayman will travel through a macro-photographic world, encountering friendly allies and defeating epic bosses along the way.

Released
19 September 2019
Platforms
iOSmacOS
Genres
Platformer
Developers
Pastagames
Publishers
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Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
ActionFantasy
Engine
UbiArt Framework
Country
France

About

Rayman Mini is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and Pastagames and published by Ubisoft released on September 19, 2019 for iOS, macOS and tvOS through Apple Arcade as a launch title.

Keywords

  • previously on - apple arcade

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Rayman Mini is centered on Rayman who has been shrunk to the size of an ant. The players have to pass through scenarios (48 levels at total), full of different obstacles and enemies, with the goal to undo the spell. The game gives the opportunity to choose between three characters, (Rayman, Barbara, or Globox), and unlock different costumes to customize them.

Development

Michel Ancel said he "felt the right opportunity to immerse the player in a macro-photographic universe", giving this angle to him the idea to create a Rayman mini-universe, and he described the level design as the harder part of the game's development due to the game being fundamentally an endless runner. Ancel promised that future updates would arrive after Rayman Mini's launch, wanting to give it a founding role for the brand on the Apple Arcade service.

Reception

Jerome Joffard of Jeuxvideo describes the game as beautiful and effective, praising the levels and soundtrack as high quality. The author added that the gameplay was enhanced in comparison of Rayman Adventures, where the difficulty was precisely calculated, but maintained old good features unaltered. The lack of new mechanics, new characters and the re-play bonus content were criticized.

Awards

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
iOS19 September 2019North America
macOS19 September 2019North America

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