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Rayman Raving Rabbids is the edgiest and most off-the-wall gaming experience in the history of the Rayman franchise. This new Rayman game features the funniest, zaniest, wackiest antics ever when hordes of nasty bunnies invade Rayman's world. They enslave him, forcing Rayman to participate in a series of gladiator-like trials. In order to win his freedom, Rayman must entertain and outwit these crazed, out-of-control bunnies. 
Beat the bad bunnies and become a superstar! | 
Unlock mini-games to play with friends. View larger. | 
Innumerable uses for the Wii Remote allow for creative game modes. View larger. | 
How many Raving Rabbids can you take out in 30 seconds? View larger. | 
Multiplayer games are as fast as they are hilarious. View larger. | Welcome to a new generation of Rayman
You'd be hard-pressed to find a game with as much character as Rayman Raving Rabbids. From the creative minigames to the quirks of the bunnies, this game packs an immense amount of entertainment on one disc. It's rare in games that failing during a competition can bring you as much joy as actually succeeding, but Rayman Raving Rabbids does an admirable job of rewarding your failure with a large dose of comic screams, flying plungers and crossed eyes. Of course, the point is to succeed and not let the bunnies laugh at your failure. Rayman Raving Rabbids may have a lot of style but it has very little plot. Each level consists of four minigame challenges and one "boss battle," so to speak. If you complete at least three of the minigames, the main gate opens, allowing you to take on a greater challenge. Once you play a minigame in the Story Mode, you unlock that minigame and can play it at any time and against friends. Exercise your Wii Remote
Hand it to Ubisoft's development crew as they really took advantage of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk controllers' capabilities. Some minigames are as simple as twirling the Wii Remote like a lasso and pushing a button to launch a cow as if you were in a hammer throw competition. Some minigames really test your coordinating, asking you to swing the Nunchuk like a jump rope and flicking the Wii Remote up to make Rayman jump. Each level has one consistant challege, however: a rhythm game. As a song plays, the bunnies approach a spot on either stage left or right. When they hit that spot, you'll shake the Nunchuk (if the bunny is on the left) or the Wii Remote when the rabbid hits the mark. When you take on the boss stages, you'll find yourself, more often than not, playing a rail shooter. The Wii Remote becomes your light gun, firing plungers at the horde of oncoming rodents. When your plunger supply runs out, shake the Nunchuk to reload. In recent years, the rail shooter (where you don't control the movement) has been forsaken for the first-person shooter and free movement. The Rayman boss experience will make rail shooter fans rejoice. If other shooters can perform as well as the plunger-fueled firing action of Rayman Raving Rabbids, the genre will come back with a vengeance. Impressive replay value
There's extra incentive to play the many minigames of Rayman Raving Rabbids. When you complete a game in Challenge Mode, the game gives you a code that you can enter at the Rayman Web site which basically gives you access to special features on the site. The minigames of Rayman Raving Rabbids skew toward a younger audience, and at first, an above-average gamer should find the games to be pretty easy. However, once the minigames are unlocked, a big challenge awaits you to get the highest scores and blast your friends in multiplayer challenges. That's when the real party begins! Rayman delivers exactly what the Wii promises: fun and lots of it. Here's hoping the bunnies come back for multiple invasions!
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 Tons of fun with friends. A lighthearted game you can simply pick up. |
| Review Date: November 26, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Donovan T. Lee, Berkeley, CA |
I am not much of a gamer. The Wii has been my first game console since the Playstation a LOOOONG time ago. In fact, games usually bore me. Not this one.
The experience with the wii-mote is awesome. This game should come packaged with the Wii because it shows off just how wll the wii-mote can immerse the player into the game! Something like this would be utterly boring with a regular controller. But when you're swinging the remote over your head like a lasso, or holding a hose in your right hand and pumping with your left... or tippy toeing with your arms close to your body... or jumping rope or slapping bunnies with your backhand... YOU GET THE PICTURE. They really did this game well. It's so much fun. Tons of laughs.
We played the game ALL DAY yesterday and all night today and finally passed the 1-player story-mode game (unlocking all the multiplayer games). It was fun. We were very loud. Certain levels were very challenging and required many rounds with the controller being passed from hand to hand between the 5 of us.
The game has an excellent soundtrack. Graphics, I don't know, they looked pretty good. The bunnies were cute! The game is great for kids of all ages because there is no killing. You just shoot bunnies with plungers and they cry and go away! Hilarious. That's one thing about this game that will catch you off guard.. It's FUNNY. You will find certain stages, animations, games instantly hilarious. Fat bunnies running all over your screen, what more can you ask for?
I would like to highly recommend this game to anyone who wants to play Wii games with a party-type atmosphere. In all honesty, playing this game alone will be fun but might get old after a while. That's why single player games (like Zelda) have things like puzzles and mysteries to keep you occupied. This game is just pure fun with the controllers and reflexes and skills. I have a hard time paying attention to any game that takes more than 5-10 minutes per level. I don't feel like my games should stress me out like my job.
This game is mindless fun. We all loved it. Get it. Here is a breakdown of our diverse little party group over the past 2 days:
Aged 17M, 19F, 19M, 23M-s/w consultant, 23F-banking, 27M-engineer, 28F-project mgr, 34M-educator). This game really is for everybody. I think kids (<13) would get a freaking kick out of it. |
What a fun family game!
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| Review Date: November 21, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Luv2Read, Hawaii |
I haven't played video games for a very long time. I have a PS2 that I used primarily for playing dvds. I was so excited to get the Wii because I wanted something my whole family could play including my 3 1/2 year old daughter.
The mini games got us all hooked. I had my daughter help when I couldn't do it my first time. She would help me shake the nunchuk to help close the door on the bunnies using the bathroom. She would dance along with the music in the rhythm test and when "we" passed a test, she would say "You win!" I even got my husband to participate when my arms were too tired to shake and control the wii remote and nunchuks.
The game is lots of fun and something that the whole family can enjoy. |
A True Party Game
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| Review Date: December 7, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Frederic Civish III, Utah, USA |
Did you ever sit around with some friends and play party games? Twister anyone? Bingo? Card games? Well, the games/mini-games in Rayman Raving Rabbids are more fun than any of those games could ever hope to be.
Strange, dorky, entertainment!
I agree that this is THE party game to own. If you want to have fun with friends, then this game alone could justify the purchase of a Wii.
If you don't mind doing stupid things, but laughing all the while, then this game is for you. |
Funny at times, but lacking in much substance
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| Review Date: December 29, 2006 |
| Reviewer: S. A. Bradshaw, VA |
I bought Rayman: Raving Rabbids over Super Monkey Ball because of the reviews I saw here on Amazon. I wanted a party game that would entertain myself and a few family members during the holiday season. I'm afraid I made the wrong choice.
The other reviews here make some points.
1) It is very funny at times.
2) Some of the minigames are a lot of fun.
The problem is that once you get by these 2 points, there's not much left to the game. I am not a hardcore gamer yet I still beat the single-player story mode in about 4-5 hrs. That was ok with me because I really just wanted to unlock the games to play with some other people. Problem is, there are only maybe 3-4 games worth playing again.
Let me address the 2 points many have made.
1) It's funny. Yes it is...the first couple times you see it. Then it's not funny any more. It's like hearing the same joke for the 5th time, it's not like the first time you heard it. In other words, it doesn't save the game.
2) Some games are fun. Yes, maybe 3-4 of them. Only 2-3 would I play in multiplayer more than once...the bunny hunt, dancing, and the warthog racing. We played each of the others once or twice, laughed a little, but then everyone says, "What other games does it have?" i.e. I'm bored with that now.
Even the best games got old very quickly though. Bunny Hunt is too easy and we were ready to be done with it after playing it for an hour...and it is exactly the same every time, no variation or AI at all. Warthog racing is cute the first couple times, but leaves you thinking, "Is that it?" The dancing game is quite a bit of fun in multiplayer but is not worth the $50 price tag on its own. The ice sliding game similar to curling is an ok game too.
The games are clever in that they do think of interesting ways to use the Wiimote. However, I think too much thought went into thinking of clever ways to use it rather than thinking about how fun each game would actually be. There is almost no replay value whatsoever.
Bottom line: I have had the game 3 days now, have beaten it (which is unusual for me), and am bored with it. I am wishing I could trade it back in for Super Monkey Ball now, but I know the store will give me nothing for it.
I give it 3 stars overall because there are some good qualities and I did have some fun playing it the first day. I would recommend renting it before you buy it though because you'll be wishing you had the $50 back after playing it for a few days. You'll be thumbing through the menus wondering "Is that it?" and "Have I missed something?".
EDIT: Turns out Super Monkey Ball was not any better! Perhaps even worse overall considering the awful control schemes.... |
Fun, Fun, Fun, For The Whole Family
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| Review Date: November 25, 2006 |
| Reviewer: B. Hewitt, USA |
I picked-up this game, Rayman Raving Rabbids, on Wii launch day along with Excite Truck, Zelda, and Call of Duty 3.
This game is very hilarious and fun to play. It is very crazy, silly, and yet good, clean fun for the whole family.
The mini games are addictive. You just want to keep coming back. And you'll want to get through the objective.
The challenges are tough enough to be interesting but easy enough to keep you coming back to try again.
And just wait until you are able to fire the plungers.
This game will keep you and your family busy for hours upon hours. I highly recommend this game. Get this game.
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Great Motion Game but Might be Tough for Small Kids
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| Review Date: December 16, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Lisa Shea, |
Rayman Raving Rabbids is in essence a collection of fun mini-games which involve both the Wii controller and nunchuck. Make sure you've got a lot of energy for this one!
Ignore the plot, it really doesn't matter. The key is that you have to win 3 out of 4 mini-games, go through a boss level, then do another 3 out of 4 mini-games to progress, and so on. Each of the mini-games is different, and many are quite inventive. There are the classic "marble in maze" games where you tilt the controller to guide the marble. There are drawing puzzles where you have to trace, with the controller, lines on the screen. There are shooting games where you're "run along a rail" and all you do is point and shoot. You're shooting plungers, so this is very kid-friendly.
There are numerous in-jokes in this game. For example, on one of the shooting levels, some of the rabbits that come after you are wearing the three-green-light Splinter Cell headsets. There are a set of music games where you move to the beat along with "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and other pop songs.
There's a few costumes to unlock and a few songs for your "jukebox", but the game is really about getting all of the mini-games unlocked so you can play them in standalone mode by yourself or with others. That really turns this into a great party game, especially with some of the humor involved.
While this is clearly aimed at kids with its non-violence and cute humor, many of the younger set will find themselves frustrated with the gameplay. The "bunnies in the outhouse" stands out as a mission that requires a lot of work to get through, as you have to both shake the nunchuck wildly and point carefully with the controller. It does best if you have a friend to help you out.
Many of the games here require so much arm movement that you can easily wear yourself out if you have to replay them too many times. The restriction on playing this all day long might not be others who want the tv - it might be that your arms give out even though you want to keep playing!
I suppose in one way that helps to ensure that kids don't play it for hours on end. Their arms won't last that long :) But that being said, I do feel a few games here are just too tough for their target audience. They'll need mom or dad to help out to get through those levels. Which is fine if mom and dad are the caring, game playing types - but could be really frustrating if they are told to just get through it on their own. |
Mini games galore!
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| Review Date: May 16, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Emily Secrest, Beaverton, OR |
This game is great! especially for people who don't go for the games with long, drawn out story lines and complicated controls.
Just the opposite here with Rayman. Tons of mini games, each having an intro in which a "rabbid" (an outrageously cute cartoonish rabbit) demonstrates the motions needed to play the mini game; there is also a text box explaining in words how to play the game for when you just can't understand what the bunny is doing.
Games vary a lot: racing on warthogs (the animals, not the Halo ATVs); dancing to the beat of music; hunting rabbids with a plunger gun; "sports" like running (imagine running motions with your hands, up and down), memory games, and precision skill games with the wii remote. Most of these last at most 5 minutes.
The game has a weak storyline -- Rayman is having a picnic with little frog-like friends, when the rabbids come and kidnap everyone present at the picnic. The rabbids then put Rayman into an arena with 4 mini games to play. Once at least 3 are successfully completed, a rabbid hunt level opens up. Each time a hunt is finished, the "day" is over, and Rayman is allowed to go back to his holding cell and he is given a plunger.
What are you supposed to do with a plunger you ask? Play the game, you'll have to figure that one out.
And why would anyone play all four mini games when you only need three to pass the level? Each day that you complete all games of the level, you get to go back to the cell and have a new prize. Sometimes you get new outfits for Rayman, sometimes you get decorations for the cell, or even some music.
If you complete a day and return to the cell, you can replay the day's games, as well as any previous days' games. Just sit on the toilet (I know, weird, huh?).
Once you beat the story mode of the game, the score mode opens. In this, you can play all the mini games that are in the game. By gaining points for each mini game, you accumulate a total that earns you rewards. Most of these rewards are the television commercials for the Rayman game, but they can be entertaining to see nonetheless.
It's a fun game, great for a kid with a short attention span and for people who don't like to put a lot of time into figuring out how a game is played. Like the wii sports, Rayman: Raving Rabbids is an excellent example of how the wii system works and is easy enough to let kids of any age play.
This game requires the nunchuck. |
Get out your video camera...
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| Review Date: December 5, 2006 |
| Reviewer: M. K. Brown, Austin, TX United States |
| This game was the biggest suprise I bought. The reviews said it was good, but it looked a bit silly. Anyhow, I bought it along with Zelda and Red Steel. This game is an absolute blast to play...especially with someone else. It has occupied more of my time (and my girlfriends) than all the others combined. You will laugh and you will be challenged and you will be wow'ed by the effort that went into this game. The art direction and creative team that came up with these games and designs needs to be recognized. It's sooo much fun and well yes...you will probably either want to film someone playing it or someone will film you because the game demands acting like a maniac with the Wiimote...and this is a welcome demand. Enjoy. |
You arent out of your seat, but you arent sitting still!
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| Review Date: November 27, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Melanie Becwar, Fairbanks, Alaska |
| My husband and I (both of us are 24) bought a wii last week. We've played a lot of tennis and bowling and all of the wonderful stuff on Wii sports, but this game we got just for me. I'll admit right off that there are certain parts I dont like - i.e. slamming doors on rabbits using outhouses & pulling worms out of rabbits rotting teeth before they burrough into their jaws. Ewww! However, the variety of games and challenges and the ability to go back and replay previous challenges over and over again is wonderful. I have been very impressed with the controls and am thrilled that we bought this game. |
Fantastic Gameplay Makes This a Winner!
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| Review Date: January 2, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Nite, |
It's obvious what the Wii's intentions are. Gameplay. If you want a game that truly takes advantage of what the Wii can really do, then you owe it to yourself to play Rayman Raving Rabbids.
The game begins with Rayman having a picnic with his friends. Things suddenly go awry when the Rabbids attack and kidnap Rayman and his friends. As Rayman, your job is to entertain these Rabbids by doing a series of mini-games. In the process you'll gain unprecedented accolades, and even a means of escaping your imprisonment.
The game is broken up into days. Fifteen days, and each of them is chock full of mini games. It follows a simple pattern. At the start of each day you can choose between four mini-games. You only need to complete three to move on to the big game, but if you want to experience all that Rayman has to offer, you'll do all of them.
The mini-games themselves are outrageous. Again, it makes full use of the Wii's controls. In one game, for example, you'll have to move the nunchuck and remote to make Rayman run so that he'll be able to get rid of an exploding package in time. In another game you'll have to use the remote to shave sheep. Not every game requires the nunchuck, but every game requires the remote. Some games are quite the challenge, but for the most part they're not bad games. That's not to say every mini-game in Rayman is great. Some are far too troublesome, such as the one where you must reunite a piglet with its mother, or the jump rope game where the sensitivity controls just don't respond all the time.
Part of what makes some of these games good, however, is that none of them are by any means difficult to learn. Before each game begins you're given a set of directions and there's even a diagram to show you how it's done. Even if you mess up, you get as many tries as you want.
Whenever you complete three of the four mini games availible in a single day, you can then take on a somewhat "boss" level. This level is usually either a first person shooter on rails (similar to Time Crisis) or a race. The shooter levels are definitely more fun, seeing as how you must use the wii remote to aim and shoot.
As you progress through the game, you'll not only get plunger trophies, but you'll also unlock different music soundtracks, costumes and you'll even notice that your cell changes as you go through the game.
Perhaps the problem with the story mode campaign is that eventually all the mini games become rehashes of older mini-games. You'll play through some of the mini-games several times, and with the exception of an increase in difficulty, the experience is no different than it was before. At some points the lack in variety of games is daunting. Enough to the point where going through the story mode again is more of a chore than excitement. However, once you complete a mini-game you can play it again any time you want while you're in your cell.
The multiplayer aspect of the game isn't as fantastic as the single player, however. It's fun to play some of these games with your friends, but you'll usually end up taking turns rather than actually competing against one another. Most of the rules for multiplayer games are also not explained in enough detail. However, at least in the games where you do experience split screen action, it's fun. Still, the multiplayer could've been done far better, and expanded so much more. It's still fun to play with a friend, just not as rewarding as it could be.
As far as visuals go, Raving Rabbids is pretty to look at. In all honesty it looks no different than a Gamecube game, but that doesn't mean it looks bad at all. There are a few moments of slow down, and moments where certain parts of Rayman look clipped (like his hand going through his hat during a victory dance), but the game looks good.
The true treat of the games presentation, though, comes from the sheer hilarity of the game. The Rabbids will keep you doubled over laughing all the time. Their screams and actions (even their insane look) is just all out hilarious, not to mention (in some bizarre way) cute.
The game does indeed sound good as well. The music definitely gives you the feel of a party game. Also, there are some mini games where Rayman must be a DJ and these mini games play some good music such as "Good Time" and "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun."
Rayman: Raving Rabbids is a brilliant game. For parties, it keeps your friends and family entertained. It's comical, takes advantage of the wii remote and nunchuck, and some of the games are so much fun you'll feel compelled to play them again. Overall, the game is nothing short of fantastic. It has it's small little gripes, but for the most part should please just about any Wii owner.
The Good
+Absolute fun! Mini games are creative and some are addictive
+The game completely takes advantage of the Wii's motion sensor controls
+Hilarious just to watch
+Pretty to look at
+Quite a few unlockables
+None of these mini games are insanely difficult to learn at all, anyone can pick up and go
+The Rabbids are just hilarious, no matter how you look at it
The Bad
-Some mini-games are just too short
-The games begin to repeat themselves too soon
-While there's multiplayer, so much more could've been done with it than what we got |
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