Rayman Legends Definitive Edition (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.2 Update

Rayman Legends Definitive Edition is a platform video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. It is the fifth main title in the Rayman series and the direct sequel to the 2011 game Rayman Origins. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and PlayStation Vita platforms in August and September 2013.

PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were released in February 2014 with a Stadia version released in November 2021. A Nintendo Switch port, titled Rayman Legends Definitive Edition, was released in North America, Europe, and Australia on September 12, 2017.

Rayman Legends was announced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012 for Wii U and was planned for release during the console’s launch window. However, the game was delayed until February 2013 to put the finishing touches to the game, and due to the financial failure of ZombiU, the release was delayed again by six months and the game was made multi-platform.

Rayman Legends received critical acclaim upon release. Critics praised the game’s visuals, level design, controls, soundtrack, overall gameplay, and the large amount of content. The game experienced slow sales on release but sold over a million copies by 2014.

Run, jump, and fight your way through different worlds, save the day, and uncover the secrets of legendary paintings. Gather up to four players for local co-op fun, and compete in tournaments with the Kung Foot experience in local wireless multiplayer.

Enjoy over 100 maps filled with running, jumping, and smashing action.  Get ready to groove to the rhythm and conquer challenging musical levels. Rayman Legends Definitive Edition on Nintendo Switch™ brings the perfect blend of art, music, and thrilling gameplay.

GAMEPLAY

The game carries on the style of gameplay from Rayman Origins in which up to four players (depending on the format) simultaneously make their way through various levels. Lums can be collected by touching them, defeating enemies, or freeing captured Teensies. Collecting Teensies unlocks new worlds, which can be played in any order once they are available. Along with Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies returning as playable characters, players can now control the new female character Barbara the Barbarian Princess, her sister, and their cousins, once they are rescued from certain stages.

In addition to the main playable characters, Murfy the Greenbottle, who first appeared in Rayman 2: The Great Escape, appears as an assist character. Murfy can perform various actions such as cutting through ropes, activating mechanisms, grabbing hold of enemies, and assisting in gathering Lums. These offer a range of levels in which cooperation is required to progress. In the Wii U, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation 4 versions of the game, an additional player can control Murfy directly with touch controls, using the Wii U GamePad, the Vita’s front touch screen, and the DualShock 4 touchpad respectively.

In single-player mode, control will switch over to Murfy during certain sections whilst the computer controls the player’s character. In the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PC versions of the game, Murfy moves automatically and can be prompted to interact with certain objects with button controls. Other new features include sections where players can fire projectile fists at enemies and rhythm-based levels set to covers of songs such as “Black Betty”, “Eye of the Tiger”, and “Woo-Hoo”. The game features over one hundred twenty levels, including forty remastered levels from the original Rayman Origins, which are unlocked by obtaining Lucky Tickets, which can also win additional Lums and Teensies.

Some levels feature remixed ‘Invaded’ versions, which must be completed as quickly as possible. The game also offers daily and weekly challenge stages, in which players can compete with other players via leaderboards in challenges such as collecting a certain number of Lums in a short time or surviving the longest on a stage. More challenge stages can be accessed by raising the player’s ‘awesomeness’ rating, which increases by collecting trophies earned by rescuing Teensies, collecting a high number of Lums in each level, or by having a high leaderboard position at the end of a challenge. A local multiplayer football game, Kung Foot, is also featured, in which players use attacks to knock a football into the opponent’s goal.

PLOT

One century after the events of Origins has passed and Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies have been sound asleep after the adventure. During that time, the Bubble Dreamer’s nightmares have gotten stronger and expanded with help from the magician (who survived and split himself into 5) and captured Barbara and her fellow princess. After finding out, Murfy wakes up Rayman and co. tells them what has happened and sets off to end the chaos. After beating each world’s boss, Rayman and co. punch each magician into space, where they each end up being used as instruments by imps for fun.