Customer Reviews

Rayman Raving Rabbids

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One of the launch titles for Nintendo's Wii, Rayman Raving Rabbids helped prove just how fun Nintendo's new console can be. Now that it's made it's way to other systems, the game seemed like a nice fit for the DS considering it's touch screen use. Sadly though, unlike what is basically a fun collection of mini-games like we got for the Wii, Rayman Raving Rabbids for the DS is a basic platformer that doesn't have enough steam to make it anything really special. Playing as the Ubi Soft mascot, you traverse your way in a 2-D side scroller with some 3-D backgrounds as you avoid the insane Rabbids and other hazzards. While the Rabbids are still deliriously funny and Rayman himself has a nice set of moves and abilities, the game at it's core is a generic side scrolling platformer with touchy controls, shoddy looking graphics, and the game's short length doesn't help either. Now and then between levels, you'll get to partake in mini-games that offer the nice amounts of fun you'd hope to find here, but it doesn't last long. That being said, Rayman Raving Rabbids isn't a bad game at all, but there's nothing about it that sets it apart from other platformers either, and it's nowhere near as fun as the Wii version.

I really love this game. I have problems with the console games, almost all of them, especially the ones where you move quickly, make me dizzy and sick to my stomach. With this game, I get to play a game similiar to the console and don't feel cheated because I can't play the Wii. Sometimes I have problems mastering the skills, but that for me makes the game all the more fun. If you don't play the console games or like myself have a hard time with them due to eye sight, this is the game for you.

Great to unlock 5 or 6 quick pointless minigames but the game is weird.
I was expecting a cool platformer/party that you would want to play multiplayer. But The multiplayer mode always breaks on my ds! ( I sware brand new ds no scratches, nothing!)
I like the idea of changing elements, and even the poor graphic looking granny helmet, but all in all let me show you my opion:

Pros
* minigames don't
suck but don't
rock either

* gameplay makes
sense, kind of

Cons
* I like the "raving rabbids"
to be devilishly cute like the
wii version,
(which still doesn't have a good example of what i'm saying)
but this version they look happishly evil and the
weird graphics ruins the feel

* platforms are tinier than the character!

* litterally, all you can see is the projectile the enimies
ALWAYS hit you with and you always die randomly

But with all this negativity I guess the game wasn't a COMPLETE waste, because it is a fun way to pass time.....

My 8 yr son didn't care for this game at all. He said it was boring and hard to play. I didn't question him as he is the DS expert in the house. So we returned the game.