The BEST Rayman Design!?
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In September last year Mario & Rabbids Sparks of Hope announced its first DLC featuring the return of none other than Rayman himself… Despite my disappointment at Rayman making a return outside of his own platformer game, it was very cool to see the character's trademark quiff teased in this promo shot and it was thrilling to see him back. Little did I know he’d be back again in a way that I never ever expected… More on that today.
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As someone who HAS watched captain laserhawk, Rayman is quite a diffrent character, literally an alien manipulates into thinking he was doing the right thing while in reality he was just a mascot to hide the horrible things the company was doing. Amazing show btw
I really do wonder who the show runners were, it's a ubisoft show, yet it goes against practically everything the company (internally) stands for. Which is just fucking hilarious to me.
@@ewoutverheij4745pretty sure it was the guys that made the Cyberpunk series on Netflix
Show's fine. Wasn't expecting to see Rayman sniffing coke off a cow furry ever in my life. But now I have see it
@@Ketamine08nope cyberpunk edgerunners was made in japan by studio trigger know for anime series like Kill la Kill and Gurren Lagan.
Captain laserhawk is 100% american project done by Ubisoft themselves(Ubisoft Films and television)
@@MokonaModokiES Actually believe it or not, it was made by Balak and his team. Their previous work was a show called Peepoodoo or something. Don't watch it unless you're 18 or over.
Captain Laserhawk is actually fantastic. I also thought at first glance that Rayman in that show was gonna be a shallow edgy parody of himself but the show is actually super cool and his character is extremely fleshed out and interesting.
And you can tell which game characters are gonna live and die depending on the state of the franchise.
SPOILERS
Like
Rayman
Alive but going insane
Bullfrog
Alive but beaten to a pulp
Jade and Uncle Peyj
Dead
@@teneesh3376- With Michel Ancel leaving Ubisoft a few years ago on top of allegations of being a toxic boss, I wouldn't be surprised if Ubisoft declared Beyond Good and Evil 2 a dead project.
- I like how they kept Rayman's sense of justice and heroism but just made him an edgier character with more nuance. He initially starts out spreading propaganda about the Hybrids before realizing he was being used and fights against those who manipulated them.
Rayman by character kinda feels like Sonic, but as Sonic more feels like edgy and teen-like, Rayman feels more down-to-earth, enthusiastic and expressive. I kinda love his visual design too, also with the colors.
Rayman doesn't look like an edgy teen tho, It feels more like he's the cool uncle
The perfect match of enthusiastic Mario and cool Sonic
Rayman has a lot of great redesigns that stay true to the character. And without a doubt the Sparks of Hope design is the Best Blend of Legends and the Rayman 3 Design, and I am actually glad the Rayman's personality draws more from his 3D Platformer Titles much more.
As for Captain Lazerhawk, his characterization is much more fleshed out than I realize. And it's not just meta commentary on how Ubisoft treated Rayman on the surface level, him coming from another word where it's more fantastical where Good and Bad are easy to distinguish and pulled into a gritty world is the point and Rayman comes to realize it.
Interested in that second point. Is the show actually any good? I dug Castlevania and understand some of the same people are behind it... But the vibe is so strange lmao
@@ArtistMarkFlynnyes it's great
@@ArtistMarkFlynn I say it's worth checking out.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn I think it's only 6 episodes long and some dude on yt made a video on why bullfrog is the best character on the show and honestly even though i still haven't watched the show that video made it seem absolutely worth it
Sparks of hope design would have been perfect if the hair was better, the eyes were bigger and conjoint, and the limbs were closer together.
Captain Laserhawk is so good. The show has a lot of great homages to video games while being a fascinating Dystopian Cyberpunk story. It's got a lot of great characters including Rayman who gets a wild character arc. Give it a watch.
Lots of recommendations here and it's genuinely so nice to see it doesn't suck. I'll check it out after I finish Castlevania Nocturne!
@@ArtistMarkFlynn I also just finished Blue Eye Samurai. Extremely beautiful and entertaining show if you need something else on the amazing Netflix animated backlog.
Legends' gorgeous artstyle, along with Rayman's brilliant design, wonderful animations and soundscape, eminates a subtle, yet reassuring touch of 'french'. It's hard to explain, but it is an omnipresent feeling whenever i play the game. That aside, lovely video!
What do you mean by touch of "french"? 😂 I'm just curious because I am french and I love Rayman
I'm really not sure myself :D The game is just very uniquely artistic and creative, things i often associate with french culture
@@nouky3980 Maybe from a comical, humoristic point
Totally didn't write this script, record this video, and do 70% of the edit a YEAR AGO. Only to then scramble like a madman to rewrite/re-record a week ago and re-edit most of the whole thing.
Respect
I am such a big Rayman fan and have been for over ten years and besides being happy that you discussed him (i totally agree with you on like 100% of the video :D) Im also incredibly happy with captain laserhawk :) i am so happy with his portrayal. He’s a genuinely loveable character who was exploited by the system and then defends whats right. Seeing Rayman, even in the world of the show, go out of his way to save someone whos innocent, really sold me on him.
What's interesting is that while they developed Rayman's new design for Rayman 3, in the early stages they used Rayman's R2 model. You can even find the model being used on the earliest betas for the game. It really shows how the team didn't just want to quickly hijack Rayman's design into being ''Hip and Cool'' for an audience living in 2003, they really wanted to maintain what the character was all about in what I believe to be a genius set of changes.
Even though, in later games, it was perfected, Rayman 3's design was undoubtyly the perfect set for a modern look on the character. From his hoodie, his detailed shoes that simplified overtime, and his hood strings that kept changing color and material, it is simply a joy to analyze. You can tell that Michel Ancel had a big role into making this design, even though he was occupied developing Beyond Good and Evil, he still wanted Rayman's new look to be something worth looking at.
Great video btw! I seriously thought they kept his little shoe swirls in Legends, but I was corrected. Not a big loss IMO, though I think it's a nice touch since it uses a similar aesthetic found in Rayman 2 (Ly's outfit, Overworld's textures...). Looking forward for more!
He still supervised the project while working on Beyond Good and Evil. He reportedly was very proud of what his team accomplished even though he was working on another project. Rayman 3 definitely feels more "of its time" compared to The Great Escape, which strove to be more timeless.
Back when I made animated parodies of Rayman so many years ago, I drew him in a few different styles, but my favorite was in Rayman 3 style but with Rayman 2 style shoes. It's nice seeing the detail of the Sparks of Hope version which basically does the same thing (though the eyebrows and tinted eyelids may take some getting used to).
As for Captain Laserhawk, it was quite a fun watch, though it feels like the first half needed more time to flesh out some of the characters, including the titular Dolph Laserhawk. If you're only curious about Rayman's involvement, and you've already seen his outburst at Red and his drunk argument with the Board of Directors, just watch episodes 5 and 6. Most of his screentime and the rise of his character arc happen there. Rayman and Bullfrog (the ridiculous but loveable Assassin's Creed frog) really are the highlights of the show.
Dude, you had no idea how long I waited and how badly I wanted this video from you, Rayman is one of my favorite designs ever
Ah man I'm glad!!! I made this thumbnail in 2020/2021, I've been dying to make a Rayman video for the longest time. Such an underrated platformer mascot.
@@ArtistMarkFlynn He really is. Happy to have you back man!
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In Rayman origins his hair is actually explained with his hair not even being actual hair, but really just a bunch of hair people that were migrating to a new head that found Raymans bald head so his hair is actually alive
Fantastic to see the initial reception to this!
In case your new, and want to see more like this I have already made BEST Design Videos on:
- Sonic
- Mario
- Link
- Ganon
- Dante
- Vergil
- Jill Valentine
- Chris Redfield
- Samus
- Ridley
- Bayonetta
- Shadow
- Knuckles
- Tails
- Crash Bandicoot
- Spyro the Dragon
- Cloud
- Tifa
- Aerith
- Sephiroth
- Sora
- Pikachu
- Doom Slayer
- Tom Nook
- Dr Eggman
A lot of these are older now and the TH-cam algorithm doesn't favour them as much... If you're new and want to help inject some life into those videos please do!
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I loved Captain Laserhawk. For those who haven't watched it, just know everything you knew about Ubusoft characters, throw that out the window cause this show isn't the games. Rayman is easily a great character in the show, and it was so weird seeing him as just completely different from who I knew him as.
Cody Rhodes is hands down my fave Ubisoft character 😂
I was initially really skeptical about Rayman's inclusion in Blood Dragon Remix aswell, but the more I hear and see about it, the more I appreciate that interpretation of the character.
I wouldn't say that his character is incredibly different as much as it is a faithful reiteration. Not a one to one adaptation, but something that blurs the lines.
One of the coolest things about Rayman is that he has such a flexible character, so I'm glad to see them effectively use it!
Sparks of Hope & Captain Laserhawk Rayman designs went HARD. I have a love of Origins/Legends mainly because that's how I was properly introduced to the character & his games but the most recent designs do him a lot of justice.
And yeah, Captain Laserhawk is worth watching. It's strange, quirky, and blends together all of the games quite well in my opinion. Rayman is not there for shock value either, he actually has a story arc and everything.
Glad to see you back. For me Legends and Origins are my favorite. Not only are the beautiful to look at, they are also fantastic 2D platformers. I love these games and they have aged like fine wine. Don't look any worse than the day they released. If they released another title today with no visual improvements no one would complain, that's how beautiful they are.
Origins and Legends are like on my top 10 games of all time, ever since I picked up legends as thats my first rayman game on Wii U I always thought how criminal it was that this franchise is left with barely any representation. The new Mario Wonder game immediately reminded my of Legends and its quite unfortunate how Legends or Origins never popped off as hard as Mario did despite being imo better games at least than the NSMB games.
Dude THANK YOU, I literally love Origins and Legends
Thank you both for checking this out! Not played wonder yet but can't help but agree
Legends is one of the prettiest games i've seen period
Rayman legends is a must play.
captain laserhawk is a rlly good show. rayman is one of my favourite characters in the show and his arc is handled very well
Happy to see you back with more consistent uploads after a well-needed break!
Rayman Origins/Legends does definitely have an amazing art style. Really do wish we get a third entry even if it's by new people in the same engine, or they get the developers back to work on one. I would say Laser Hawk is a fairly good watch. Check it out if you get the chance. You can see Rayman eat some sushi in the show. 🤣
Man I saw some of the clips from the show and wanted to put them in here but I didn't want to run the risk lmao.
They had some mobile spin-offs though which focus on short levels but it's essentially the same thing (and you can play the first two on windows with the help of a tutorial here on yt), Jungle Run for Origins, Fiesta Run for Legends and then Adventures (Never played that one but it seemed to have the most content out of the previous two) and Mini (iOS only, features Mr. Dark from Rayman 1 for some reason, but i personally didn't like it much since the physics felt wayyyy too different from Legends unlike Fiesta Run for example)
You can also see him sniffing cocaine in that show so there's _that_
10:47 He also had a playable costume of him in an indie MMO Growtopia (also bought by Ubisoft just like Brawlhalla). He looks very nice there as the game features a pixelated art style which suits Rayman well.
Thrilling to see you back! You’re super talented and your videos are super enjoyable and informative
Appreciate it! Enjoying the process again which is a blessing 🤗
Getting to see the concept art and hear from the designers of sparks of hope has been so cool! That design was literally made by rayman fans for rayman fans! The entire team was stoked to be working on something rayman related! And it shows, this 3D render looks incredible!
Rayman in the games:🙂
Rayman on Netflix:💀
Rayman with limbs is cursed
Agreed completely on Origins’ advantage over Legends and the UbiArt engine. In general I think Origins is the better game but this would become an essay on game design if I went on. It seems as though UbiArt was created a decade too soon, as the graphics race was only getting hotter in the early 2010s. Now we’ve reached a point where more and more players are speaking on the value of an appealing art style over outright realism, and if the engine had only launched this year, I think it would get way more praise as a revolutionary prospect. Okay maybe that’s talking it up a bit but my point stands lmao. Hi-Fi Rush, Pizza Tower, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, all games completely elevated by their unique visuals and sound design. Popular opinion seems to be that Rayman’s platforming return should be in 3D but I’d be completely satisfied with another 2D UbiArt venture because the last two games haven’t aged a day in my eyes. Great vid, also you’re rocking the breaking bad
Now THIS is just like you promised us in your most recent livestream last year.
Now in terms of Rayman's design, the original cartoony Rayman design, in the game AND box artwork, is rounded, teen-expressive, and, overall, AMAZING for me to look at. I grew up with this artwork and so this is MY best Rayman design for Rayman doesn't need to be too angular unlike the recent appearances of that Rayman. Thank you for deciding to return to character design retrospectives AND for THIS Rayman design history video, Mark.
*YOU! THE! MAN!*
❤And I love you.❤
In retrospect I think just Rayman 2 might have been the first video game I ever played lol. Great video and hopefully Ubisoft can realize the potential in following up on Rayman Legends someday rather than Assassin’s Creed 59.
My favorite design was his first appearance. Was also my only Rayman game for the longest time, but I love the asthetic of the first game.
Great video! I'm glad to see Rayman back; I thought he looked really cute (& later badass) in Captain Laserhawk. It was an interesting watch. It's only 6 episodes, so I think it's worth it to check out. Rayman and Bullfrog were the best characters. 🤭 Either way, game-wise Rayman definitely looks the best in Origins. Hope we get to see him as the leading lad in his own game again.
Rayman in Captain Laserhawk was the highlight of the show in my opinion, I loved his arc
Love that you’re back, missed these videos
Captain Laserhawk is amazing
Cool analysis! Happy to see you still at it!
Captain Laserhawk is fricking AWESOME, man. You should watch it.
I originally watched captan lazerhawk because of rayman, but the show is amazing, I do recomend watching it
What a cold open... I wasn't very knowledgeable about _Laserhawk_ beyond "it's in production and it's based on this one DLC of this one Far Cry." When I saw it on the front page of Netflix one day with Rayman's face in the corner, I was very confused, and ultimately chose to pretend I didn't see that until somebody else acknowledges it.
Sparks of Hope gives me...well hope that Rayman may return in 3D its very clear the team behind Sparks are fans of the series and i have faith they will get tasked with brining rayman back into his own game someday
A new video?
About Rayman?
On MY Birthday?!
Well ain’t that a birthday treat? C:
(Yes, I know you made Super Mario Wonder video a while back, but let me just have that, okay? Cx )
Actually, we *do* know Rayman's race - he's a thingamajig! Yeah.. not the best definition, but basically he's what faeries created to protect the world.
heppy to see you back on youtube!
The king returns!
Anyway, it’s between Legends and Rayman 3 for me.
I love how Rayman Origins confirmed that he was supposed to have limbs, but the Lums that were meant to be used to make his limbs got lost, so he had to make do.
Captain lazerhawk is the best ever thing ever, rayman is alot different to his ingame counterpart though but he still is a good person and retains the want of helping people anyways yes watch it its addictive I want the new season already
I originally cme into this video thinking the choice was gonna be Rayman in his Rayman 2 design, but from what i saw moving forward I was amazed at how detailed and spot on his char design was, ESPECIALLY In Legends and Rabids DLC, HOOOLY MOLY did they hit the target on the first go!
I feel like the newest design in the rabbids game takes advantage of better technology making it in a way a bit too overdesigned, for example the hoodie with all the little parts of the sawing, and also for the hands, where i think realistic details clash with the fact that its just a floating 4 finger white hand ahahah
Also preferred the shoes from 2 and origins, for being simpler and a bit less flashy, while these ones are more in the direction of the rayman 3 ones, while also definetly taking inspiration from the ones in 2
I love Capitan Laserhawk version of Rayman, is other Rayman but is amazing that in the same scene he is as funny in a superficial way, as he is tragic, and of all the characters I think he is the one who has a story in which he has to say the most. I like the games I played, but I admit that this Rayman made me obsessed with the character. Shorts on TH-cam, taken out of context are misleading. I watched the show out of curiosity about those shorts expecting a ridiculous thing in relation to the character, and the irony was that Bullfrog and Rayman were in my opinion the two most authentic characters, in a group of characters, including the main one who for the most seems to me to have close to no personality outside of some cliche cool trait, I fee likel they were made for cool anecdotes. I think that the villain of the show in the end becomes something interesting and more complex. I do recommend the show for Rayman and Bullfrog. And yep, I really want a season 2, hopefully with more than 6 chapters to allow for more character development. It is worth mentioning that you can tell that the voice actor gave his all, and I think it has a lot to do with the success of the characterization. Also, yes it's another Rayman, but if you consider that his quest is for the liberation of all species it's not that far from Rayman 2. When it comes to the design my favorite is Origins...and the design in Laserhawk xD.
In general I think that Rayman's design is very iconic, and has the potential to be as popular as Sonic or Mario, but it has been very wasted in recent years, because Ubisoft wouldn't be Ubisoft not caring about their games.
It’s funny because I never played a game of Rayman but I love him since some weeks ago, because of Captain Laserhawk make me know him. Before that, I just had seem some pictures or images of him and his games, but I never really know who he was. Since I watch the series on Netflix and start to love this character, I had begin a lot of research on him (the true Rayman): when he was created, how many games there is of him and which games is the best (origins and legends), and I discovered the sad truth about how Rayman don’t really have much games this last few years, and I feel bad for this cute little creature. His personality in the games are just so adorable and I really love him now more than ever.❤
Thanks for making this video about rayman design and we really missed rayman and I wish ubisoft would start caring about making new rayman games!
Can anyone tell me why Rayman throws energy balls in 2 rather than the classic hand throwing?
Always loved Rayman 3 with it's eclectic and funky aesthetics especially the ramshackle, rednecky looking hoodlum enemies and areas. Always wished Murfy stuck around to talk smack the whole game. Hope they get Danny Devito to voice him in a future game.
Also they were horny out of their skulls when they were making Rayman Origins, Sweet Lord. But then again they are French.
Good to have you back :)
I think Snake from Metal Gear would be a cool analysis. Glad to see another video from you.
Really, I love all of Rayman's designs from HH and onward. The hoodie just looks so good on him. Also his hair looks more like hair in his newer designs. My first Rayman game was Rayman 2, and I actually thought his hair was like...rabbit ears? It wasn't until 3 that I realized that was his hair.
Origins is my second favorite. I love the crisp, bright cartoon look and how expressive he is. Looking closely at his model, you can see subtle movements in his hair, and even in the drawstrings of his hoodie. He just looks so alive, even if he only has one braincell.
I think Sparks of Hope is probably the best we've seen of Rayman, not only in terms of design, but also personality. The model was designed to make him even more expressive, both with his face and with body language. The writers also nailed his personality.
Certainly more than Laserhawk did. I absolutely despise that show for what it did to Rayman.
I really need to get through all of mario/Rabbids to actually play that dlc lol
fiinelly rayman is coming back! its been 10 years since the rayman legends! good vedeo!
I kinda want PS1 Rayman to make a comeback, similar to how we now have HD Classic Sonic.
I've been waiting for this video since 2019, THANK YOU MARK!
I think the Sparks of Hope design is my fave! The level of detail is just... **chef's kiss**
Yooo Raymam looks amazing with those fingerless gloves. I wish we got more of that.
i personally love the idea that rayman in rayman 1 was still a kid, rayman 2 being a teen, rayman 3 being an adult, and just chronologically he ages along with the audience. i saw someone else come up with that idea, and i feel like lazerhawk just further exemplifies that. and i am a SUCKER for characters aging with their audience. havent watched lazerhawk and i dont know if i will, but enough people seem to enjoy his character that i vibe with it, and i LOVE his design
of course there's other releases in there, but the main chronology works pretty well in that sense. we dont talk about gangsta rayman he isnt part of this
Captain laserhawk is a MUSTWATCH
RAYMAN HYYYYPE. My favorite is defo the rayman 2 one, for pure nostalgia reasons
I personally had a huge amount of fun with 3D Rayman as a kid on the og Xbox.
I will always have a soft spot for his design in Rayman 3.
Rayman has great designs over the years, I think the origins and legends ones are my favorite designs of them all, This designs has the best designs of rayman, Captain LaserHawk is so good, Thank you Captain LaserHawk😊😊😊
I still play legends after 5 years and I’ve gotta say it’s still amazing with challenges coming out every day and week with different layouts even been able to make it to top 100 on Xbox the community is good legends has to be one of my all time favourite games
Rayman advance doesn't have the music when you finish a level, Rayman just says "yeah"
The fact that Rayman on crack is cannon is insane
A Rayman of Culture
rayman's design in rabbids looks better in game than the renders tbh :0
0:02 bro thinks hes Walter Hartwell White
Get out of my territory
btw that purple shirt that he wears is an eggplant with the green part covered by a hood, bandana etc
Great video! I still think rayman's design from Rayman 3 is almost peak, but the sparks of hope one might just border on a little better. I loved the video, and while I disagree with some of your tastes, this was a wonderful piece of content.❤
Agree. I think Rayman 3 was the best design wise. If they redid it just as smooth and polished as Mario Rabbits one, we would get the ultimate Rayman design
i personally think he looks in Sparks of Hope the best and most expressive
Me personally my favorite design is the one from rayman 2, i loved everything about rayman 2, the art, music, everything.
If a new game releases with Rayman as a cursing shoot-em-up character, Mr.Laserhawk will have some major 'splainin' to do.
where's that god damn fourth lum?
@@ArtistMarkFlynn It'd be like taking candy from a baby, which is fine by me!
I like the rayman 2 design. reminds me of 90's Pixar or smth
8:45 Smash
Rayman has the Best Design in Rayman 3 Hoodlum Havoc
I love Rayman! And the best thing "Origins" is that you didn't need a Ubisoft connect account.
The first time I heard of rayman was the rayman origins demo on the 3ds e shop and I have still yet to play the full game
Would love another Rayman 2 honestly, that game was a lot of fun
_Maybe even another Rayman Arena styled game_
Comparing Rayman's shoes in 3 to the tribal tattoo Crash design is crazy. It's just a little swirl lmao.
it's overdesigned and reminded me of it, it's not that deep lol
It's really dated to the late 2000s. It's like Mario having a tribal tattoo to advertise the GBA SP.
My first Rayman game was that battle royal one
The OG and Origins.
We are so back
Something that always bugged me about Rayman is that he never actually throws his fist. He's just throwing a projectile that looks like one of his fists.
Uh no, his fists are thrown, the throw is extended because limblessness = boomerang quality.
@@Barakon But he still has both fists even before it returns to him.
@@MizunoKetsuban what are you talking about? Which version are you playing? Are you using a power up? Is it a glitch? ARE YOU AN AI?!
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fave 2d has to be legends and fave 3d has to be sparks of hope
HE'S A GOOBER i want to hug em
My fav is Rayman 3. Thats where it all started for me.
6:46 we're just gonna ignore that being a detail from his original sprites.
There's no spiral on the original sprite shoes tho?
A Best design for Classic MegaMan video would be nice to see.
Noted!
All my friends love SEXBOMB RAYMAN
We all know that its the butt kicking one with his hair down and the guns
Imagine a new Rayman 3 style game with the Mario Rabbits design and graphics... but knowing how Ubisoft treats him, he probably won't ever come back, especially since Michel Ancel's departure from the video game industry
I havent watched the show, but even seeing Rayman on the promo art for captain laserhawk was enough to catapult the rayman games back into my life.
Oh hey! I love these videos
Origins.
No explanation necessary
Edit:i hadnt watched to the end when i commented but you were right
All the designs are the best ❤
Honestly, The one before Ramon (before he went crazy) is my favorite.
Watch it bro it’s SO GOOD!
I have watched Captain laser hawk and it’s amazing I will say sometimes it goes a little to dark especially the scene where Rayman is snorting some unidentified substance it is a very hooking and great show