Fresh from the Nintendo Media Summit, we've quite a few impressions of games coming out in the immediate future. Among them:
First came the pictures, now come the words. Rayman: Raving Rabbids 2 has released more information in three days than Nintendo has, ever, on some of their games announced years ago. They could learn a thing or two.
Not the official name, of course, but damn if we shouldn't take up careers in marketing. Rayman Raving Rabbids, a game noted for being rather dichotomous in quality, will be receiving the sequel treatment on both the Wii and the DS.
24,477 (12.15%) 1,226 (3.75%) 6,898 (22.39%) 3,148 (11.99%) 2,954 (42.16%)
308 (24.37%) 17 (1.38%) 245 (42.53%) 72 (33.96%) 5 (18.52%) 11 (N / A)
When a game like Rayman Raving Rabbids has this much hype, the rumors go flying. It turns into a he said, she said ordeal and 1up has put that to an end.
For those of you thinking that this is strictly a platformer, you are wrong friend. This, as Nintendo cleared up, is a mini-game collection. As 1up tells us:
The single-player story mode does feature Rayman running around in third-person along the lines of a platformer in places, but these places are limited to the game's overworld hub set in a gladiator arena. There is no "gameplay" connected to these scenes -- they simply involve moving Rayman from one challenge to another, without camera control, watching cinema sequences and earning prizes like costumes.
Next, the rumor going around that the FPS mini-game has the player changing directions with the analog stick is false. The game automatically moves you and you aim with the Wiimote.
Lastly, Rayman Raving Rabbids has not been moved to release in 2007. It is considered a launch title and looks like it will be one of the best (right after Zelda, of course).
[Update: Fixed a typo.]
With the Leipzig Games Convention going on, a couple more videos of everyone's favorite crazed bunnies have hit the intertubes and are among the best of the bunch. Well, they're all among the best of the bunch, so...I guess...well...take it as you wish. While our usual procedure is to embed the video into the post, since we've got two we must ask that you click the continue link and check them both out, embedded, after the break.
Now that's one ugly bunny!
Michel Ancel, whom's past contributions to the gaming world give him near-godlike status, recently sat down with the resident Wii guy Matt over at IGN and discussed the upcoming Rayman: Raving Rabbids. The focus of the title, which is more humor-based rather than an epic tale of lost civilizations or some such other conflict, is about "Love and power!" 
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| SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 | July 15 |
| Strong Bad's Game for Attractive People | July TBA |
| Rock Band Track Pack Vol. 1 | July 15 |
| We Love Golf | July 15 |
| Wii Fanboy goes to E3 | July 15-17 |
| Order Up! | July 22 |
| LEGO Batman | Sept. TBA |
| Star Wars: Force Unleashed | Sept. 16 |
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