''Rayman Mini'' is a platform

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developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and Pastagames and published by

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released on September 19, 2019 for

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Description

''Rayman Mini'' is centered on Rayman who has been shrunk to the size of an ant. The players have to pass through scenarios (48 levels at total), full of different obstacles and enemies, with the goal to undo the spell. The game gives the opportunity to choose between three characters, (Rayman, Barbara, or Globox), and unlock different costumes to customize them.

Development

Michel Ancel Michel Ancel (; born 29 March 1972) is a French video game designer. He is best known for creating the ''Rayman'' franchise and was the lead designer or director for several of the games, including ''Rayman Origins'' and its sequel ''Rayman Lege ...

said he "felt the right opportunity to immerse the player in a macro-photographic universe", giving this angle to him the idea to create a Rayman mini-universe, and he described the level design as the harder part of the game's development, because the running game feature. Ancel promised that future updates would arrive after ''Rayman Minis launch, wanting to give it a founding role for the brand on the Apple Arcade service.

Reception

Jerome Joffard of '' Jeuxvideo'' describes the game as beautiful and effective, praising the levels and soundtrack as high quality. The author added that the gameplay was enhanced in comparison of '' Rayman Adventures'', where the difficulty was precisely calculated, but maintained old good features unaltered. The lack of new mechanics, new characters and the re-play bonus content were criticized. ''Multiplayer.it'' exalts the comfort of its easygoing control, that allows to put aside the need for some external control, and refers to the animations as worthy of a cartoon. However, the game was talked about as an antiquated platform game with uninspired design and moderate difficulty.

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