Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition Review
Rayman, the classic limbless platforming hero, has been around since the PlayStation 1 days. And now its the 30th anniversary of the series and to celebrate, Ubisoft teamed up with Digital Eclipse to put together a collection of the early games. We received a review copy of the game and checked it out on the Switch. Is the collection worth a look?
Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition is a collection of the early 2D platformer Rayman games: Rayman PS1, Rayman for Jaguar, Rayman for MS-DOS, Rayman’s New Levels (MS-DOS), Rayman By Fans (MS-DOS), Rayman 60 Levels, Rayman for Gameboy Color, and Rayman Advance (for the Gameboy Advance). However the games are not the only thing you’ll find in the collection..
Digital Eclipse is well known for their retro collections and for bringing plenty of behind the scenes information along with playable games. Rayman 30th Anniversary Collection features a timeline similar to the ones found in Atari 50, Tetris Forever, and the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection. Well, as we said, its similar but not completely the same.
This collection puts a unique spin on the timeline. When you enter the history section of Rayman 30, you’ll find only one timeline. You’ll also see Rayman and control him walking and leaping across the timeline. The menu system here looks similar to a level of Rayman, with platforms and vines when you go down to a new aspect of the timeline. A curtain with Rayman standing nearby even rises when you look at documentary footage. The presentation of this collection is fantastic. It looks amazing.
You’ll find plenty to look at in Rayman 30th Anniversary Edition, from documentary footage with the developers behind the games to pictures and drawings and you’ll even be able to stop and play the games too. There is a separate section in the collection where you can just play the games, but we highly recommend enjoying the footage and behind the scenes material and taking a glimpse at each game too. You can always just go to the game section later when you want to fully enjoy each game.
The games themselves look really good on Switch. There is a CRT filter and other filters but we preferred no filter. That’s where the game’s looked the best. Some of the games even have optional enhancements like infinite levels and unlocking all levels. The collection isn’t huge but it has a lot of heart.
Rayman 30th Anniversary Collection isn’t as big as Atari 50, Tetris Forever, Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection or some of the other Digital Eclipse collections, but it has lots of heart and its a worthy collection for fans of the limbless hero and for people who have never played any of the games before. We highly recommend checking this collection out. We are also hoping that Digital Eclipse will add more to it, like they have other collections they put together. Even if they don’t though, Rayman is celebrating 30 years in style.
Thanks to Ubisoft for providing a digital code for review. Rayman 30th Anniversary Collection is now available on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. We give this a score of 9.0/10!
Article By Daniel Fugate
