Can't Resist the Rabbids---!

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Does anyone truly remember the old Rayman games? This was obviously before the rabbids time...but they came shortly afterwards (and then there's the fact that the two go hand-in-hand...or did until recently). I myself never liked the classic version of Rayman and found myself skipping it when looking for new video games to play at Blockbuster...

BUT I JUST CANNOT RESIST THOSE RABBIDS!!!

• The Old Rayman Games:

[ taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman_(video_game) ]

Rayman is a 2D platform video game developed by Ludimedia (which subsequently would become Ubisoft Montpellier in 1996) and designed and published by Ubisoft. It was released on September 1, 1995, for the PlayStation. One year later it was released for the Atari Jaguar, and two months later, a Sega Saturn port was released. On April 30, 1996, an MS-DOS port was released. A port was planned for the Sega 32X, but was cancelled due to the system's low popularity.^{[citation needed]}
The traditional side-scrolling game is about the titular character's quest to save his world from the evil Mr. Dark. The latter has stolen the Great Protoon, which maintains the planet's harmony and balance, and locked away the Electoons, who previously gravitated around it. To save his world, Rayman journeys through six realms, culminating in a battle against Mr. Dark in his cake-themed lair the Candy Chateau. The game features detailed cartoonish graphics, smooth animations at 60 (or 50 in PAL regions) frames per second, and the use of up to 65,000 colours.^[2]



• When the Rabbids Came:

[Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman]

The Raving Rabbid series is based around Rabbids.
Rabbids originated from rabbits that were bred for extensive experimentation for the international space programs to collect the medical knowledge to support human space exploration. Unfortunately the rabbits became rabbid with rabies like symptoms and were transported to the quarantine center. It was there where an unsuspecting janitor was cleaning, that the rabbids reached through the cage and grabbed his plungers, escaping to the space shuttles and began creating havoc throughout the universe.
Rabbids became a species of maniacal anthropomorphic rabbits that serve as the primary antagonists. Their most well known traits feature various slapstick comedy elements; running around wielding various household objects, dressing up as various other fictional characters, and most of all, constant screaming. Although essentially the "villain" in the game, they have gained a considerable popularity and fanbase through viral videos and media appearances. Many people even suspect them to overshadow Rayman, despite hints that there could be a Rayman 4.^[2][3] The Rabbids left the Rayman series to form a series of their own with the release of Rabbids Go Home in November 2009 and Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time. In October 2010, Ubisoft and Aardman announced a partnership to produce a TV series pilot and several shorts based on the franchise.^[4]
The Rabbids appear as humanoid, stout, usually white lagomorphs with big round eyes and a large mouth with two large incisors. Rabbids tend to be somewhat mentally unstable, and often experience strange adrenaline rushes, where their eyes turn red and they emit a loud yell: DAAAAAAAAH! (although spelled "BWAAAAAAAH!") Other than this, their only communication seems to be random gibberish. This is also often a precursor of the bunny smashing something or attacking someone with its tool of choice, usually a toilet plunger or something plunger-related, such as a plunger-shooter, or other household items, such as feather dusters, ladles, toilet brushes, toy shovels, tennis rackets, sausages and other objects. Rabbids also have a penchant for dressing up. These outfits include French maid outfits, snorkels with duck-shaped swim rings, ninja suits, pirate outfits, and various other pop culture costumes. The Rabbids have made several appearances in non-Rayman games as well, such as Red Steel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, and Splinter Cell Conviction.

• My Addiction:

My addiciton to the Rabbids came when Taz and I took a trip to Family Video. Because she had recently rented a couple of movies from them, she had coupons which gave her discounts and even gave her one free rental. When she asked me if I would like to rent a movie for us to watch, I wasn't about to refuse the opportunity to get out of the house.

Either way...once we got there, waling around the video store proved tedious, and because Taz and I share different interests in the genre of our videos, I figured I would just let her pick something in hopes that it would be good...so I walked through the video-game section. Taz soon found me...blah,blah,blah...and soon we were looking at the different things they had for PS2 and the PS3 that we could take home.

We wanted to try "Destroy All Humans" because we had been looking at it when we went to disc Replay, but we never brought it home. Then the game called "Obscure" caught my and Taz's attention because it was a horror-mystery game (which Taz has been addicted to as of late) and it offered co-op play...so we wanted that.

Then Taz saw Ravin' Rabbids and I rolled my eyes. I told her that I had heard it was a fun game, but had never played it myself. She just thought the bunnies looked fun and we decided to rent that one also.

We took our games home and started playing them. We started with the alien one, and when that got boring, we decided that we were going to try Ravin' Rabbids. So we popped it in, made a file (Taz was disappointed that you played as Rayman and not a bunny), and then we were swept away into the mad world of the Rabbids.

Tossing cows, Shooting plungers, slamming bathroom doors, and dancing to every hit and smooth jig. It was wacky, kooky, crazy, violent, and all-out hilarious. It was because of this that (when Taz bought me a Wii), we ended up getting the Rabbids party-pack (complete with 3 games) and have been playing that.

• The PS2 version [VS] the Nintendo Wii version.

There is not much of a difference when it comes the PS2 version of the Ravin' Rabbids game versus the Nintendo Wii version of the games. In fact, the only differences between the two games is the controls---(obviously a controller in the case of a PS2 and then a Wii Remote & Nunchuck for the Wii). That and the Wii allows for the Nintendo Wi-fi Connection which makes for universal play.