/v/ - Video Games

Rayman what?

>>16723875

Think Mario Maker but for Rayman 1 and predates Mario Maker by 18 years. Check the link for more info.

Because Rayman is niche

Mario Maker can get away with the obvious issues created by handing nondevs level creation tools that are simple to use with around TWO DECADES of memes that enable people to not look at the obvious that 99% of people can't design good levels.

>>16723912

I would not call Rayman 1 a niche game

The game sold 900,000 copies in two years.[13] It is also the best-selling PlayStation game of all time in the United Kingdom, with around 5 million copies sold, beating Tomb Raider II and Gran Turismo in the country.[14] According to Gamasutra, Rayman Advance's sales neared 600,000 units "during the first half of the 2001/2002 fiscal year" alone.[15] The game's sales reached 770,000 copies by the end of March 2002.[16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman_(video_game)#Release

Someone need to recreate it as an open-source project.

>>16723940

Or a sequel based on Origins/Legends. With the fact that both Origins and Legends sold well and with the hype of Mario Maker 2 i can see a sequel doing really well.

>>16723930

Look dude, I know you could walk up to someone with maybe, let's say on a scale of 1-20 of videogame knowledge an 8 and say "Oh hey do you know Rayman?" most people aren't going to recognize him, and even discounting legends/origins, I don't think you're going to find people familiar with his 2D games with any level of certainty.

Don't get me wrong I love the hoodie wearing bean looking fucker, but to say he's recognizable is at best optimistic.

And that's even getting away from the topic of Easy to use level designer kits usually result in 99% shit

Ray man more like gay man

>>16723912

>niche

You mean Rayman is shit.

>>16724012

I mean rayman 1 kinda is, personally.

mario has better gameplay

>>16724017

It sold in the millions.

The value of Mario maker is the ability to easily share levels and play other people's levels. And you get good feedback from people playing, comments, where they died, how many people like it, etc.

Lunar magic is a better editor hands down, but it's more difficult to use and it's hard to find and share levels, at least compared to smm.

Combined with how popular Mario is smm being very successful is no surprise

>why wasn't (fill in the blank) maker game popular

because Mario Maker has gadgets and enemies that interact with each other leading to interesting setups. If it weren't for these expermimental setups SMM wouldn't be popular. Just watch any Ceave Gaming video and you will see the difference. SMM has more in common with minecraft but unlike minecraft SMM is fun.

<inb4 not invidio

who cares at this point? 8/v/ is essentially dead

>>16724271

Bitch fuck you minecraft is fun

>>16724275

Minecraft had potential but it never came to fruition.

Because Nintendo can make users do all the work and make them pay for the experience of doing so, all while shutting down better made free versions of such, and people will praise them for doing so. Rayman doesn't have those sorts of fans.

>>16724684

At least Ubisoft has never shut down a Rayman fan project