Rayman M - Differences Between Versions

Differences Between Versions

Rayman M had been released in Europe in 2001 for the PC and PlayStation 2. The PC and PlayStation 2 versions of Rayman Arena were actually Rayman M, only edited in very minor ways, most noticeably changes from Rayman M in the intro movie, load screens, etc., to Rayman Arena. The PlayStation 2 version had changed since Rayman M, though not by very much.

As there was not a port of Rayman M to the GameCube and Xbox, the development team had made several changes to the game and released it on the GameCube and Xbox platforms. A few notable differences would include:

• The menus had been changed; the space theme was gone and navigation was somewhat different.
• A single-player battle can only have up to 2 opponents (3 in a battle) at a time, unlike the other two versions where it was possible to have battles involving 3 opponents (4 in a battle).
• (Battle) The shoulder buttons/triggers on the GameCube and Xbox controllers were now used to lock-on to enemies.
• (Battle) The small circles representing health were replaced by six hearts. If a player is hit, a heart is "emitted" from the player's body, and fades away very quickly.
• (Battle) Hearts can be regained; killing an enemy results in the gain of another heart.
• (Race) Players are represented by the colours, blue, red, yellow and green, as players 1-4 respectively, while Rayman Arena changes the order to yellow, blue, green and red.
• (Race) A race can have three people as well as in Rayman Arena, all the single player races would have four characters in a track.