Rayman Raving Rabbids is an engaging series of mini-games that utilize the innovative Wii controls in a variety of ways. The design and style of the game is delightful, with the grotesque "Rabbids" filling all sorts of roles, along with pigs, cows, and sheep. There's a slight, but reasonably satisfying framing device that ties all the mini-games together, and it ends with one of the most unsatisfying and frustrating FMVs I've ever experienced in a video game. It's all "our princess is in another castle" with no "just kidding". Seriously, after Erica and I had had a great time playing through the entire game (the story mode is single player, but we'd switch off playing the games and cheering each other on) and having a great time, I wanted to throw a controller out in the window in frustration at that ending. Jerks.
FuzzyCo grade: A- (and the minus is solely from the ending.)
Dan Telfer
Couldn't get into it. 90% of the game is a hoot, but then 10% of the challenges were way too freaking hard. I got irritated long before the end.
Fuzzy Gerdes
That's the great thing about playing with Erica -- she's really good at the dancing, for example, and I like the FPS parts. Whenever one of us couldn't get a challenge, the other of us could.
Dan Telfer
Yeah, we were good at that stuff.
Neither of us were good at squirting carrot juice or shutting outhouse doors, to the point of fury.
Rayman
Apparently you just suck at games Mr. Telfer...if that is your real name.
Looks Like I win.
Rayman
Dan Telfer
Well, apparently you can no longer carry a platform game on your own and need a bunch of bunnies with Down's Syndrome for commercial appeal, Mr. Rayman.