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Rayman Arena

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Rayman Arena
60
10.0 User Score:

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Game Info

Publisher: Ubi Soft

Developer: Ubi Soft

Genre(s): Action

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Release Date: September 26, 2002

Summary

Rayman's world kicks into multiplayer overdrive in this total competition crash course with the cast of Rayman 2. Smoke the competition on mind-bending racecourses, or spark up a lum-flinging firefight in the battle arena. And with 8 characters, 24 maps and up to 4 combatants, now Rayman's got more ways to reign supreme than ever. [Ubi Soft]

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

78

Gamer's Pulse

Only stifled by its lack of variety, Rayman Arena features well-designed and engaging gameplay.

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70

GamePro

If you like character-based races, you will like this game. [July 2002, p.80]

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70

Game Informer

A decent addition to the series. [Nov 2002, p.133]

70

Nintendophiles

I don’t particularly understand the reasoning behind selling this as a standalone game.

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66

Nintendo Power

It's a downsized version of the Rayman experience transformed into a multiplayer party game. [Sept 2002, p.165]

62

GameSpot

Doesn't really do anything to differentiate itself from these older foot-racing games and doesn't bring anything new to the table.

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60

G4 TV

The multiplayer modes are adequate, though fairly superficial. Even kids will have problems making it through the single-player element simply to unlock characters and skins.

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50

GamerWeb Nintendo

Exactly half of this game (The fighting half) is just worthless, and while the other half (The racing half) is fantastic, there isn’t enough of it to warrant a purchase.

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47

IGN

The execution is half-hearted and not remotely rewarding.

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33

Game Revolution

Anybody who has experience with platform games will beat Rayman: Arena like a redheaded stepchild. So, it can be inferred that the game is probably not meant for experienced platformers.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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