Rayman: Raving Rabbids

Also known as:  Rabbids Party (Japan)

Developer: Ubisoft Montpellier

I’m pretty late to the Rayman: Raving Rabbids party. When it was initially released, I heard good things about it, but really had no desire to play it. I figured when it went down in price, I’d pick it up cheap and see what all the hoopla was about. I didn’t think that I’d be waiting almost a decade and a half. Playing it for the first time to add it to this website, Raving Rabbids still holds up pretty well today. It’s not a masterpiece, mind you, but considering it was one of the Wii’s first titles, it does a very good job of showing off all of the motion sensor capabilities. The rabbids are also some pretty comical characters…almost Looney Tunes-ish in their psychotic tendencies while remaining humorous and almost endearing at the same time. Single player mode is entertaining enough, but toss in multiplayer so you can enjoy the madness with friends, and you’ve got a really solid game that shows off all the potential that the Wii had.

Review added: 02/17/2021