Indie 2D party fighters have been becoming popular lately, especially with some of their rosters getting guest stars, much like how Rivals of Aether added Shovel Knight to its cast last month. Now, the free-to-play Brawlhalla has received its own new fighter in the form of Rayman. While it might seem like an odd choice at first glance, Ubisoft, who owns Rayman, purchased the developer of Brawlhalla, Blue Mammoth Games, in its entirety earlier this year. While this isn't tantamount to Rayman being in Smash Bros., you'll be able to duke it out as Ubisoft's platformer mascot character when he becomes available in Brawlhalla on November 6th. Brawlhalla is currently playable on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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[Deleted User]

Am I the only person that doesn't want Rayman in Smash? Don't get me wrong, I like Rayman - Rayman 1 still stands as one of, if not my favorite games.
I just don't think he's an interesting character or that he'd have a fun moveset. Literally the only thing I'd like out of Rayman in Smash would be some professional remixes of Rayman 1's soundtrack.

Have you ever played Rayman 3? The 'combat fatigues' would have amazing potential in the game. The throttle copter, for instance, could easily fill in the role of an up-B.

 

[Rabbid4240]

This wouldve been perfect if rayman were an assist trophy in smash ultimate.

 

[rileysrjay]

Origins came out ages after the last 2D platform Rayman game. There's literally no way to top anything past Legend unless they bring serious money on the table. Something that Ubisoft will never do unless the bastard brother of the Rayman franchise (the rabbids) is involved. Be glad that these last two games came out at all XD

Considering that they have a working engine on all 3 major console platforms (switch, xbone, PS4), they could easily reuse a lot of the art assets and even some of the code for the physics/raymans moveset in the game. I doubt a sequel would be that expensive to make, Unless they decide to dump all that and start over (this wouldn't surprise me with Ubi at the helm). As for the rabbids, I personally really don't see them bundled back with Rayman again for a while. If Mario + rabbids did will enough, they might end up locked into a sequel for that.

 

[hus_mighty]

Because he is in brawlhalla doesn't mean that he can't be in smash