Rayman Legends: Challenges App is an application developed and published
by Ubisoft exclusively for the Wii U console. The side-scrolling
platformer was released on April 25, 2013 as a free E-shop only
download. The app is to be supported until the Rayman Legends is released on September 3 (US). The app can be divided into to halves. The demo half, and the much bigger challenge half.
On the demo portion of the game, you can play three stages (Teensies in Trouble, Toad Story, and Castle Rock) from the Rayman Legends game. This mode has two player support and various miscellaneous collectables (lums, teensies, and trophies) The stages are meant to be a demonstration of the great variety of levels the full version of the game will support.
Despite of the previous, the challenge half is the one to take the spotlight. In this mode, players are given different objectives in one of four stages. These range from collecting a certain amount of lums, reaching a point as fast as you can, or go as long as possible without dying. New challenges will be added daily and weekly, and players will be rated according to their position in the leaderboard. Players may be granted a bronze, silver, gold, or diamond trophy according to their skill. These trophies give points to the player (1 for bronze, 5 for silver, 10 for gold, and 50 for diamond) and, provided they accumulate enough points, their awesomeness level will increase, granting them bragging rights and access to other challenges. So, here's what I think: |
| The Leaderboard |
- Fast paced, challenging, and quirky. The game's really fun.
- Online leaderboards, including top 10, best of your country, and best of your friends.
- Unlockable heroes and challenges
- Awesomeness levels to determine, well, awesomeness
- Full Miiverse integration
- Off-TV mode available
- Fun, asymmetrical multiplayer. (Well, at least as much as I could experience in the demo)
- Dynamic: new challenges every day
- Toggle on or off your own ghost and those of your closest competitors
The Bad:
- Poor variety of challenges. You will find yourself doing the same objectives in slightly altered stages.
- Inability to determine how far are you from the next trophy (You have no way to know how many places you will have to climb in the leaderboard for the next trophy)
- Little content on the demo portion (Well, it IS a demo, so don't take this one too seriously)
- Might glitch (It hasn't glitched on me, but apparently it has to some people. However, it's not a major, game breaking issue, so don't worry)
Conclusion:
Rayman Legends: Challenges App is extremely fun. Despite I listed four bad things, the only one that might actually affect you is the first one. However, even though the backgrounds or objectives may not change, the stage's design will. You'll find yourself going back to your Wii U every day just to play each challenge. The feeling of competition will just keep you coming back!
Score:
9.5 out of 10
Superb
Reviewed by Luigi
Interesting Fact:
This app was not planned by Ubisoft, but was made by the programers' own free will. This was because of a decision Ubisoft took without the programer's consent, which was to make the game, which was originally going to be a Wii U exclusive, available for all consoles. Because of this the game had to be delayed 5 months, and fans were really upset. So yeah, this app is like a "forgive us" gift. It's a pretty fun gift too!
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