One of the best platformers of its generation across all consoles. Level design of inexhaustible inventiveness, memorable music on musical levels. The original WiiU version benefits from exclusive GamePad features. A masterpiece.
Your verdict
Category
Platformer4 players7+
Co-op
Description
Rayman and his crew battle armies of Méchants in timed musical platforming levels with gorgeous visuals. Published by Ubisoft, released in 2013 in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Pioneering Wii U version of the game, originally designed for the platform, featuring the GamePad to control Murfy who interacts with the scenery, local 5-player co-op, and iconic musical levels.
Rayman Legends review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Entirely hand-drawn, the universe unfolds painted settings of dazzling fluidity and liveliness. Supple animation, bold colours and rhythmic musical levels turn the journey into a moving fairy tale. This 2D splendour, joyful and refined, stands as a benchmark of the genre.
Playful and inventive, the music piles up rousing melodies and zany finds, right up to levels entirely choreographed to music. Each world overflows with a joyful, colourful whimsy. This sonic generosity, creative and sunny, makes the game a pure pleasure for the ears from start to finish.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Running, jumping and smacking through stages of perfect fluidity, all the way to the musical levels where every move lands right on the beat: the craftsmanship shines on every screen. Co-op play, with a touch player slicing through the scenery, turns the race into collective madness. Gorgeous, generous and bursting with ideas, an outstanding platformer.
Rayman Legends, an Ubisoft Montpellier 2D platformer of exceptional polish, whose Wii U version uses the second screen for cooperative phases specific to the machine. Sought on a library thin on major third-party games, its desirability rests on this unanimously praised quality and a measured run rather than a general scarcity. A prime piece for fans of polished platforming on the console.
Better with friends
A musical platformer for up to four whose console version reinvents teamwork through a touch-screen support role: tickling enemies and clearing the path for the jumpers. Cooperation becomes asymmetric and chummy, dotted with a touch of chaos when everyone rushes the lums. A few demanding stages widen the gap, but the catchy rhythm and unbridled inventiveness set off guaranteed fits of laughter.
Is Rayman Legends still worth playing in 2026?
A Vita adaptation of the famous Ubisoft platformer, Rayman Legends offers an absolutely sublime 2D adventure with cooperative mode for up to four players and memorable musical levels. The vibrant cartoon art direction, polished animation and content richness make it an absolutely unmissable platformer reference on Vita. For anyone fond of Rayman or seeking an absolutely essential modern portable 2D platformer, an absolutely essential recommendation today still without the slightest hesitation on the Sony portable machine truly here indeed.
