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Rayman: Hero of the Glade of Dreams - The Great Escape
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GaroMaster
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Yeah, I really appreciate the fact that he apologized to the fans that were heartbroken (including me) that the leak was fake.
And he's right; those characters mean so much to us gamers, even if they are moving pixels. It would be a dream come true if a childhood character of yours made it into Smash, the melting pot of video games.
What's important, though, is that the leak has given Rayman so much momentum. Without it, I think we would still be in the 40s.
I forgive ArtsyOmni. I need to subscribe.
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I was never so much angry with him, just perplexed by the fact that he felt he had to make that Rayman art into a "leak" in order to get attention. I think he could have caught people's attention regardless.
Either way, I subscribed to him after watching the speed paint video.
Either way, I subscribed to him after watching the speed paint video.
True Blue Warrior
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Lara Croft, Master Chief and the Angry Birds?Like? Megaman is still very iconic, he's pretty close to the iconic level Sonic is on at least.
Rayman is probably below Megaman's iconicness. He doesn't have a large fanbase in Japan too.
Not to say he's not gonna make it, but you can't compare Rayman to Megaman.
And no, he is most definitely not close to the level of Sonic's level of being recognizable as shown by the fact he has never been iconic enough to have said iconicness recognized in the way that Sonic has, who keep in mind was the first character to have a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Balloon. Sonic was one of the three game characters inducted on the inaugural Walk of Game class in 2005, along with his former rival Mario . More importantly, Sonic and his game was phenomenally huge and impactful at the time that he managed to rival Mario. Especially at his height, he even was iconic enough to the point where a 1992 survey was done where he ended up being more recognized than Mickey Mouse among the 6 to elev year old demographics.
Comparing Mega Man's iconicness to Sonic is very flawed and really wrong because at the end of the day, Sonic and his franchise has made a phenomenally huge impact on pop culture and video games in the way Mega Man simply has not to the point where he is more far more well-remembered to begin with. He was the famous anti-Mario to begin with.
Edit: Before anyone acts like I think Mega Man is obscure, I don't. I recognize his status as a video game icon with a wide appeal. It's just that he is clearly not on the level of Sonic.
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BluePikmin11
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Megaman was still huge enough to get his own TV shows, comics, manga, tons of music albums, and legion of several games. It's certainly more than what any other third party like Metal Gear Solid and Rayman got.
He's probably between Snake's and Sonic's level to say the least.
He's probably between Snake's and Sonic's level to say the least.
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This guy is actually trying to say that Megaman is on par with Sonic...
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Considering how beloved Mega Man is, I wouldn't be surprised if they are the same in popularity, Mega Man was one of the most requested newcomers along with Sonic after all
BluePikmin11
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Hey to be fair, I have a hard time finding and placing a character's exact iconic level and finding the right words to describe it. I just used the wrong words.
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True Blue Warrior
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With the exception of maybe Mewtwo, Mega Man was easily the most heavily requested character for Smash 4.
Cutie Gwen
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Mega Man was the most requested newcomer, K.Rool was after that, but both were beaten by Mewtwo iirc
True Blue Warrior
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In the west, Ridley was more requested than K. Rool.
GaroMaster
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Can we all just agree that Sonic is easily more famous than Mega Man and Rayman?
This is the Rayman thread after all, not the Mega Man thread. If you guys want to rank characters based on how iconic they are, then you might as well start a thread based on that topic.
Otherwise, let's get back to discussing about Rayman.
This is the Rayman thread after all, not the Mega Man thread. If you guys want to rank characters based on how iconic they are, then you might as well start a thread based on that topic.
Otherwise, let's get back to discussing about Rayman.
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Yeah, that was the point of my post. Sounded as though you were trying to contradict it by quoting it.I brought you up only to argue sales don't equal iconicness remember.
No worries.
BluePikmin11
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That's a pretty good idea actually, that way we don't have to think so hard who is the most iconic, but I probably would not be able to do that job well.
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Rayman got a cartoon.
BluePikmin11
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I recognize that, and that certainly shows he is one of the bigger icons, but not as big as Megaman.
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Hell rayman's spinoff got a show too
still not as big as the other 3
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BluePikmin11
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The Rabbids aren't Rayman.
Just a quick question are the Rabbids more iconic than Rayman?
Just a quick question are the Rabbids more iconic than Rayman?
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A Distant Demon
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no. people actually know that is rayman instead of people thinking they're genericThe Rabbids aren't Rayman.
Just a quick question are the Rabbids more iconic than Rayman?
rayman is more iconic. no question.
GaroMaster
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I know it is a joke.
Just pointing it out for you.
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PAC-MAN
Mario
Sonic
Mega Man/Snake
Rayman
In my opinion.
Of course, arguing about this s ludicrous as all of them are iconic enough to get in Smash.
This is literally just a "my character is better than yours because arbitrary reasons" fight. Who cares who has more cartoons? They're all huge video game icons.
Mario
Sonic
Mega Man/Snake
Rayman
In my opinion.
Of course, arguing about this s ludicrous as all of them are iconic enough to get in Smash.
This is literally just a "my character is better than yours because arbitrary reasons" fight. Who cares who has more cartoons? They're all huge video game icons.
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GaroMaster
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My thoughts exactly.
Even if Mega Man is more famous than Rayman, Rayman is famous enough anyway to be in Smash.
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I do agree that Megaman is more known than Rayman, but there is quite a gap between Megaman and Sonic.
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100% agree.
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I agree. It's hard to get anywhere near PAC-MAN, Mario or Sonic.
GaroMaster
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Isn't Snake more famous than Mega Man?
Just curious.
Just curious.
This is late but in case no one pointed it out Capcom milks EVERYTHING. Just look at Monster Hunter and Street Fighter.
Somewhat, yes. If only because he's been more relevant recently than Mega Man.
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A recent study proved he was actually.
Depends on the crowd. Their circumstances are quite different but I'd place them in the same spot.
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SuperSegaSonicSS
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I mean....Pac-Man was back in the arcade days...when video gaming began it's high... I'm pretty sure Pac-Man is the most iconic, being the oldest to be the most known...
Misterfan2000
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I'm join this thread!!
I'm a big fan of Rayman: It was my first videogame (The awesome "Rayman 3") of my life, and I wish that he could join the battle as a future DLC.
I'm a big fan of Rayman: It was my first videogame (The awesome "Rayman 3") of my life, and I wish that he could join the battle as a future DLC.
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Welcome to the thread! *Insert generic "enjoy your stay" and "
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GaroMaster
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Welcome! We're glad you're joining this group.
In case you're wondering, that would be us.
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So nobody is celebrating page 101?
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Ah well, if you and @SnarkyCrow don't want to make Twitter accounts, then that's your decision, and I'll respect that.
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They were for a while, but they've been falling in popularity, I think their TV show is still on and they have a movie in development sigh.The Rabbids aren't Rayman.
Just a quick question are the Rabbids more iconic than Rayman?