The game looks awesome. The skylanders stuff, not so much. If games like this and SSB will require us to buy little toys to access dlc consider me pissed.

@prencher: I was speaking of the ability to scan things in via the touch screen but you an be pejorative if you want. I didn't ask if you wanted it I said I did.

Innovation is nearly synonymous with Nintendo at this point. Will Sony or Microsoft bring anything new to the table with their new systems? Only time will tell, but I for one am glad the big "N" is around.

Skylanders in MY Rayman? Chop Chop is going to get things done.

As much as I loved Origins, this seems like it's coming out too soon.

Oh well. Still going to buy it.

@Tofford: Yes it is. Why the hell is Ubisoft using BTTF tunes?

I was interested until I saw SOCIAL GAMING and then I knew the game is going to be tied on PC to Uplay and that makes me sad.

At about 1:20 on, does anyone play a game like that?

I can pretty much guarantee that this video is pulling a Molyneux and it's not going to be as awesome as it looks to scan those objects in on that little Wii-U screen. Also, that totally was music from Back to the Future toward the end.

The video features multiple people using WiiU tablets. Does this mean the WiiU supports more than one?

oh, btw, Back to the Future Music at the end

I liked origins because it is a great example of what you can do in a traditional platformer on modern hardware.
 
This might be too much.

@Gangway said:

oh, btw, Back to the Future Music at the end

Yeah, noticed that too!

@chrismafuchris said:

The video features multiple people using WiiU tablets. Does this mean the WiiU supports more than one?

No it doesn't?

Looks fantastic except for that awful looking WiiU stuff. I can't wait until that system comes out so I can not buy it.

@jillsandwich said:

Those dudes are using four Wii U controllers at once.

@pancakehumper said:

@chrismafuchris said:

The video features multiple people using WiiU tablets. Does this mean the WiiU supports more than one?

No it doesn't?

Thank you. No they aren't.

@beef_melody: All it means is that there is going to have the Need For Speed style active leaderboards stuff.

Anyway I am excited for the Wii U's potentials for more experimental and psychedelic games.

GREAT SCOTT! where this sequel is going, we don't need roads.

....1.21 gigawatts etc. etc.

I'm no expert, but that doesn't look like the sort of thing you release as an internal proof of concept video. That looks like a trailer. I mean, if you're showing it to developers and things, there is no need for it to be so flashy and polished. If you're showing it to investors you might want it to be flashy and polished, but there would be financial information and shit like that. That's a trailer.

Whether this is a trailer or not, i want to see more companies proclaiming the epicness of their rendering engine.

I found the Wii U stuff more interesting then the game itself (I heard about this already but didnt see the video). Not to say the game isnt good, I love Rayman origins (I still have the original I think Origins is better) there's just so little about the WII U to even mention it makes you go "hmm?"

That being said, I'm surprised they made a sequel. I thought Rayman origins was a flop? If not that's good to know, we need more great games like that. So few platformers last few years worth playing (outside maybe a few Mario games).

@CornBREDX:

Back in February Ubi Soft said the title was already profitable. So not a flop. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/15/rayman-origins-is-actually-profitable-for-ubisoft/

@MormonWarrior: Welp, my mistake.

Christ.

Rayman on the Wii U might look something like this...

So if my Wii U gets stuck by lightning I can fight Ezio in Rayman?

@Lego_My_Eggo said:

GREAT SCOTT! where this sequel is going, we don't need roads.

....1.21 gigawatts etc. etc.

Back to the Wii U

I loved Rayman: Origins, and there is just something about that "trailer" that makes me uneasy. The change in graphical style and addition of filler (mechanics and characters) makes unhappy.

Rabbids? I'm kind of sick of them. It started out as a fun thing, but Rayman and Rabbids should be separated.

I'm just happy Rayman: Origins did well enough for Ubisoft to greenlight a sequel. Origins really really looked like it was going to be a critical darling and commercial failure.

@louiedog said:

Epic Rendering Engine? So, first Unreal Engine 4 game?

lol no

Looks like the Wii U has the same RFID scanning technology that is in Skylanders. Either that or Ubisoft is doing some crazy voodoo magic with the Wii U controller.

@Kato said:

@AndrewB: Why are people missing out on this news?

It's official. The "scanning stuff" IS built into the Wii U. It was already announced, ages ago. It's called "NFC." Aside from the Skylanders-style stuff, many phones and credit cards have NFC in them as well, meaning you could make a fast purchase by tapping your card on the controller.

Because I've paid incredibly little attention to the Wii U and had forgotten I knew that already.

Call it Apathy Syndrome.

All I want to know is why they were using music from Back to the Future. And to say stop it.

@TheGorilla said:

Looks fantastic except for that awful looking WiiU stuff. I can't wait until that system comes out so I can not buy it.

looks awesome ...i will buy it

I forsee a large unwanted collection of plastic things with NFC in Jeff's future.

That aside, hoping the game sticks to what was shown here because it all looks fantastic.

Wow, I haven't played Rayman in ages but this one looks promising. :)

Oh my god.. a sequel to Rayman Origins? LIFE IS STILL WORTH LIVING!

I hear Back to the Future soundtrack in those final minutes. I mean obviously they haven't bought a composer in yet in early stages of development, but still. Good choice of trailer soundbites.

Its like Skylanders but its Rayman... its Raymanders

Oh my god... if Nintendo built a Skylanders-esque system of scanning into their next console, I take back all the doomsaying from the other day. They will have won again. I'm buying Nintendo stock right now.

I can't wait!

And apparently people who have bought collector editions of Ubisoft games, those that came with the statues, will be able to get new levels???

And why are so many of you guys in the comments thinking the original was a flop?? Rayman Origins' been clearly a hit! And with all the new and upcoming ports of the game on various systems, it just keeps getting better! The game was amazing anyway~

that shit cray

Alex I had forgot about Mr. Caffeine and you just had to ruin my day, watching him crash and burn was painful

Why wouldn't they want me to see this when it makes me want to give them money already?

@algertman: Yeah what was with all that smoke in the second object scanning scene (obviously bong smoke). lol.

Origins already looked gorgeous, but this? This new rendering engine makes it look phenomenal.

@Eyz said:

I can't wait!

And apparently people who have bought collector editions of Ubisoft games, those that came with the statues, will be able to get new levels???

i doubt that's the case.... if this is an internal video, then that's probably them pitching this to the higher ups, being like "Hey, what if we had stuff that we could insert in the game?" It's likely they just grabbed it because the idea was cool. NOT that that collector's statue has any actual tech to allow for this stuff...

Saw the trailer, and the art style looks even better than Origins, which is saying something! Man this make me want to get Rayman Origins so I can get ready for this game!

Looks like the Wii-U tablet is still tethered with a wire.