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Rayman Legends On Wii U Gets Online Challenge Mode Early

Rayman fans on the Wii U were mad when the game was delayed to accomodate newly announced versions on the Xbox 360 and PS3, but to make amends Ubisoft and game developer Ubisoft Montpellier are offering the game's full online challenge mode early exclusively for Wii U fans.

The challenge mode will be available at no cost on Nintendo's eShop at the beginning of April. It appears to be the exclusive demo that Ubisoft previously announced. The online challenge mode tasks players to make runs over five of the game's levels (The Pit, The Dojo, The Dungeon, The Land of the Dead, and The Infernal Tower). This can be completed alone or with up to five friends, and there will also be online leaderboards to track everyone's times. New challenges will be posted daily and weekly.

Michel Ancel himself was disappointed with Ubisoft's decision regarding the game, and it's a generous move to offer this mode exclusively to Wii U owners given that the delay decision wasn't even made by the studio itself.

Check out Ubisoft's official Facebook page for more in a dev update video.

 

[via Joystiq]

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  • Better than nothing I guess?

  • But alas, it is only for people who have access to Internet
  • It's sad that the developers are the ones doing this, and they're not even the ones responsible for the delay. This is a nice gesture by them and I appreciate it, but Ubisoft STILL needs to release the game and realize how big of a mistake it is to delay the Wii U version. In all honesty I probably still won't buy this game. There will be simply too much going on around the "new" release date for me to even consider Rayman as a buy at this point. I will get it sooner or later, but this move by Ubisoft ultimately hurts Ancel's team as I'm sure I'm not the only one skipping it during this timeframe.
  • Actually, I think this is totally fair.  Better than nothing for sure!  Can't wait to begin playing.

  • im still tryn see if i want a wii u , ps4 or new xbox

  • sorry Ubi, no matter what "hallow gift" you give us, the wiiu players will forevr be cheated and the only real apology would be to give us our finished game NOW

  • Good, I went in early on Wii U based on this exclusive, so glad they're throwing us a bone while we wait.

  • Kind of doesn't mean anything as I could be playing the ACTUAL game as soon as next week!

  • If ubisoft would've release RL on feb. 26 we would've gotten this online mode with the rest of the full product. This is still a slap to the face only this time is label "free" and "exclusive". I will get this new demo but I won't buy the final product and that my friends will be my middle finger to ubisoft.

  • I didn't download the demo for the same reason I won't download this. I was waiting for the full release and didn't want any spoilers. Sorry Ubisoft, but this does nothing to solve the issue.
  • Hey, Ubisoft, why not release the whole game since it's already finished! "Better than nothing" isn't good enough when they can release the whole thing right now.
  • Okay for everyone whining about having to wait another few months for Rayman, so effing what? They are at least giving us this challenge mode to hold us over until its release date. At least they're doing something. If you are a real fan of the game, you would just appreciate what they're doing, but no instead you have to keep whining like a baby about it. If you have a problem having to wait a while for a game, maybe I don't know PLAY SOMETHING ELSE?? WiiU has a decent launch library in the coming months (Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, Monster Hunter 3, LEGO City). I am huge fan of Rayman, have been since the days of N64 and PS1. Am I happy with the decision to delay it, no, but I'm not going to have all my panties in a twist when I have to wait a few more months. To me that's a few more months to polish the game to make it the best Rayman game to date.
  • a couple of months is noting. Be glad it wasnt another year.
  • I am going to download this and I appreciate them giving this to us Wii U owners, but the fact they are giving this means they know they messed up.
  • It's not good enough unless you serve up the heads of the suits that made this decision.
  • Its hard to distinguish demeanor and tone on this site, on many gaming sites actually. Anyways I'll check this out, although the devs said they are working on new content so they get a pass.

  • They should release the actual game. You know, since the Wii U version is done.

    Again,all of this crap will basically just doom the game.

  • there's really nothing they can do to make amends with Wii U owners who were expecting this game next week. Releasing the game's full online challenge mode only strengthens the notion that the game is already done, and that they're holding a finished product. That'll probably piss off more people. That being said, they're trying to do something. And while it may never be enough for some people, hopefully it'll persuade some Wii U owners who have decided not to buy the game to give it a second chance. After all, this decision to delay was not made by the developers.
  • no dice. not downloading this, not buying the full game either. don't care anymore what the reasons are for delaying the game. don't want to pay for two marketing campaigns? tough, you decided on multi platform release. Microsoft pulling your puppet strings and forcing the delay? cut em off. bottom line, bunch of gutless window lickers the lot of ya'.
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