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Michel Ansel has found SNES Rayman
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DeuceGamer
Member
Just create your own emulator and publish it as Super Rayman SNES on the eShop. Or make it free for those that pre-order the next Rayman game. Plenty of ways around getting it in fans hands and making a buck off of it.
DownGrader
Member
IIRC, there was even a precedent of Bandai Namco releasing one of Super Famicom Dragon Ball games for EU New Nintendo 3DS Dragon Ball bundle, way before SNES VC for N3DS was even considered.
And of course there is Super Star Wars on PS4, LOL
It's not a new translation (like S&P or MW4), it's an unpublished version of the game with key changes beyond just localization. It's very literally an unreleased NES game.
This seems like an arbitrary rule anyway, and like all VC stuff something we guess is a hard and fast rule without any real insight into it. At one point I'm sure people said the same thing about imports on VC (before DoReMi Fantasy), new translations on VC (before Sin & Punishment), content altered releases on VC (before Wave Race 64), unreleased versions of games on VC (before Earthbound Beginnings) and romhacks on VC (before Donkey Kong Original Edition). People assume something is a rule or standard until it suddenly isn't and possibly never was.
Chittagong
Gold Member
This is the new whatyearisit.gif
plentyofmilhouse
Member
I love hearing about this stuff surfacing. Would be incredible if they could get this out there for people to play.
Just call it Rayman Zero, bundle it with an SNES emulator, and put it out for $10 (so high because it's never been released before). You could do versions for all four platforms (PC + Switch, PS4, and XBox1). You could even stick in soundtrack and concept art stuff as a bonus.
I mean, I don't know how well it'd sell, if at all, but it's literally found money for Ubisoft.
I mean, I don't know how well it'd sell, if at all, but it's literally found money for Ubisoft.
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Deleted member 126221
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Holy shit. I love when lost stuff like this resurfaces.
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DownGrader
Member
Well, it was in 2008. WiiWare and DSiWare policies were way more limiting to third-party developers of downloadable games than Nintendo eShop ones.
Makes sense as its a better game than starfox zero.
Fallout-NL
Member
Probably the first thing I turn off.
Well, it's not a 100% no; I know Miyamoto's basically on the top-rung at Nintendo, but maybe he can be convinced to throw it in somewhere? After Zero, though, I fear Nintendo's going to pull an Other M and avoid the series like the plague because it didn't do well, rather than reflect on what led to the problems in the first place.
Don't forget SEGA's 3D Classics! Getting Gunstar Heroes, Ecco, the first 2 Sonic/Streets of Rage games in 3D with additional features on top of all of that was a treat.
It's not that publishers can't get this stuff somewhere, it's that it takes more effort than they see a cancelled game as being worth. That said, more people should make the effort, and I'd love to see Ancel do something with this! It's really weird that he singled-out the Switch; it may be due to its newness, but maybe he already has something in mind?
-MD-
Member
Recently got my first phone, it was indeed the first thing I turned off.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Put it in BG&E2?
TransTrender
Gold Member
Was that Switch comment supposed to be a joke? I sure hope so.
I was wondering about that, because...
We know Ancel is working on BG&E2, and leaks are giving us every reason to believe it'll be Switch exclusive. If this is just a prototype ROM, I doubt this is a full game they can release as a spin-off, and I don't know if they'd be able to go back and finish it without wasting time & resources on what'd just be a novelty if they finished it now. If they put what they have on here into BG&E2 ala the original 2D Rayman 2 in the final release, that'd be a pretty easy job for them while still being a cool extra people would want to see.
-sdp
Member
We know that was true in the Wii era from an interview on why we didn't get a specific title and before Wiiware was available which at this point the VC started ten years ago and Nintendo has changed their handling of digital/store/VC so we don't really know anymore. I'm sure if they really wanted they'd find a way to release it. We've seen unreleased games and hacks, in the beginning even import games weren't considered.
TransTrender
Gold Member
Huh. Guess I'm not paying close enough attention to see those rumours about BG&E2 being Switch exclusive. If anything that makes me even more hyped than before.
Well, we don't make the rules so we don't really know how bendable they are, if I had to guess it is on a case-to-case basis.
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
You're also forgetting that A) The game is a beta and Nintendo doesn't have many people who can still program SNES games to give it the bit of spit and polish it needs for a final release and B) The SuperFX licencing issues that have kept games like the first Star Fox, Yoshi's Island etc. off VC would also keep Star Fox 2 from happening.
2D Rayman 2??
stan423321
Member
Cow Mengde
Banned
I imagine there would be too many legal issues with them just dumping the ROM anytime soon. That being said, it would be cool if the game was mysteriously leaked
Do they even have the tools to accidentally dump the rom?
s_mirage
Member
They could accidentally buy a Retrode 2, then accidentally plug the board into it.
Retrode really isnt all that great for dumping SNES prototypes. Im not the only one who has had issues
IronicSonic
Member
Second post is so good I just pretend that's the first post.
I didn't know Rayman starts its development on SNES. Those graphics looks Genesis tho.
Ancel just needs to do a Switch version of it!
I didn't know Rayman starts its development on SNES. Those graphics looks Genesis tho.
Ancel just needs to do a Switch version of it!
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
Raymans seen some shit.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Next he'll tweet about cancelling BG&E2 so he can work on finishing this. 😂
Wowfunhappy
Member
"Just create your own emulator" is not that simple.
Higan can be licensed for a couple thousand dollars, IIRC, but that's not a particularly efficient option, and the other big emu's authors have disappeared.
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
Oh I don't know.
It seems that the SNES one is pushing 2 players, and considering it's unfinished and the obvious hardware differences looks very comparable.
I really hope someone dumps this as I would love to get my hands on it.
