Brainstorming Rayman in Super Smash Brothers

"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉,
𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒉!"

Smash Ultimate may be over, but my love of brainstorming characters for the series will never die. Honestly I enjoy that aspect of Smash more than... well, playing it! There's a simple fascination in seeing how characters are translated into a platform fighter, what playstyles they are given, what parts of their history are favored over others, it's awesome!

And today's topic is the best of the bunch in my heavily biased eyes. I adore Rayman, I've been playing his games for as long as I can remember and it KILLS me to see him so mistreated by Ubisoft. For a long time I held onto hope that a roster slot in Smash Brothers would be the kick in the pants needed for his owners to start investing in him more, but... alas. Maybe someday the limbless wonder will get his chance in the spotlight, but it definitely isn't coming soon.

This character concept took a LONG time to make. I don't think I've ever rewritten a video as much as I have here, the recent Design Dorks regarding the Smash Bros Tier List really opened my eyes to what I value in a Smash Bros character. References are all fine and dandy, but what really gets me is when the FEEL of the character is just right. Captain Falcon being hyper aggressive like a racer should, Sephiroth embodying a menacing villain power trip, or Piranha Plant being a genuinely amazing showcase of a Mario platforming challenge. I wanted to take that mindset and inject it into these brainstorms, which led to the version of Rayman I have here!

A gigantic shoutout to MadArtsXIII as always for the incredible artwork. Hilariously this Rayman kinda reminds me of an Arthur character. Which, nobody knows what Rayman is in the first place, maybe he's a long lost cousin or something? I dunno. Please follow and support MadArts on his social media here:
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Another shoutout to Mixkit, a free resource for content creators that I used for most of the cool transitions found in this video. Any video editors out there should really check them out, I highly recommend it!
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...I do wish I had finished this before the last character was revealed. If only for the illusion of throwing out my last bit of support to "will" Rayman's inclusion into existence. Ah well. At the very least I'm happy that I've spent so much time praising a character I've loved for decades. And hopefully it'll serve as a spark in others to fall in love with these games as well!

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