Some people were overjoyed by the news and some were dismayed at the possibility of Rayman joining the Super Smash Bros roster. Well it all turned out to be an elaborate fake as the person behind it has come forward and revealed how he created it. So yeah, you can now breathe a sigh of relief, as Rayman won’t be coming to Super Smash Bros on the Wii U.
Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
Guys please don’t get salty over this because this guy has a lot of talent.
oh I wasn’t upset I was amazed at his work it was very believable! after watching the video my first thought was that he should work for a gaming company if he isn’t already.
You left out the part where you already said you didn’t want Rayman in cuz Ubisoft, lol.
lol well I suppose if I actually wanted him I’d be upset!
Haha, your emotions are different than mine then.
I think with his talent there’s better jobs to be had than working for a gaming company…
Lol even though I was leaning towards REAL, I still suspected a couple of things like why he didn’t have in game fight footage and why he didn’t even select him in the video. Good attempt though. XD XD
that’s what did it for me is that he ended it before selecting him.
Yah, and i heard that he purposely took down his own vid to recreate the Nintendo removal of the DH Dog etc leaks. He also said that it was a bit suspicious, as the removed vid stated it was taken down by the user and not Nintendo.
haha the lengths this guy went to is just crazy!
I thought it was fake because Rayman simply doesn’t have a long, established history with Nintendo. Snake is in because of the Metal Gear games on NES. Megaman is in because of his appearance on the NES and SNES. Sonic is in because he was Sega’s answer to Mario during the 16-bit console wars and so they share a rivalry. Pac-Man is in because Namco-Bandai made the goddamn game. What possible reason does Rayman have to be in Smash unless Nintendo is seriously kissing Ubisoft’s ass. If any 3rd party character is a candidate for DLC, it’s Simon Belmont from Castlevania, although I expect to see him in a later Smash game.
Fuck you head dick
My penis is hard and long…
Actually Rayman Legends was on Nintendo Wii U which means they worked together. Also they put not one but three trophies from Rayman Legends in the game. Also why not? He’s the mascot of Ubisoft and been around since 1995. It’s a well-known platformer character and it’ll bring a unique gameplay to the table since he can attack from far distances. Plus, he’s easy to animate since he has no limbs or neck. It would be a shame not to put him in.
I was one of the people going “more than likely fake” at the begining, especially since no gameplay (unlike the esrb leak) was provided.
Congrats for this guy’s superb talent, he fooled a lot of people and hopefully this will make people more wary about “dlc character” rumors.
hitler got also lot of talent. we shouldn’t be mad about him.
fuck you.
creating a war that killed and tortured millions > making a fun little prank. I thought it was real but anyone who is seriously mad over this, grow up. For a day or so you thought a character was appearing in a video game. Big fucking deal. This guy is getting death threats because people are over-dramatic morons.
Now you see why the cattle are useless mindless critters that needs to be eradicated as soon as possible…
And there it is.
You do realize these cattle’s making threats to this guy are those that are Nintendo gamers, right?
Which are those I’m referring too…
The cattle within the empire are only good for giving resources, nothing else…
On this subject though…
I understood you. I just thought it was weird since I thought your purpose was to expand the empire not reduce it.
We can’t expand when the cattle keeps bothering our leaders with pointless complaints and threats…
Watch Rayman make it in as a playable character in the future, be it from the unlikely DLC or the even more unlikely next game. Both unlikely because Sakurai puts an unhealthy amount of time and effort into every single game he makes. God Bless you Sakurai and reward yourself with a well deserved and long overdue holiday…
Lol, just cuz Sakurai stops, that doesn’t mean Nintendo won’t continue it. I guarantee you it will happen. If Sakurai steps down, they will get a new director since Smash is huge and the cash needs to continue flowing in.
As long as the game doesn’t get too ‘Motofied, I’m cool with a new director. :)
I’m sketchy about new directors and divisions taking over franchises. Look what happened when Hudson Soft left. What did we get MP9 and IT. -.-
*points at the change of directors for the Zelda series* I don’t see any complaints about that franchise since Aonuma took over. Well except for the occasional hater.
Smash Bros without Sakurai sounds really depressing, but yes, Nintendo may very well continue Smash without Sakurai, hence way I said it was unlikely, not impossible…
Actually its very possible and pretty much confirmed. Just in case you didn’t know HAL laboratory was disbanded after Melee (or after Smash 64, I forget) anyways, Brawl and both Smash 3DS/Wii U were announced without them having a director. Sakurai was then asked afterwards if he wanted to direct them. If Sakurai had said no Nintendo would’ve just got a different director.
Sakurai deserves no holiday until Snake is back in the game.
No he shouldn’t be in the game. No MGS on Wii U no Snake on Smash bros. Don’t care if I get called a fanboy, that’s the way it should be.
We got that MGS Snake Eater remake on the 3DS, that should be good enough.
Not even in the slighest, when did that even come out? Where’s the new MGS game that was released just recently? Don’t get me wrong I love MGS, but Snake shouldn’t be in smash bros just cause he’s a famous character or cause of 1 count it 1 game.
Well, about 2 years ago or so. Idk, ask Kojima those questions. What about Mega man? He hasn’t been on a Nintendo platform since what? Megaman 10?
Of course that’s not counting the VC games.
All I’m saying is that the number of games that they’ve contributed to the console shouldn’t affect there chances.
The reason why Megaman is in Smash, is because of Nintendo’s strong history with the Megaman franchise, dating back to the NES and SNES. Same for Pacman, he’s a major part of Video Games’s popularity…
agreed
we have MGS 3D and we had MGS twin snakes when he was in brawl
Kojima and Sakurai are still friends
Kojima still wants Snake to be in the game
Megaman also hasn’t released a new game in a Nintendo platform (don’t even get me started on Capcom in general)
Move your ass sakurai and stop crying
Why should we be mad at a guy who wasted a few moments of his life to make a silly prank?
It’s his lose.
*Loss. As in, It’s his loss…
YES GRAMMA HITLER!
That asshole had nothing better to do :/
That sucks.
It’s just such an elaborate fake, like holy hell, was it worth the effort?
Watching the cattle’s agony over this garbage, yes it was…
Only butchers get off on the agony of “cattle”
As long as it’s human cattle I don’t care one way or the other…
The guy deserves a lot of props for putting it together like he did. No hate at all c:
However I am very glad this is fake. Ubisoft doesn’t deserve it after the BS it’s pulled on Nintendo. Title delays, dropping the possibility of amiibo functionality in Rayman legends after teasing with the idea before the Wii U even launched…
I’m with you. Ubisoft should first fix their practices towards Wii U owners before being represented in a game that is supposed to homage Nintendo history
Rayman deserves to be in who cares about Ubisoft
But Ubisoft already got what they wanted…Rayman trophies in the game.
Who said Ubisoft asked for that? They wouldn’t have sent the models if Nintendo didn’t ask for them, same with Commander Video
Ok, then if they didn’t care about the trophies, why do people say that having him playable in Smash gives them a benefit? What, they don’t gain money from a trophy model, and with a playable character they do?
It’s not about benefits towards the company. Think of Smash like a Hall of Fame for icons, Snake,Sonic, Pac-Man are all 3rd parties so they joined. Rayman has that status too but people don’t see that due to their hatred towards Ubisoft
People are forgetting about Rayman’s creator, Michael Ancel. He’s a good guy, and he even helped fans protest against Ubisoft when they were delaying Rayman Legends. Doesn’t he deserve to have his character in Smash? It’s actually sad that people are forgetting about the man who created Rayman, and want nothing to do with Rayman because Ubisoft put a bad image on him.
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As a fellow Graphic Designer, I’m impressed at how talented this guy is!
The empire has won another victory…
How is this a victory?! XD
We have avoided that atrocity within our sacred game…
I think you qualify to be the emperor of Nintendrones and corporate slaves. PAC-Man MegaMan and Sonic are in the game are they also atrocity’s? Please explain.
Those empires still make quality games for our empire which makes them valuable at the moment, the Ubisians can’t even please their own misguided cattle anymore, which makes them and everything they’ve created since 2011 pathetic, useless and worthless…
I remember their games being great you are just upset of not getting DLC and getting games late. Rayman deserves to be in
Just like they’ll disappear in the future…
But Ubisoft USED to be good. The first few Rayman games and the recent Origins and Legends were amazing; Rayman 2 TGS is still considered one of the best platformers ever. You can’t say Rayman wasn’t important. Sonic and Pac-Man haven’t had worthwhile games in years, not even on Nintendo platforms (don’t get me started on Sonic Lost World; I have a bone to pick with almost everything from that game) but they are still fighters because of their iconic statuses and what they lent to gaming.
Yes used to is the key word here…
And even though Rayman might be a good series of games, it still does not compare to the iconic status all of the rest have, specially Mario, Pac-Man and Sonic since even non gamers in the billions knows who they are and knows the impact they had on gaming and culture itself…
Rayman has had an impact at best in a gaming kind of way but still is not near the others…
So whether these Third Class games had great games since the ancient times or not is irrelevant…
But… Rayman is awesome!
That’s just irrelevant…
That joker gag is irrelevant
Not really xD
“breathe a sigh of relief”
Ummmmm, K.
RELIEF?!? XD
Ugh I guess I’m not the only one who’s upset that he didn’t get in!
Ubisoft doesn’t deserve to make money off this game. Yet delay or strip features from their Wii u tittles which is lame. Yet not make monopoly game for Wii U and make it for Vita expecting to sell a few.
Ubisoft doesn’t maje money of this series, it’s the character you should be focusing on not the company
Ubisoft: Let’s make this game for the Wii U, PS4, and XBox One! I’m sure they’ll all sell the same amount already even though the Wii U’s install base is much less! Actually, why don’t we just delay the game on the Wii U, I’m sure it will still sell the same still… How about we remove some features and not optimize it… I’m sure it will get the same review score too! *after release of Wii U version:* Ubisoft: Well, I guess the game didn’t sell even a quarter of the amount of one of the other systems, so let’s just drop support for the Wii U! It’s obvious that people just don’t want to buy mature games on the Wii U… (*facepalm*)
Wii U version would sell the worst regardless though. If there aren’t any extra features put into it, there’s almost no reason to buy a game on Wii U when you can get it on PS4/X1 or PC. Lol.
True XD. I bought Rayman Legends on the Wii U though because of those touch controls…
Do not forget, Ubisoft is making a statement tuesday about this, they said this even before this was posted
Meh. I’m torn. On one hand, Ubisoft certainly doesn’t deserve a fighter On the other hand, we’re right back to Nintendo being stupid with the “No DLC for Smash” thing. So much potential that’ll ever come to be because of it. Also, I hate that people are feeding the troll by subscribing to him on YouTube. Prepare for a whole slew of “DLC Leak” images from people trying to mimic his stunt because people are feeding this one.
Did you even watch the video? At the end of it he said he doesn’t plan on doing anymore “real leaks”.
Yes, I did watch the video. And HE may not do anymore (and Chrom knows he doesn’t need to now that everyone is giving him the attention he wanted) , but he put a tutorial up for anybody who can make a half-decent rendering of a character to go ahead and do it now.
People have been making fake leaks since smash was revealed, the only thing this guy did that was new was show how to do it easily.
Still defending his likelihood in this series. People need to fuck off with this Ubisoft hate
You ooze of Ubisian DNA…
Ubisoft: Nintendo did what?!!! Money everywhere.
Ubisoft After watching video: f***!!!
XD
Doesn’t work like that, bud. For the Rayman character, Ubisoft and Nintendo would need to be in agreement, decide what the percentage of the money would be split, and sign many complicated and tedious contracts.
You aren’t getting it bud. If Rayman was put into smash without an agreement between Ubi and Nintendo Ubi could’ve sued. Since the “leak” was a fake, then yeah… Either its just another day at Ubisoft HQ’s or they got excited for nothing.
This guy is the definition of a social reject take all that time and effort just to fool some people on the Internet.
The irony of your savage words…
He should have posted this shit right he after posted that fake ass leak
The world needs a bit of butthurts…
Shut up commander! No one asked for your commentary.
Don’t start something you can’t finish human child…
I’m not a child robo ass, I’m actually 18. I always finish what I start so shut your robotic tits.
18…
You are barely 2 cycles old, you are still a child in the eyes of the grand design…
And I don’t have any cybernetic breasts…
No I’m still a child only in your eyes. Yeah you do have robotic tits. You have four of them and samus destroyed every single last one of them.
Those are called Quantum Knees…
Whatever. They’re still tits no matter what scientific name you give them.
Someone’s disorder is activating again…
Someone’s disorder is activated everyday and should go to a mental institution for it.
Your counter arguments cannot hide the truth…
What do I have hide? It is you who are hiding something.
This childish game won’t help you, I have everything stored in memory…
I didn’t even know that we were playing a game. Damn you’re psycho.
Everything is a game in the end, nothing matters except darkness…
Just shut up! Your not even making any fucking sense anymore.
Well you get what you got yourself into after getting mad from a harmless comment that had nothing to do with you…
Unless you got butthurt by this news…
Mad? Lol why do you always think I’m mad and butthurt? I don’t get get butthurt.
Mad, annoyed, you still get affected…
Whatever.
Speaking of darkness, you want that Darkrai or not? Lol.
I was on for 30 minutes yesterday, you weren’t…
I was on my Wii U. You should’ve messaged me. :P
I wasn’t…
I was on the 3DS and I was already in my recharge center…
I think it would be better if you just arranged a time for this.
How about in 4 hours?…
I would but I actually have to go somewhere. It’ll have to be sometime later.
Alright…
Alright. If you’re reading this, I’m available to do it now. I’ll be playing on my 3DS so if I don’t see your message on here, I’ll be notified whenever you get online.
LMAO
Even though I could stay interested in Smash for a week. I’m relieved that Rayman wont be making an appearance. Ubisoft can go F@$# themselves.
why are people salty they got pranked. you were stupid yourself for believing this.
The problem is that Rayman would have been perfect for this series but people don’t see that because they have bad blood towards Ubisoft. A harmless joke can go a big way on the internet, no one respects him as a gaming icon anymore. Just look at the comments and better yet look at yesterday’s post on this
Nice job in faking. As much as Iike Rayman… I’d hate to see him as a playable character. It’d be a win for Ubi in more ways than one.
They already have Rayman trophies in the game, so I think Ubisoft got what they wanted…
No one said Ubisoft wanted that, same with Commander Video. Kojima wants Snake back but you don’t see him arriving as DLC. Everyone needs to stop focusing on Ubisoft and instead focus on the character
Someone from Ubisoft is going to comment on this leak on Tuesday.
How do you know he will comment specifically on this leak?
Ubisoft’s statement.
“We at Ubisoft are douchebags. That is all”
The internet is full of arrogance
Called it. Here’s a shout out to the guys who told me I was wrong in thinking it was fake! Welcome to the world of graphic design, where pictures like these are simple jobs.
I love doing video and graphics! :-D
Waiting for a “cattle” comment.
He already did it.
I knew it was fake. I’m glad he ain’t in the game. Ubisoft have left Nintendo fans in the dump the past few years now.
Sigh of relief? I actually wanted him in the game
I would have shrugged this off as an obvious fake but then i see all the hate he got just because of Ubisoft. No one remembers the icon he used to,be
Rayman fell off his throne because Ubisoft has been cruel to Nintendo. Sonic fell off his throne because SEGA didn’t take care of him.
Rayman is still successful but everyone brings up the long overused joke of Legends when considering him joining. Does anyone even remember his 3D platformers from the 90s?
Plus just because it was delayed it doesn’t mean the game itself wasn’t good. It fact it was the best reviewed version like the Wii version of origins. Rayman would also be a success on Nintendo systems i hope Ubisoft soon sees that
*always
I knew about Rayman’s 3D games in the early 2000s cuz family friends’ sons had it for PS2, along with Crash Nitro Kart.
Please look at my reply to you about Rayman’s creator.
I saw
I loved playing the first Rayman as well as Great Escape. Well I only played the first one on DSi and Rayman 3D (still a port) since I wasn’t born when the first two came out. Still haven’t played Rayman 3.
Well that happened. I wanted it to be real, but deep down I knew it would be fake. Still though this was done really well.
Unlikely butt… Here’s hoping Nintendo takes notice of the hype and seriously considers doing it for DLC after Mewtwo, I would love to see him playable.
Ubisoft is commenting on this (as i’ve been told)
We can’t exactly be sure it’s on this, but I hope so.
It’s not like that decision would be just down to Nintendo…
Damn….my hopes for other DLC characters (besides Mewtwo) just got thrown out the window. I don’t even like Rayman, I just wanted a new character. Developing a newcomer takes sooo much time and effort, so I should have known better.
You should really try out his series then
why does everyone STILL forget there is a 3DS version.
We didn’t there was a false shot of the 3DS roster with the same models
why does everyone STILL forget there is a 3DS version.
I just hope whatever Ubisoft says on Tuesday isn’t stupidly confirming it fake when we already know. How about telling us if it was ever under consideration or of you would want to see here. If the 3DS can handle it then Rayman can still become DLC if Ubi partners up to deliver. Why would they pass on this opportunity?
I understand that Rayman as a character is alright and cool. But he is being represented by a crappy company who only disappoints.
There’s a saying that says: Innocents pay for the guilty. Rayman being the innocent to a guilty company. It’s hard to simply overlook that and forgive.
Sega has much less success than and of these 5 companies they are what you call a “crappy” companies. Ubisoft always delivers with new Rayman installments on Nintendo platforms, the delay was actually beneficial as they were anle to create more levels making the game better. Hate Ubisoft as much as you want but that doesn’t excuse Rayman from this series
Please excuse my typos i’m on my phone
Tbh I really wanted Rayman origins for the 3DS but the delay only killed my interest. I ended up saving my money to buy something else. And I rented Rayman legends but it didn’t influence me to buy it especially after it dropped the potential amiibo feature it teased back then, I would have bought it to see how that worked.
Rayman is a funny series developed by a bad company, period.
You should have got Origins on Wii and you need to play Legends on Wii U longer to get into it. Rayman had games since the 90s try to play those
I am very aware of the series, I have played the titles since it was on PSone. I’m not hating on Rayman, hell I feel sorry for the developers who have to stay under Ubisoft’s reign for it.
I like his character, but I hate the company who publishes it and because of it, Rayman shouldn’t be included. The company should not be represented at all for failing both the fanbase and the development team behind Rayman.
Never forget what happened to Rayman Legends. Never forgive what they did to this series and what they did to Nintendo. It’s been almost two years and I still won’t forgive them for that.
I played it and it was fantastic
Well crap, I guess it really couldn’t happen anyway since Nintendo said there’d only be 3 third party characters.
No they didn’t Sakurai said he’s “not just letting anyone participate from other companies” they may have said they are done with 3rd parties but with Smash they pick a character fron a company who has so much success they would fit perfectly in this series. Much like a Video Game Hall of Fame. Snake, Sonic, and Pac-Man all have to status and so does Rayman
Told you! lol Gotta learn to trust me you silly people.
What was your reason he can be in?
Guys, help vote for the petition. Rayman for Mario Kart 8 DLC.
Why would you want to give Ubisoft revenue for DLC MK8 and no promise of AC8?
This is about Rayman not his home company
Can we get Chester Cheetah for SSB DLC? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Cheetah:_Too_Cool_to_Fool
Why did this guy go to all the work to make this and then debunk it a couple hours later?
He stated that when Ubisoft spoke up about having something to say, he thought it was enough and revealed himself sooner than he thought.
But why? He didn’t want people to think it was real? The Ubisoft thing only made it seem more convincing, He didn’t like that?
Also, just because he admitted it was fake, doesn’t mean Rayman won’t come. There is still a chance he will be DLC regardless if someone faked an arrival before the official announcement. It would be hugely ironic, but it could definitely happen.
Well, he wasn’t sure about when to reveal it was fake, and he got a bit scared with the Ubisoft thing. He didn’t intend it to be this big. I’m hoping Ubisoft does announce him as Smash DLC, but if they don’t, then I don’t really see him joining. Check out Gamexplain on Youtube to see their interview.
It’s very unlikely there would be more after Mewtwo unless Ubisoft really wants him in
After Mewtwo, theres like another empty slot that would unbalance the character selection screen. So I think theres at least 1 more after Mewtwo.
I never believed it anyway. I wouldn’t be surprised if Smash got some more characters beyond Mewtwo, but I doubt any of them would be 3rd-party if there are.
So the truth is unveiled.
That was fast, lol.
I have to say though, this is some pretty impressive work. :)
I’m a little bummed, but I had a feeling it would turn out this way.
Smash still DOES need more characters and Rayman would be a great fit, and maybe he actually will be added later, but for now, it’s a mere joke. Props to the creator though- he/she made it very convincing.
News sites are stupid for posting obvious faked material. Click baiting
Mew would totally pwn Mewtwo.
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“Relief”
This isn’t too much of a surprise considering how many fake character list exist for SSB.
i loved the amount of attention rayman got on this maybe he will seriously be considered for smash bros
Looks Ubisoft face just go to point it out as fake seeing how they didn’t present a statement as they said they would. Come on Ubi ask Nintendo to do this show everyone you still care about Nintendo gamers
*Looks like Ubisoft was
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YES! YES! YES! Ubisoft doesn’t deserve the handout with the shit they’ve pulled on the Wii U in the past year! Sorry, Rayman, but you have to pay for the sins of your owners! It’s not fair to you but if you get in then Ubishit can get a share of the profits from Smash 4.
from Smash 4 & that just can’t be allowed!* Fixed.
Who really cares? He would’ve been a great character. That’s a dumb reason to want him not in the game.
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