It's a neat portion of the gameplay that makes thing a little more "rapid fire". This element adds beefs up the intensity just a bit since players have to keep shifting Rayman's form in order to get him to the exit in these challenges. By pushing up, down, left or right on the D-pad in these challenges Rayman will take on the form designated by that direction, which will give players the specific abilities of that form. The addition of Rayman's extra forms comes into play heavily in these levels, moreso than in the platformer challenges since the stylus can only do certain things while Rayman's in a particular form. The stylus is used to tap away obstacle blocks and to flick catapults to fling the poor guy from point A to B at specific times. Players don't have direct control over Rayman in these levels instead, they're keeping him moving by manipulating the world around him. Along with the standard platforming levels are challenges that are anything but standard: these levels have a very "Yoshi's Touch and Go" flavor as they're controlled via the touch screen almost exclusively. Or to carry a bomb that can take out a doorway blocking a path. Like the ability to call up a boulder at a specific location. Rayman's alternate forms, an element established in the console games, come into play in the DS version, but they're more used to give players a new item in the platformer. It's this "collectible" aspect that adds to the game's extended play as you'll have to visit levels multiple times to reach the different goals. Lots of jumping, lots of punching with your extendable armless fist, and lots of extra abilities that you collect along the way, like a climbing ability where you can swing end over end or up a wall to gain access. The designers stuck with a lot of tried-and-true Rayman platform mechanics to establish its core gameplay. This is an unbelievable shame because there's a decent game design hidden within this ugly-as-sin product. This one looks even worse, gang - characters animate with choppy motions, and characters, items and background objects are constructed of such low quality graphics that they come off as near unrecognizable blobs of pixels half the time.
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Ubisoft already screwed up the series on the Nintendo DS with the sloppy, sluggish port of the Nintendo 64 Rayman 2 released near the launch of the system. It's a huge deal because Rayman's always been about visual style and beauty, and to see the chuggy framerate, low resolution textures, and graphical glitches galore, it just does a complete disservice to the entire Rayman franchise. Right from the start you're going to be faced with the one problem with the Nintendo DS version of Rayman Raving Rabbids: the game is downright ugly. All you're really going to get on the DS is the fact that Rabbids are completely out of their minds. This game's really just supplemental to the full-on console product. You're better off tracking down the original design on the Wii or the other bigger systems if you want to know what's really going down in Rayman's world. The game's story is, admittedly a little confusing on the Nintendo DS as the handheld doesn't really have the luxury of media space to provide the same presentation as the console games. The concept still remains the same: insane alien bunnies are running amok in Rayman's world, and Rayman must play the hero once again to eliminate the rodent threat. After all, DS games seem more at home as quick-shot mini-game collections and yet Ubisoft went back to Rayman's side-scrolling roots for Rayman Raving Rabbids on the DS. It's strange that, for a game that's been a bunch of party games on the console, that the handheld team decided to head down the path of a more traditional platform design for the Nintendo DS product.
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