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Ubisoft talks Rayman Legends leaked NFC trailer, Beyond Good and Evil 2, future of Just Dance
The following comments come from an IGN interview with Ubisoft managing director Xavier Poix...
On the NFC tech shown in the leaked Rayman Legends trailer...
“We’ve always tried to create the best experience we could in every generation of Rayman. It’s a game and a franchise that can appeal to you, as an older gamer, or an even older audience, but also appeal to smaller children. When Wii U announced the NFC reader, we thought about that. I can’t disclose any more on this, but what has leaked is something we were thinking about.”
On Rayman slowing development of Beyond Good and Evil 2...
“Michel is like 300 people. Each of them is doing something. If Beyond Good & Evil 2 is made at some point, then Michel will have to focus those 300 people on that one thing. Today it’s Rayman Legends. We’ll see. But of course that’s something that we have. It’s one of those rare games where, each time I have the opportunity to speak with gamers or the press, we talk about that. There’s something magical about this game. It’s always on our mind, what we could do with it. But there’s nothing to say right now.”
On continuing Just Dance's success with new platforms...
“With those same pillars of Just Dance, with that same positive attitude, with new innovation, we’ll find a way to make sure that, while we keep it a Just Dance game, we can look for new features that will be interesting. For the next one, we definitely have some huge new stuff that we’ll announce quite soon. Just Dance, five years from now, will be bigger and bigger, both as a game and as a franchise.”
Full interview here
On the NFC tech shown in the leaked Rayman Legends trailer...
“We’ve always tried to create the best experience we could in every generation of Rayman. It’s a game and a franchise that can appeal to you, as an older gamer, or an even older audience, but also appeal to smaller children. When Wii U announced the NFC reader, we thought about that. I can’t disclose any more on this, but what has leaked is something we were thinking about.”
On Rayman slowing development of Beyond Good and Evil 2...
“Michel is like 300 people. Each of them is doing something. If Beyond Good & Evil 2 is made at some point, then Michel will have to focus those 300 people on that one thing. Today it’s Rayman Legends. We’ll see. But of course that’s something that we have. It’s one of those rare games where, each time I have the opportunity to speak with gamers or the press, we talk about that. There’s something magical about this game. It’s always on our mind, what we could do with it. But there’s nothing to say right now.”
On continuing Just Dance's success with new platforms...
“With those same pillars of Just Dance, with that same positive attitude, with new innovation, we’ll find a way to make sure that, while we keep it a Just Dance game, we can look for new features that will be interesting. For the next one, we definitely have some huge new stuff that we’ll announce quite soon. Just Dance, five years from now, will be bigger and bigger, both as a game and as a franchise.”