Rayman Junior
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Rayman Junior is an educational platform game
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...

, developed by Ubisoft, with contributions from schoolteachers for the PlayStation and PC
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

. Rayman Junior supports educational levels 1 - 6, 1 being easiest and 6 being hardest. Each level is sold separately. This game was mainly developed for Primary School pupils.

Plot

The plot is basically the same plot from the original Rayman
Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...

, except the electoons aren't captured and the Book of Knowledge is stolen instead of the Great Protoon. Mr. Dark returns to cause more trouble. Within Rayman's world, is the mystical Book of Knowledge which contains all the knowledge of the world - only, this is Mister Dark's target. After defeating Betilla the Fairy and the Magician, Mister Dark steals the Book of Knowledge and vanishes. So, the Magician and Betilla are forced to call upon Rayman again, although they know that a long journey awaits them...

Gameplay

Rayman Junior has players exploring a map of Rayman's world as in the original game, defeating levels as they go in order to progress. First off, players are given a choice of two levels plus a few training levels which teach them about Rayman's powers and how to use them. Each 'proper' level has five stages that need to be completed in order to progress further onto the map. The Magician mentors you through these stages. Stages might have you rhyming words, calculating mathematical sums or stepping on certain numbers and much more.

Abilities

All of the abilities in Rayman
Rayman
Rayman is a platform video game published, produced and developed by Ubisoft and is the first game in the Rayman series of videogames. Originally released on the PlayStation in 1995, it was re-released for the Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and MS-DOS in 1996. It has also been ported to various formats,...

are available from the beginning in Rayman Junior, including the Helicopter, Fist, grab rings etc, although the Super Helicopter can only be used throughout certain points in the game like the original game and the Running ability is excluded.
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