(DS, Ubisoft, cert: 7, out now)
Ubisoft's Raving Rabbids have not really evolved from their inaugural role as farcical bad guys in the much-loved Rayman games. Today, the anarchic rabbits boast top billing in several multi-platform titles of varying quality. Rabbids 3D, a 3DS platformer version of the Wii party game Raving Rabbids: Travel in Time, sits squarely in the middle of this spectrum of bunny-based gaming.
Here, our Rabbid discovers a broken washing machine in which it can travel through time, offering an epic, trouble-making journey through 60-odd levels spread over four amusingly depicted historical periods: the prehistory of cavemen, ancient Egypt, classical Rome and medieval Europe.
The platforming mechanic is solid if overly familiar but impressive variations in obstacles and power-ups are a welcome development. The difficulty curve is well-managed, with easy initial levels giving way to engaging challenges later, but the question of why a 2D platformer is a launch title for a 3D console is never really addressed, even if the new dimension does make for some eye-catching background scenery.
Genre lovers should enjoy it, and kids will appreciate the humour, but history itself is unlikely to remember Rabbids 3D as anything more than a pleasing distraction.
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/apr/10/rabbids-3d-rayman-game-review
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