{"id":136043,"date":"2026-02-13T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197441"},"modified":"2026-02-13T02:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T02:00:00","slug":"surprise-rayman-30th-anniversary-edition-arrives-on-switch-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/surprise-rayman-30th-anniversary-edition-arrives-on-switch-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition Arrives On Switch This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e3da79ccdb749\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e3da79ccdb749\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"PE5xpgh9FvE\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE5xpgh9FvE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\">\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Following rumours and a recent rating, we&#8217;ve now got an official announcement! Ubisoft&#8217;s Rayman is back and he&#8217;ll be returning in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/rayman_30th_anniversary_edition\">Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This title has been confirmed for the original Switch and multiple other platforms, and the most exciting part is it&#8217;s out this week on <strong>13th February 2026<\/strong><strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the help of Digital Eclipse, it comes packed five versions of the 1995 classic. This covers the PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, MS-DOS, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance versions. Along with this, there&#8217;s a &#8220;never-before-playable SNES prototype.<\/p>\n<p>And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, there&#8217;ll also be 120 additional levels from bonus level packs, a reimagined soundtrack composed by Christophe H\u00e9ral and enhanced gameplay features (including a 60-second rewind, infinite lives and invincibility).<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least is an exclusive interactive documentary featuring &#8220;over 50 minutes of new interviews with the original developers&#8221;. It also includes never-before-seen concept art, early sketches and design documents showcasing the &#8220;origins and evolution&#8221; of Rayman.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Ubisoft<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"812ca263b46e7\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Rayman 30th Anniversary\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/812ca263b46e7\/rayman-30th-anniversary.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/812ca263b46e7\/rayman-30th-anniversary.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rayman 30th Anniversary\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Ubisoft<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Will you be celebrating Rayman&#8217;s anniversary with this latest release? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Following rumours and a recent rating, we&#8217;ve now got an official announcement! Ubisoft&#8217;s Rayman is back and he&#8217;ll be returning in Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition. This title has been confirmed for the original Switch and multiple other platforms, and the most exciting part is it&#8217;s out this week on 13th February 2026! Thanks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}