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Rayman Mini

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Rayman Mini is yet another Rayman mobile game, exclusively released as a launch title for the Apple Arcade subscription service (sorry, Android users).

Just like the previous three mobile Rayman games, it's an arcadey auto-running platformer. The gimmick here is that Rayman has been afflicted with a spell that makes him shrink down to a teeny-tiny size, hence the title. It's also notable for being the first game in a very long time in which Mr. Dark makes a proper appearance. It wound up getting delisted on August 21, 2025, but unlike Adventures, it's still playable as it doesn't rely on servers.

Development Script#

Present in the data directory is lower_case_data.sh.

#!/bin/sh
for f in *.ipk; do mv "$f" "$f.tmp"; mv "$f.tmp" "`echo $f | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`"; done
for f in *.metapreload; do mv "$f" "$f.tmp"; mv "$f.tmp" "`echo $f | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`"; done
for f in enginedata/*; do mv "$f" "$f.tmp"; mv "$f.tmp" "`echo $f | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`"; done
for f in enginedata/localisation/*; do mv "$f" "$f.tmp"; mv "$f.tmp" "`echo $f | tr "[:upper:]" "[:lower:]"`"; done

Revisional Differences#

Version 1.0 (September 17th, 2019)#

The initial launch version of the game.

Version 1.1 (January 28th, 2020)#

Unspecified metadata update.

Version 1.2 (April 3rd, 2020)#

Added the online Challenges mode into the game.

Version 1.3 (October 1st, 2020)#

Added Music Mode into the game, which came with five songs and four difficulty levels per song.

Version 1.3.1 (October 13th, 2020)#

Changes unknown. Bizarrely, the App Store description for the update is exactly the same as 1.3's.

Version 1.4 (January 28th, 2021)#

Added the Mr. Dark mode into the game.

Version 1.4.3 (January 27th, 2022)#

Unspecified bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 1.4.4 (October 24th, 2023)#

Unspecified bug fixes and performance improvements.

(Source: Official patch notes on the Apple App Store.)