Remember the green can? Ubisoft's Rayman Legends Retold launches December 3, and only Xbox players get the Vortex look from Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, free on your first visit to the costume shop.
Xbox fans who played Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc back in 2003 are getting a little reward. Ubisoft’s Rayman Legends Retold will include an Xbox-exclusive Vortex outfit, a tribute to the moment Rayman grabs one of those green cans and powers up into his twisting green Vortex form. It’s free, and you pick it up the first time you walk into Victor Velour’s costume shop when the game launches December 3, as Xbox laid out in its official Vortex Outfit trailer and as Cloudy with Games reported.
The official Rayman line sold it in one sentence: “Remember the green can? Rayman does.” The Xbox trailer’s description says it plainly: “Only on XBOX: the Vortex outfit pays tribute to Rayman’s transformation in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc!” The look gives Rayman a shock of green hair and a green and red outfit, straight out of 2003.
What you get and what it costs
Rayman Legends Retold is a reimagining of the 2013 platformer. It launches December 3 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, PC and Nintendo Switch 2, per Ubisoft’s official game page. The Vortex outfit is the Xbox exclusive. On the Xbox Store, the Standard Edition is $39.99 and includes Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition, so you’re getting two full platformers in one purchase. The Deluxe Edition is $49.99.
There’s a second Rayman 3 bonus, and it’s separate from the Vortex outfit. Anyone who preorders gets the Hoodlum Havoc Pack with two costumes inspired by Rayman 3. The Vortex outfit doesn’t need a preorder. Every Xbox player gets it in the shop at launch.
Xbox gets the Rayman 3 Vortex outfit. How hyped are you?
Vote and see what other Xbox fans think.
Like having a say? Get OnPoint Weekly or argue it out on Discord.
Why this one hits
It’s a costume, not a game, and nobody is switching consoles over a skin. But this is exactly the kind of small, smart nod that publishers usually save for the other side, and Ubisoft is rolling it out during the week Xbox turns 25, even though the outfit itself unlocks later, at launch on December 3. The timing of the news makes sense. Rayman 3 is a game a lot of Xbox fans grew up with, and a callback to the green can is a direct shout out to them.
It also says something about where publishers see Xbox right now. Ubisoft didn’t have to pick a platform for this bonus. It picked Xbox. After years of marketing deals and exclusive extras flowing the other way, it’s nice to see Xbox players get the fun stuff for a change.
If you’re a platformer fan, $39.99 for Rayman Legends Retold plus Rayman Origins is already a strong deal. The free Vortex outfit is the cherry on top. Let’s go.
Image: Ubisoft / Xbox
