RAYMAN ORIGINS
Company: Ubisoft
Release: Q4 2012
ESRB: E 10+ (Comic Mischief, Mild Cartoon Violence, Suggestive Themes)
November 25, 2012

Lives? Who needs 'em? This platformer does away with them and instead offers great gameplay, and, what has become a standard with 2D Rayman games, great graphics. Although, with other Rayman games, you have to "learn" moves by coming across them. Like in the first level you gain 
the ability to have a fighting move by pressing X. There is also a way
to make Rayman run (with the L and R shoulder buttons, much like Mario.)
I haven't yet quite gotten the proverbial hang of the game yet, but it
looks to be a blast once I fully understand what's going on, and what
I've played so far looks and plays great, especially with the option of
not being able to die and saving progress after every single level (listen
up, New Super Mario Bros. series!)
rating: 8/10