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Rabbids Go Home
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Developer(s)	Ubisoft Montpellier
Publisher(s)	Ubisoft
Director(s)	Jacques Exertier[3] Jean-Philippe Caro[4]
Designer(s)	Christophe Pic[5]
Composer(s)	Fanfare Vagabontu
Series	Rayman Raving Rabbids
Engine	LyN
Platform(s)	Wii, Nintendo DS (DSiWare version cancelled)
Release	[1][2]
Genre(s)	Comedy-adventure [6][7]
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Rabbids Go Home, known in France as The Lapins Crétins : La Grosse Aventure (lit. "The Moronic Rabbits: The Great Adventure"), is a Template:Vgy "comedy-adventure" video game developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft for the Wii and Nintendo DS. The game was released in North America on November 1, 2009, in Australia on November 5, 2009 and in Europe on November 6, 2009.

Rabbids Go Home is the fourth installment in the Rabbids sub-series of the Rayman series of video games and is the first stand-alone title in the sub-series. The game's plot centers on the efforts of the titular Rabbids to collect as many human objects as they can and create a huge pile high enough to reach the Moon, all the while avoiding the extermination attempts by the "Verminators", who wish to gain back the stuff the Rabbids have stolen.

The game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised the game's humor, soundtrack and accessible gameplay, though some noted the game's low difficulty. The reviews for the Nintendo DS version were mixed.

The player controls a team of two Rabbids pushing a shopping cart.^[7] The goal of the game is to collect as much stuff as possible during each level and help the Rabbids build a pile high enough to reach the Moon. In each level, there is enough stuff to grow the pile by 1,000 feet. The minimum requirement for completing a level is to collect the "Xtra Large Stuff" and carry it to the toilet at the end of the level.^[8] The Xtra Large Stuff is located either in the middle or end of a level. Some Xtra Large items affect the gameplay. For example, a jet engine will propel the shopping cart to three times its normal speed, while a sickly patient's quarantine bed allows the cart to float and glide.^[7] Placed throughout the levels are "Collector Rabbids", with which the player can leave any stuff they have collected up to that point. The health of the Rabbids (described in-game as "intelligence") is measured in light bulbs, which fry out when the Rabbids take damage. At the start of the game, the Rabbids will have three light bulbs, displayed at the bottom-left corner of the screen. If all of the light bulbs burn out, the Rabbids will reappear next to the most recent Collector Rabbid they've met.^[8]

The player can move the shopping cart with the Nunchuk attachment and accelerate using the A button. The Rabbids' main mode of offense is a loud vocalization coined the "Bwaaaah! Attack", which can be triggered by shaking the Wii Remote. This attack can break certain objects, stun enemies and strip humans of their clothing. As the player advances through the game, the humans will start wearing soundproof helmets to protect themselves from the "Bwaaaah! Attack". The player can perform another technique named the "Super Boost", which is initiated when the shopping cart turns and drifts to the point where blue sparks fly from under the cart's wheels. When the player presses the B button, the "Super Boost" will be performed. This ability allows the player to knock down piles of crates, strip certain enemies faster and leap over obstacles through the use of springboards. The player can also launch the "Cannonball Rabbid", a Rabbid living inside the player's Wii Remote, by aiming with the Wii Remote and pressing the Z button on the Nunchuk attachment. This attack can strip certain enemies and open certain grates marked with "Tag".^[9]

After invading Earth and partying intensely, the Rabbids are ready to get back home. Due to having the attention span of a goldfish, they decide to go to the moon, which they think is is a giant lightbulb. They come up with a plan to collect all of the human stuff they can find, heap it onto a giant pile and climb to the Moon. They gather the human objects and fit them all into one shopping cart, transfer all of the stuff they have found through the sewage system via a series of toilets and add the stuff to their growing pile, which becomes higher as the game progresses. Eventually, the humans revolt against the Rabbids and become "Verminators" in a bid to exterminate the Rabbids and retrieve their stolen stuff.^[7][10]

• Shop Till you Drop
• In the Nick of Time
• Infectious Blues
• Wack a wabbid
• Tra-la-lacko (Beta only)

• Just Plane Dumb
• The Nightmare (Beta only)
• Rabbid Fire Reaction
• High Stakes Steak
• Bubble Bed Blues
• Super Racket in the Market
• Toy Time Tick Tock (Beta only)

• Atomic Rabbid Blast
• Rules are for Tools
• Totally Tubing
• Apocalypse Cow
• Furryous Fun
• The 400 Hunt (Beta only)

• Backwater Rabbids
• Bubble Bed Blues
• Time is Money Honey
• County Free for all
• Hoppy Xmas
• Cowtch me if you can
• Pit of 100 levels (Beta only)

• Rabbids go Boom
• Fetchez la vache
• Hard Hat Helpings
• Haredevil rabbid
• Hold up in the hangar
• 14-Carrot rabbids
• Enemy challenge (Beta only)

• Till Rabbids do us Cart
• Carry-On Catastrophe
• Scrap Happy Rabbids
• Pipe Maze (Beta only)
• Moo-ning Miami
• Final Event (Beta only)

Rabbids Go Home underwent three years of development before its release. A coherent and authentic storyline was needed to keep the Rabbids fresh and conserve their variety in the context of an adventure game. The development team evaluated the Rabbids as representing "emotions pushed to the extreme" and created the human characters to be the exact opposite: "[They] mull over all their decisions, their emotions in-check. Their organs have atrophied. They have nearly forgotten that they have a body or a heart, and can barely handle those." Jacques Exertier stated that the meeting between the two opposing characters is an allegory of the "internal debates we have with ourselves each time we make a decision" and that much of the comedic situations in the game stem from the meeting of the two archetypes. The setting of Rabbids Go Home was visually inspired by the period between 1945 and 1975, during which there was an explosion in mass consumption. The visuals were based on simple colors and geometric shapes rather than photorealism to create a caricaturized image of its "uptight humans with their sterile places and normalized urban planning". Rabbids Go Home is the first video game to feature the LyN engine, which was created alongside the game.^[7] The game was announced on April 9, 2009.^[6] On November 17, 2009, Ubisoft denied a rumor that the game would be recalled from United Kingdom shops due to "inappropriate language".^[11]

The music of Rabbids Go Home was composed by Fanfare Vagabontu, a Moldovan gypsy brass band. A 12-track soundtrack was made available on the iTunes Music Store on November 17, 2009.^[12] The game also includes licensed songs such as "Louie Louie" by Richard Berry, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver,^[13] "Kingston Town" by Lord Creator,^[14] "Somebody to Love" by Jefferson Airplane and "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul.^[15]

The Wii version of Rabbids Go Home received generally favorable reviews from critics. Pedro Hernandez of Nintendo World Report praised the game's "inventive" uses for the Wii Remote, "easy-to-get-into" gameplay, "deep" Rabbid customization modes, "great" soundtrack and "incredible" sense of humor, but noted the redundancy of the gameplay and inconsistent framerate as weak points.^[13] NGamer UK concluded that "the Rabbids can pull off a fully fledged game without Rayman's assistance. This is witty, charming and, above all, incredible fun."^[27] GamesMaster UK described the game as "witty, energetic and hugely entertaining, even if it isn't particularly smart."^[21] Matt Casamassina of IGN stated that the game was "far more inspired and ambitious" than Rayman Raving Rabbids and said that the title "at times feels like an action romp and at times a platformer on wheels, but regardless of the scenario, you'll be having fun and smiling if not laughing."^[25] Chris Scullion of Official Nintendo Magazine UK considered Rabbids Go Home to be "the funniest game on the Wii" and commented positively on the "tight" controls and "fantastic" soundtrack, but stated that the game was too easy.^[31] Aceinet of GameZone praised the game's humor and "ever-changing" gameplay, concluding with a reminder that "games are supposed to be fun and Rabbids Go Home is a fun-filled experience that shouldn’t be missed regardless of the score."^[24] Aaron Koehn of GamePro pointed out that the game draws its strength from its odd tone, but added that the simplicity of the gameplay becomes tiresome.^[23] Dan Pearson of EuroGamer noted that the "constant enthusiasm" of the Rabbids can be "draining" to some and said that the game wasn't for hardcore gaming enthusiasts.^[20] Annette Gonzalez of Game Informer said that the animations were "laugh-out-loud", but some of the gameplay sequences were "repetitive".^[14] Matt Leone of 1UP.com remarked that the licensed soundtrack and customization features added enough personality to make the game worth playing.^[15] Nintendo Power concluded that while the game was too easy, it was "a definite step in the right direction for the Rabbids, and I hope to see them continue this way."^[29] Tom McShea of GameSpot commented positively on the character creator, unlockable content and cutscenes, but said that the early levels were too easy and simple and the game became repetitive.^[22]

Reviews for the Nintendo DS version were mixed. NGamer UK called the game "the best example of the genre we've seen in ages."^[26] Nintendo Power said that the game's style of puzzle is "perfect" for touch-screen control and noted that the ability to customize challenges "adds a lot of replay value to this latest exercise in Rabbid abuse."^[28] Chris Scullion of Official Nintendo Magazine UK criticized the game's "broken" physics, "universally dull" minigames and "irritating" gameplay, but noted that the cutscenes were "decent" and the level editor is "solid".^[30]

• Official website
• Official Developers Blog
• Teaser

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