As much as I want to expel the air in my lungs straight into Michel Ancel's eardrums in an effort to make him develop Beyond Good & Evil 2, you can't blame him for wanting to prioritise the continued success of Ubisoft's greatest mascot instead. Stuff Ezio and Altaïr - Rayman is the true flag-flier for one of gaming's biggest studios. The character's 1995 debut into an industry already heavily congested by platformers (AKA: the golden age of Mario and Sonic) was the 90s equivalent of trying to establish a new FPS in the face of the juggernaut-sized Call Of Duty or Halo, à la Titanfall. Despite the total financial disaster that many expected, Rayman gave a floating middle finger to all the naysayers who doubted his ability to become a bonafide video game icon popular enough to rival both Nintendo's Italian Plumber and Sega's Blue Blur. If you haven't already given 2010's Rayman Origins a whirl, go and get it right now and start helicopter-spinning your way to victory. Rayman may not have any arms or legs, but who needs 'em when you can use your hair to fly?