I was just looking at the RRR2 files ( to find a way to rip its music ), and I discovered something.
Here are some filenames and pieces of text I found.
- "PROTOTYPE_Minigame_RideLeCochon.wol": Ride the Pig... in RRR2?
- "prez_E3_Ruines_lapins_Foret.wol": ?prez?_E3_Ruins_Rabbids_Forest? Umm... looks like something that wasn't in RRR2 or RRR to me. Looks more like the R4 prototype.
- "MONDE_03_RideRequin.wol": Ride Shark?!? R4 proto, anyone?
- "MONDE_04_DONJ_Globbox.wol": Globox in RRR2?!?
There are also at least 5 gladiator arena files in RRR2, while there is no gladiator arena, only in the original RRR ( correct me if I'm wrong, I never played RRR2 ).
Also, there are files and bits of text with all the original RRR's dance names:
All the warthog races too, the beach, the desert canyon, and... "_main_E3EndScreeen.wol": Files from the E3 demo, LOL."Misirlou.Good .4.Girls J}.W"0*U.H".+.Fun.Hip Hol..oray.La B..:.D....Iron.V"..".3.Butcher..D.jay.Ubisof..#.ntpellier Choir"
Conclusion: Ubisoft ( especially Ubisoft Paris ) is stupid and lazy. Let's see what I find in the original RRR. Maybe the whole prototype has been saved in there after all. XD
UPDATE:
Droolie.Drolpiraat wrote:Big bump.
I'm ripping the music from RRR for Xbox 360 now and to my surprise, I found out they still have sounds from the prototype in there. I haven't deciphered the format yet but I'm close, and I found some familiar sounds like the lum-collecting sound from Rayman 2, and eagle cry and eagle wing flap sounds (according to the filenames and to what I heard). Oh, and sounds from sharks and T-rexes. More importantly, it also seems to contain MUSIC from the prototype, which would be quite awesome to hear.
I don't remember any spider in RRR, though the filenames clearly say: "Spider_theme1.wam" ("wam" files are music), "Spider_jingle1.wam", "Rayman_death1.wam", "Ptizetre_incantation1.wam" (Teensie spell?), "Ptizetre_release1.wam", and lots of other files with just "test" as a filename, which weren't in any of the other versions.
It looks like I might be in for a goldmine of R4 Prototype stuff when I find out how I can convert this!