I remember, back when I started making these reviews
on deviantArt originally some people were asking me to review this one...
After the
mascot-splosion of the 90s every company started making all these platformer games and proposing new mascots for every possible company.
Most being modeled after
Sonic 1 both in design and form.
While there were many good (and bad) sidescrolling platformers on the 16-bit systems, it was really Rayman who brought them up to speed for the (then-)"next" generation with its higher resolution graphics, impressive animation and CD-quality soundtrack...