Rayman Fans Really Aren’t Happy With Legends Retold Xbox Skin

Rayman Legends Retold’s Xbox Exclusive Costume Is A Step Too Far For Fans Published Nov 12, 2026, 12:43 PM EST George is the Lead News Editor for TheGamer, and has been working in the industry since 2021 after graduating from the University of South Wales with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. He has also previously written for RPG Site, WhatCulture, and PlayStation Lifestyle. George is an expert on platformers, action games, and fighters, but tends to play as many releases as possible. This hands-on experience lets him dive into gaming communities and follow the latest trends. Some of the games George has extensively covered first-hand include Dead Rising, Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero, Assassin's Creed Shadows, and Ninja Gaiden 4. Sign in to your TheGamer account Rayman Legends Retold has revealed an Xbox-exclusive skin based on Rayman 3’s Vortex costume, and it seems to be the straw that broke the camel’s back for fans. As we get closer to Rayman Legends Retold’s new December release date, Ubisoft has showcased a bunch of new skins that are coming to the remake. The first was an outfit inspired by Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that all players are able to use, but things got more interesting when a PlayStation-exclusive costume inspired by Astro Bot was revealed. Ubisoft then made it clear that PlayStation wasn’t the only platform getting a unique skin, as it recently announced a costume inspired by Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 that only Nintendo players can rock. While those two exclusives didn’t cause that much drama, the newly confirmed Xbox skin is where Rayman fans are drawing a line. Rayman Fans Aren’t Happy With Xbox Getting The Vortex Skin To Be Fair, There Were Definitely Better Choices Earlier this week, the official Rayman Legends Retold Twitter account shared a trailer confirming that Xbox’s exclusive skin is based on Rayman 3’s Vortex combat fatigues. While the Astro Bot and Rabbid costumes made sense considering they’re inspired by games exclusive to their respective platforms, that’s not the case with Vortex. Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc was released on every console when it launched in 2004, and the HD port from 2012 came to both PS3 and Xbox 360. There’s really no reason for the Vortex skin to be exclusive to Xbox outside of it being green, which the reveal post even seems to suggest is the case by asking if fans “remember the green can”. To make matters even more confusing, Rayman Legends Retold already has two costumes inspired by Rayman 3, so the combat fatigues collection will just feel noticeably incomplete to anyone who’s not playing on Xbox. Fans clearly aren’t happy with the choice, with Redditor AwesomeDude247 calling it an “absolute crime” on the Rayman subreddit. That doesn’t seem to be a hot take, either, as there are plenty of posts on Twitter calling out the strange choice for an exclusive costume, as well as the whole concept of skins for specific platforms. It’s clearly become a bit of a hot topic in the Rayman community, and I can only imagine it’ll get hotter when the PC exclusive outfit is revealed. Rayman Legends Retold Released December 3, 2026 ESRB Everyone 10+ / Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact Developer(s) Ubisoft Publisher(s) Ubisoft Multiplayer Local Co-Op Franchise Rayman Genre(s) Platformer, Action, Adventure