Mod Retro partners with Ubisoft to re-release classic Rayman on Game Boy Color hardware
Sep 24, 2025
Key Points
- ModRetro partners with Ubisoft to re-release classic titles on Game Boy Color hardware, starting with Rayman, marking the company's expansion into licensed software deals with major publishers.
- Rayman for Game Boy Color represents a late-cycle technical achievement, released months after Game Boy Advance's announcement when developers had fully mastered the original hardware.
- Ubisoft's willingness to license older IP to ModRetro signals publisher confidence in the commercial viability of retro-compatible hardware re-releases.
Summary
ModRetro has partnered with Ubisoft to re-release classic Ubisoft titles on Game Boy Color hardware, starting with Rayman. Palmer Luckey, who co-founded ModRetro while working at Anduril, announced the deal.
Rayman for Game Boy Color ranks among the strongest technical achievements on the platform. The game shipped months after the Game Boy Advance was announced, giving late-cycle developers time to fully master the original hardware's capabilities by release. ModRetro is now targeting that window of late-generation software for re-releases.
The partnership marks ModRetro's move beyond its original handheld hardware business into licensed software deals with major publishers. Ubisoft's involvement with ModRetro on classic IP suggests the publisher sees commercial or strategic value in re-releasing older titles on retro-compatible hardware.