Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope's creative director, Davide Solani, has expressed interest in making a new Rayman game, calling it the "pinnacle of all possibilities".

After more than a decade without a new game, Rayman has finally returned thanks to Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope's Rayman in the Phantom Show DLC, a project helmed by Ubisoft Milan, who seemed just as excited to bring the limbless wonder back as we all were to see him. Now that the DLC is out, a lot of Rayman fans are calling for the studio to be put in charge of a brand-new game in the series, something that its creative director, Davide Solani, seems keen on doing as well.

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Nintendo Everything recently had the chance to speak to Solani about his work on the Rayman in the Phantom Show DLC for Sparks of Hope. During the interview, Solani was asked whether he and his team would be interested in developing the vegetable thingamajig's next game. In response, Solani said that he'd be "crazy" not to take that chance if Ubisoft asked and noted that part of the reason he'd be so interested is because of how much creativity the Rayman series offers.

Solani said, "If I had the opportunity, I would be crazy to not take that chance. To be honest, yes. I mean, Rayman is the type of game that has no realistic element. And because there is no realism, everything that you create in the game comes from your fantasy and the fantasy of the team. And so, [everything] from a chair to a table to an enemy to the environment is a form of art, is creating something from scratch. So to me as a developer, it’s the pinnacle of all the possibilities. You can go crazy and create your own stuff, as we did in Sparks of Hope. I think I would be crazy to not take that opportunity if given the chance".

As exciting as it is to imagine a team as passionate about Rayman as Ubisoft Milan are working on the next game, it's worth noting that Solani says "if" a lot in his response, making it clear that it's not a done deal and that Ubisoft seemingly hasn't asked the team about it just yet. Solani had a similar answer when he talked to TheGamer last month, noting that the team didn't know what it was working on just yet, but that it had been a "true honour" for them all to get the chance to reintroduce Rayman in Sparks of Hope's last piece of DLC.

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