The happiness of Michel Ancel, the Rayman legend

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Not many interviewees will excuse themselves to go jam with the house band.
It's a warm summer evening in the south of France, and a Ubisoft PR is looking anxiously at their watch. Every other eye in the house is on the father of Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil. He's the guy sat cross-legged on stage with a pair of bongo drums in his lap.
Michel Ancel is supposed to be talking to me about the finally-complete Rayman Legends, but he's gotten a little distracted. We're at a beachfront bar in Montpellier, just down the road from his studio, for an odd mix of press junket and wrap party, and Ancel is being cheered on by a crowd of workmates who've turned up for the occasion.
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