Oh yeah, I remember when Rayman was first announced it was only shown on the Atari Jaguar and magazines of the time touted it as a potential console exclusive. Thankfully, they were wrong and Ubi Soft did take him multiplatform.
I think he had a great transition to 3D with Rayman 2 though. I cannot stand that Rayman racing game on PC though. Way too restrictive and hard to play.
RE: Rayman Joins PlayStation Launch Group – September 9th, 1995 – Today in Video Game History