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Yes, it's definitely shaping up to be a wild year for game preservation.
For the record, the filename for the archive says it was for "Rayman 4". (I.E. the original version of Raving Rabbids that was a proper platformer, rather than the mini-game collection it turned into) But most of the files are Rayman 2 related, with the modification dates suggesting it was pulled out for the DS port of that game.
(Ignore the title, this really was just a port of Rayman 2!)
A build of the game (Using Nintendo's internal ".srl" format) is even included in the files, but it requires dev hardware to run.
Alongside this, there's a pair of music players in that same format. Which don't require dev hardware, and are naturally filled with Rayman music.
There's also assets from other games that use Rayman 2's engine, such as Tonic Trouble and Donald Duck: Goin' Quackers.
and you get to learn numerous developer in-jokes. Like the fact they frequently used Iron Maiden album covers as placeholder assets, and that there's an official John Lennon Rayman OC.
I'd recommend checking out Ribshark's Twitter thread, as it contains quite a few other details worth noting.
You might also be interested in seeing this collection of unused animations taken from the source.