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Rayman 3

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{{Game
| name = Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc
| image = [[Image:R3 PS2EUcov.jpg|center|200px]]
| published by = Ubisoft
| developed by = Ubisoft
| release date = 3rd March 2003
| genre = 3D Platformer
| gameplay mode = Single player
| platforms = Sony PlayStation 2, PC, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Xbox, [[Rayman 3 (GBA)|Game Boy Advance]], Nokia N-GAGE, Macintosh
}}
''"Rayman 3" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Rayman 3 (disambiguation)]].''

'''''Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc''''' is the sequel to ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]''. It was released starting on the 3rd of March 2003 for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, [[Rayman 3 (GBA)|Game Boy Advance]], Nokia N-GAGE, PC, and Mac. ''Rayman 3'' was 3D, with graphics similar to ''[[Rayman Revolution|Rayman 2: Revolution]]''. However, ''Rayman 3'''s levels were a series of "action stages" as opposed to having a single level per world (as were most of Rayman 2's). Also unlike ''Rayman 2'' and especially ''Revolution'', the levels strictly followed a "movie"-like plot; in other words, returning to a level meant returning to a point in the adventure (such as [[Rayman]] falling in [[Begoniax]]'s outhouse) instead of returning to a location in the adventure. ''Rayman 3'' also featured a scoring system, and players could post their final scores on the then-new RaymanZone website.

==Worlds==
Similar to the gap between ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' and ''Rayman 2'', all locations in ''Rayman 3'' were new and unconnected to previous games. However, they are still the same environments as Rayman's games tend to stick with: the mountains, forests, and swamps from ''Rayman'', and the plains, coasts, and fortresses from ''Rayman 2''. One area in particular, the [[The Fairy Council|Fairy Council]], was alluded to in ''Rayman 2'', and [[Count Razoff]]'s father supposedly shot something as large as [[Space Mama]]; these allusions make ''Rayman 3'''s locations generally regarded as still being in the same canon as ''Rayman'' and especially ''Rayman 2''.

''Rayman 3'''s worlds in particular picked up on a lot of things ''Rayman 2'' and ''Revolution'' lacked: unique environments. While the [[Iron Mountains]] and the [[Menhir Hills]] pretty much looked the same, ''Rayman 3'' 's worlds were vast and varied. Many elements from ''Revolution'' were included in ''Rayman 3'' 's worlds--the most evident of these are the ambient sounds (for example, the [[Desert of the Knaaren]] has the same ambience as [[Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava]]) and the unique lighting. ''Rayman 3'' also had many instances of stained glass windows, also a previous characteristic of the Lava Sanctuary.

''Rayman 3'' returned to the fairy tale-like theme of ''Rayman'' 's locations, though not as surreal. Many odd locales dot ''Rayman 3'' 's small collection of worlds, such as in the [[The Fairy Council|Fairy Council]] and the [[The Longest Shortcut|Longest Shortcut]].

Finally, ''Rayman 3'' included many allusions to its two predecessors, including a statue of [[Ly the Fairy]] (who is oddly absent from the Fairy Council), and an appearently "frozen" state of [[Admiral Razorbeard]] and his [[Robo-Pirate Army]].

==Plot==
When Andre is firghtened so much he turns into a Dark Lum, he transforms a lot of the other Red Lums into Dark Lums too. The Dark Lums steal the fur from other animals and use it to weave costumes for themselves, becoming 'Hoodlums'. When Andre, dressed up in a Hoodlum costume, starts heading towards Rayman, Globox and Murfy, the latter two desperately try to wake Rayman up. Globox eventually becomes so frightened he accidently pulls off Rayman's hand and runs off with them. Murfy picks up Rayman by the hair and flies off with him, waking him up. More Hoodlums try to shoot down Murfy and Rayman as they fly away, but they both escape. They then begin searching for Globox and Rayman's hands.

However, when, they find Globox and Rayman gets his hands back, Andre, along with two slapdashes, pursue the large toad. Rayman and Murfy go following him into the building of the Fairy Council. Rayman soon defeats Andre's Hoodlum costume, which drops a Laser-Washing-Detergeant Can behind, and Andre flees towards theHeart of the World, wanting to gain ower from there. After Rayman tries out the Laser-Washing Detergeant, called 'combat fatigues', he and Murfy pursure Andre to stop him from getting to his destination. They find Globox along the way, who accidentally swallows the Dark Lum Lord.

==Score System==
Rayman 3 was the second game to have a score system (after ''[[Rayman 2: Revolution]]''), and the first for the score system to be in an arcade-style format. This score system allowed players to upload their scores onto RaymanZone's Lums Quest. The score system increased the replay value of ''Rayman 3''. The scoring system followed this formula:<br>
#Collect a [[Jewel]] / Break a Piggy Bank / Defeat a Hoodlum
#Points are added to Score
#Combo Mode starts
#During Combo Mode, step 1 brings double points to step 2
#Unless step 1 is carried out consistently, Combo Mode shortly ends

If Rayman is using a [[Laser-Washing Powder|Laser-Washing Powder Can]], each point is doubled, increasing the amount of points he can get and quadrupling the payoff of Combo Mode.

With the reformat of RaymanZone for ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]'', the Lums Quest ended.

==Main characters==

===The Good Guys===
*[[Rayman]] - The hero and protagonist of the game
*[[Globox]] - Rayman's best friend and Uglette's husband
*[[Murfy]] - Serves as an "instructor"-type character
*[[Teensie|The Teensies]] - Keepers of [[the Hall of Doors]]

===The Bad Guys===
*[[André]] - is the main antagonist of the game
*[[Hoodlum|The Hoodlums]] - André's army

The complete list can be seen here: http://www.raymanpc.com/wiki/en/Category:Characters_from_Rayman_3

==Levels==
* [[The Fairy Council]]
* [[Clearleaf Forest]]
* [[The Bog of Murk]]
* [[The Land of the Livid Dead]]
* [[The Desert of the Knaaren]]
* [[The Longest Shortcut]]
* [[The Summit Beyond the Clouds]]
* [[Hoodlum Headquarters]]
* [[The Tower of the Leptys]]

==Trivia==
* The [[manual]] that [[Murfy]] has in the beginning of the game has a picture of [[Rayman]]'s head from the [[Rayman 1|original Rayman game]] on the cover.
* Throughout the game, there are sharp posts that you can stick [[plum]]s on top of to gain access to higher areas. On these posts are pictures of a [[Livingstone]]s from [[Rayman 1|the original Rayman game]].
* The [[Fairy Council]] and the [[Heart of the World]] were first mentioned in [[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]], and only now make an appearance in [[Rayman 3]].
* Sometimes, when you start hitting [[Globox]], he says 'You were nicer in [[Rayman 2]]!', referring to [[Rayman]]'s sudden change of personality in this game.
* There are lots of secret rooms in the game, but three of them refer to [[Rayman 2]]. One, located in [[the Longest Shortcut]], has a statue of [[Ly]] in it. another, in the [[Hoodlum Headquarters]], has statues of [[Razorbeard]] and some of his Robo-Pirates sitting at a table, in the style of 'The Last Supper' painting by Leonardo da Vinci. Also, in [[Razoff]]'s mansion, one of the many statues is of a snake similar-looking to [[Sssssam|Sssssam the Snake]].
* At the beginning of the third part of the [[Fairy Council]], when [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] are looking for [[Andre]] and [[Globox]], [[Murfy]] tells [[Rayman]] to hurry or else '[[Andre|he]]'ll start telling everyone he's your father!'. This is a reference to the well-known scene from the extremely successful movie, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes back, when Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker that he is his father.
* In the [[Fairy Council]], when [[Rayman]] and [[Murfy]] pursue [[Andre]], the Dark Lum Lord throws a [[Ludiv]] away from her home, saying Zelda needs her, before hiding in the [[Ludiv]]'s home. Zelda is a major character from the successful video game series 'The Legend of Zelda'.
* In the [[Bog of Murk]], inside Razoff's house is a room with a large mirror. If Rayman is left in idle in front of it, he'll make a face at himself and notice he has something stuck in his teeth, pulling it out.

==See Also==
*''[[Rayman 3 (GBA)|Rayman 3]]'', the handheld-version of ''Rayman 3'', which has a different story line and gameplay.
*''[[Rayman: Hoodlums' Revenge]]'', the spin-off sequel of ''Rayman 3''.
*[[Miscellanea]]

[[fr:Rayman 3]]

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Xowar

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This was a boss that was not added to the game, but can be seen in the secret room in the part before the final [[reflux]] fight in the [[Tower of the Leptys]] in [[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]].

In the area of Clearleaf Forest, there is a poster of Xowar (see media).

==Media of Xowar==

'''Video's of the Xowar Secret'''
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkaSgaIxUU&feature=related

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SU5j1-oU6k&feature=related

*'''The poster of Xowar 3:08-3:15'''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3wusSHHCk&feature=related

'''Pictures'''

*http://membres.lycos.fr/jeuxterrors/hpbimg/Xowar(secret).bmp

[[fr:Xowar]]

[[Category:Creatures]]

Xowar

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This was a boss that was not added to the game, but can be seen in the secret room in the part before the final [[reflux]] fight in the [[Tower of the Leptys]] in [[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]].

In the area of Clearleaf Forest, there is a poster of Xowar (see media).

==Media of Xowar==

'''Video's of the Xowar Secret'''
*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkaSgaIxUU&feature=related

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SU5j1-oU6k&feature=related

*'''The poster of Xowar 3:08-3:15'''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3wusSHHCk&feature=related

'''Pictures'''
http://membres.lycos.fr/jeuxterrors/hpbimg/Xowar(secret).bmp

[[fr:Xowar]]

[[Category:Creatures]]

Xowar

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This was a boss that was not added to the game, but can be seen in the secret room in the part before the final [[reflux]] fight in the [[Tower of the Leptys]] in [[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]].

In the area of Clearleaf Forest, there is a poster of Xowar (see media).

==Media of Xowar==

* ''Video's of the Xowar Secret''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkaSgaIxUU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SU5j1-oU6k&feature=related
'''The poster of Xowar 3:08-3:15'''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U3wusSHHCk&feature=related

* ''Pictures:''
http://membres.lycos.fr/jeuxterrors/hpbimg/Xowar(secret).bmp

[[fr:Xowar]]

[[Category:Creatures]]

Mawpaw

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{{stub}}

==Picture==
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/594/mawpaw.png

==Mawpaw==

Mawpaws are creatures which look like kangaroos and goats. They have brown or blue fur (blue in the Xowar secret). The Teensies are using Mawpaws for transportation as seen in the intro.

==Hoodlums==
The Mawpaws are very handy for the [[hoodlums]], their clothes are made of Mawpaw wool. As seen in the intro, the [[black lums]] are flying laps around the Mawpaw to steal their fur.

==Appearances==
The Mawpaw is a cut creature from Rayman 3. But they'd already made the model, so they decided to throw them in a secret room so that their work would't entirely go to waste.

* The Rayman 3 Intro video
* Xowar secret
''video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkaSgaIxUU&feature=related''
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 069
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 273
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 502 nr. 2
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 312

Mawpaw

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{{stub}}

[[File:http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/594/mawpaw.png]]

==Mawpaw==

Mawpaws are creatures which look like kangaroos and goats. They have brown or blue fur (blue in the Xowar secret). The Teensies are using Mawpaws for transportation as seen in the intro.

==Hoodlums==
The Mawpaws are very handy for the [[hoodlums]], their clothes are made of Mawpaw wool. As seen in the intro, the [[black lums]] are flying laps around the Mawpaw to steal their fur.

==Appearances==
The Mawpaw is a cut creature from Rayman 3. But they'd already made the model, so they decided to throw them in a secret room so that their work would't entirely go to waste.

* The Rayman 3 Intro video
* Xowar secret
''video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkaSgaIxUU&feature=related''
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 069
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 273
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 502 nr. 2
* Wanna Kick Rayman - Lesson 312

Mawpaw

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Mawpaw

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[[File:http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/594/mawpaw.png]]

Mawpaw

Mawpaws are creatures which look like kangaroos and goats. They have brown or blue fur (blue in the Xowar secret).

Razoff

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{{Character
| name = Count Razoff
| image = [[Image:razoff.jpg|center|180px|''Count Razoff'']]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in =''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|R3]]''
| sex = Male
| species = Unknown ''(similar to to the Grub race from the animated series)''
| status = Boss
}}

'''Count Razoff''' is a boss from ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. He is a tall green reptile (with a similar appearance to the Grub race from the animated series) that lives in a mansion in the [[The Bog of Murk|Bog of Murk]]. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dares to enter his mansion. He is a hunter, and throughout the mansion there are taxidermies of all of the animals that he had hunted. He has a bust of Sssam in his mansion; whether Razoff has killed him or not remains to be seen.

==Biography==
Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He claims to hold the chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou.

All of Razoff's family's names are references to hunting. A hunter named General Zaroff appears in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the plot of which bears some resemblance to Rayman's encounter with Razoff in the Bog of Murk. In the Old Testament, Nimrod, who was said to be responsible for the construction of the Tower of Babel, is referred to as "a mighty hunter before the Lord". And in Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of hunting (it is, however, unknown if this reference to a goddess is of any real significance or connection to other deities of [[the Glade of Dreams]] such as [[Polokus]]).

==Count Razoff's Mansion==
Razoff's Mansion is located into the The Bog of Murk. It is very large and classical Mansion with many statues (for example a statue of [[Sssssam]]). There are also a few creatures captured into his mansion, if you liberate those beings they'll give you red lums.

==Relations to other characters==
'''[[Begoniax]]''' - Begoniax seems to have a crush on him for unexplained reasons.

'''[[Globox]]''' - Razoff once tried to kill Globox, who ended up in the mansion by mistake, after the Teensie Highway was broken.

'''[[Rayman]]''' - Razoff tried to kill Rayman after he came into Razoff's castle attempting to save Globox.

'''The [[Hoodlums]]''' - The Hoodlums are Razoff's enemies too. When Globox ended up in the mansion, André ended there too, which means that Razoff actually held André captured, and the Hoodlums were trying to get him back. In the Rayman 3 minigame, Commando, the player controls Razoff as he fends off trespassing Hoodlums. In another minigame, Razoff Circus, the player controls him to shoot targets at pictures of enemies such as Rayman and Globox, and the Hoodlums.

[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Bosses from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[Category:Enemies from Rayman 3]]

Razoff

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{{Character
| name = Count Razoff
| image = [[Image:razoff.jpg|center|180px|''Count Razoff'']]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in =''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|R3]]''
| sex = Male
| species = Unknown ''(similarto to the Grub race from the animated series)''
| status = Boss
}}

'''Count Razoff''' is a boss from ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. He is a tall green reptile (with a similar appearance to the Grub race from the animated series) that lives in a mansion in the [[The Bog of Murk|Bog of Murk]]. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dares to enter his mansion. He is a hunter, and throughout the mansion there are taxidermies of all of the animals that he had hunted. He has a bust of Sssam in his mansion; whether Razoff has killed him or not remains to be seen.

==Biography==
Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He claims to hold the chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou.

All of Razoff's family's names are references to hunting. A hunter named General Zaroff appears in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the plot of which bears some resemblance to Rayman's encounter with Razoff in the Bog of Murk. In the Old Testament, Nimrod, who was said to be responsible for the construction of the Tower of Babel, is referred to as "a mighty hunter before the Lord". And in Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of hunting (it is, however, unknown if this reference to a goddess is of any real significance or connection to other deities of [[the Glade of Dreams]] such as [[Polokus]]).

==Count Razoff's Mansion==
Razoff's Mansion is located into the The Bog of Murk. It is very large and classical Mansion with many statues (for example a statue of [[Sssssam]]). There are also a few creatures captured into his mansion, if you liberate those beings they'll give you red lums.

==Relations to other characters==
'''[[Begoniax]]''' - Begoniax seems to have a crush on him for unexplained reasons.

'''[[Globox]]''' - Razoff once tried to kill Globox, who ended up in the mansion by mistake, after the Teensie Highway was broken.

'''[[Rayman]]''' - Razoff tried to kill Rayman after he came into Razoff's castle attempting to save Globox.

'''The [[Hoodlums]]''' - The Hoodlums are Razoff's enemies too. When Globox ended up in the mansion, André ended there too, which means that Razoff actually held André captured, and the Hoodlums were trying to get him back. In the Rayman 3 minigame, Commando, the player controls Razoff as he fends off trespassing Hoodlums. In another minigame, Razoff Circus, the player controls him to shoot targets at pictures of enemies such as Rayman and Globox, and the Hoodlums.

[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Bosses from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[Category:Enemies from Rayman 3]]

Razoff

2009-09-01T12:09:42Z

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{{Character
| name = Count Razoff
| image = [[Image:razoff.jpg|center|180px|''Count Razoff'']]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in =''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|R3]]''
| sex = Male
| species = Unknown (a similar appearance to the Grub race from the animated series)
| status = Boss
}}

'''Count Razoff''' is a boss from ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. He is a tall green reptile (with a similar appearance to the Grub race from the animated series) that lives in a mansion in the [[The Bog of Murk|Bog of Murk]]. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dares to enter his mansion. He is a hunter, and throughout the mansion there are taxidermies of all of the animals that he had hunted. He has a bust of Sssam in his mansion; whether Razoff has killed him or not remains to be seen.

==Biography==
Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He claims to hold the chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou.

All of Razoff's family's names are references to hunting. A hunter named General Zaroff appears in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the plot of which bears some resemblance to Rayman's encounter with Razoff in the Bog of Murk. In the Old Testament, Nimrod, who was said to be responsible for the construction of the Tower of Babel, is referred to as "a mighty hunter before the Lord". And in Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of hunting (it is, however, unknown if this reference to a goddess is of any real significance or connection to other deities of [[the Glade of Dreams]] such as [[Polokus]]).

==Count Razoff's Mansion==
Razoff's Mansion is located into the The Bog of Murk. It is very large and classical Mansion with many statues (for example a statue of [[Sssssam]]). There are also a few creatures captured into his mansion, if you liberate those beings they'll give you red lums.

==Relations to other characters==
'''[[Begoniax]]''' - Begoniax seems to have a crush on him for unexplained reasons.

'''[[Globox]]''' - Razoff once tried to kill Globox, who ended up in the mansion by mistake, after the Teensie Highway was broken.

'''[[Rayman]]''' - Razoff tried to kill Rayman after he came into Razoff's castle attempting to save Globox.

'''The [[Hoodlums]]''' - The Hoodlums are Razoff's enemies too. When Globox ended up in the mansion, André ended there too, which means that Razoff actually held André captured, and the Hoodlums were trying to get him back. In the Rayman 3 minigame, Commando, the player controls Razoff as he fends off trespassing Hoodlums. In another minigame, Razoff Circus, the player controls him to shoot targets at pictures of enemies such as Rayman and Globox, and the Hoodlums.

[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Bosses from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[Category:Enemies from Rayman 3]]

Razoff

2009-09-01T12:03:34Z

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{{Character
| name = Count Razoff
| image = [[Image:razoff.jpg|center|180px|''Count Razoff'']]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in =''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc|R3]]''
| sex = Male
| species = Unknown (possibly the Grub race)
| status = Boss
}}

'''Count Razoff''' is a boss from ''[[Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. He is a tall green reptile (with a similar appearance to the Grub race from the animated series) that lives in a mansion in the [[The Bog of Murk|Bog of Murk]]. Dressed in a red and gold outfit, he sports a shotgun which shoots arrows at any intruders that dares to enter his mansion. He is a hunter, and throughout the mansion there are taxidermies of all of the animals that he had hunted. He has a bust of Sssam in his mansion; whether Razoff has killed him or not remains to be seen.

==Biography==
Count Razoff is the son of Count Zaroff, and the grandson of Nimrod and Artemis. He claims to hold the chair of Cynegenics at the University of Tyr-Kainkou.

All of Razoff's family's names are references to hunting. A hunter named General Zaroff appears in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, the plot of which bears some resemblance to Rayman's encounter with Razoff in the Bog of Murk. In the Old Testament, Nimrod, who was said to be responsible for the construction of the Tower of Babel, is referred to as "a mighty hunter before the Lord". And in Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of hunting (it is, however, unknown if this reference to a goddess is of any real significance or connection to other deities of [[the Glade of Dreams]] such as [[Polokus]]).

==Count Razoff's Mansion==
Razoff's Mansion is located into the The Bog of Murk. It is very large and classical Mansion with many statues (for example a statue of Sssssam). There are also a few creatures captured into his mansion, if you liberate those beings they'll give you red lums.

==Relations to other characters==
'''[[Begoniax]]''' - Begoniax seems to have a crush on him for unexplained reasons.

'''[[Globox]]''' - Razoff once tried to kill Globox, who ended up in the mansion by mistake, after the Teensie Highway was broken.

'''[[Rayman]]''' - Razoff tried to kill Rayman after he came into Razoff's castle attempting to save Globox.

'''The [[Hoodlums]]''' - The Hoodlums are Razoff's enemies too. When Globox ended up in the mansion, André ended there too, which means that Razoff actually held André captured, and the Hoodlums were trying to get him back. In the Rayman 3 minigame, Commando, the player controls Razoff as he fends off trespassing Hoodlums. In another minigame, Razoff Circus, the player controls him to shoot targets at pictures of enemies such as Rayman and Globox, and the Hoodlums.

[[Category:Bosses]]
[[Category:Bosses from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters from Rayman 3]]
[[Category:Enemies]]
[[Category:Enemies from Rayman 3]]

Rayman 2

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{{Game
| name = Rayman 2: The Great Escape
| image = [[Image:Rayman2cover.jpg|center|200px]]
| published by = Ubisoft
| developed by = Ubisoft
| release date = 1999
| genre = 3D Platformer
| gameplay mode = Single player
| platforms = Nintendo 64, PC, Sega Dreamcast, Sony PlayStation, [[Rayman 2 Forever|Game Boy Color]], [[Rayman Revolution|Sony PlayStation 2]]
}}

''"Rayman 2" redirects here. For other uses, see [[Rayman 2 (disambiguation)]].''

'''''Rayman 2: The Great Escape''''' is the second major game in the ''Rayman'' series, and is the sequel to ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]''. It was first released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64 and was followed by ports for the Sega Dreamcast, PC, and Sony PlayStation, with each port being different in its own way perhaps due to the specifications of each console. It was also the first 3D game of the series, and introduced many brand new major characters, though featured almost none from its predecessor. ''Rayman 2: The Great Escape'' is often abbreviated as '''''Rayman 2''''' or (to avoid confusion with the similarly named ''[[Rayman Revolution|Rayman 2: Revolution]]'') '''''R2'''''.

==Early production==
Very recently, it was revealed that ''Rayman 2'' was first developed to be a 2D platforming game in the same vein as ''Rayman'', for the Sony PlayStation and the Sega Saturn [http://www.unseen64.net/2008/04/11/rayman2-2d-cancelled/]. Screenshots and videos suggested that the game was still going to be about a robot invasion as it featured enemies similar to the Robo-Pirates, and it also featured background platforming - using a device similar to a shower head and a toilet flush, Rayman could teleport from the foreground to the background. One video in particular also featured a female character with red hair that appears to be [[Betilla the Fairy]], but could also be [[Betina]] in a cameo.

The whole of this game was cancelled in favour of the 3D version it became, though a playable prototype (version 01.12d) featuring one level is included in the PlayStation version of ''Rayman 2'', and unlocked if the player collects at least 720 Yellow Lums out of 800. It was recently discovered that this prototype was finished on May 31st 1996 and was sent to the ''Playstation RayMan 2 team'' for review.

==Gameplay==
The gameplay in ''Rayman 2'' is somewhat similar to that of ''Rayman'', though this time Rayman starts with a few powers to defend himself, one of which is given to him by [[Globox]] who is introduced at the very beginning. The aim of the game is to rescue all of the [[Yellow Lum]]s that have been scattered following the explosion of the [[The Heart of the World|Primordial Core]], and the creatures that have been imprisoned in [[cage]]s, while defeating any [[Robo-Pirate Army|Robo-Pirate]]s that stand in Rayman's way.

==Main Characters==
===The Good Guys===
*[[Rayman]] - The hero and protagonist of the game
*[[Globox]] - Rayman's best friend and Uglette's husband
*[[Ly the Fairy]] - Rayman's friend and powerful ally
*[[Murfy]] - Serves as an "instructor"-type character
*[[Teensie|The Teensies]] - Keepers of [[the Hall of Doors]]
*[[Clark]] - A friend of Rayman's

===The Bad Guys===
*[[Admiral Razorbeard]] - The villain of the game
*[[Robo-Pirate Army]] - Razorbeard's army

==Environment==
Unlike ''Rayman'', ''Rayman 2'' is not divided into certain themed worlds, but rather a trail of 20 different locations, none of which are as surreal as its predecessor's, but are still dissimilar to the real world. The levels are played in a linear fashion in a World Map known as [[the Hall of Doors]] ([[The Isle of Doors|Isle of Doors]] in the Dreamcast version), with most levels following a single path (though [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]], [[The Walk of Life|Walk of Life]], and [[The Walk of Power|Walk of Power]] are on side-paths). The player is able to backtrack to past levels if he or she wishes, and can move on to the final stage without breaking all of the cages.

==Levels==
===PC, N64 and Dreamcast version===
* [[The Woods of Light]]
* [[The Fairy Glade]]
* [[The Marshes of Awakening]]
* [[The Bayou]]
* [[The Walk of Life]] (sublevel)
* [[The Sanctuary of Water and Ice]]
* [[The Menhir Hills]]
* [[The Cave of Bad Dreams]] (sublevel)
* [[The Canopy]]
* [[Whale Bay]]
* [[The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]]
* [[The Echoing Caves]]
* [[The Precipice]]
* [[The Top of the World]]
* [[The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava]]
* [[The Walk of Power]] (sublevel)
* [[Beneath the Sanctuary of Rock and Lava]]
* [[The Tomb of the Ancients]]
* [[The Iron Mountains]]
* [[The Prison Ship]]
* [[The Crow's Nest]]

==Hack==
It is possible to run the game under higher resolutions than 1024x768 by a simple hack.
By editing the file '''C:\WINDOWS\UbiSoft\ubi.in''' with a basic text editor, you'll have something like this
<pre>
[SYSTEM]
Test Sound=1
3DFX=0
Memory=511
MMX=1
Windows colors=34
CPU=9

[INSTALLED PRODUCTS]
rayman2

[rayman2]
GLI_DllFile=GliDX6
GLI_Dll=DirectX6
GLI_Driver=display
GLI_Device=Direct3D HAL
GLI_Mode=1 - 1024 x 768 x 16
ShortCutDesktopName=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Bureau\Jouer à Rayman 2
ShortCutDirectory=C:\Documents and Settings\Administrateur\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\Ubi Soft Games\Rayman 2
Language=French
Configuration=2
VolumeName=RAYMAN2
SrcDataPath=\
Directory=C:\UbiSoft\Rayman2\

[OSD]
Valid=TRUE
</pre>
The '''GLI_Mode''' line defines the resolution of the game. You'll just have to replace "1024 x 768" by "1440 x 900" to run the game in 1440x900 instead of the default 1024x768.

'''Caution: Modifying the other values may crash the game.'''

==Promotion==
UbiSoft promoted ''Rayman 2'' with many toys and even a cartoon. There were YoYos, cell phone covers, a PlayStation 2 remote, a version of the game with a figure, and Happy Meal toys.

===Cartoon===
''Main Article: [[Rayman: The Animated Series]]''

===McDonald's===
UbiSoft joined with McDonald's to make a happy meal with Rayman toys. These toys were a Rayman rolling on a walking shell, Rayman on a plum with spinning helicopter hair, a lighting up cage, a sound making Henchman 800, a wobbling Globox and Ly.

===[[Tonic Trouble]]===
Characters from each game made cameo appearances in the other game. In ''[[Tonic Trouble]]'', Rayman would be seen during the game's end credits. In Rayman 2, [[General|a salesman]] who previously appeared in the intro sequence of the PC version of [[Tonic Trouble]] sells the [[Grolgoth]] to [[Razorbeard]] late in the game. [[Tonic Trouble]] was worked on (though not developed) by [[Michel Ancel]], used the Rayman 2 engine, originally appeared on the same platforms as Rayman 2, and was also released by Ubisoft, giving reason for the crossovers, though Tonic Trouble had not fared well critically or commercially, whereas ''Rayman 2'' became successful in both areas.

==Remakes==
*''[[Rayman Revolution|Rayman 2: Revolution]]'' - PlayStation 2 remake that was essentially a slightly more difficult version of the original, with added levels, enemies, and a new free-roaming feature.
*''[[Rayman DS]]'' - DS remake identical to the original N64 version, though many glitches and bugs were included that were not present in the original.

==Trivia==
* In the German gaming magazine PC Player (issue 01/2000) Rayman 2: The Great Escape was named as "Best Platformer in 1999".

* The PSX release of Rayman 2 originally came with a digital watch.

* In Japan, purple is the colour of death. Because of that, some characters with purple in them were changed. Rayman's body was made blue, Sssssam the snake turned into a kind of green, and Jano's hat was turned red. But the most bizarre change was made to Ly, who's body was changed from orange/purple to white/pink.

* The names of a few characters changed during design of the game.

The original name of Globox was Globber.
The original name of Razorbeard was Razorface.
The original name of the Teensies was Smalbeings.
The original name of Polokus was Polochus.
And the robo-pirates were originally named the Mysterious Guild.

==See also==
* [[Miscellanea]]
* ''[[Rayman 2 Forever]]''
* ''[[Rayman Revolution]]''

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