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Tonic Trouble

2008-12-19T11:52:43Z

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{{Game
| name = Tonic Trouble
| image = [[Image:Tonic.jpg‎|200px|center]]
| published by = Ubisoft
| developed by = Ubisoft Montréal
| release date = 31 August, 1999
| genre = Platformer
| gameplay mode = Single player
| platforms = PC, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color
}}

'''''Tonic Trouble''''' is a game that was developed by Ubisoft Montréal, initially to test the 3D engines used by ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]''. It is notable for featuring limbless characters akin to the earlier ''[[Rayman]]'' games although it is actually set on Earth; in fact, one of these characters appears as a cameo at a very late point in ''Rayman 2''. It was released for the Nintendo 64, PC and Game Boy Color in 1999.

==Plot==
The game follows the story of Ed, a small and clumsy member of a purple limbless alien species, who works as a janitor during a crusade through space. During one shift, he comes across a strange can and drinks its contents. He doesn't like the taste, and spits the fluid out, causing any object it came to contact with to come to life, forcing him to throw it down a chute which sends it falling to Earth. The fluid's effects on the Earth's environment cause chaos, and the can falls into the hands of a Viking called Grogh, who becomes more powerful upon drinking from it.

Ed faces a trial in court, and as punishment for his carelessness, he is sent to Earth to clean up the mess. During his journey there, his own spaceship malfunctions and ends up crashing into a snowy mountainous area on Earth, which is now roaming with mutant killer vegetables and balloon sheep. Eventually he meets a doctor and his daughter, Suzy, who offer to help him by giving him weapons and powers in exchange for small things such as springs and propellers used by the Doc to build a machine.

==Gameplay==
The game sticks very closely to the formula found in the first ''Rayman''. Much like in ''Rayman'', Ed starts off defenseless and acquires new weapons and powerups throughout the game. Also, each stage includes 6 objects that Ed must collect in order to properly complete it. The main difference between the two games is that ''Tonic Trouble'' is in 3d, and some stages in the game focus more on puzzle solving than platforming. In addition to the 6 objects in each stage, Ed must also collect 120 antidotes hidden throughout the levels and Southern Plains hub map in order to access the Mad Mushrooms Lair late in the game (akin to needing all of the [[Electoons]] to enter [[Candy Château]] in ''Rayman'').

==Characters==

==Levels== (Via Couth Plain)
* Ski Slope
* Doc's Cave
* Vegetable HQ
* North Plain
* The Canyon
* The Glacier Cocktail
* The Pyramid
* Pressure Cooker
* Magic Mushroom's Hideout
* Grogh's Castle

==Music==
The music in ''Tonic Trouble'' was composed by [[Eric Chevalier]] who also did the soundtrack to ''Rayman 2''. The soundtrack is very eclectic and experimental in nature. In one portion of the game bagpipes, a rhythm guitar, a beat boxer and a synthesizer can be heard at the same time. The music was intended to be interactive and would change depending on the mood Ed was feeling in each room, but in the final version of the PC game each track is a long suite of sorts.

Ed also has his own short jingle "theme" that can be heard in some of the tracks that sounds almost like the inverse of Rayman's theme from Rayman 2.

==Beta Version==
Early in 1999 a beta version of Tonic Trouble title "Tonic Trouble Special Edition" was released with some computers. The game is barely the same to its final counterparts on the PC and Nintendo 64 featuring different level designs and in some cases music. Ed controls much differently and feels heavier due to a less precise jump and tank-like controls. Unlike in the final PC version, there are no subtitles and some characters have different voice actors. The beta version also has different names for some of the stages, and features a world map that can be brought up to check the player's progress on the collectibles in each stage.

Tonic Trouble

2008-12-14T15:47:20Z

FAB: New page: Tonic Trouble is a game based on the Rayman series (even though it wasn't a story about Rayman's World in general) that was created a month after the original version of Rayman 2. It's abo...

Tonic Trouble is a game based on the Rayman series (even though it wasn't a story about Rayman's World in general) that was created a month after the original version of Rayman 2. It's about a Friendly but Clumsy alien janitor named "Ed" who acciedently dropped a Myserious can of Tonic on Earth. Causing it to infect humans, animals and plants. The toamtoes are rolling away, the carrots are bouncing at high speed like jack-hammers, icebergs even started appearing and disapearing. The whole World has gone topsy-turvey. Back at Ed's home, he is sent back to repair the damage he did. But the can of tonic has fallen into the hands of a ruthless viking giving him great powers. His name was "Grogh the Hellish" and he declarded himself as the master of earth!

Help Ed explore earth, encounter strange and dangerous beings which was in fact (like already mentioned), his whole fault in the first place.

Ninjaws

2008-12-09T19:10:45Z

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"''Killing is a pleasure! Command me, and your will shall be done!''" - Ninjaws, ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]''

'''Ninjaws''' is a '''Ninja Pirate''' who appeared in [[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]] and [[Rayman DS]]. The '''Ninja Henchmen''' is a type of [[Henchman 800]] that appeared in Rayman 2 and all of its remakes.
{{Character
| name = Ninjaws
| image = [[Image:NoImage.gif]]
| alignment = Bad
| appears in = ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]''
| sex = Male
| species = [[Robo-Pirate Army|Robo-Pirate]]
| status = Boss
}}

==Ninjaws==
Ninjaws is the elite of the Ninja Henchmen and he's the same as the Ninja Henchmen. Ninjaws reported to [[Admiral Razorbeard]] in Razorbeard's cabin that he captured more than 5000 slaves in the PlayStation version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape and Razorbeard ordered Ninjaws and his Ninja Pirates to kill [[Rayman]], but they were defeated by Rayman. Rayman battled Ninjaws for the [[Four Masks of Polokus|Second Mask]].

==Ninja Henchmen/Black Robo-Pirates==
Ninja Pirates appeared as a mini-boss two times in Rayman 2, one in [[the Precipice]] and another in [[the Prison Ship]]. In [[Rayman Revolution|Rayman 2: Revolution]] they're '''Generator Guardians''' of the two generators of [[the Pirate Factory]] and have unlimited heath. In the PlayStation version, they appeared three times as mini-bosses in the Precipice, [[the Tomb of the Ancients]], and [[The Iron Mountains|Gloomy Island]].

==Description==
They fire bullets that is the same as the Green [[Robo-Pirate Army|Robo-Pirate]], but has more accuracy and faster. They wear a red bandanna, has a black torso, has a clinder for a head, has a white eye, and an eye patch. Ninja Henchmen has a heavy hook for a weakness that is revealed in Rayman 2 of the PlayStation version. In Rayman 2 in other versions, Ninja Henchmen use a flamethrower or the Purple Robo-Pirate bullets. They are more dangerous and clever than all the other Robo-Pirates and strike like phantoms, making each one a master of stealth who can't be seen whithin the naked eye until they are right on top of you.

==Role in Games==
==='''''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'''''/'''''[[Rayman DS]]'''''===
Ninjaws and the Ninja Pirates first appeared in Rayman 2, they're hard to defeat and they serve as mini-bosses, but Ninjaws is a boss and has alot more life than his Ninja Henchmen.

==='''''[[Rayman Revolution|Rayman 2: Revolution]]'''''===
Ninjaws never appeared in Revolution, but two of his Ninja Henchmen did. They're renamed Generator Guardians and they guard the generators in the [[the Generator Room|Generator Rooms]] of the Precipice and [[the Echoing Caves]].

==Trivia==
* Ninjaws is the boss of [[the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]] in the PlayStation version of Rayman 2.
* Ninjaws's name is a reference of the movie Jaws.
* Ninjaws appeared on the Rayman Fanpage of the main page [[Rayman M]]/[[Rayman Arena|Arena]], but he has a green eye.
[[Category:Bosses|Ninjaws]]
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Jano

2008-12-09T19:05:23Z

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{{Character
| name = Jano
| image = [[Image:GardienADMR.png|center]]
| alignment = Neutral
| appears in = ''Rayman 2'', ''Rayman Revolution'', ''Rayman 3 (GBA)''
| sex = Male
| species = Unknown
| status = Guardian
}}

'''Jano''' (commonly known as the '''Guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams''') is a character from ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape]]'' and the GameBoy Advance version of ''[[Rayman 3 (GBA)|Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc]]''. He is the Guardian of [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]], and it is his job to make sure that the nightmares of [[Polokus]] are kept locked away in there. Jano also keeps an eye on Polokus' treasure.

==Appearance==
Jano is a larger version of the one eyed, fire breathing monsters that dwell in [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]] and [[the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]], only that he carries a stick with a skull on top, and that he wears a magician's hat identical to Polokus' hat.

==Character==
Jano is a fierce but wise creature, with an ability to read one's mind and made skulls appear. As a guardian, he will ward off anyone that doesn't know the name of the Cave of Bad Dreams. Although he's an ally of Rayman in general, he challenges [[Rayman]] to find the treasure that is hidden deep in the cave in ''Rayman 2'', and offers it to him upon his defeat. He can tell whether or not one is greedy, so he rewards Rayman with the Elixir of Life for refusing to take the treasure. Jano appeared again in the GameBoy Advance version of [[Rayman 3]], where he was the boss of the Haunted Dreams area.

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[[Category:Enemies]]
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[[Category:Bosses]]
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{{French
| name = Jano
}}