Fiesta de los Muertos

The logo for Fiesta de los Muertos.

Fiesta is the Spanish for Party... Welcome to a Hell of a Party! Close your eyes and listen to the marriachis [sic], you can almost smell the spices all around you. But don't forget to open them again rapidly because traps are around every corners [sic], Luchadors will hunt you down, and even if it looks yummy the salsa is burning hot!

—Xbox e-manual, Rayman Legends

The Fiesta de los Muertos (Spanish for Feast of the Dead), also known as the Mystic Mesa in Rayman Legends Retold, is the third world in Rayman Legends and its remake. The real-world influence for this world comes from traditional Spanish themes pertaining to the holiday El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) and fiestas (parties), as well as Lucha Libre wrestling, as seen in the encounters with the Luchadores. Otherwise, the world features a food/dessert theme, similar to the Infernal Kitchens in Rayman Origins.

Interestingly, in the Spanish version of the game, Living Dead Party is known as "Fiesta de los No-Tan-Muertos", which means "Feast of the not-so-Dead", thus making a direct reference to this world.

Description

Fiesta de los Muertos is a more vivid-looking food world compared to the Infernal Kitchens in Rayman Origins. Most areas are filled with large and small cakes that act as barricades. Including the cakes, there are different pieces of food scattered that act as platforms, ranging from tomatoes, to guacamole, to cheese and to sausages. Cooking utensils and other elements appear; some are be harmful to the heroes. The princess levels of this world are not based on the world's design, they are based on the Land of the Livid Dead.

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  Cakes that block the players are common in the world.
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  Different foods like tomatoes and sausages appear.
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  Fire and guacamole are also common.

In Rayman Legends

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In Rayman Legends, after getting rid of the second Dark Teensy in Toad Story, Rayman and his team of heroes advance to Fiesta de los Muertos. Upon entry in What the Duck?, the third Dark Teensy appears and casts a spell on the heroes, turning them into ducks. Murfy gets called on to get them through the cakes and other barricades to return to their original form.

Back to original size, the team must use the elements of the world like platform-like pieces of food to get through the dangers like blades and knives. Funnels will help them reach tiny openings in certain foods. Enemies like Mariachis can be seen in bunches and stacked on one another. Spiky snakes mostly appear near the cakes, eating them as they move around in different directions.

After another encounter with the Dark Teensy and getting by the herd of spiky snakes, the heroes must escape from a large, green Luchador in Lucha Libre Get Away. He can only be defeated by reaching the end of the level to where he drowns in lava. Then the team must battle another Luchador as the boss of the world, named El Luchador. Shortly, the third Dark Teensy can be punched to send him off to where the first two are.

Mariachi Madness, the final level of the world and third music level overall, takes place in a desert-like area full of spiky snakes, Mariachis and flute snakes. The song is a parody of the original song "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.

Levels

• What the Duck?
• Spoiled Rotten
• Run for your Life (Princess level for Estelia)
• I've Got a Filling
• Snakes on a Cake
• Sprint for your Life (Princess level for Selena)
• Lucha Libre Get Away
• Wrestling with a Giant!
• Mariachi Madness

Soundtracks

• "The Gallery ~Fiesta de los Muertos~"
• "Día de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead)
• "Fiesta de las Ánimas" (Feast of the Souls)
• "Fiesta de las Ánimas ~Rescue Mission~"
• "Waste Management"
• "The Sausage Grinder"
• "Luchador"
• "Mariachi Madness ~Eye of the Tiger~"
• "Fiesta de los Muertos ~Invaded~"

In Rayman Fiesta Run

A lot of levels in Rayman Fiesta Run take place in the Fiesta de los Muertos.

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  Beware of the blue mushrooms..., the third level in Rayman Fiesta Run.
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  Chocolate-covered landscape in the level Mini Rayman Calorie free.
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  The start of the level Don't forget your umbrellas.

In Rayman Adventures

Rayman Adventures features an two unused tracks from Fiesta de los Muertos (a modified version of the invaded one and the gallery theme) and an unused level for it. A part of the main painting for this world in Rayman Legends is seen in the Haunted Castle/Phantom Manor theme of Medieval Mayhem. Although the unused level is similar to Quick Sand and does not use much Fiesta de los Muertos assets, it does use an unused track from this world, which confirms that it was in fact made for it.

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  A Fiesta de los Muertos painting from Rayman Legends (below the forest dragon painting)
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  Another Fiesta de los Muertos painting from Rayman Legends
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  Detailed view of the Fiesta de los Muertos painting from Rayman Adventures
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  A view of the unused "babelchallenge" level.

In Rayman: The Board Game

Fiesta de los Muertos will be included as the Hero mode board in Rayman: The Board Game. Mariachis appear as enemies on this board. The world's painting also appears on the Sneaker Player card.

Rayman Legends Retold

Fiesta de los Muertos returns in Rayman Legends Retold, a remake of Rayman Legends, now known as the Mystic Mesa. The world presumably contains every level featured in the original game, along with at least two new levels: the world's dragon-riding level, and a new music level featuring a cover of "Macarena" by Los del Río.

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  Rayman, Globox, and the Grand Minimus fleeing from a Luchador in the remade version of Lucha Libre Get Away.
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  Rayman and Barbara flying past Mariachis on forest dragons.
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  Rayman and the Grand Minimus running through a new pizza-themed area.

Trivia

• This is the only world in Rayman Legends to not make an appearance in Rayman Adventures.