Heart

A Heart, as seen in Rayman Origins

Hearts are items found in Rayman Origins, in which they are used to protect Rayman, Globox and the Teensies from damage inflicted by enemies and other dangerous obstacles; while the heroes normally take only one hit to be bubblized, the protection of the Heart grants them a second opportunity to survive, instead of having to return to the last checkpoint. Hearts are red floating creatures, which only show their smily face when a player adquires them; then they follow the player, until something or someone breaks it, producing a glassy noise. Only one heart per character can be held on to; in a single player game, if a heart is picked up by a character that already has one, they will receive a bonus of five Lums, which can't be affected by the Lum King's song. In a multiplayer mode, this heart will be passed on to another character if they do not have one; however, by default, the Heart gives five Lums to the player who collected it if every player on-screen has a Heart already. Hearts can either be found in a Phial, which must be broken in order to obtain it, or in a bubble, should the player unearth one hidden in a spot that emits tiny bubbles (regularly, Nenuphars, Bubblebushes or Bulb-o-Lums). Hearts seem to be a replacemente to the scrapped life bar, which highly resembled the life bar from the original Rayman game.