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'''The Echoing Caves''' ('''Echoing Caves''' in the PlayStation version) is a level in ''[[Rayman 2]]''. In most versions, this level allows the player to revisit a part of [[the Fairy Glade]] which was unreachable before (and where a [[Glob Crystal]] can be found in the Dreamcast version), via a secret passage, and introduces [[keg]]s which can be used as rocket to get across pools of acid.

| name = The Echoing Caves

| preceded by = [[The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]]

| followed by = [[The Precipice]]

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[[File:R2TGE-PC-EchoingCaves-HallOfDoors.jpg|left|thumb|320px|The [[Spiral Door]] in [[the Hall of Doors]] which takes [[Rayman]] to the Echoing Caves.]]

===Phase 1===

Before the level starts, a cutscene set in a rainy part of the forest starts, in which a [[red Henchman 800]] surveys the area, and walks into an automatic door which is then locked. [[Rayman]] then arrives in the area, jumping off a high ledge, and engages into battle with [[Red Henchman 800|said Henchman]]. When it is defeated, [[Rayman]] then has to find four [[switch]]es to unlock the door and go through. Any [[switch]] can be turned on in no particular order.

Arriving through a large door, [[Rayman]] must once again light a [[keg]] and fly through a tunnel above an acid river. At the end, he comes across a small wooden building where a [[Robo-Pirate]] awaits him. Once the [[Robo-Pirate|pirate]] is beaten and the prisoner freed, [[Rayman]] must head back outside the building and hit a timer [[switch]], to open a large door leading to the next tunnel. He then has a time limit to reach a [[keg]], light it, and enter the tunnel before the aforementioned door closes. if he fails, he can try again. At the end of this tunnel lies the [[cage]] containing the [[Teensie]] which will take [[Rayman]] to [[the Hall of Doors]]. A [[warship]] looms ominously outside the cave, watching, possibly in reference to the [[warship]]'s appearance in the following level.

| name = The Echoing Caves

| preceded by = [[The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]]

| followed by = [[The Precipice]]

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The level is mostly identical to the original with some graphical enhancements in the phase 1, where now many [[Popolopoï]]s, [[mosquito]]es, and strange [[fish]] can be seen in the environment. Additionally, the [[Henchman 800]] [[Rayman]] must combat in the beginning of phase 1 is of the drilling type, making the battle harder.

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| name = Echoing Caves

| preceded by = [[The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]]

| followed by = [[The Precipice]]

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One notable change is that the return to [[the Fairy Glade]] has been removed, as the [[cage]] it originally allowed the player to free has been omitted. [[Barrel Pirate|Barrel pirates]] are also fought throughout the first phase.

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| name = The Echoing Caves

| preceded by = [[The Pirate Mines]]

| followed by = [[The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava#PlayStation 2 version|The Lava Sanctuary]]

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Many changes have been applied to this level as far as level design is concerned. Phase 2 and 3 are gone completely, and phase 1 now occurs as phase 2. It has also been significantly altered, and its difficulty increased. The stronghold in which the first [[switch]] is located is larger and guarded by a [[yellow Henchman 800]]. The hole leading to the second [[switch]] is now located inside a building, and guarded by two [[Yellow Henchman 800|yellow Henchmen 800]]. Three more [[Henchman 800|Henchmen]], a [[Purple Henchman 800|purple]] and two [[Green Henchman 800|green]], appear near the [[plum]] after the second [[switch]] has been lit, with two more - a [[Yellow Henchman 800|yellow]] and a [[Red Henchman 800|red]] guarding the ledge above the rope ladders and the [[Gorilla Pirate]]. The misty pond area has been completely removed, and the third [[switch]] is now located in a large multi-storey building with several [[Henchmen 800]] to battle. From this area, an elevator leads [[Rayman]] to the chasm with floating platforms and the fourth [[switch]], which is guarded by a [[Red Henchman 800]].

The passage that connects to [[the Fairy Glade]] here has been removed: Instead, the same area can be accessed by doing a [[Rain Dance]] on a plant in the second phase of [[The Fairy Glade|the Glade]].

| name = Echoing Caves

| preceded by = [[The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire#Game Boy Color version|Sanctuary of Stone & Fire]]

| followed by = [[The Precipice#Game Boy Color version|The Precipice]]

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In ''[[Rayman 2 Forever]]'', the Echoing Caves directly follow [[the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]], and this is where [[Four Masks of Polokus|the third mask of Polokus]] is located. It resembles the original level much more than the rest of the game. The music is an edited version of [[the Walk of Life]] and [[the Walk of Power]].

Gbc2 50.PNG|A watermill can also be found in the Game Boy Color version.

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==Trivia==

*In ''[[Rayman Activity Centre]]'', there is an activity titled [[The Echoing Caves (Rayman Activity Centre)|the Echoing Caves]]. It does however, seem to have little connection to the ''[[Rayman 2]]'' level and the fact that they share names appears to be a coincidence.  

*At the very end of the level, a [[warship]] is seen, possibly in reference to [[the Precipice]] level that follows, where the [[warship]] features heavily. Curiously, in ''[[Rayman Revolution]]'' this area is part of [[the Precipice]]. The [[warship]] does not appear here, most likely due to this.

==External links==

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XkOGZF467g The Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (PC version) (Part 1/2)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OiCljLGeiM The Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (PC version) (Part 2/2)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxoIOsZpWY The Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 1/2)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hIia8mZzY The Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sega Dreamcast version) (Part 2/2)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLBBe6EcXfw The Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation version)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv657ZtMKHA Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 1/3)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPuS5964MM4 Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 2/3)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd7-TsqT2vM Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Sony PlayStation 2 version) (Part 3/3)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1bddynMSp0 Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 1/2)]

*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1z1woaYc4Y Echoing Caves playthrough at YouTube (Game Boy Color version) (Part 2/2)]

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