Anguish Lagoon

Anguish Lagoon is the second level of the Dream Forest, the first world of Rayman. It consists of four parts the first time, and only two after that, because he encounters Bzzit in the second one, and Betilla gives him to power to hang onto ledges in the fourth one.

A plum on a rocker

Part 1

This small level contains five cages, but only four will be possible to get the first time as Rayman will need to acquire the Grappling Fist later on to reach one of them.

Bzzit is the first boss in the game

Part 2

Rayman must fall from the top of the level, where he will have to fight Bzzit. Once defeated, Bzzit starts crying, so Rayman comforts him and they quickly befriend each other. In all versions except the Atari Jaguar version, this phase will not be visited again once Bzzit is defeated, and the player will be taken straight to phase 3 when backtracking.

Once beaten, Bzzit helps Rayman to pass through Anguish Lagoon

Part 3

Rayman is now riding Bzzit, who flies through this part of the Lagoon. While airborne, Rayman can use his fist to defend himself in most versions of the game, but in the Atari Jaguar version, Bzzit makes use of his proboscis to shoot balls of energy as a line of defence.

Rayman is given his second power by Betilla the Fairy

Part 4

Betilla gives Rayman the power to hang onto the edges of platforms.

Trivia

In the Atari Jaguar version, at the part in which Rayman is riding on Bzzit, there is a string of Tings that form the numbers 1, 3, 6 and 4. This is actually a cheat code, which when entered with the Jaguar's numeric pad at the introduction upon seeing the "walking hands", will unlock the Breakout minigame.