Spiky snake

Spiky snake
Alignment	Bad
Appears in	Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends, Rayman Fiesta Run, Rayman Mini
Location	Grumbling Grottos, Fiesta de los Muertos, Olympus Maximus, Candy World, the Rabbit Hole, Bonus
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Resistance	for most One mosquito shot per body segment (for the red ones in Grumbling Grottos)
Attacks	Contact
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Spiky snakes are enemies which appear in Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends, Rayman Fiesta Run and Rayman Mini.

Description

There are five types of spiky snakes. While their appearance is different, they share common characteristics such as an elongated body covered in spikes. They resemble insects more than snakes.

Appearances

Rayman Origins

In Rayman Origins, two types of spiky snakes are found in Snake Eyes and Don't Shoot the DJ, two levels of the Grumbling Grottos. The purple ones are invincible, while the red ones are vulnerable and have wings. Defeating them takes as many mosquito shots as their number of body segments.

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  A purple spiky snake in Don't Shoot the DJ
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  A red spiky snake in Don't Shoot the DJ
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  Spiky snakes in a secret room of Snake Eyes

Rayman Legends

In Rayman Legends, two other types of spiky snakes appear.

There are the spiky snakes from Fiesta de los Muertos, which are red and purple, with black eyes and double pincers in their mouth. They are found in Snakes on a Cake, Lucha Libre Get Away, Mariachi Madness and many invaded levels.

The other type is the spiky snakes from Olympus Maximus, which are red. There are only two of them and both are found in the Amazing Maze.

In the Back to Origins levels, the spiky snakes from Rayman Origins are also encountered. While their behavior remains unchanged, their appearance is slightly different: the wings of the red spiky snakes are more clear, and the purple ones have wings too.

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  Detailed view of a spiky snake from Fiesta de los Muertos
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  A spiky snake in the Amazing Maze
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  Detailed view of a spiky snake from Olympus Maximus
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  Spiky snakes in a secret room of Snake Eyes (Back to Origins)

Rayman Fiesta Run

In Rayman Fiesta Run, the red spiky snakes from Rayman Origins make a return in "Cater-plane!", a level of the Candy World.

Rayman Mini

In Rayman Mini, tiny spiky snakes appear in the Rabbit Hole and the level "Caterp-Hell-Art" of the Bonus world. From version 1.3.0 onwards, they are also found in "Concerto in Punch Major", the music level set in the Rabbit Hole.

They resemble those from Fiesta de los Muertos, but their bodies are covered in a green carapace with red dots. Their spikes are red, much more numerous and look like thorns. On their head, they have four black eyes without irises or pupils, different from those in Rayman Legends, and two huge red mandibles. This is the game where they look the most like insects.

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  Rayman jumping over a spiky snake in the Rabbit Hole
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  Two static spiky snakes in the Rabbit Hole

Early development

The game files of Rayman Legends contain the original paintings for the musical levels. On the one for Mariachi Madness, a spiky snake from Olympus Maximus can be seen, but purple in color. This type of enemy was eventually removed from the level and the rest of the game.

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  A spiky snake on the original painting for Mariachi Madness