Jano: Difference between revisions
Spiraldoor (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Spiraldoor (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
==Appearance== | ==Appearance== | ||
Jano is a larger version of [[mini Jano|the one-eyed, fire-breathing monsters]] that dwell in [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]] and [[the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]], who additionally carries a staff with a skull on its top, and wears a magician's hat identical to that worn by [[Polokus]]. The skull atop his staff contains [[the Elixir of Life]], which Rayman must gain to save his friend [[Clark]], who became ill after munching on a rusty [[Robo-Pirate]] in [[the Menhir Hills]]. | Jano is a larger version of [[mini Jano|the one-eyed, fire-breathing monsters]] that dwell in [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]] and [[the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire]], who additionally carries a staff with a skull on its top, and wears a magician's hat identical to that worn by [[Polokus]]. The skull atop his staff contains [[the Elixir of Life]], which Rayman must gain to save his friend [[Clark]], who became ill after munching on a rusty [[Robo-Pirate]] in [[the Menhir Hills]]. | ||
[[Image:Japanese_Jano.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Jano as he is illustrated in the manual for the Japanese version of ''[[Rayman 2: The Great Escape|Rayman 2]]'']] | |||
==Character== | ==Character== | ||
| Line 24: | Line 37: | ||
Jano appears again in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']], where he is the boss of the [[Haunted Dreams]] world. | Jano appears again in [[Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman 3'']], where he is the boss of the [[Haunted Dreams]] world. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| Line 30: | Line 44: | ||
* Jano's name was not confirmed until the GBA version of Rayman 3. In Rayman 2 he is simply referred to as "The guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams". Interestingly, the minor character of [[Eig]] is named in Rayman 2, but it is never made clear immediately who the name belongs to. Therefore, many mistakenly assumed Jano to be Eig. (Eig is in fact a large but unimportant fish found in [[The Marshes of Awakening]] on most versions of the game. | * Jano's name was not confirmed until the GBA version of Rayman 3. In Rayman 2 he is simply referred to as "The guardian of the Cave of Bad Dreams". Interestingly, the minor character of [[Eig]] is named in Rayman 2, but it is never made clear immediately who the name belongs to. Therefore, many mistakenly assumed Jano to be Eig. (Eig is in fact a large but unimportant fish found in [[The Marshes of Awakening]] on most versions of the game. | ||
* Like almost every other boss, Jano is absent from the GBC version of Rayman 2, along with the entire subplot involving the elixer. The Cave of Bad Dreams here appears to be simply another world Rayman must pass through. | * Like almost every other boss, Jano is absent from the GBC version of Rayman 2, along with the entire subplot involving the elixer. The Cave of Bad Dreams here appears to be simply another world Rayman must pass through. | ||
* Jano's role is smaller in the | * Jano's role is smaller in the PlayStation version of ''Rayman 2''. In this version, [[the Cave of Bad Dreams]] is accessed directly through a [[Spiral Door]] in [[the Hall of Doors]], and the meeting in [[the Marshes of Awakening]] does not occur. Jano does not actually appear in the game until the beginning of Rayman's battle against him. | ||
{{R2characters}} | {{R2characters}} | ||