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Spiraldoor (talk | contribs) let's not drag |
Spiraldoor (talk | contribs) Let's not drag the Bad/Dark Rayman debate into the Mr Dark page. Like the Polokus/Bubble Dreamer and Antitoon/Darktoon name issues, that should be kept to the appropriate article. |
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[[Image:Mr Dark in Rayman Origins.png|frame|right|Posters depicting the real Mr Dark hang on the wall of [[the Magician]]'s headquarters in the [[Moody Clouds]].]] | [[Image:Mr Dark in Rayman Origins.png|frame|right|Posters depicting the real Mr Dark hang on the wall of [[the Magician]]'s headquarters in the [[Moody Clouds]].]] | ||
However, there are sources which clarify this character's identity. An early script found within the files of the game's demo contains scrapped dialogue which indicates that the Magician was not intended to be Mr Dark himself, but a fan and admirer of him, loosely pretending to be as mysterious and evil as him; one of his lines is ‘I always wanted to be like Mr. Dark: mysterious, dark!...um, dark and mysterious..’. The script also reveals that the Magician's real name is Ales Mansay, and that he became embittered and corrupted when he was bullied at magic school for his poor magical abilities. He eventually disguised himself as his hero, Mr Dark, and hid a microphone in [[the Snoring Tree]] to start a war between [[Rayman]] and the [[Livid Dead]] while he himself set to work building an army of mechas (powered by the Lums given to him by the clueless heroes) that he could use to take over [[the Glade of Dreams]] and free it from the rule of [[Polokus]], whom he considered to be an ineffectual and useless leader, unable to protect his own people from his nightmares. It is unknown why this material was removed from the game. It may be that these ideas were scrapped like several other concepts from the script, and that the Magician is actually Mr Dark's alter ego. However, in the final version of the game, there are still several posters in the Magician's headquarters, some with pictures of Mr Dark's silhouette, and one with '♥ Mister D' written on it, hinting that the original storyline may still hold true. The Mr Dark seen on these posters looks quite different from the Magician; his hat is shaped more like an inverted triangle, and his arms are long and thin, but these differences may simply be a holdover from an earlier version of the game where the original storyline was still in play. | However, there are sources which clarify this character's identity. An early script found within the files of the game's demo contains scrapped dialogue which indicates that the Magician was not intended to be Mr Dark himself, but a fan and admirer of him, loosely pretending to be as mysterious and evil as him; one of his lines is ‘I always wanted to be like Mr. Dark: mysterious, dark!...um, dark and mysterious..’. The script also reveals that the Magician's real name is Ales Mansay, and that he became embittered and corrupted when he was bullied at magic school for his poor magical abilities. He eventually disguised himself as his hero, Mr Dark, and hid a microphone in [[the Snoring Tree]] to start a war between [[Rayman]] and the [[Livid Dead]] while he himself set to work building an army of mechas (powered by the Lums given to him by the clueless heroes) that he could use to take over [[the Glade of Dreams]] and free it from the rule of [[Polokus]], whom he considered to be an ineffectual and useless leader, unable to protect his own people from his nightmares. It is unknown why this material was removed from the game. It may be that these ideas were scrapped like several other concepts from the script, and that the Magician is actually Mr Dark's alter ego. However, in the final version of the game, there are still several posters in the Magician's headquarters, some with pictures of Mr Dark's silhouette, and one with '♥ Mister D' written on it, hinting that the original storyline may still hold true. The Mr Dark seen on these posters looks quite different from the Magician; his hat is shaped more like an inverted triangle, and his arms are long and thin, but these differences may simply be a holdover from an earlier version of the game where the original storyline was still in play. | ||
Apart from the posters in [[the Magician]]'s headquarters, the game's only explicit reference to Mr Dark occurs when the player unlocks the ability to play as [[Rayman]]'s evil doppelgänger, [[Bad Rayman]]. If this character pulls on the [[Polokus|Bubble Dreamer]]'s beard, he responds by making fun of Bad Rayman's ugliness, and blaming it on Mr Dark, who created him towards the end of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']]. | Apart from the posters in [[the Magician]]'s headquarters, the game's only explicit reference to Mr Dark occurs when the player unlocks the ability to play as [[Rayman]]'s evil doppelgänger, [[Bad Rayman]]. If this character pulls on the [[Polokus|Bubble Dreamer]]'s beard, he responds by making fun of Bad Rayman's ugliness, and blaming it on Mr Dark, who created him towards the end of [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']]. | ||