Prickly ball

Spiky balls, also known as prickly balls, are dangerous stage hazards which feature in the Rayman series.

In Rayman and its spinoffs

Rayman

Spiky balls, also known as prickly balls, are dangerous blue objects from Rayman. They exist in various sizes. The most common kind, of small size, possesses eyes and randomly looks around itself: they are found in all worlds but the Dream Forest and Picture City. The other kind, of much larger size, has no eyes and is sometimes attached to a rocker, which is made of three small ones with blank eyes. If it is not already spinning, Rayman can knock it but he must be careful not to get hurt. They are only found in the Blue Mountains and the Caves of Skops.

Rayman on a sprinkler, surrounded by spiky balls

Rayman can punch those giant spiky balls to make them spin

A large spiky ball

Rayman Designer

Green spiky balls

In Rayman Designer, a green version of the small spiky balls appears in the Jungle world. Except for the color, there are no differences with the blue ones. The blue ones however still appear in the other worlds, except for the Image world, with several variants.

• Steady prickly ball (known simply as Prickly ball in the Jungle world where it also appears green and as Stationary prickly ball in the Cake world.) - Appears in place.
• Horizontal prickly ball - Moves horizontally.
• Vertical prickly ball - Moves vertically.
• Prickly ball in rotation - Moves in rotation.
• Zigzag prickly ball - Moves in zigzag.
• Prickly ball - A big Spiky ball.
• Constant prickly swing - A big Spiky ball which constantly swings.
• Activatable prickly swing - A big Spiky ball which swings when punched.

Rayman Junior

Red spiky balls must be avoided at all costs

In the Rayman Junior games, there are red spiky balls of both sizes, and if Rayman touches them, he will instantly lose a life.

The Game Boy Color adaptation

Yellow and red spiky balls in the Game Boy Color version of Rayman

In this game, blue, brown and yellow spiky balls appear in Airy Tunes, Rocky Peaks, Fiery Depths and Dark Legacy. They share the same function as the spiky balls which appeared in the original Rayman game.

In Rayman 2 Forever

The large orange spiky balls behave the same way as those in the original game

Orange spiky balls appear in Rayman 2 Forever, the Game Boy Color adaptation of Rayman 2. They share the same function as the spiky balls which appeared in the original Rayman game.