Hi-Ho Moskito!
Hi-Ho Moskito! is the eighth and final level of the Jibberish Jungle, the first world in Rayman Origins. It acts as a transition between the Jibberish Jungle and the Desert of Dijiridoos, in a similar way to the first part of Bongo Hills in the PC version of the original Rayman game and its ports. This level contains the first boss of the game, the Boss Bird (also called the Guardian of the Music World), a gigantic yellow bird guarding the entrance to the Desert of Dijiridoos. This is the second level from this world that appears in the Back to Origins mode in Rayman Legends.
Original version
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After hearing the Magician speak about collecting Electoons, the team of heroes finds and climbs onto mosquitoes. They begin to fly high over the jungle and must deal with small flies and large flies. Further into the level, they enter a cave and must contend with hunters shooting live missiles and Lividstones with spiky protective hats. After constantly fighting enemies, they leave the cave and face more live missiles.
Immediately after, the transition between worlds concludes as the team on their mosquitoes flies into the new world, the Desert of Dijiridoos. Here, strange, thin objects can be seen coming through the clouds below. The heroes must face helicopter bombs, which the mosquitoes can inhale and use to attack enemies. Afterwards, they must fight the Boss Bird. To defeat it, the mosquitoes need to inhale helicopter bombs and shoot them back at the Boss Bird, one at a time. Once enough helicopter bombs explode on the Boss Bird, it deflates and flies away. The team can then dismount their mosquitoes as they reach the end of the room, go through a door, and break an Electoon cage to finish the level. The team then poses on a photoboard, while the Magician waits to see how many Lums were collected in the level.
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The beginning of the level. -
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The mosquito inhaling the small flies. -
The mosquito shooting projectiles at the small flies. -
The first big fly of the level. -
Two more big flies block the way. -
Lividstones with spiky protective hats. -
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The encounter with the Boss Bird. -
Helicopter bombs will prove useful in defeating the boss.
Back to Origins
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In the Back to Origins version, there are not many differences from the original version, save for the notable elements from Rayman Legends replacing some elements from the original game.
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Imprisoned Teensies can be freed by shooting at them. -
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The Lividstones with the spiky protective hats return. -
A hunter shooting horizontally moving live missiles. -
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The fight against the Boss Bird, this time in Back to Origins.
Trivia
- The level’s name may be a pun on American fictional character The Lone Ranger's phrase, "Hi-Yo, Silver!".
- It is possible to reach the maximum score of 999 Lums in this level. To do so, the heroes will have to keep inhaling helicopter bombs and shooting them at the wall, not at the Boss Bird. Each helicopter bomb earns two Lums, so it will take a considerable amount of time for the player to reach that number. This is the only level in the game where it is possible to reach the maximum score.
- In an early sketch, this level was shown to feature hunter birds as enemies; however, the concept was scrapped.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name |
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| English | Hi-Ho Moskito! |
| Arabic | أهلا موسكيتو! |
| Chinese (simplified) | 哎哟！好大的蚊子！ |
| Czech | Hi-ho moskyto! |
| Danish | De stygge myg! |
| Dutch | Vort, Moskito! |
| Finnish | Hei hyttyselle! |
| French | Hé ho, Moskito ! |
| German | Mumumumu Moskito! |
| Hungarian | Szeva szúnyog! |
| Italian | Ciao, Moskito! |
| Japanese | ハイホー！ モスキート！ (Rayman Origins)
「モスキートで撃て！」 (Rayman Legends) |
| Norwegian | Hi-ho Moskito! |
| Polish | Hej-ho Moskito! |
| Portuguese | Olha o mosquito! (Rayman Origins)
Ai, mosquito! (Rayman Legends) |
| Russian | Приветик, Москит! |
| Spanish | ¡Pica, moskito! |
| Swedish | När vingarna viskar mitt namn |