Heart
Hearts are items found in the Game Boy Color version of Rayman, Rayman Origins, Rayman Jungle Run, Rayman Legends, Rayman Fiesta Run, and Rayman: The Board Game. They heal Rayman and represent his life points in the Game Boy Color game, while in the others, they are used to protect the players from damage inflicted by enemies and other dangerous obstacles.
While the heroes normally take only one hit to be bubblized, the protection of the heart grants them a second opportunity to survive, instead of having to return to the last checkpoint. The only cases this does not apply is are the hero falls down a pit or if they are crushed or squished by an object.
Hearts also appear as Rayman's health in the mobile phone version of Rayman Raving Rabbids.
In the Game Boy Color version of Rayman
Hearts are healing power-ups in the Game Boy Color version of Rayman that quickly spin up in the air when collected. Similarly to Big Powers from the the original Rayman game, they restore all of Rayman's health. However, they cannot extend it as Rayman always has the maximum possible amount of life points in this game.
They are found pretty commonly in most levels and many of them are placed next to checkpoints.
In the Game Boy Color version of Rayman 2, they are replaced by Red Lums which have the exact same effect.
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A heart in the Game Boy Color version of Rayman
In Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends and their spin-offs
In Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends and their spin-offs, hearts are red floating creatures, which only show their smiley face when a player acquires them; then they follow the player, until something or someone breaks it, producing a glassy noise. Only one heart per character can be held on to. In a single player game, if a heart is picked up by a character that already has one, they will receive a bonus of five Lums, which can't be affected by the Lum King's song. In a multiplayer mode, this heart will be passed on to another character if they do not have one; however, by default, the heart gives five Lums to the player who collected it if every player on-screen has a heart already. Hearts can either be found in a phial, which must be broken in order to obtain it, or in some cases in Rayman Origins, in a bubble, should the player unearth one hidden in a spot that emits tiny bubbles (regularly, water lilies, bubble bushes or bulb-o-Lums). Hearts seem to be a replacement to the scrapped life bar, which highly resembled the life bar from the original Rayman game.
During early development, a series of NFC Toys were designed for Rayman Legends. On the first leaked trailer, a toy of a heart was spotted. This collectable toy was supposed to interacts with the Wii U version of the game by placing it on the controller's screen, generating a rain of hearts on the level. The purpose of this remains unknown, though it seems to distract the enemies and facilitate the adventure; it is also presumed that it was supposed to bring temporal invincibility. Although the toys were cancelled, the hearts still make an appearance in the game, assuming the exact same role from the previous game.
Hearts make another appearance in Rayman: The Board Game, assuming the exact same role from Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends. However, rather than freeing one from a phial or a bubble, in this game hearts can be obtained by playing certain Action cards or Bonus cards.
Golden heart
Golden hearts are power-ups in Rayman Fiesta Run which act like normal red hearts. The only difference is that they protect the hero from two hits, rather than one.
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A golden heart, as it appears in Rayman Fiesta Run. -
Another look of the Golden Heart.
Rayman Origins Enhanced Edition
Two leaked images for the upcoming Rayman Origins Enhanced Edition feature heart variants new to the game. One features the golden heart previously seen in Rayman Fiesta Run, while the other features a heart made out of ice. Both of their functions are unknown at the moment, although the golden heart likely acts the same as it does in Rayman Fiesta Run, granting the hero protection from two hits before it shatters.
Rayman Adventures
Although they do not appear in Rayman Adventures, hearts without eyes can be found in the earliest and latest build's files.
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The unused heart sprite from Rayman Adventures.
Rayman's Incrediballs Dodge
In Rayman's Incrediballs Dodge, red hearts appear on the board and give the player one life. The player can have a maximum of three hearts.
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The board with two hearts.
Gallery
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In the Wii U version of Rayman Legends, hearts can be found at random on the gamepad.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Heart |
| Dutch | Hartje |
| French | Cœur |
| German | Herz |
| Italian | Cuore |
| Japanese | ハート |
| Spanish | Corazón |