Livingstone
| Livingstone | ||
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| Alignment | Bad | |
| Appears in | Rayman, Rayman Raving Rabbids (GBA), Rayman Origins | |
| Location | The Dream Forest, Forest world | |
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| Attacks | Contact, hat-throw | |
Livingstones, also known as Explorators, are the most common enemies found in the Dream Forest, the first land visited in the original Rayman game. They also appear in the Forest world in the Game Boy Advance adaptation of Rayman Raving Rabbids. There, they are capable of throwing their hats as an attack. Livingstones will return in the upcoming Rayman Origins.
In the original game, another variety of Livingstones can be encountered. These small Livingstones are, as their name implies, shorter than standard Livingstones, but they are also more aggressive in their attempts to hurt Rayman, and are also more adept at dodging blows from his telescopic fist.
They are averagely-resistant enemies who freely wander on their platform, turning backwards when they face an obstacle. Rayman must simply avoid contact with them. If not eliminated in one hit, they go crazy and start running until they fall into water.
Besides Rayman's fists, there are two other ways to get rid of them. The first one consists in pulling a grimace, which will frighten them and make them run as if they got punched, and the second one in throwing a plum at their head. They will then appear to become drowsy or intoxicated and continue walking as usual, but it will be possible to jump onto the plums on their head and use them as walking platforms to reach higher places.
In Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, Rayman must occasionally throw a plum onto a post to create a platform in order to progress. These posts bear images of Livingstones on them, in reference to the role they played in the original Rayman game.
Several Livingstones also appear briefly in the trailer for the upcoming Rayman Origins, where Rayman is seen slapping them out of his way and blowing their clothes off with his helicopter. This indicates that they may be enemies in the final game, where they will presumably play roles similar to those they had in the original game.
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A typical Livingstone, as seen in the original Rayman game -
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The plum-posts in Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc bear images of Livingstones, in reference to their role in the original Rayman game
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A Livingstone, as seen in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman Raving Rabbids -
The Livingstones are given a new look in Rayman Origins
