Prickly ball

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's 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

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

Red spiky balls must be avoided at all costs

Green spiky balls

In Rayman Designer, a green version of the small spiky balls was introduced in the Dream Forest. Except for the colour and location, there are no differences with the blue ones.

A spiky ball in the Desert of the Didgeridoos in an early build of Rayman Origins

Yellow and red spiky balls in the GBC version of Rayman

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.

Spiky balls make a reappearance in Rayman Origins. They have a different appearance depending on the world they are situated in. In the Desert of Dijiridoos they are yellow and have a bird like appearance, complete with wings and a beak. In Gourmand Land they are blue fish, similar in appearance to the Spiky balls in the original game. They last appear in the Sea of Serendipity as pink fish.