History VideoGame / Rayman2

* TropicalIslandAdventure: This game's version of the Glade of Dreams is this type of setting, as seen in the official map that came with the N64 and PC versions and the level select of the Dreamcast and 3DS versions. One of the temples, The Sanctuary of Water and Ice, is also located on a smaller tropical island called the Lost Island, except in the [=PS1=] version, where it is part of Whale Bay.

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* ArtifactMook: The Cave of Bad Dreams has mini-versions of Jano hounding Rayman throughout the area before a showdown with Jano himself. This is all well and good in Jano's homeworld, but another Mini Jano appears in the Sanctuary of Stone and Fire, despite Jano himself being nowhere near said location.

* BigBoosHaunt: The Cave of Bad Dreams and Tomb of the Ancients.

* BigBoosHaunt: Cave of Bad Dreams.

** Mini Janos only appear in The Cave of Bad Dreams and in The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire, as a group in the former and a lone individual (or two in the [=PS1=] version) in the latter, and are even more unique in that they behave differently in the two levels. The ones in The Cave of Bad Dreams dig into the ground, pop up somewhere else, then move forward for a while before digging again, breathing fire at you or grabbing you and eating you when you get too close, while the one(s) in The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire either hides behind a pillar and keeps it between you and him until you turn your back at him, at which point he will zoom out towards and try to jump on you, or in the [=PS1=] version they patrol a set pattern around the room, breathing fire at you when you get too close or attack them.

* UpdatedRerelease: Apart from the PC and UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 versions, no two versions of this game are the same.

** Mini Janos only appear in The Cave of Bad Dreams and in The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire, as a group in the former and a lone individual (or two in the [=PS1=] version), and are even more unique in that they behave differently in the two levels. The ones in The Cave of Bad Dreams dig into the ground, pop up somewhere else, then move forward for a while before digging again, breathing fire at you or grabbing you and eating you when you get too close, while the one(s) in The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire either hides behind a pillar and keeps it between you and him until you turn your back at him, at which point he will zoom out towards and try to jump on you, or in the [=PS1=] version they patrol a set pattern around the room, breathing fire at you when you get too close or attack them.

** The PS1 version also has only two Spiders, one in The Canopy and the other in The Tomb of the Ancients, though they are more common in the other versions of the game.

** Mini Janos only appear in "The Cave of Bad Dreams" and in "The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire", as a group in the former and a lone individual (Or two in the [=PS1=] version), and are even more unique in that they behave differently in the two levels. The ones in "The Cave of Bad Dreams" dig into the ground, pop up somewhere else, then move forward for a while before digging again, breathing fire at you or grabbing you and eating you when you get too close, while the one(s) in The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire either hides behind a pillar and keeps it between you and him until you turn your back at him, at which point he will zoom out towards and try to jump on you, or in the [=PS1=] version they patrol a set pattern around the room, breathing fire at you when you get too close or attack them.
** The [=N64=], PC, Dreamcast, DS, 3DS and [=PS2=] versions have only two Ninja Henchmen, one at the end of "The Precipice", and another one either in the interior of "The Prison Ship" in the [=N64=], PC, Dreamcast, DS and 3DS versions or "The Echoing Caves" in the [=PS2=] version. They are more common in the [=PS1=] version, though, where one acts as the boss of "The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire", and [[DegradedBoss more appear a bit later as regular enemies]] in The Precipice, "The Tomb of The Ancients" and "The Gloomy Island".
** The [=PS1=] version has only two green-wearing Henchmen who throw powder kegs, one in the second part of "The Fairy Glade" and another in the third part of "The Canopy" which is dropped off by the warship. There are also only two orange-wearing Henchmen in that version that shoot large energy bolts, one at the beginning of "The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire" and another in "The Gloomy Island".
** The PS1 version also has only two Spiders, one in "The Canopy" and the other in "The Tomb of the Ancients" though they are more common in the other versions of the game.

''Rayman 2: The Great Escape'', originally released in 1999, is the first 3D title in the ''VideoGame/{{Rayman}}'' franchise, bringing with it a fully 3D world, a wide variety of skills that the player character could do, and a much more fleshed-out and consistent backstory, to the point of (until the ArcWelding sequel ''VideoGame/RaymanOrigins'' 12 years later) essentially being set in an AlternateContinuity from the [[VideoGame/Rayman1995 first game]] altogether and setting the stage for the rest of the series to build upon.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Most of Rayman's friends that appeared in this game didn't appear in later entries, aside from Globox, Murfy and the teensies. (though Ly did appear in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance versions of Rayman 3 and Rayman Raving Rabbids).
* CollisionDamage: One type of {{Mook}} will charge towards you (surprisingly fast given their appearance) in order to squash you flat. Even more annoying in this game is that small creatures like ordinary-sized spiders and innocent-looking crabs will ''hurt you'' if you touch them. Luckily, they aren't encountered very often.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: This game's version of the Glade of Dreams is this type of setting, as seen in the official map that came with the N64 and PC versions and the level select of the Dreamcast and 3DS versions. One of the temples, The Sanctuary of Water and Ice, is also located on a smaller tropical island called the Lost Island, except in the [=PS1=] version, where it is part of Whale Bay.

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* OneHundredPercentCompletion: After a Lum is eaten by Razorbeard, it says there's only 999 to find, there's actually one more, [[FridgeBrilliance in a location that makes perfect sense in hindsight]]: [[spoiler: The Tomb Of The Ancients, where dead creatures walk freely, as spirits or otherwise]].

* TropicalIslandAdventure: The Glade of Dreams is depicted as a tropical island in this game, as seen in the official map that came with the N64 and PC versions and the level select in the Dreamcast and 3DS versions. Rayman's adventure this time is to retrieve the Four Masks of Polokus hidden in temples around the island to awaken Polokus so he can defeat the invading Robo-Pirates. The Sanctuary of Water and Ice is also located on a smaller tropical island known as the Lost Island except in the [=PS1=] version, where it is part of Whale Bay.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: In the Dreamcast and 3DS versions, the Hall of Doors is replaced with the Isle of Doors, placing the game on a tropical island. The Sanctuary of Water and Ice is also located on a tropical island in every version except the [=PS1=] version, where it is instead merged with Whale Bay.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: In the Dreamcast version, the Hall of Doors is replaced with the Isle of Doors, placing the game on a tropical island. The Sanctuary of Water and Ice is also located on a tropical island in every version except the [=PS1=] version, where it is instead merged with Whale Bay.

* TropicalIslandAdventure: In the Dreamcast version, the Hall of Doors is replaced with the Isle of Doors, placing the game on a tropical island. The Sanctuary of Water and Ice is also located on a tropical island in every version except the PS1 version, where it is instead merged with Whale Bay.