Mister Dark
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"You're doomed Rayman!" - Mister Dark.
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| Alignment | Bad | |
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| Appears in | Rayman 1, Rayman Junior | |
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| Sex | Male | |
| Species | Unknown | |
| Status | Villain | |
Mr. Dark is the main antagonist in Rayman. He is a mysterious being that steals the Great Protoon because of its immense power, causing the world to lose its natural stability. He also uses his powers to defeat Betilla the Fairy, who tries to defend the Great Protoon but is overpowered. At a later point of the game, Dark kidnaps Betilla and traps her in a crystal ball.
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[edit] As a villain
Despite his role in Rayman as the main antagonist, he does not choose to fight Rayman, but rather cast strange spells on him, such as creating Bad Rayman, making Rayman run uncontrollably, and reversing his movements. Following this, by the time Rayman reaches the top of his castle, he tries to destroy him by trapping him between deadly walls of fire, but then combines the bodies of the previous bosses into 3 different battles to fight. The first fight is against a hybrid of Mister Stone and Mister Skops, the second fight is against two hybrids of Moskito and Space Mama, and the third and final fight is against a hybrid of Moskito, Mister Sax and Space Mama. After Rayman defeats these bosses, Mr. Dark flees. Because of this, the return of Betilla and the Great Protoon are not seen, though a picture shown afterwards suggests that they had been rescued.
[edit] Fighting back
Mr. Dark's role as a villain is looked into a lot more in the Game Boy Color release of Rayman. In this game he has imprisoned the Toons and uses their power for himself, throwing the world into darkness and chaos. Unlike the original, he engages in a final boss battle with Rayman. In between each level he can also be seen watching Rayman though a crystal ball.
[edit] The Final Battle
It starts out with Mr. Dark shielding himself from your fists with three bubble-like balls. Then, he slowly rises up, and when he is off screen, he rains fire upon you from above. After ten to fifteen fire balls are dropped, he descends back down to the stage, while still having the shield around himself, and turns into a ball. While in Ball form, he randomly floats around the stage trying to ram you. Your objective is to hit him while he is in Ball form three times. But as you hit him, he gets smaller and smaller, and becomes harder to hit. After hitting him three times, a heart appears at the top of the stage so you can replenish your health. Mr. Dark turns back to normal, and then he floats off screen again. This time, he throws ten meteors at you, two at a time. Then, he does the same routine as before: He comes back down, and turns into a ball. But this time, he will stay in Ball form for a shorter period than before, and if you can't manage to hit him three times within the time limit, he will turn back to normal and float back up into the sky to throw meteors at you again. If you do hit him three times, a heart will appear once again, and he will rise back up into the sky to unleash his final attack. This time, he shoots sixteen bolts of lightning. They are shot at the step you were just above on the stage, and can be easily avoided by using your Helico power to hover over a lower step for a short time. After the sixteen bolts of lightning are shot, he turns back into Ball form. It's same as before, but now the time he is in Ball form for even less time. But if you manage to hit him three times before he turns back to normal, you have beaten him. He turns back to normal form, burns up, and a spirit shape appears right where he burned up, then the spirit completely fades from existence.
[edit] Mr. Dark's revenge
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[edit] Stealing the Book of Knowledge
Mr. Dark also appears in the educational version of Rayman 1, Rayman Junior, in which he steals the Great Book of Knowledge from the Magician and destroys a map to his hideout, which is also in a world based on desserts. Like the original game, he casts the same spells on Rayman, but due to the nature of game being educational, he doesn't fight as a final boss at all.
[edit] Gallery
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 Mr. Dark as seen in Rayman Junior |
 Mr. Dark as seen in the Game Boy Colour edition. |
