Scaleman

Scaleman
Alignment	Bad
Appears in	Rayman 3 (Game Boy Advance)
Location	Scaleman's Keep
Portrayed by	{{{portrayed by}}}
Resistance
Attacks	Rolling, small bounces, large bounces, crate throw
Sex	{{{sex}}}
Species	Hoodlum
Relatives	{{{relatives}}}

Scaleman is an enemy character found only in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3, and is the first of two bosses of Pirate Stronghold, the last of the game's four worlds. If punched when standing still, Scaleman temporarily shrinks and runs back and forth. Rayman hurts Scaleman by stomping on him while his is shrunk. When full-size, Scaleman attacks by rolling himself into a ball, then either rolling back and forth, bouncing back and forth, or taking large bounces at wherever Rayman is.

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  Scaleman rolls up into a ball to attack Rayman.
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  Scaleman swells and bursts like a balloon when Rayman defeats him.

In Rayman 3

At the outset, the Kagalpha was conceived as a boss inside the Hoodlum factory. The initial principle for this enemy was the notion of a small highly-strung person who turns into a big, dangerous character. He was supposed to be present throughout the factory level in the form of a small Hoodlum boss, yelling at his companions to attack Rayman. He himself was supposed to be able to throw crates at our hero, who would then give chase to him. At the end of the level, the Kagalpha inhaled helium which blew him up to an immense size but gave him a tiny little voice. In this form, he tried to crush Rayman who had to deflate him little by little by hitting him with his fists..

—VIP-zone description, RaymanZone

Scaleman was originally intended to appear in Rayman 3, as a Hoodlum boss called the Kagalpha. The Kagalpha would have been fought in the Hoodlum Headquarters. His French name would most likely have been changed by the game's release, possibly to 'Scaleman', or some different name beginning with 'Hood'. The Kagalpha was cut out from the final version of the game but he remains largely intact in the Game Boy Advance version of Rayman 3 as the Scaleman.

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  Three-dimensional artwork of the Kagalpha from the RaymanZone's VIP-zone.

Trivia

• Kagalpha textures have been found in the Rayman 3 E3 2002 demo files in the 2002 texture folder, which may suggest that he was included in some way at that date.