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[EZEKiAL]

Alright, in the background of all the boss shots, there is a large, red, glowing object in the shape of Reala's hat.

Also, in the reflection of NiGHTS' eyes (I was bored) on the picture where his eyes are REALLY shiny, I think you can see Reala! I can just barely make out a face, and maybe a hat. Just postin' some stuff I noticed today.

[NNR07]

Hmm....I vaguely remember noticing the shape that looks like Reala's hat.

Also, in the reflection of NiGHTS' eyes (I was bored) on the picture where his eyes are REALLY shiny, I think you can see Reala! I can just barely make out a face, and maybe a hat. Just postin' some stuff I noticed today.

Which one? The Nintendo Power Magazine Cover?

[Tango]

Alright, in the background of all the boss shots, there is a large, red, glowing object in the shape of Reala's hat.

It could easily just be a conincidence, but yeah, I see what you mean. I also noticed that on the left side of the outline you can see in that shot, there is a bit of a red stripe you can see before the shape gets cut off. Still, it could just be a mere coincidence.

[Q-Lok]

OK. This is less stuff than I have, but only as much as I could find... If that made any sense at all. XD The hat-shaped object is nothing special by itself. We know from the N-Power page that you already linked to that you have to "force [the patchwork boss] to the top of a maze" in order to defeat it. In order for that to work as a game mechanic, there would have to be a specific target. It looks hollow, like a doorway or portal, so I strongly suspect that the glowing hat-object either is itself that target, or a gateway to the target/another area of the maze. Similarly, the upper-left screenshot on this page seems to have another (partially obscured) view of the object (the shot seems to have been taken from an almost-upside-down viewpoint, so it looks sideways). There, it looks like it's either a doorway or possibly a prop object of some kind (it looks flat-shaded to me).

In address to the little red stripe on the Reala-hat-object, I personally think that it's just an artifact created by the way the flames around it were set up. Being roughly double-banana-shaped, obviously, the object tapers nearly to a point at either end. The flames in the same place get taller, rather than scaling down to match the curve -- which they also do in the middle, making it appear solid red. The end result of this scaling mess is that you get what appears to be a flaming red stripe on either side -- which doesn't directly support the Reala theory because he has three black and three red stripes on each side, not only one.

However, in the top screenshot that same N-Power page, there is a similarly-shaped object in mostly gold color on the floor. I don't know about you guys, but that just screams "More NiGHTS Button!" to me. I know it's a different shape, closer to the rest of the boss level's decor, but you have to admit they're similar.