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Those are Death Egg Robots! They're being mass-produced now?!


Silver the Hedgehog, Sonic Forces

The Death Egg Robot[1][2] (デスエッグロボ[3] Desu Eggu Robo?) is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, assault-class[4] Badnik based on the Death Egg Robot. They were created by Dr. Eggman and were first deployed during the War to Take Back the Planet.

Appearance[]

The Death Egg Robots are designed after the original Death Egg Robot, but are easily gargantuan, with at least one model being the size of a small mountain.[3] They have egg-shaped bodies with a narrow pelvis each, stubby and heavily armored legs, thin arms with cone-like forearms, thick gauntlets, cap-shaped shoulders attached to bars rather than sockets, three straight spikes for fingers and jet packs on their backs. They also have triangular markings on their chest (which are similar to those on Eggman's original jacket) and dome-shaped heads. Unlike the original robot though, the faces of these Death Egg Robots are almost blank, with the exception of a single red eye and a red field for a mouth. They are also completely gray and black with glowing red outlines.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Forces[]

In Sonic Forces, the Death Egg Robots became a staple in Dr. Eggman's army after he captured over 99% of the world. In this game, these robots appear in the background of the City stages, where they can be seen fighting the Resistance's forces and devastating the area.

At different points in the story, the characters will be fighting the Death Egg Robots so that the player can focus on reaching the goal. One of these points is at the beginning of Red Gate Bridge, where a Death Egg Robot tries to attack Sonic and the Avatar, destroying the bridge that they trying to cross. During the subsequent sequence that plays, the duo will land on a ledge, face to face with the robot. By completing the first Real-Time Interaction here, the Avatar will swing the hedgehog and themselves away from the robot using their grappling hook as it punches the ledge. The heroes will then swing around the robot while it fires its eye laser. Once they are in front of the Death Egg Robot's eye, the player must complete another Real-Time Interaction. Sonic and the Avatar will then charge their respective Spin Attacks and shoot through the giant machine's eye and head, destroying it.

Team Sonic Racing[]

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A Death Egg Robot, from Team Sonic Racing

In Team Sonic Racing, a Death Egg Robot appears along the Frozen Junkyard race track. Here, it is embedded in a huge glacier. Every now and then however, it will shoot two laser beams from its eyes down on the road below. These lasers will then move along two of out six orange-glowing lines that are burned into the road; if the player touches these lasers, they will take damage and spin out temporarily. Should the player make it past these lasers, the players will jump into the loop contained within the Death Egg Robot. After passing through this loop, the player will then reach the finish line.

Besides Frozen Junkyard, a Death Egg Robot also appears on the Dark Arsenal race track. This robot appears in the center of the track and is under construction. Under its arms are two Bumper-based trampolines that the player can use to take a shortcut. However, the player has to watch out for the burners that occasionally ignite under the Death Egg Robot's arms, which can knock the racers into the abyss.

Sonic Frontiers[]

A Death Egg Robot... trashed? That's unsettling.


Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic Frontiers
Sonic Frontiers destroyed Death Egg Robot

A deactivated Death Egg Robot on Chaos Island, from Sonic Frontiers.

In Sonic Frontiers, one of the mass-produced Death Egg Robots was deployed on Chaos Island as part of Eggman's invasion of the Starfall Islands, where it was immediately taken out by the Ancients' robots[5] and left deactivated and partially buried in the ground.[4] Eventually, by Tails' request, Sonic used a nearby control panel to get the titanic robot to fire its laser towards the ground in front of it, creating a cave that revealed a secret pathway underground.

Other game appearances[]

Sonic Speed Simulator[]

In Sonic Speed Simulator, a broken Death Egg Robot appears as an inanimate object found in the Lost Valley world.

Powers and abilities[]

Due to their sheer size, the Death Egg Robots are incredibly strong and tough; even directionless,[3] these units can give even Sonic a tough time to defeat.[4] They can single-handedly topple buildings with ease and withstand a barrage of shots from a number of laser artillery turrets being fired on it from various angles by Resistance forces.[1] They can also fire powerful lasers from their eyes,[6] which can create massive trenches with ease.

Weaknesses[]

The Death Egg Robots' eye sensors are weak to direct hits, which Sonic and the Avatar exploited during their encounter with one of them at Red Gate Bridge.

Variants[]

Death Egg (racecar)[]

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The Death Egg racecar, from Team Sonic Racing.

The Death Egg is a racecar/robot hybrid heavily based on the mass-produced Death Egg Robots that was created by Dr. Eggman. It appeared in Team Sonic Racing.

In other media[]

IDW Publishing[]

Eggman War and aftermath[]

Death Egg Robot sentinels and Egg Pawns

The Death Egg Robots (colored orange) and Egg Pawns stalking Barricade Town, from Sonic the Hedgehog #3.

When the Eggman War began, the Death Egg Robots would be used by the Eggman Empire's army. Early on during the war, at least one Death Egg Robot arrived in Sunset City and tore the place up.[7]

After the mercenary duo Rough and Tumble liberated Barricade Town from the Badnik Horde and subsequently conquered it for themselves near the end of the Eggman War, some Death Egg Robots and Egg Pawns began stalking Barricade Town, thus keeping the locals from leaving their town.[8]

After Sonic thwarted Dr. Eggman at the end of the Eggman War, the doctor disappeared while the Death Egg Robots and the rest of his robot army remained. Without a leader however, these machines were directionless and no longer a unified threat.[9] Even so, they would still randomly attack anyone they came across[9][10] (although such incidents were more accidental than aggression-based[9]).

Fallout[]

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Knuckles destroying a Death Egg Robot, from Sonic the Hedgehog #3.

Eventually, the Death Egg Robots came under the control of Neo Metal Sonic, who made them and their fellow robots more cohesive.[9][11] Not long after, Knuckles destroyed a Death Egg Robot stalking Barricade Town.[8]

Trivia[]

Gallery[]

Concept artwork[]

Models[]

Screenshots[]

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Sonic Forces - First Modern Sonic Gameplay. YouTube. Sega (17 March 2017). Retrieved on 17 March 2017. "Sonic blasts through a city under siege by Death Egg Robot sentinels in this first look at Sonic Forces. Coming this Holiday season to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC!"
  2. 7 Minutes of Sonic Forces Gameplay on the PS4 Pro - E3 2017. YouTube. IGN (13 June 2017). Retrieved on 16 June 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Sega (20 April 2021). ソニック & クリーム (Japanese). Sonic Channel. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved on 21 April 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sonic Team (8 November 2022). Sonic Frontiers. PlayStation 5. Sega. Area/level: Chaos Island. "Tails: Look! It's an Assault-model Death Egg Robot! It looks pretty entrenched. I'll take a look around. Let me know if you find anything. / Sonic: You don't see something like this every day. These things are tough to take down, even for me. I wonder who took it out? Maybe that ghost girl [Sage]? / Tails: Hey, Sonic! I found a remote control panel! It's still online. / Sonic: Let's see what Eggman was trying to do with this thing; if it goes bad you can shut it off."
  5. BumbleKast Mini! for April 18th, 2023 - Ian Flynn Q&A Podcast. YouTube (18 April 2023). Retrieved on 27 April 2023.
  6. Sonic Forces - Debut Trailer. YouTube. Sega (22 July 2016). Retrieved on 17 March 2017.
  7. Sonic the Hedgehog #19, "Crisis City, Part 1"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Sonic the Hedgehog #3, "Fallout, Part 3"
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Sonic the Hedgehog #1, "Fallout, Part 1"
  10. Sonic the Hedgehog #2, "Fallout, Part 2"
  11. Sonic the Hedgehog #7, "Meet the New Boss"
  12. Sonic Forces Original Soundtrack - A Hero Will Rise, Disc 2, Track 19 - "Mark II Locks On"


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