EggRobo
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| EggRobo | |
|---|---|
An EggRobo as seen in Sonic R. | |
| First appearance | |
| Appears in (games) |
Sonic & Knuckles |
| Gender |
Robot |
| Height |
180 cm |
| Creator | |
| Color scheme |
Red, yellow, grey and black |
| Eyes |
Black |
| Skills |
Shooting missiles, Jet hover pack, laser gun |
EggRobo (also written as (エッグロボ) Eggrobo, Egg Robot or Eggbot) is an egg-shaped humanoid robot resembling Dr. Robotnik. It first appeared as an enemy in the game Sonic & Knuckles. In Sonic's storyline in that game, it only appeared as standard badnik enemy in the Sky Sanctuary Zone, after being seen launched from the Death Egg.
It is rather more prominent in Knuckles' storyline, as the EggRobo replaces Dr. Robotnik as the end-of-zone boss in every level up until the Hidden Palace Zone (except for Flying Battery Zone). In all of Knuckles' appearances prior to this, he had been allied with Robotnik. It's also implied that the EggRobo in Knuckles's story is the same one that appears in Sonic's perfect ending.
The EggRobo also appears in cutscenes in the game. At the beginning of the game, while Knuckles is relaxing along with some of his animal friends in the Mushroom Hill Zone, the EggRobo drops a bomb in their midst that scares his friends away. The EggRobo is destroyed by Mecha Sonic (MK II) in the Sky Sanctuary Zone (the final level in Knuckles's storyline). The EggRobo restrains Knuckles, allowing Mecha Sonic to charge at him, but Knuckles breaks free and Mecha Sonic destroys the EggRobo instead.
EggRobo later appears in Sonic R as an unlockable character. It has abilities similar to Dr. Robotnik's in that game, being capable of launching missiles, though EggRobo is a bit slow. It is unlocked by getting all the five Sonic Tokens in the Regal Ruin course.
EggRobo also appears in Sonic Adventure 2 as a kart racing VMU Download with his own stage,[1] and again in Sonic Adventure 2: Battle as Rouge the Bat's unlockable sub kart, obtained by getting all the emblems of Rouge's missions.
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[edit] Trivia
- The EggRobo does not appear as the boss of the Flying Battery Zone in Knuckles' story, since the sprites used to model Dr. Robotnik for that boss were different and no equivalent sprites for the EggRobo were produced.
- EggRobo's model for Sonic Adventure 2 is taken straight from Sonic R.
- An Egg robo appears in Sonic Chronicles as a cameo next to a Sega Genesis and an Egg Capsule in Metropolis. There is also a boss named 'Egg Bot' fought in Metropolis Ground Zero.
[edit] Sonic the Comic
An army of EggRobos appeared in the Sonic & Knuckles adaptation from Fleetway Editions' Sonic the Comic. In this, it was specified that the EggRobos were controlled directly by Robotnik from his control room aboard the Death Egg. Each model had cameras fitted into its eyes, allowing Robotnik to see everything, and a voice synthesiser allowed the doctor to communicate directly via the robots.[2] EggRobos could also function as regular badniks without Robotnik's direct control.[3][4]
The EggRobos first attacked Sonic and Knuckles in the volcano beneath Robotnik's Launch Base Zone. In this instance, Knuckles was able to defeat them by punching a hole in the wall, melting them all in a flood of boiling hot lava.[2] They reappeared after the Death Egg's launch. Sonic was able to reach the rising Death Egg by leaping off of a gliding Knuckles and ricocheting between dozens of EggRobos with his Spin Attack until he could smash through one of the station's portholes, but Knuckles was forced to return to the Floating Island.[5]
After Knuckles cleared the Floating Island of Robotnik's forces, one EggRobo was left behind, separated from Robotnik's control. When its internal power supply run low, it attempted to kidnap Jake, a young member of the Emerald Hill Folk (who were living in the Mushroom Hill Zone), to use as an organic battery. It failed to capture Jake, and was subsequently hunted down by Knuckles. It fought Knuckles on the surface of the Lava Reef Zone, and was destroyed by a gout of flame from underground.[3]
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[edit] References
- ↑ http://sonic2.dricas.ne.jp/en/dload/downloadpage/download08.html
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonic the Comic #49, "Count Down to Disaster, Part 1"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Knuckles Knock-Out Special, "Jake's Story"
- ↑ Sonic Holiday Special 1996, "Sonic Vs Shortfuse"
- ↑ Sonic the Comic #51, "Disaster! Part 1"
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