- For the boss in Sonic Rivals 2, see Egg Dealer (Sonic Rivals 2).
The Egg Dealer (エッグディーラー Eggu Dīrā?) is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a machine created by Dr. Eggman and used by the doctor during the Black Arms invasion.
Description[]
Appearance[]
The Egg Dealer is bronze-colored in the top-half of its main body, whereas the bottom half of the main body is silver/grey and black with two hazard strips and a metallic silver and orange round underside. The front of the Egg Dealer highly resembles the face of its creator, bearing goggles-like eyes, a yellow nose, and a brown mustache, and in place of its "mouth", there are three red rectangular slot reel displays each with a yellow button at the bottom. It has four silver, red, and bronze rigid legs, each with yellow tips and a red wheel at the end.
Features and traits[]
The Egg Dealer possesses enough mobility to keep itself ahead of Shadow. Its main trait is its slot reels which can generate weapons for the Egg Dealer to attack with, including explosives, rocket missiles, summoning Egg Pawns, and using unusual functions such as providing Shadow with Rings or Dark Gauge energy.
Weaknesses[]
Ironically, the luck-based nature of the Egg Dealer and the availability of functions that even benefit its opponents as well as its user both allow the Egg Dealer to turn its arsenal against itself, bringing forth its own destruction.
History[]
Shadow the Hedgehog[]
Black Comet[]
In Shadow the Hedgehog, after aiding the GUN counterattack on the Black Comet and penetrating the comet's defenses, Shadow and Knuckles find Eggman at the comet's heart trying to steal the Black Arms' Chaos Emerald. After destroying the Egg Dealer and taking the Emerald for himself, Shadow declares that he is a master of his own life and will live a neutral existence. He then finishes off Eggman with a knifehand strike.
Lava Shelter[]
In the Dark version of the boss fight, despite obeying the doctor's orders and sealing the shelter with lava, Shadow decides to fight Eggman for the Chaos Emeralds. After his defeat, Eggman asks why Shadow betrayed him and Shadow replies that being revealed as an android only fueled his semi-crazed patricide instead of serving Eggman. He vows to use the Emeralds to become even more powerful than the original Shadow, completely unaware that he is the original Shadow. He then finishes off Eggman with a knifehand strike.
In the Hero version of the boss fight, Shadow helps Omega obtain the Chaos Emerald in Dr. Eggman's lair, and confronts the doctor himself. Eggman finds himself in the midst of robotic retribution after his last humiliating defeat, as Shadow, believing himself to be an android, decides to use the Chaos Emeralds to take over the Eggman Empire and establish a whole rule of Androids. Just after Eggman reacts to his intentions in shock, Shadow and Omega kill their "creator".
Cosmic Fall[]
Eggman shows up on the ARK after Shadow grabs the last Chaos Emerald and exclaims that although his grandfather created Shadow, he should give him the Chaos Emeralds. After Shadow refuses, a confrontation between the two begins, which Shadow ultimately wins. With all seven Emeralds in his possession, Shadow vows to use them to protect the ARK, and spares Eggman on the condition that he leaves and never returns.
Notably, this is the only ending where Shadow fights Eggman in the Egg Dealer and lets him live afterwards.
Battle[]
The Egg Dealer is fought after completing the Hero mission of Black Comet, either mission of Lava Shelter, or the Dark mission of Cosmic Fall. The guides for each battle are, respectively, Knuckles, Omega, and Vector.
Boss guide[]
The Egg Dealer is fought on a square border platform and a small square platform in the middle with a Bottomless pit in between. The connections between the main platform and the middle square platform varies depending on the Stage: the Black Comet's version requires the player to use the Homing Attack on groups of Black Wings, Lava Shelter's version requires the player to use the floating red platforms, and Cosmic Fall's version simply has ramps between them.
The player must first chase down the Egg Dealer and use the Homing Attack on the buttons below the reels to stop them, while also damaging the Egg Dealer in the process. If the player takes too long to damage the Egg Dealer, the doctor will move while facing away from the player; eventually, the Egg Dealer will slip, stopping one of the slot reels before resuming the previous attack. The outcome of the reels as well as the character that stopped the third reel determine the attack and its nature the Egg Dealer will use:
- Three missiles: Uses Missile Fever, in which the Egg Dealer launches a volley of six missiles that target Shadow if launched by Eggman and vice-versa. The attack is also always used at the start of the battle. If the player is on their last life, Eggman will start the battle by accidentally launching it on himself.
- Three bombs: Uses Bomb Fever, in which the Egg Dealer drops explosive red spheres. If Eggman executes the attack, the Egg Dealer continues moving around the arena while dropping the explosives. If Shadow executes the attack, the Egg Dealer trips while dropping the explosives underneath it, blowing itself up.
- Three Egg Pawns: Uses Pawn Fever, in which the Egg Dealer summons a random number of Egg Pawns with Egg Spears. Egg Pawn reels can only occur with Eggman.
- Three Shadows: Uses Shadow Fever, which maximizes Shadow's Dark Gauge. Shadow icons can only occur with Shadow.
- Three Rings: Uses Ring Fever, which causes a massive amount of Rings to appear in the middle of the stage. Ring icons can only occur with Shadow.
- No matching icons: Drops three boxes in the middle of the stage, containing an Egg Gun, an Egg Spear, or an Egg Bazooka.
Ranking[]
| Rank | Time |
|---|---|
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≤ 3:20 |
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4:00 |
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5:00 |
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6:00 |
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> 6:00 |
Music[]
| Name | Artist(s) | Length | Music track |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Boss: Egg Dealer" | Jun Senoue | 2:05 |
Video[]
Trivia[]
- This is one of the few (if not the only) of Eggman's robots that actually helps the player defeat it under correct circumstances.
- Whenever Shadow is battling the Egg Dealer, he is partnered with a Power-type character (Knuckles, Vector, or Omega).
- This is the only one of the final bosses of Shadow the Hedgehog to take both the hero and dark endings of a stage, in this case Lava Shelter.
- In Select Mode, the player's best time and Rank records for Lava Shelter's version of the Egg Dealer is shared between both Hero and Dark scenarios, as they are both the exact same battle.
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