Mecha-Bu

Mecha-Bu (メカブ^[1]^[2], Mekabu^?), or Robot Beetle,^[3] is a recurring enemy in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. They are beetle-based Badnik models created by Dr. Eggman.

Appearance

The Mecha-Bus resemble Japanese rhinoceros beetles. They have a blue body with two yellow, red-capped rear-wheels and two small grey forelimbs which have small black wheels with red caps for hands. On the front they have a black face with two black eyes, a yellow jaw cap and yellow helmet. Attached to their face is a horn with a buzz-saw.

Game appearances

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

In Sonic the Hedgehog CD, Mecha-Bus can only be found at Metallic Madness . In gameplay, they roll slowly along the ground, raising and lowering their buzz-saw horns. However, they are unable to turn around, which makes them vulnerable to attacks on the rear. When attacking, the player has to avoid their buzz-saw.

In the Bad Future or sometimes in the present timeline of the Rounds, Mecha-Bus are one of the few Badniks who do not show decay, thus remaining pristine in appearance. However, such Mecha-Bus still cannot move their buzz-saws. Like every Badnik in the game, they are powered by Little Planet flower seeds which will pop out of them after being defeated.

Sonic Mania

In Sonic Mania, Mecha-Bus appear as enemies. In terms of design, they look like their pristine versions in their debut appearance. In this game, they only appear in both Acts of Metallic Madness Zone.

In gameplay, the Mecha-Bus basically behave like in their debut appearance: they roll along the ground, raising and lowering their buzz saws. However, they are now more aggressive and faster than before. Also, upon destroying a Mecha-Bu, it will release an Animal.

Trivia

In an cinematic ending animation during the game's credits, the Mecha-Bus are seen residing in Wacky Workbench despite not appearing there in gameplay.

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References

↑ Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega Mega-CD) Japanese instruction manual pg. 32.
↑ The PC version of Sonic Mania listed the enemy as "MechaBu" according to the internal files of the game.
↑ The Robot Beetle moves around brandishing its horn with integral circular saw at enemies! - Sonic the Hedgehog CD PC port help file.

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Characters	Sonic \| Tails \| Amy \| Dr. Eggman \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Sheep, Swallow)
Badniks	Amenbo \| Antlion* \| Anton \| Bata-Pyon \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kama-Kama \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Mecha-Bu \| Minomusi \| Mosqui \| Noro-Noro \| Pata-Bata \| Poh-Bee \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Rounds	Palmtree Panic \| R2* \| Desert Dazzle* \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage*
Bosses	EGG-HVC-001 \| R2 Boss* \| Collision Chaos Boss \| Tidal Tempest Boss \| Quartz Quadrant Boss \| Wacky Workbench Boss \| Metal Sonic \| Psyco-Egg \| Final Fever*^
Moves/techniques	Propeller Flying^ \| Ring Spark Field \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Items	Ring \| Monitor (Extra Life, Invincibility, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield, Time Bonus) \| Spring \| Star Post \| Bumper \| Switch \| Air Bubbles \| Signpost \| Capsule
Other	Breakaway Bumper \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Debug Mode \| Fan Block \| Electric Generator \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Freeze \| High-speed warp tube \| Little Planet \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Never Lake \| Robot teleporter \| Rotating platform \| Seesaw \| Shuttle loop \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Spring Pole \| Time Attack \| Time Stone \| Time Warp Plate \| UFO \| Winding Tunnel Scrapped information about Sonic the Hedgehog CD*. ^Wasn't mentioned in the Sega Mega-CD release of the game.

Sonic Mania

Playable characters		Sonic the Hedgehog (Super Sonic) \| Miles "Tails" Prower (Super Tails) \| Knuckles the Echidna (Super Knuckles)
Other characters		Dr. Eggman \| Hard Boiled Heavies (Heavy King, Heavy Gunner, Heavy Shinobi, Heavy Magician, Heavy Rider) \| Phantom Heavies (Phantom King, Phantom Gunner, Phantom Shinobi, Phantom Magician, Phantom Rider) \| Animals (Becky, Cucky, Flicky, Locky, Micky, Pecky, Picky, Pocky, Ricky, Rocky, Tocky, Wocky) \| Jimmy
Zones		Green Hill Zone \| Chemical Plant Zone \| Studiopolis Zone \| Flying Battery Zone \| Press Garden Zone \| Stardust Speedway Zone \| Hydrocity Zone \| Mirage Saloon Zone \| Oil Ocean Zone \| Lava Reef Zone \| Metallic Madness Zone \| Titanic Monarch Zone \| Egg Reverie Zone \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage
Enemies		Armadiloid \| Aquis \| Asteron \| Ball Hog \| Bat Brain \| Blaster \| Blastoid \| Bugernaut \| Bumpalo \| Buzz Bomber \| Cactula \| Catakiller, Jr. \| Chopper \| Clucker \| Crabmeat \| Dango \| Dragonfly \| Eggrobo \| Fireworm \| Flasher mk.II \| Gohla \| Grabber \| Hotaru \| IceBomba \| Iwamodoki \| Jawz \| Jellygnite \| Juggle Saw \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Madmole \| Matryoshka-Bom \| Mecha-Bu \| Mega Chopper \| Mic Drop \| Moto Bug \| Newtron \| Octus \| Poh-Bee \| Pointdexter \| RattleKiller \| Rexon \| Roller mk.II \| Scarab \| Sentry Bug \| Shutterbug \| Silver Sonic \| Spiny \| Splats \| TechnoSqueek \| Toxomister \| Tubinaut \| Turbo Spiker \| Turbo Turtle \| Vultron \| Wall Crawl \| Woodrow
Bosses	Mini-bosses	DD Wrecker \| Amoeba Droid \| Heavy Gunner \| Big Squeeze \| Shiversaw \| Hotaru Hi-Watt \| Dive Eggman \| Uber Caterkiller \| Meter Droid \| Drillerdroid \| Egg Pistons mk.II \| Crimson Eye
Bosses	Zone bosses	Death Egg Robot \| Mean Bean Machine \| Weather Globe \| Spider Mobile \| Heavy Shinobi \| Metal Sonic \| Laundro-Mobile \| Heavy Magician \| Mega Octus \| Heavy Rider \| Heavy King \| Gachapandora \| Phantom Egg \| Phantom King and Klepto Mobile
Moves/techniques		Bounce Jump \| Climb \| Double Jump \| Drop Dash \| Fireball Spin Dash \| Glide \| Insta-Shield \| Propeller Flying \| Ring Spark Field \| Spin Dash \| Spin Attack \| Spin Jump \| Super Peel Out \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Beanstalk \| Bomb \| Bumper \| Bungee Rope \| Bumper wall \| Capsule \| Catapult \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Fan \| Fireball Cannon \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Ice Spring \| Platform-raising Wheel \| Pulley \| Ruby Mist \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spiked ball \| Spikes \| Spring \| Star Post \| Switch \| Transport \| Vine \| Zip Line
Objects		Air Bubbles \| Chaos Emerald \| Giant Ring \| Giant spear \| Klepto Mobile \| Little Planet flowers \| Master Emerald \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Medallion \| Monitor (Aqua Shield, Hyper Ring, Eggman Mark, Flame Shield, Invincibility, Player Swap, Power Sneakers, Random, S, Shield, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) \| Phantom Ruby \| Ring \| Robot teleporter \| Sphere \| Star Circle \| Time Warp Plate \| UFO \| Warp Point
Other		Angel Island \| Auto Running \| Continue \| Death Egg Robot \| Debug Mode \| Freeze \| Level Select \| Little Planet \| Mega Mack \| Perfect Bonus \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic Mania Adventures (Sonic Returns) \| Time Attack \| Time Over \| Tornado \| Tunnelbot \| Winding Tunnel

[0] Sonic the Hedgehog CD (Sega Mega-CD) Japanese instruction manual pg. 32.

[1] The PC version of Sonic Mania listed the enemy as "MechaBu" according to the internal files of the game.

[2] The Robot Beetle moves around brandishing its horn with integral circular saw at enemies! - Sonic the Hedgehog CD PC port help file.

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