Bizarre Sonic Enemies
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2022
- Sonic has had some strange and bizarre enemies over the years; from badniks, to ghosts, to pirates, to... fish, so let's take a look at some of the weirdest!
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Edited by - / npickeryt - Ігри
Who do you think is the strangest Sonic enemy 🤔
SQUID
Asura probably
@@frontiersmodel4781 SQUID Balls
bruh
Thing
I always assumed the pirates were just part of Casinopolis's pirate ship attraction, completely unrelated to any Eggman-built bots.
Same, do they even drop animals?
@@reddeadspartan no they don’t. Pretty sure the implication is that they’re just animatronics as part of the casino
@@rouge939 yay unwarranted property danage
"There's two approaches to Sonic enemies; really f---ing badass for no reason... and Fisher Price. No in-betweens."
You hit the nail on the head with that statement.
Or if it’s sonic 3 bug eyed mfs
4:12 I figure it's possible that it's guarding the pyramid as it houses one of the entrances to Lava Reef and therefore Hidden Palace. Like you said, we see nothing of worth inside the pyramid, but a path to the Echidna's prized artefacts and holy ground would definitely be worth protecting.
This comment makes me like Sandopolis even more. Thanks!
It is designed to guard the pyramid in Fleetway Sonic the comic, so I always thought that the game one was the same.
I like the fact that the second sandopolis boss is called "egg golem" like the one from Sonic adventure 2. I like to think they are egg golem mark I and mark II
I hated the SA2 boo enemies whenever I played pumpkin hill or acuatic mine, they freaked me out so freaking much, legit nightmare fuel
They never scared me but I hated them "bad touch"ing me, especially in pyramid cave when you're trying to pick up that stupid key
I think aquatic mine was the worst because you're forced to explore a room full of ghosts unlike pumpkin hill granting you a lot of space to avoid these ghosts
That one Sonic X episode featuring the ghosts actually gave me nightmares as a kid
@@xxsegaxx man, I really want to replay sa2
I could beat dark side on repeat over and over as a kid, but never wanted to go past Pumpkin Hill in hero side because of those ghosts constantly jumpscaring me. And then when I finally beat it i find out there's like two more levels featuring them.
2:37 I mean, you could argue that reallistically Motobugs could probably be just way cheaper to build, so after the more advanced models clearly didn't work any better for stopping Sonic, Eggman just went back to using the cheaper ones that were also doing just as much work done.
Even then, Eggman's budget is still one of the biggest mysteries on this series lol
Then you’ve got Colors’s Super Motobugs, the greatest mystery of the franchise.
considering that the robots in heroes-unleashed seem to be using some sort of chaos drive-like power source and that he returns to the animal powered badniks in lost world (and technically colors first but with wisps) he might just have run out of the resources required to produce chaos energy or had his infrastructure crippled somehow, this makes even more sense when you consider that the plots of color and lost world are just eggman looking to harvest some new form of energy to take over the world
Eggman should just go back to using swatbots
they actually explain where Eggman gets all his money in MoStH. Eggman operates the various casinos shown around the series, and those fund his efforts.
@@evdestroy4121Also Oil Ocean. He owns an ocean of oil. Of course he's filthy rich.
0:53 of course it’s Sonic’s World. His world. Where one is all.
Imo the most iconic Sonic villain is the Eggpawn introduced in Heroes that keeps popping up in other media, and idk why the games thought we needed to go back to JUST Badniks or change the Eggpawn design constantly. In 06 it KINDA made sense with the desire to make things more "realistic" looking, but after that like...it just seemed they kept being redesigned for the sake of gameplay. The ones in Unleashed look and act the way they do for Werehog quicktime events, and then in Forces they're just...balls with eyes, arms, and legs...which just really belies a "rushed product" energy.
While playing Sonic & Knuckles as a kid the Guardian from Sandopolis Act 1 and the ghosts from Act 2 always stood out to me. Not only were they not Eggman robots like every other enemy in the game, they also couldn't simply be defeated by bouncing on them.
I kinda always assumed it was simply a magic golem protecting a Pharoah that we never interacted with(because that wasn't sonic's objective anyway)
I'm actually surprised more people were confused by it?
It definitely stood out simply because you couldn't hurt it, and it had a simple "trick" to best it(or get past it) but other than that idk why it even stands out lol
The one thing I’ve always loved about sonic aliens is how extreme and different they get with the designs
The Black Arms and how bleak and grim their designs are
From Chronicles, The Zoah and Kron being so detailed (shouted to General Raxos for one of the most metal designs) while the Nrrgal and Voxai are very simple and goofy
Even the comics with Archies Xorda and Fleetways Drakon
The only aliens looking close to something from sonic is the wisps, and even then they still have a bit of uniqueness to them
And now with how frontiers was, I hope we return to having some more alien threats so they can get a lot more experimental with designs again
(Also when it comes to robot designs in sonic, shoutout to Master Core: ABIS for being one of the best designed robots eggmans ever made)
Only real Gs remember how sick the Zoah and the MeteorTech robots are.
@@mje71103 The Zoah in design just hit different for how sick they look
While the MeteorTech robots/SCR-GPs along with their leader SCR-HD are just some of Eggmans most intimidating and cool robot designs
Shame that both of them never appeared out of the games they were in
Black arms are halo
While we're on the topic of Sonic dnemies, I feel like it's necessary to bring up the 3 horsemen of the apocalypse from Metropolis. Each one of them of them can bite it with how almost demonic their placement is in a given part of the level. Especially those stupid Slicers.
In this way, shuffle's enemy evolves the line of the beta original Sonic's enemy character, and deadly six feels like an extension of that line. Looking at it that way, it's strange that Motobug has returned to being a familiar enemy in the series.
Sonic feels very ill-definied, unlike their rival, Mario, where it feels you know what to expect with enemies from Mario.
And because of this, it makes it seem like Sonic's world is more dangerous as you don't know if you are gonna get something ridiculous or a real threat.
But in this way its able to encourage experimentation as there isn't something to hold them back. That's not to say they don't put thought into who they are letting in their games.
Its clear Mario's whimsical enviroments contrast with Sonic's more talltale industrial settings.
I kinda disagree as Mario also has been known to deviate from the normal enemies too. Heck, Super Mario Sunshine didn't have a single goomba or traditional Koopa enemy in it. (Besides the odd Electro koopas.) Even the bullet bills and Bob-ombs looked much different in it.
The Gameboy games had bizarre enemies never seen again too.
And don't disregard unexpected things like fighting a surprisingly realistic, and frightening dragon in Super Mario Odyssey.
@@beauwalker9820 Sunshine and the RPG games are like the few exceptions to the rule
I honestly don't mind the motobugs, and I actually dig the Generations redesign. Though if there's one enemy trope that I wish would stick around more, it's the Egg Pawns. I just like the goofy grin on their faces, especially the Colors variants with the different outfits.
4:25
Thanks Splash Dash,
I needed that.
I’m starting to get real tired of these jumpscares in the recent vids, I’m not trying to watch these vids while on edge.
That was all me!
No problem 😋😋
@@NitPickerYT Thanks for showing the true lore that foxy is the true master of angel island
I just peeked into the center of the screen, damn,
@@RaichuDude2006more youtubers are starting to do it and it's getting annoying
I always loved the E-2000 robots from sonic heroes. They were so different but so cool, these kinda gundam looking robots that could turn into little jets
It felt weird that eggman stopped using eggrobo's. For a start they fit the egg theme more than any robot, but also they looked like him. As if he was so full of himself he wanted his face on each of them.
But 3rdly the eggrobo's have a secondary function. To pilot his eggmobile and machines. Giving us a reason to reuse his boss encounters in canon, but also explains how he gets them to these zones.
Like they were his workers behind the scenes. Glad mania brought them back but I wish they stayed.
What is even more strange is that mania gave us the hard boiled heavys. Yet sega keeps trying use the zeti as eggmans underbosses. Like bruh the mania just gave you the best looking underbosses for eggman and you don't even use them?
@@jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 Just Zavok mainly. Outside of the mobile spinoffs (Sonic Dash, Sonic Runners, and Speed Battle) as well as some of the Mario & Sonic Olympic Games entries, the Deadly Six aren't really pushed by SEGA.
It's mainly Zavok who gets more spotlight by virtue of being the leader, and his role in Forces is so minimal that the character himself was never actually in the game; Just a clone created by the Phantom Ruby. His only other mainline game appearance was Team Sonic Racing as part of Eggman's team, which is weird.
The comics are a different story, as the writer included the Deadly Six in IDW Sonic of his own choice. For two separate arcs. Zavok was even featured in the spin-off comic series "Bad Guys."
And I want to make it clear; Yes, SEGA has to approve everything that happens in the comics, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is what SEGA themselves want. They don't dictate what goes on in the comics. They may offer suggestions here and there, but regarding IDW Sonic, the writer has never had to use a character that he himself did not want to use.
@@sonicstar917 other than sonic.
@@Blanktester685 That kinda goes without saying, but sure.
Those heart lookin Bubble enemies in Frontiers are terrifying, like it's a Drown House style death in the shape of an anatomically correct heart, and the only use of the classic drowning music in the game. Add to the fact that they first show up in Rhea, an already eerily empty area which is visited during a point in the story where Sonic is literally in the process of becoming a digital vegetable statue, and the Bubble enemy is guaranteed to show up in "scariest enemies in kids games" lists 10-20 years from now.
Man, I thought I was the only one rubbed the wrong way by them.
When I first encountered them while climbing the tower, it was kinda cool since they were part of the ascension. But, on their own, they're just really freaky to me.
An upload from Splash dash and an upload from his friend LS mark in one day?! This is incredible
What a coincidence!
the real man on the grind is NitPicker
Always love seeing more fun Sonic content, especially from you
Personally speaking I like the classic "toyish" robots Eggman produced. It fit his personality to a tee. The guy wants to build an amusement park centered around him. The mans pretty childish for a scientist, so, toy/animal themed death machines seem like a perfect fit. Besides, they could double up as animatronics for the amusement park.
Forrest Gump: "Sonic's Enemies are like a box of chocolate, You'll never know what you're going to get."
Honestly, the weirdest enemy in Sonic history would be that patrolling beetle drone in Egg Quarters. Idk, something about it rubs me the wrong way. Even compaired to the other Badniks in the SA2 desert levels it just feels so alien.
For some reason I'm creeped out by the Vulcan Fighters in Mission Street and Radical Highway. They're just Blue Hawks, but instead of shooting a few missles and leaving, they'll stop, turn around, and start firing machine guns at you.
For some reason on Meteor Herd Hard Mode, some of the Bomb Robots(Normally called Hornets) are red.
Ah, yes, the invincible enemy that fires unavoidable lasers if it sees you. Fortunately, the shadows can hide you from its sights.
4:24 God damn it Splash Dash (Mark) that's not cool that actually got me.
For me, some of the best obscure sonic enemies are: Splats, the silly bunny badnik; Nightmares, the cool chameleon monsters from Unleashed; and Buyon, those weird wobbly fellas from Adventure.
Altho, I gotta "well actually" you... Mario has a huge list of enemies; atleast a few new ones are introduced in every game. Sure, Koopas and Goombas are the classic mainstays but just glancing at the Mario Wiki's enemy section and the list just goes on and on. The old Paper Mario games used to show off this variety, but then someone told the team they should stick to Toads and anything from Mario bros 3 lol
Spike from smg4
Well, its kinda out of topic but. The earliest idea of Sonic battling demons in underworld instead of usual badniks on green island seemed more stylish and i always wanted to see how cool it would be to experience these games if this was the case.
In sonic adventure, in the twinkle park stage, i remember this really weird sort of jelly enemy. Like it will look lile a crown with legs but then would expand it's length and have this body made out of gel like substance which would make it harder to attack it.
I still remember King Boom Boo's goofy voice clips to this day, and think of them more often than I should. It's just too hilarious to forget
Hiiyyyahahaha
I think the badniks from Sonic Adventure hit the right balance between looking like they could actually pose a threat, while still having that Eggman theme
I feel like the Egg Pawns are the most iconic Sonic enemy.
5:16 You could also count Sonic Heroes since both Sonic and Eggman are in the game but never fight, Sonic was just fighting Neo Metal Sonic as Eggman
You got me with a FNAF jumpscare. A FNAF jumpscare. Well played, LS Dash
Never again.
That damned jumpscare
I totally saw that jumpscare coming and instinctively started to cover my screen.
2 vid in a row Mark is on that grind
Who's mark? I think your on the wrong channel.
Oh you mean the Smosh babies guy?
@@micjimster4845 yeah bro, why do people call him mark when his name is splashdash
You mean Dash is on that grind, right?
Wrong channel, dude.
I feel like in terms of what game presented the best designs for the classic badniks *(like Motobug or Buzz Bomber or Crabmeat whatever),* Colors and Generations, hands down, is the best in that department. Managing to heavily modernize and update their looks whilst also not straying too far from what they were initially supposed to look like, on top of having a good balance between looking ridiculously adorable and menacingly badass as well. The fact that they also manage to fit in seamlessly with some of the other modern and recent robot enemies like the Egg Pawns or Egg Fighters or G.U.N. Bots is just the cherry on top.
All the more reasons as to why those 2 are some of my most favorite Sonic games to play.
One enemy type that was pretty interesting and unique was the Egg Shackle from Sonic Unleashed. They were these small spiked balls with the robotic-smiley face that the rest of the Eggman Robots all had in Unleashed. What really made them interesting was that unlike the other robots that would simply shoot at you or otherwise hit you, the Egg Shackle acted more like a trap or hazard than an offensive enemy. They're deployed in large groups directly ahead of you in the Day Stages like a Spike Strip. If you make contact with one, it latches onto Sonic and impedes your jump height and starts draining your Rings. It's actually quite similar to the Toxomister in Lava Reef in that way. But while you could simply jump over or simply defeat the Toxomister to get rid of it's Toxic Mist, the Egg Shackle is much trickier to avoid since they are very small and hard to see, especially at the high speeds of Unleashed's gameplay, making it much more of a threat.
IIRC if you don't shake them off in time, they'll explode
I'm Just dead after the jumpscare at 4:27 like I don't know why that made me laugh.
For some reason I've always adored the badnik designs from CD/Chaotix, as well as the 8-bit entries developed by Aspect. They've just always looked so sleek, cool and futuristic to me, much more menacing and creative than most of the mainline classic games (well, not all of the designs are great, but like at least half are). I actually think they gel pretty nicely with the adventure-era badniks and would make for a nice transitional phase between Eggman's classic and modern robots as they combine both the cutesy style of the older ones and the more futuristic and mechanical designs of the newer ones.
5:20 technically Sonic Heroes as well since Eggman is actually Metal Sonic in disguise
I really miss the Eggpawns nowdays
They were perfect as generic mooks and had plenty of personality
But ever since they started having the classic badniks they just got shoved to the background until they just dissapeared
Fish with ice skates looks like it’d fit in perfectly with digimon
Finally, a video talking about the cool Sonic enemies, it is great to see someone cover these underrated enemies as someone who really likes a lot of the Sonic enemies (though my favorite enemy species is Monty Mole, but they are from Mario lol).
Also I hope Missile Pod does return with a better redesign.
4:27
Okay, THAT actually got me, I'm sorry to say
You know, they confirmed the world to be Earth. There is no Mobius or "Sonic's World".
Tbh I think the weirdest sonic enemy is squidward
7:11 Shoutout to the editor for making a Puyo Puyo Tetris joke here
You know it!
0:52 missed opportunity to say His World
I think the most iconic sonic enemy is the egg pawn. It’s appeared in the most games as far as I know, and in my opinion has the cleanest design.
I find it comical that Eggman can go on siege against the world in 6 months and not have everything roboticized but blow up the Earth's core and then build a whole theme park in the Earth's core about 3 days after blowing up said Earth
"The only game to feature a robotic Dr. Eggman..."
Sonic 3k would like a word.
I wasn't even looking at the screen and the Fnaf jumpscare still got me
controversial: but sonic has always been about chasing a trend or trying to establish one, they've hardly ever stuck to one mode of operation for even 5 years. It's no surprise that they dont really have any iconic enemies because the scope of a sonic game is random as hell.
OG era was just Robotnik, 3D era introduced chaos and yet another mass produced eggman robot style, Boost era decided to get more Eldritch and involve more Aliens, now we're on evangelion designs
At this point any video is an excuse to diss Sonic Forces, and I couldn’t be happier
LS Mark, i have to admit that funny ghost guy scared me a lot when i was a little baby boy.
Eggman probably uses moto bugs more since they're easier to make.
okay I'm happy that the Boo episode in Sonic X didn't just freak me out because holy FUCK that was terrifying to like 8 year old me
It does annoy me that Eggman did nothing within those 6 months in Forces because I can guarantee Eggman would do exactly what Dr. Doofenshmirtz did in the 1st Phineas and Ferb movie. Putting his face, logo and statues literally everywhere.
Shoutout to the bizarre gigantic eldrich thing in Cryptic Castle, that eggman himself admits he had no idea was hiding in his castle
fish with ice skates is my role model
I actually have my own headcanon on how Mobius and Earth became one planet
you fucking trolling man, i was high and the foxy jumpscare momentarily took my soul out my body haha
4:20 the fact I knew that a jumpscare was coming and I still fell for it makes me wanna rethink my life
You also forgot about Sonic Heroes. Technically you only fight Neo Metal Sonic disguised as Eggman. Mar-Splashdash, isn’t that your favorite game?
I actually really like the name of erazor djinn's final form because it's a reference to the arabian nights in arabic(if you translate alf layla wa layla it would give you 1001 nights)
Not to mention the Egg Pawns (basically the koopa troopas of Sonic) weren’t introduced up until Sonic Heroes
You’ve given me nostalgia I’ve experienced an hour ago
I’m commenting on this prior to watching. Sonic Shuffle is a fever dream
Personally I truly think Heroes Got The Eggman Empire Aesthetic Down so much. there's variety and different looks for stages
The foxy jumpscare🤦
saw it a mile away. so I just looked away and waited for the loud sound.
:)
The egg golem is one of my earliest gaming memories seeing my brother fight it on the gamecube so it's nice to see it mentioned here briefly
4:55 I've never giggled so hard at a video because of this. LOL!
Badnik designs peaked in Heroes
Fun Fact: Sonic Unleashed on the Wii/PS2 has even more enemy variants. The Dark Gaia fighter can go from normal, to normal with spikes, to red and then red with spikes. The Red spiky variants are the tankiest and strongest. Same for Big Mother and the Golem enemy. The Red ones are used in Eggmanland since its the final stages of the game. The Red Variants never appear on the PS3/X360 version.
4:25 shitieded myself.
That f*cking foxy jumpscare-
Oh yeah who remembers that one eggman head enemy in sonic colors game land stages.
That's nice of you to mention Chronicles. Thank you.
Oh boy... here we go ... LS Mark and Splash Dash competing with each other and uploading a new video on the same day. They say they're friends, but I think they're more like rivals
10:56 - *Words cannot describe how much I detest these enemy designs.*
Happy new year Mar- Splash Dash
I'll still never understand how people EXIST in the sonic universe. Like in every single city zone, there are bottomless pits, railings and speed pads in HORRIBLY inconvenient spots. Or same thing with the more organic areas like green hills or the countless island zones. Like, what type of hellish place are they living in? Also why did architects think that the best use of taxpayer money was a speed pad in the middle of the road pointed TOWARDS the ledge. I love Sonic and I think so many of the levels are fun and flow nicely, but I will never find it any less goofy
I am still seething about the lack of Eggman paraphenalia ANYWHERE in Forces. Eggman would've had his face up in EVERY capital DAY ONE.
Actually the Stone Giant was made by Gerald Robotnik after studying ancient tech.
The Golem from S&K has a hockey mask design , as seen in a recent comic.
And King Boom Boo has a rainbow tongue and burning breath as clues about his death.
The king and all of his followers died from every STD , know and unknown.
*wait a minute, this isn't Cybershell.*
What...even IS your production schedule, my dude?
A 5 hour monster of a video a week ago, a one hour long video earlier this afternoon and now this little after dinner mint
How on EARTH were all of these ready while I assume you were also taking SOME kind of time to celebrate the holidays?
4:25 got me, unfortunate as I am to admit it 🤣
The Toxomister enemy from Lava Reef really reminds me of those Micro Goomba enemies that come from the Paragoombas from Super Mario Bros. 3 that also hinder your jump height. I was wondering on why I didn't jump as high and stuff when I first played Super Mario Bros. 3 and just decide to go in the pit and start the level again until I found out that it's point is to slow Mario down. This one is pretty similar towards that and pretty clever as well. :)
Good to see old Splash Dash coming back with a plom before the bell is rung. Also anyone up for a frontiers video Someday or dissecting how Sonic X was knuckles' super friends portrayal? I would.
Green Hill is like that one family member you don’t really know but always get invited over by your parents
Hearing you talk about chronicles is a blast from the past, wish there was a sequel (damn you lender's)
Penders
Not one mention of the Iblis beasts? Granted, some of the enemies that made the cut certainly top them, but I’m surprised they didn’t regardless.
HIS NAME IS SKATEFISH AND YOU WILL RESPECT HIM
I always loved how many unique styles of enemies sonic has had. It really sucks that sega reverted to just nostalgia pandering as usual, because as much as I like mottobugs, I’d like something new ya know?
It’s not sonics world, it’s HIS EORLD
I was going to edit this but this is much better
Technically there are four games where Sonic and Eggman are in the same game yet never fight. Adventure 2, Heroes (all the “Eggman” fights are with a disguised Metal Sonic), Shadow the Hedgehog (there is not a single boss fight with Eggman where Sonic is the ally with Knuckles, Vector, Amy, Espio, and Omega being the ally instead), and Frontiers.
The rock monster in Sonic 3 does seem to be a machine built by Eggman, considering that it explodes just like any other of Eggman's creations.
Honestly thought he was gonna compliment Forces for a second LMAO
10:30 the fact that literally nobody can pronounce their names correctly angers me more than it should, especially considering the obvious parallels with Greek mythology they're supposed to be
Great vid but christ man, was that Foxy jumpscare needed? I'm sitting in a dark room at midnight watching this, I jumped backwards and wrecked everything!