Egg-Genesis

The Egg-Genesis is a Badnik created by Dr. Eggman, and is a boss in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

Description

Appearance

The Egg-Genesis is a titanic battle station that is mostly colored orange that carries multiple mech battalions in its four massive arms. The "face" of the Egg-Genesis has two green lights resembling eyes.

Powers and abilities

The Egg-Genesis is loaded with multiple offensive weapons, including missile launchers on each arm, laser cannons on its body, hidden machine guns on each side of its head, mechanisms on its arms for spawning badniks, and a homing laser that erupts from its under-carriage. It can also spawn various other Badniks. It is also capable of flight.

Story

Sonic Episode

In Soleanna Forest, as Dr. Eggman realizes that Elise is standing on the edge of the Egg Mobile, he tells Elise that there is no escape for her. The princess then declares she would rather die than be the doctor's prisoner and proceeds to boldly jump off of the Egg Mobile. Fortunately, Sonic arrives just in time to catch her. Eggman growls and sends the Egg-Genesis to attack, although it was ultimately destroyed by Sonic who then evaded its self-destruction.

Silver Episode

While Silver and Blaze infiltrate Dr. Eggman's base at White Acropolis, the Egg-Genesis appears to fend the intruders off but it was ultimately brought down by the duo.

Boss battle

The Egg-Genesis is a boss in the Sonic and Silver Episodes, as well as in the Team Attack Amigo DLC stage. In the Sonic Episode, it is encountered after completing Radical Train and is fought by Sonic. In the Silver Episode, it is encountered after completing White Acropolis and is fought by Silver. In Team Attack Amigo, it is fought by E-123 Omega which the fight itself is the last segment required to complete the stage.

Sonic

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Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Egg-Genesis (Sonic)

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At the beginning of the battle, the Egg Genesis rises into the air, closing its arms. When the player sees the arms lock into a vertical position, the Egg Genesis will. The missiles are slow enough for the player to outrun them, but with four individual volleys in play, the player must avoid running away from one salvo and into another. While running from the missiles, the player should pick up Rings.

There are two ways to beat this boss.

• The first (and intended) way is to wait for when Egg Genesis lowers down and spreads its arms to release Egg Flyers. Sonic must then Homing attack the Egg Flyers to reach one of the arms, and then must get to the Egg-Genesis' head while avoiding the missiles it fires, and use either the Homing Attack or Bound Jump on its head to do damage. After a few hits, one of the Egg-Genesis' arms will break off.

• The second (and easier) way is to wait until the Egg-Genesis lowers down enough, as the orange core underneath is also vulnerable. When its weak undercarriage is close enough, the player should use Bound Jumps to get enough height and latch onto the orange sphere with a Homing Attack. Once the player hits the weak spot, they should attack repeatedly to cause enough damage for the machine to drop one of its arms.

After damaging the Egg-Genesis sufficiently enough to make it lose one of its arms, Sonic will fly high and then land on the arena’s outskirts, just in time to watch the Egg Genesis rise into position to fire off a missile salvo. From this point, the Egg Genesis will use its core laser attack which is telegraphed by a red and orange target reticle over Sonic. The Egg Genesis will lock on and track the player's movement up to the moment it fires a single orange energy laser. The laser attack can also damage if the player is within a short radius around the impact area. If the player keeps running, they can outmaneuver the laser attack. After the player destroys two of the four arms, the Egg-Genesis employs the laser attack after each unsuccessful missile volley. However, once three of the arms are destroyed, the Egg-Genesis will power up the energy laser to fire four times. Additionally, as it takes damage, the Egg Genesis will hide its head to shield itself from damage more frequently.

Once the Egg-Genesis' health is fully depleted, all spawned enemy robots if present will be instantly destroyed. The Egg-Genesis will target Sonic one last time and attempts to crash-land onto him. If the player is caught beneath the titanic battle fortress they will be crushed and take damage, so they must constantly move away from the falling fortress until it finally lands upon which the boss fight will end, taking roughly 10 seconds after the targeting reticle appears.

Silver

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The battle is similar to Sonic's fight although it is impossible for Silver to reach the Egg-Genesis arms and attack its head. As such, Silver can only damage the Egg-Genesis by attacking its under-carriage core. Similarly to Sonic's fight, when the Egg Genesis closes its four arms and rises off the ground, it will be preparing to release a missile volley. These missiles can be grabbed with Silver's Psychokinesis, then they can be fired back at the Egg-Genesis core to damage it. The energy core is protected in this position. However, as the player causes damage to the Egg Genesis, the arms will fall away one by one. Not only does this expose the core, but it decreases the number of missiles the Egg-Genesis can fire at the player. The player can also grab Steel Containers with Psychokinesis to hurl them at the Egg-Genesis to deal damage.

After firing several missile volleys, the Egg-Genesis will resort to using its core laser attack if the player gets caught in its spotlights.

Team Attack Amigo

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Team Attack Amigo Egg-Genesis (Omega)

As Omega, the battle is near identical to Silver's version in regards to the Egg-Genesis' attack patterns, with the notable difference being that the core laser attack is now used at the start of the battle. Omega has to simply attack the Egg-Genesis's under-carriage core and/or its searchlights with his Lock-On Shots to damage it.

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Trivia

• The Egg-Genesis' head bears a resemblance to those of the E-Series robots (specifically the E-100s).
• The Egg-Genesis may be named after the Sega Genesis. The Sega Genesis was the console which the original Sonic the Hedgehog was on, along with Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Sonic & Knuckles, and multiple spin-off titles. This is further supported by the fact that Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) was made to celebrate Sonic's 15th anniversary.
• When fighting the Egg-Genesis as Sonic, the weak spot meant for fighting him as Silver (under the middle) is still active, and with some precise maneuvering, it can be hit. Sonic will still fly upwards after doing so, like when the player hits it on top of the head.

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Artwork

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Screenshots

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The Egg-Genesis' intro screen in Soleanna Forest. The Egg-Genesis' intro screen in White Acropolis. Egg Genesis in the Team Attack Amigo DLC.

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