Whirl

The Whirl is an enemy that appears in Sonic 3D Blast. It is a mass-produced, pod-based Badnik created by Dr. Robotnik.

Appearance
The Whirls resemble hovering blue and orange drones with pincer arms, cartoonish eyes, and helicopter blades on top of them.

Overview
Whirls are encountered exclusively in Panic Puppet Zone. In gameplay, they simply hover erratically around a set point each. They can only harm Sonic by bumping directly into him.

These Badniks can easily be destroyed with a Spin Attack, Spin Dash or Spin Jump. Unlike the Badniks in the six previous Zones however, the Whirls do not contain Flickies that pop out of them upon their defeat