Red Nightmare

The Red Nightmare (レッドナイトメア) is one of the types of Dark Gaia's minions and appears exclusivly on the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed. These red fiends are a powered-up version of the normal Nightmare. They only appear during the game's nighttime stages.

Overview
The Red Nightmares, just like all of Dark Gaia's minions, were created when Dark Gaia fell appart at the begining of Sonic Unleashed, with some of its fragments becoming Red Nightmares. They first appear in Dragon Road Night Act I: The Floating Shrine.

As a member of the Nightmare type of Dark Gaia's minions, the Red Nightmares serve as the footsoldiers of Dark Gaia's army. They are faster and stronger versions of the regular Nightmares and possess more health, but they are still weaker than the regular Deep Nightmare. They usually appears in groups of at least three or higher.

The Red Nightmares were all later returned to Dark Gaia by Dr. Eggman in order to rebuild Dark Gaia itself, and was then sealed inside the planet upon its defeat.

Attack Patterns
Just like their Nightmare relatives, the Red Nightmares lack projectile attacks and resort to hand-to hand combat by using their stretchy arms as clubs and can guard against attcks, but they rarely do so and with little efficiency.

Apperance
The Red Nightmares look just like the normal Nightmare, appearing as humanoid lizard-like beings with thick arms, spiked backs and horns and have glowing markings on their bodies and purple smoke emitting from their backs. Unlike the normal Nightmare however, they have a pinkish-red color and their markings glows in a cyan color.