Orbinaut


 * This article is about the enemies with spiked balls for defenses. You could be looking for Orbot.

Orbinaut refers to a series of sea urchin-based Badniks that are created by Dr. Ivo Robotnik and are recurring enemies in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. The first Orbinaut models appeared in the original Sonic the Hedgehog, and have since also appeared outside of the video games.

Description
Orbinauts are said to be based off sea urchins (uni in Japanese). Orbinauts are different colors of metal orbs which are able to hover in the air. This Badnik's signature weapons are four spiked balls that ringed around of them. Some Orbinauts throw at its prey which is its only method of attack for some of these Badniks. This is also a major weakness; as once all four spiked balls have been thrown, the hovering Orbinaut itself is completely defenseless.

However some Orbinauts do not throw its spike balls away, but keep moving forward and keep ringing its spike balls at same time as keeping its defense on. It is usually impossible to defeat these types of Orbinauts without getting hit, so it is good to avoid them and simply keep moving. Few Orbinauts utilize its spike balls with different methods to stop the player.

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