Titan (Dark Gaia's Minions)


 * For other uses of the term, see Titan (disambiguation).

"If might makes right, this guy's club is the last word in justice."

- Description, Sonic Unleashed

The Titan (タイタン) is a type of Dark Gaia's Minions that appears in Sonic Unleashed. These behemoths stand as the largest and most physically imposing of their kind, and are some of the most powerful of Dark Gaia's Minions to come by. They only appear in the game's nighttime stages where they serve as mini-bosses.

Appearance
The Titans stand as five meter tall cyclops-like giants with oxford and cyan skin, decorated with magenta body markings. Their bodies are rather bulky with large forearms and feet, a broad chest area and they have no visible neck. They possess a rather thick body armor with curved spikes on their knees, wrists, chest, and back, and have a pair of horns on their head. They also have a motif around their necks and shoulders that resembles Dark Gaia's mouth. Additionally, they have a rather thin tail and they constantly emit purple smoke.

Behavior
Described as one of "the biggest and baddest" of Dark Gaia's Minions, the Titans are driven by the simple desire to cause destruction and as such do not distinct between allies or foes. However, given that they are able to carve clubs out of trees suggests that they possess some degree of intelligence.

Powers and Abilities
The Titans are able to move around by emerging from black puddles on the ground. As a Dark Gaia minion, the Titans can possess people by latching onto the deepest, darkest part of the heart, and generate despair, negative emotions or even erratic behavior that are completely opposite to the person's personality.

As undoubtedly one of the most powerful of Dark Gaia's Minions, the Titans are quite strong creatures. They possess immense amounts of physical strength, enough to carry a tree-sized club in one hand with ease, produce powerful shockwaves that can spread across the battlefield by stomping into the ground, and swat away even Sonic the Werehog with one hand while immobilizing him through the brute force of their strikes alone. Due to their large size, the Titans also have large amounts of physical endurance, enough to be completely unfazed when hit by most of Sonic the Werehog's attacks.

The Titans possess a limited degree of energy projection, allowing them to channel energy that can be send out as directed shockwaves along any given surface

The Titans have demonstrated some skills in fighting with clubs, though with limited proficiency, such as just hammering them down on their opponents or swinging them along the ground.

Weapons
Each Titan carries a two-meter-wide wooden club that they have carved out from trees. In addition to using them for basic melee combat by swinging them at foes, they can also use them to channel energy which they can then send out as a shockwave by hammering them into a surface.

PS3/Xbox 360
On the PS3/Xbox360 version of Sonic Unleashed, the Titans possess a wide moveset for attacking, but their movements are somewhat slow. If the player is hit by one of the Titans' attack, the player will be immobilized until either it wears off on its own, or the player completes the player interaction shown on the screen by rapidly pressing the jump button.

When fighting the player close up, the Titans will either try to hit the player by bringing their club on the player or lash out with their free arm to knock the player away. If the player keeps his/hers distance from the Titans, however, they will either launch a shockwave at the player from their clubs, or produce an area covering shockwave that harms anything that comes in contact with them, be it the player or other enemies.

PS2/Wii
On the PS2/Wii version of Sonic Unleashed, the Titans have a more limited moveset for attacking, but their movements are a little faster. In battle, the Titans will attack the player with their clubs by either swinging them down on the player in a up to three three-hit combo, or spin them around to hit everything within their radius.

Overview
The Titans and the rest of Dark Gaia's Minions came into being when Dark Gaia broke apart in the beginning of Sonic Unleashed due to its premature awakening by Doctor Eggman. These fragments were then spread across the Earth and became Dark Gaia's Minions, with the Titans some amongst them. They first appear in Windmill Isle Night Act 1 in the PS3/Xbox 360 version and in Dragon Road Night Act III: Path to Darkness in the PS2/Wii version.

The Titans are some of the toughest enemies encountered in the game. Their attacks are quite devastating and can cause a lot of damage to the player, and they have very large amounts of health. They also only flinch when hit by Sonic the Werehog's most powerful attacks, meaning the Titans can continue executing their movements nearly undisturbed. However, they have rather slow movements, meaning their attacks can be avoided with good time to spare. When combatting Titans, it is advisable to attack them when they have their guard down and then run away when they are about to attack. They also come in a stronger variant called Red Titans (Wii/PS2 version only).

Upon the reconstruction of Dark Gaia by Dr. Eggman, all of the Titans along with the other Dark Gaia minions were returned to the beast, who was later defeated and sealed within the planet's core.

Archie Comics
The Titan had appeared in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-off comic series published by Archie Comics, where it is called the Dark Gaia Titan. In this media, it is one of the biggest and strongest Dark Gaia Monsters who appeared during the Shattered World Crisis.

The Dark Gaia Titan first appearance was in Sonic Universe #65, where it ambushed Knuckles, the Chaotix, and the Hooligans in the Aquatic Mine Zone. Knuckles and the Chaotix tried to fight it, but ended up being trapped with it in a flooding cave by the Hooligans. When Knuckles and the Chaotix managed to escape, the Dark Gaia Titan followed them to the Hooligans. There, Charmy tricked Bean to help weaken the Dark Gaia Titan, before Knuckles finished it off.

Trivia

 * Titan is one of the Dark Gaia Minions seen threatening Tails in a cutscene in Apotos.
 * Interestingly, though, Titan first appears in Apotos via cutscene for both PS3/Xbox 360 and PS2/Wii versions, but yet for the latter version, Titan does not appear until Dragon Road.