Hotaru Hi-Watt

The Hotaru Hi-Watt is a boss that appears in Sonic Mania. It is a robotic contraption that ambushed Sonic and his friends at the Stardust Speedway Zone.

Appearance
True to its name, the Hotaru Hi-Watt appears as a larger version of the firefly-based Hotaru Badnik; it has a circular yellow head with two black eyes and two yellow antenna, a red, cylindrical body with two silver legs on either side, and most notably, a large light bulb which serves as the robot's abdomen.

History
The Hotaru Hi-Watt appeared to confront Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles after they were transported to the past version of Stardust Speedway. After the ensuring battle, the robot was defeated and the heroes made their way to the present.

Powers and abilities
The Hotaru Hi-Watt possesses levitation and teleportation abilities, allowing it to disappear at will. Its primary attack is to fire a large energy beam from its light bulb.

Battle
The Hotaru Hi-Watt is the mini-boss of Stardust Speedway Zone. It is fought by Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles at the end of Stardust Speedway Act 1.

Boss guide
When the battle starts, the Hotaru Hi-Watt will fly up and out of the arena and deploy a regular Hotaru Badnik which will teleport around the arena four times whilst firing its beam, however the Hotaru can just be attacked and defeated. Afterwhich, two more Hotaru will appear at the top of the screen, the two will be connected by electrical arc which can damage the player if they are caught in it as the two fly down. The Hotaru Hi-Watt will them teleport into the arena on either end of the screen and will move across to the other whilst firing its beam attack onto the ground. The player must then take this opportunity to attack the Hotaru Hi-Watt whilst avoiding taking damage from the attack. After it is traveled across the screen, the Hotaru Hi-Watt will fly back up and repeat the pattern. After taking six hits, the Hotaru Hi-Watt will be defeated.