Aero-Cannon

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These miniature hovering gun turrets open fire on anything that moves into range. The recoil from each shot sends them reeling just long enough to be vulnerable.

— Description, Sonic Unleashed^[1]

The Aero-Cannon^[1] (エアキャノン^[2], Ea Kyanon^?, lit. "Air Cannon") is an enemy that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a mass-produced, cannon-based Badnik model created by Dr. Eggman which works as a hovering gun turret.

Appearance

The Aero-Cannons are relatively small robots. They have an orb-shaped torso with two small semicircles on the bottom of it that function as feet, and a hemisphere attached on each side of their torso. Their head is a thick bar running along the top surface of their torso, and they have two eyes and a small straight field of yellow light running across their face, resembling teeth. Sticking out from the chest and slightly from their back, they have a long, single-barreled cannon. They are steel blue, yellow and silver in color, and have pale yellow eyes.

Game appearances

Sonic Unleashed

The Aero-Cannons appeared for the first time in both the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version and Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed. They can only be encountered in the daytime Action Stages/Stages of the game. In gameplay, they attack the player by shooting fast and precise energy blasts at them. When using a Homing Attack on the Aero-Cannons, caution is advised since there is a good chance they can hit Sonic with their shots before he can hit them.

Sonic Generations

In the console/PC version of Sonic Generations, Aero-Cannons from somewhere across spacetime appear as enemies. In this game, they can only be encountered in both Acts of Rooftop Run. In gameplay, their attack patterns are the same as they were in Sonic Unleashed.

Personality

The Aero-Cannons are very hostile machines who will open fire on anything that moves into range.^[1]

Powers and abilities

The Aero-Cannons can levitate in mid-air on their own. Thanks to their built-in cannon, the Aero-Cannons can fire highly powerful energy blasts at their opponents. However, the recoil from their shots is so strong that they are sent reeling back when after firing, leaving them vulnerable.

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Concept artwork

Models

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sonic Team (18 November 2008) Sonic Unleashed. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/level: Bestiary. "Eggman's Machinery 021/030: Aero-Cannon"
↑ Sonic Team (19 February 2009) Sonic Unleashed. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/level: Bestiary. "Eggman's Machinery 021/030 (Japanese): エアキャノン"

Sonic Unleashed (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3)

Playable characters		Sonic (Super Sonic, Sonic the Werehog) \| Gaia Colossus
Non-playable characters	Apotos	Alexis \| Anastasia \| Eric \| Gregorios \| Hot Dog Vendor \| Ice Cream Vendor \| Lambros \| Lucas \| Milos \| Sandra
	Spagonia	Aida \| Barbara \| Ciccio \| David \| Denise \| Dora \| Elio \| Federica \| Franco \| Gigi \| Hot Dog Vendor \| Ippolita \| Irma \| Josef \| Lilli \| Lucia \| Marcantonio \| Mauro \| Natalia \| Otto \| Professor Pickle \| Professor Pickle's Assistant \| Raimondo
	Mazuri	Ana \| Essie \| Gwek \| Hog Dog Vendor \| Kofi \| Kwami \| Kwod \| Yawa \| Yaya
	Chun-nan	Chun \| Hot Dog Vendor \| Hualin \| Jinlin \| Lin \| Shuifon \| Wang \| Yilin \| Zonshen
	Holoska	Hot Dog Vendor \| Jari-Pekka \| Jari-Thure \| Marketa \| Sarianna \| Ursule
	Shamar	Ara \| Dimah \| Ehsan \| Erhan \| Hizir \| Hot Dog Vendor \| Iman \| Labib \| Latif \| Layla \| Mufid \| Musaid \| Raniya \| Sa'id \| Sadiq \| Safi \| Samia \| Sammar \| Shadi \| Utba \| Yasmine
	Empire City	Boss \| Brenda \| Charles \| Def Big \| Elizabeth \| Hot Dog Vendor \| Li'l Kate \| Louie Montaine \| Robert
	Adabat	Hot Dog Vendor \| Jamal \| Kaeo \| Nagi \| Rudi \| Teanchai
	Eggmanland	EF-DC1998 \| EF-MD1991 \| EF-XB2006 \| Hot Dog Vendor
	Misc.	Amy \| Chip \| Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia) \| Dr. Eggman \| Tails \| SA-55 \| Su \| Uh \| Wentos
Town Stages		Apotos \| Mazuri \| Spagonia \| Chun-nan \| Holoska \| Shamar \| Empire City \| Adabat \| Eggmanland
Action Stages		Windmill Isle \| Savannah Citadel \| Rooftop Run \| Dragon Road \| Cool Edge \| Arid Sands \| Skyscraper Scamper \| Jungle Joyride \| Eggmanland \| Tornado Defense
Enemies	Eggman's Machinery	Aero-Cannon \| Aero-Chaser \| Egg Blizzard \| Egg Burst \| Egg Fighter \| Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield, Spring shield) \| Egg Fighter: Sword \| Egg Flame \| Egg Launcher (H) \| Egg Launcher (H+V) \| Egg Launcher (V) \| Egg Shackle \| Egg Shooter \| Egg Typhoon \| Gold Aero-Cannon \| Interceptor \| Little Fighter \| Mole Cannon \| Spinner \| Thunder Ball \| Thunder Spinner
Enemies	Dark Gaia's minions	Big Mother \| Cure Master \| Dark Bat \| Dark Bat Sniper \| Dark Eel \| Dark Fright \| Deep Nightmare \| Evil Flower \| Fire Master \| Fright Master \| Killer Bee \| Lightning Master \| Little Rex \| Nightmare \| Power Master \| Red Fright \| Red Killer Bee \| Red Rex \| Thunder Bat \| Titan
Bosses		Egg Beetle \| Egg Cauldron \| Egg Devil Ray \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Lancer \| Dark Gaia \| Dark Gaia Phoenix \| Dark Guardian \| Dark Moray \| Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques	Sonic	Air Boost \| Cartwheel \| Crouch \| Foot Sweep \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Jump Dash \| Lightspeed Dash \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Sonic Boost \| Sonic Drift \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Quick Step \| Wall Jump
	Werehog	Dash \| Double Jump \| Grab \| Guard \| Unleashed Mode \| Wall Shuffle
	Misc.	Boost \| Drill Attack \| Super Sonic Boost \| Turbo Boost
Skills	Straight attacks	Donkey Kick Combo \| Double Axle Combo \| Double Kick Combo \| Feral Were-Hammer \| Knuckle Sandwich Combo \| Sho-Hog-Ken \| Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich \| Vertical Were-Hammer \| Were-Hammer \| Werewheel Rush
	Hook attacks	Earthshaker \| Egg Scrambler \| Feral Wild Whirl \| Rolling Kick Combo \| Sho-Claw-Ken \| Ultimate Wild Combo \| Unleashed Wild Combo \| Wereclap \| Wild Whirl \| Wild Whirl Were-Hammer
	Aerial attacks	Aerial Claw Slash \| Aerial Claw Slash and Spin \| Aerial Piledriver \| Crescent Moon Strike \| Diving Bodypress \| Flying Double-Punch \| Flying Double-Punch Crush \| Hurricane Combo \| Shooting Star Combo \| Typhoon Combo
	Special attacks	Comet Punch \| Missile Punch \| Spinning Needle Attack \| Tricky Tornado Uppercut \| Triple Wild Claw \| Were-Claw Charge \| Were-Cyclone \| Were-Rush \| Were-Tornado \| Wild Werewhip
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Blue spring \| Bobsled \| Bomb \| Buoy \| Check Point \| Conveyor Belt \| Crane Lift \| Crank \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Door \| Fountain \| Grind Rail \| Hanging vine \| Hint Ring \| Horizontal Bar \| Hourglass \| Icicle \| Iron ball \| Jump Selector \| Laser field \| Lever \| Movable box \| Moving Crate \| Rainbow Ring \| Ramp \| Snowblower \| Spike Trap \| Spikes \| Springboard/Spring \| Springpole \| Switch \| Thorn Spring \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items	General	1UP \| 5 Ring Bonus \| Art Book \| Audio System \| Blue Tea \| Bookshelf \| Boss Gate \| Chaos Orb \| Container (Explosive crate, Steel Container, Wooden Container) \| Crystal Ball \| Dark Gaia Force \| Edible item (Apple, Banana, Canned Juice, Chai, Chili Dog, Donut, Sundae Supreme) \| Gaia Gate \| Gaia Key \| Goal Ring \| Gift \| Gramophone \| Green Tea \| Key Stone \| Lovely Ring \| Maiden Statue \| Moon Medal \| Old Necklace \| Pick-Me-Up \| Pretty Bouquet \| Power Shield \| Record \| Red Tea \| Ring \| Shield Charge \| Souvenir \| Sun Medal \| Super Claw \| Super Ring \| Turquoise Tea \| TV \| Videotape \| Violet Tea \| White Tea \| Yellow Tea
Items	Level Up Items	Air Boost Shoes \| Light Speed Dash Shoes \| Stomping Shoes \| Wall Jump Shoes
English voice actors		Jason Griffith (Sonic, Werehog, Prof. Pickle's Assistant) \| Amy Palant (Tails) \| Lisa Ortiz (Amy) \| Anthony Salerno (Chip) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman, Zonshen) \| Christopher Collet (SA-55) \| Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor, Prof. Pickle)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic) \| Tomokazu Seki (Werehog) \| Chikao Otsuka (Eggman) \| Chō (Prof. Pickle) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip)
Music	Songs	"Endless Possibility" \| "Dear My Friend"
Music	Albums	Planetary Pieces: Sonic World Adventure Original Soundtrack
Other		Auto Running \| Boost Gauge \| Boost Gauge \| Chao \| Chaos Emerald \| Chaos Energy Cannon \| Chun-nan's Treasure \| Collection Room \| Combo \| Critical Attack \| Don Fachio \| Dr. Eggman's chair \| Earth \| Eggman Fleet \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Mobile \| Entrance Stage \| Exorcisms \| Experience Point \| Freeze \| Gaia Manuscripts \| Gaia Temple \| Gaia Temple guardian \| Hallowmoon \| Havok \| Health Gauge \| Miles Electric \| Mission \| Real-Time Interaction \| Ring Energy Gauge \| Shield Gauge \| Shop (Counter of Dreams 2, Eggshop, Flying Fish Beach Shop, Golden Trading Company, Josef's, Surfside Seagull Sundries, Traveling Salesman Wentos, Treeshade, Ursule's Trading Post, Wang's Emporium) \| Shuttle loop \| Sonic: Night of the Werehog \| Sonic World Adventure (manga) \| Spagonia University \| SPD \| Tornado-1 \| Rank \| Time of awakening \| Unleashed Gauge

Sonic Generations (console/PC)

Playable characters		Sonic (Modern) (Super Sonic (Modern)) \| Sonic (Classic) (Super Sonic (Classic))
Non-playable characters		Amy \| Animals (Flicky, Picky, Pecky, Cucky) \| Blaze \| Cheese \| Cream \| Cubot \| Dr. Eggman (Classic) \| Dr. Eggman (Modern) \| Knuckles \| Metal Sonic \| Omochao \| Orbot \| Perfect Chaos \| Rouge \| Shadow \| Silver \| Tails (Classic) \| Tails (Modern) \| Team Chaotix (Charmy, Espio, Vector) \| Time Eater
Wisps		Orange \| Pink
Stages		Green Hill \| Chemical Plant \| Sky Sanctuary \| Speed Highway \| City Escape \| Seaside Hill \| Crisis City \| Rooftop Run \| Planet Wisp \| Casino Night
Challenge Acts		Doppelganger Race! \| The Buzz Bombers' Revenge! \| Knuckles: Horde of Enemies \| Swingset Circus \| High Speed Challenge \| Look Out Below! \| Tails: Way Past Fast \| Jump Rush \| 300% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Tails: Toxic Skies \| Which Switch is Which? \| Aqua Shield Challenge \| Invincibility Challenge \| One Ring Challenge \| Amy: Taking the Leap Together! \| Grappling with Grabbers \| Underwater Ring Machine \| Eggrobo Rush \| Aerial Paradise \| Ring Time Challenge \| Amy: Topsy Turvy \| Knuckles: Buried Treasure \| 200% Boost Gauge Challenge \| Balloon Bonanza \| High-Speed Hijinks (Modern) \| Cream: Chao Hunt \| Hot Pursuit (Classic) \| High Speed Challenge 2 \| Resisting Arrest \| Overdrift \| Hot Pursuit (Modern) \| Drill Baby Drill \| Espio: Master of Camouflage \| Lord of the Board \| Thunder Shield Challenge \| Rouge: The Bombardier \| Rite of Spring \| Cream: Helping Hand \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Modern) \| Topsy-Turvy \| High-Speed Hijinks 2 \| Rescue the Animals! \| Espio: Way of the Ninja \| High-Speed Hijinks (Classic) \| Underwater Challenge \| Rouge: The Temptress \| Trick Island \| Surf, Sea, and Sand \| Terror From the Deep \| Goal Post Juggle \| Vector: Through the Storm \| Flame Shield Challenge \| Ring Time Challenge 2 \| Power Stomp Challenge \| Switcheroo \| Blaze: Piercing the Flames \| Four-way Cannon Cavalcade \| High-Rise Balloon Climb \| Dash Ring 1-2-3 (Classic) \| Charmy: Don't Bug Me! \| One Ring Challenge 2 \| Barrel Ring Bonus \| Rooftop Rail Grind \| Endless Boost \| Vector: Pick Up the Beat \| With Your Powers Combined \| Goal Post Juggle 2 \| Chase After Blaze \| Rescue the Animals 2! \| Cart Challenge \| Charmy: High in the Sky \| Action Master \| Orange Rocket, Blast Off!
Enemies		Aero-Cannon \| Buzz Bomber (Classic) \| Buzz Bomber (Modern) \| Buzzer (Classic) \| Buzzer (Modern) \| Chopper (Classic) \| Chopper (Modern) \| Cop Speeder \| Crabmeat (Classic) \| Crabmeat (Modern) \| Egg Chaser \| Egg Fighter \| Egg Fighter: Sword \| Egg Launcher (H) \| Egg Launcher (H+V) \| Egg Launcher (V) \| Egg Pawn \| Eggrobo \| Giant Chopper \| Grabber \| Gun Beetle \| Gun Hunter \| Iblis's Minions (Iblis Biter, Iblis Taker, Iblis Worm) \| Mono Beetle \| Moto Bug (Classic) \| Moto Bug (Modern) \| Sandworm \| Spinner \| Spiny \| Sprinkler \| Thunder Spinner
Bosses		Metal Sonic \| Death Egg Robot \| Shadow \| Perfect Chaos \| Silver \| Egg Dragoon \| Time Eater
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Air Boost \| Atomic Spin \| Boost \| Bound Jump \| Cartwheel \| Crouch \| Double Jump \| Drift \| Freestyle Tricks \| Grind Step \| Grinding \| Homing Attack \| Hop \| Insta-Shield \| Jump Dash \| Kick boost \| Lightspeed Dash \| Mid-Air Dash \| Quick Step \| Slide \| Skydiving \| Spin \| Spin Dash \| Spin Jump \| Stomp \| Super Sonic Boost \| Super Sonic Missile \| Wall Jump
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Chaos Spear \| Dig \| Drill Attack \| Fire Beam \| Heart Effect \| Ice Wave \| Meteor Smash \| Ninja Arts: Camouflage \| Propeller Flying \| Psychic Knife \| Restraint Trap \| Ring Spark Field \| Sun Burst \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack \| Warping arm attack \| Whirlwind
Color Powers		Orange Rocket \| Pink Spikes
Skills		Aqua Shield \| Flame Shield \| Thunder Shield \| Twin Spin Attack \| Invincible Start \| Shield \| Power Sneakers \| Long Spin Dash \| Treasure Scanner \| Homing Attack \| Hercules Muscles \| Breath Holder \| Boardmaster \| Ring Time \| Blast Off \| Speed Up \| Direct Jump \| Power Stomp \| Quick Slide \| Acceleration \| Smasher Bonus \| Ring Energy Bonus \| Boost Gauge Up \| Serial Homing \| Auto-Gauge \| Gauge Rebooter \| Trick Mastery \| Endless Boost \| Power Brake \| Sure-Footed \| Safety Net \| Last Chance \| 10-Second Rings \| Athleticism \| Time Break \| Super Sonic \| Sega Genesis Controller*
Gimmicks and obstacles		Balloon \| Barrel \| Big Balloon \| Bomb \| Bonus Bell \| Bottomless pit \| Bumper \| Cannon \| Capsule \| Car \| Cart \| Cloud \| Crusher \| Dash Panel \| Dash Rail \| Dash Ring \| Dimensional Bomb \| Explosion Trap \| Fan \| Flipper \| Four-way Cannon \| Gear Platform \| Goal Plate \| Gondola \| GUN Military Truck \| Hanging Bell \| Heart bomb \| Helicopter \| High-speed warp tube \| Horizontal Bar \| Iron ball \| Jump Panel \| Kao \| Laser field \| Meteorite \| Movable box \| Pole Elevator \| Propeller Spring \| Pulley \| Rainbow Ring \| Rocket \| Route Signal \| Saw \| Seesaw \| Slot machine \| Spike Trap \| Spikes \| Spinning Top \| Spinning Platform \| Spotlight \| Spring \| Spring Catapult \| Spring Pole \| Star Post \| Switch \| Trap Spring \| Trick Jump Panel \| Wall Jump Block \| Warp Point \| Wide spring \| Zip Line
Items		Air Bubble \| Boss Gate \| Boss Gate Key \| Buoy \| Chaos Emerald \| Container (Case, Spike Block, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) \| Energy Core \| Goal Ring \| Information Pod \| Item Box (1-Up, Aqua Shield, Flame Shield, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Skateboard, Super Ring, Thunder Shield) \| Medal \| Mega Mack \| Musical note \| Red Star Ring \| Ring \| Snowboard \| Time Bonus \| Wisp Capsule
English voice actors		Roger Craig Smith (Sonic (Modern), Wisp announcer) \| Mike Pollock (Eggman (Classic), Eggman (Modern)) \| Kate Higgins (Tails (Classic), Tails (Modern)) \| Travis Willingham (Knuckles) \| Cindy Robinson (Amy) \| Kirk Thornton (Shadow) \| Quinton Flynn (Silver) \| Laura Bailey (Blaze, Omochao) \| Karen Strassman (Rouge) \| Michelle Ruff (Cream) \| Keith Silverstein (Vector) \| Troy Baker (Espio) \| Colleen O'Shaughnessey (Charmy)
Japanese voice actors		Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic (Modern)) \| Chikao Ōtsuka (Eggman (Classic), Eggman (Modern)) \| Ryō Hirohashi (Tails (Modern)) \| Takuto Yoshinaga (Tails (Classic)) \| Nobutoshi Canna (Knuckles) \| Taeko Kawata (Amy) \| Kōji Yusa (Shadow) \| Rumi Ochiai (Rouge) \| Daisuke Ono (Silver) \| Nao Takamori (Blaze) \| Sayaka Aoki (Cream) \| Kenta Miyake (Vector) \| Yūki Masuda (Espio) \| Yōko Teppōzuka (Charmy) \| Etsuko Kozakura (Omochao) \| Fumihiko Tachiki (Wisp announcer)
Music	Songs	"Escape from the City" \| "You're My Hero"
Music	Albums	20 Years of Sonic Music \| Blue Blur: Sonic Generations Original Soundtrack \| History of the 1st Stage Original Soundtrack White Edition
Other		Boost Gauge \| Chao in Space \| Collection Room \| Combo \| Corkscrew \| Death Egg (Classic) \| Death Egg (Modern) \| Death Egg Robot \| Egg Dragoon \| Egg Gun \| Egg Mobile \| Egg Spear \| Havok \| Lair of the Time Eater \| Life \| Loop \| Miles Electric \| Orca \| Perfect Bonus \| Rank \| Sonic's birthday \| Sonic Generations (manga) \| Sonic Generations of Skate \| Statue Room \| Time Hole \| Tornado-1 \| Totem pole \| Tunnel \| Water \| White Space *Exclusive to the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 version

[Entry-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sonic Team (18 November 2008) Sonic Unleashed. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/level: Bestiary. "Eggman's Machinery 021/030: Aero-Cannon"

[2] Sonic Team (19 February 2009) Sonic Unleashed. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/level: Bestiary. "Eggman's Machinery 021/030 (Japanese): エアキャノン"

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