Amenbo

Amenbo^{[note 1]} is an enemy that appears in Sonic the Hedgehog CD. It is a water strider-type Badnik created by Dr. Eggman.

Appearance

Amenbo can be one of the smallest Badnik models that Dr. Eggman has created, as being based on water striders. It has a cyan-colored body with metallic spindly legs. Also, located on the rear of Amenbo is a sizable fan used to navigate the surface of the water.

Overview

The Amenbos appears exclusively in Tidal Tempest. It will attempt to shoot small projectiles at Sonic, although it does so rather sporadically. The worn down version of Amenbo in the Present and Bad Future is not very different from its pristine version, except the fan on its body is broken, it moves slower and it never fires projectiles.

Amenbos are rather rare enemies, as they only appear in areas with large water surfaces, something which Tidal Tempest has very few of. Amenbos can easily be defeated with a simple Spin Jump. Like every Badnik in the game, the Amenbos are powered by Little Planet flower seeds which will pop out of them when they are defeated.

Gallery

Concept artwork

Trivia

"Amenbo" (アメンボ, "Amenbo"^?) is the Japanese word for "water strider".

Notes

↑ While not listed in any instruction manuals, in-game source code from the Sonic Gems Collection version of Sonic the Hedgehog CD refers to this Badnik as "amenbo".

Sonic the Hedgehog CD

Characters		Sonic \| Tails* \| Amy \| Dr. Eggman \| Metal Sonic \| Animals (Flicky, Pocky, Ricky, Pecky, Sheep, Swallow)
Rounds		Palmtree Panic \| Collision Chaos \| Tidal Tempest \| Quartz Quadrant \| Wacky Workbench \| Stardust Speedway \| Metallic Madness \| Special Stage \| Bonus Stage \| R2 \| Desert Dazzle*
Enemies		Amenbo \| Antlion \| Bigbom \| Dango \| Ga \| Hotaru \| Kabasira \| Kanabun \| Kemusi \| Kumo-Kumo \| Minomusi \| Noro-Noro \| Robot Ant \| Robot Bee \| Robot Beetle \| Robot Butterfly \| Robot Mantis \| Robot Mosquito \| Sasori \| Scarab \| Semi \| Taga-Taga \| Tamabboh \| Tentou \| Tonbo \| Yago
Bosses		EGG-HVC-001 \| Collision Chaos boss \| Tidal Tempest boss \| Quartz Quadrant boss \| Wacky Workbench boss \| Metal Sonic \| Metallic Madness boss \| Final Fever*
Moves/ Techniques	Playable characters	Propeller Flying* \| Spin Jump \| Super Spin Attack \| Super Spin Dash \| Super Peel Out
Moves/ Techniques	NPCs	Ring Spark Field \| V. Maximum Overdrive Attack
Gimmicks and obstacles		Breakaway Bumper \| Bumper \| Chopper Block \| Conveyor Belt \| Crusher \| Dash Zone \| Electric Generator \| Electrical conduit \| Emerald Block \| Fan Block \| Flipper \| Flywheel \| Goal Plate \| High-speed warp tube \| Iron ball \| Rotating platform \| Seesaw \| Size Beam \| Snowblower \| Spring \| Spring Pole \| Switch \| Time Warp Plate
Objects		Air Bubble \| Capsule \| Lamppost \| Little Planet flowers \| Metal Sonic Projector \| Monitor (Extra Life, Invincible, Power Sneakers, Super Ring, Shield) \| Ring \| Robot transporter \| Super Ring \| Time Bonus \| Time Stone \| UFO
Music	Songs	Cosmic Eternity - Believe in Yourself \| Sonic - You Can Do Anything \| Sonic Boom
Music	Albums	Sonic the Hedgehog Boom \| Sonic the Hedgehog CD Original Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition \| Sonic CD (vinyl album)
Other		Debug Mode \| Freeze \| Little Planet \| Never Lake \| Shuttle loop \| Time Attack \| Winding Tunnel *Only included in the 2011 rerelease.

[0] While not listed in any instruction manuals, in-game source code from the Sonic Gems Collection version of Sonic the Hedgehog CD refers to this Badnik as "amenbo".

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