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The Death Crab (デスクラブ,Desukurabu?)[1] is a boss that appears in Sonic Forces. It is a crab-based, six-legged battlemech created by Dr. Eggman that is in service to the Eggman Empire.
The Death Crab is a crab-based robot at the size of a building. It possesses a round, disk-shaped body with a massive and dark gray spiked shell on top and a pale gray underbelly. Up front on its body it has several red, featureless eyes, a small flat nose, and a pair of relatively small, dark gray claws. It also has six massively large and long crustacean-based legs made of dark gray metal with spiked lower sections and flat feet. Several of its joints are also lit up by red lights.
History
When the Avatar tore their way through the Eggman Empire's operations in the Green Hill Zone, the Death Crab made its appearance. Throughout the Zone, it tried in vain to stop the Avatar. When the Avatar then tried to escape, the Death Crab made one finally attempt to catch them, only for the resistance rookie to tie it up with their grabbling hook, causing the Death Crab to fall and get destroyed in the ensuing crash.
Personality
The Death Crab is a highly destructive, yet determined machine who cares little about collateral damage or obstacles. Like an actual crab, it also walks sideways.
Powers and abilities
The Death Crab is an exceptionally powerful robot; when its power was measured, its energy readings were stated to be off the charts.[2] As its size would imply, its possesses incredible strength, enough to cause tremors by stomping and smash through mountainsides without slowing down. It is also surprisingly fast, easy keeping up with the Avatar, and has enough jumping power to leap several hundreds of meters straight up into the air.
Battle
The Death Crab is a mini-boss fought in the Avatar Stage in the Green Hill Zone. It is fought with the Avatar. The Death Crab is automatically encountered upon reaching the end of the Green Hill Zone's Avatar Stage.
Boss guide
When the battle begins, the Avatar is stuck running forward towards the screen while the Death Crab chases after them from behind. The player is unable to attack the Death Crab however, while it is able to fling blocks of rock at the Avatar, each of which can inflict damage should they hit. To win this battle, the player must avoid the rock blocks thrown with the Quick Step until a Real-Time Interaction appears. Executing it successfully will allow the Avatar to defeat this boss; the better the player times the Real-Time Interaction by initiating it when the green rings that appear overlap, the greater the point bonus the player will receive.
↑Shun Nakamura on Twitter(Japanese) (3 July August 2017). Retrieved on 30 August 2017. "Shun Nakamura: 先日お伝えしたウィスポン バーストを使ったアクション中の画面写真。自在に空中のリングを取れます。そして、その奥に見えるのは、デスクラブ！エッグマンは「デス」好きですね。"
↑Sonic Team (7 November 2017). Sonic Forces. PlayStation 4. Sega. Area/Level: Avatar Stage. "Amy: Hang on. It's a multi-legged battlemech! The energy readings are off the charts!"
↑Sonic Forces - TGS 2017 Otakumode Interview (16:58). YouTube (23 September 2017). Retrieved on 24 December 2017. "Takashi Iizuka (as translated by board's translator): Yes. So, uh, this, uh, for older players this should remind you of, uh, the, uh, the orca scene in Sonic Adventure 1, uh, where you get chased by an orca, destroying all the stage, so we have prepared a lot of these also in Sonic Forces."
