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The Egg Hammer Mega[1] (エッグハンマー・メガ Egguhanmā Mega?) is the boss of the Zone Leaf Storm from Sonic Rush. It is the first boss for Sonic the Hedgehog and the second boss for Blaze the Cat. It is controlled by Dr. Eggman (no matter if it fought against Sonic or Blaze).

Appearance[]

The Egg Hammer Mega's appearance is similar to a snake or anaconda. It has a yellow head, red and white striped body, blue like-fangs, and white like-spikes on top of its head. The white on top of its head is where the Egg Mobile is located.

Battle[]

The battle with the Egg Hammer Mega occurs on a flat, short cliff towering above treetops which serves as the main platform where both sides are bounded, preventing the player from falling off throughout most of the fight. There are four groups of three rings hovering above the cliff platform. The Egg Hammer Mega will use the following attacks:

  • The Egg Hammer Mega will reel its head back while following the playable character. After a short while, it will then slam itself onto the platform. The player can them jump on top of its flashing head to attack it.
  • The Egg Hammer Mega will perform another variant of the previous head slam attack, though with various differences: while it is charging up the attack, the camera changes, it has a longer startup time and Eggman will not attempt to follow the player while charging the attack, it can cause the player to lose a life if the attack connects, regardless whether the player has Rings or not.
  • The Egg Hammer Mega moves to one side of the platform and then detaches its head onto the plaform upon which it will roll from one side of the platform to the other, trying to hit the playable charcter which can be avoided by jumping. While contact with the Egg Hammer Mega will not cause the player to lose Rings, the attack will push the playable character away from the boss and if the boss pushes the playable character off the edge of the platform, the player will lose a life. In normal difficulty, the Egg Hammer Mega will roll more times compared to easy difficulty.

Once it has been hit six or eight times (in Easy or Normal respectively), the Egg Hammer Mega is defeated.

Music[]

Name Artist(s) Length Music track
"Metal Scratchin'" Hideki Naganuma 1:36
"Metal Scratchin' (Part 2)" Hideki Naganuma 0:32

Trivia[]

  • This boss is reused for Egg Hammer Fortress on the Huge Crisis Zone from Sonic Rush.
  • The Egg Hammer Mega follows the tradition of hammer-themed first level bosses from the Sonic Advance series, which in turn originated from Sonic Pocket Adventure.
  • If excluding Egg Salamander, this is the only robot boss that has the same color scheme for both Sonic and Blaze (possibly because, due to the resulting cutscene, it is the same robot).
  • A very early in-production picture showing Sonic fighting the Egg Hammer Mega had the Huge Crisis background where the Egg Hammer Fortress is fought.
  • This is one of the two bosses in Sonic Rush where the player does not fight Eggman Nega directly. The other is Sonic/Blaze.
    • It is also the only boss mech in the game which Eggman Nega does not pilot.
  • In beta footage of Sonic Rush, the coloring of Egg Hammer Mega is different from what is seen in the final game. The beta also shows the boss being defeated in only 4 hits, unlike the six/eight it takes in the finished product.[2]

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Artwork[]

Screenshots[]

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References[]

  1. Flynn, Ian; Sega (8 December 2021). "Sonic Rush". Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclo-speed-ia. Dark Horse Books. p. 160. ISBN 978-1506719276. "Egg Hammer Mega - Race along the treetops as the long-armed mecha tries to crush you with its heavily armored cockpit."
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCI4Kqkzq4

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