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:''For the version of this boss that resides in [[Classic Sonic's world]], see [[Crimson Eye]].''
The {{nihongo|'''Red Eye'''|レッドアイ|Reddoai}}, also known as '''Crimson Eye''',<ref name="DevInfo">{{Cite web|url=https://youtu.be/m36BVlGFb20 |title= Live Sonic Mania Developer Playthrough (3:42:05) |publisher=[[Headcannon|Stealth]] |date=20 August 2017|accessdate=22 August 2017}}</ref> is a mini-boss from ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'', as well as its locked-on form, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]''. It is encountered in [[Death Egg Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)|Death Egg Zone]] Act 1 and is fought in two phases.
 
 
The Red Eye also appears in ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' as the mini-boss of [[Titanic Monarch Zone]] Act 1. The fight plays out similarly to the one in ''Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles''.
 
 
==Game appearances==
 
===''Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles''===
 
 
{{Infobox boss
 
{{Infobox boss
 
|image = <gallery>
|title = Red Eye
 
|image = <gallery>
 
 
S3KDEggREyeS1.PNG|First phase
 
S3KDEggREyeS1.PNG|First phase
 
S3KDEggREyeS2.PNG|Second phase
 
S3KDEggREyeS2.PNG|Second phase
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
|game =
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|game =
 
*''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
 
*''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]''
 
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]''
 
*''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]''
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*''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'' {{Cameo}}
|level = [[Death Egg Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)|Death Egg Zone]] Act 1
 
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*''[[Sonic Forces]]'' {{Cameo}}
|description = The large drone with eyeball inside the metal column, that uses exploding spheres in means to protect itself. Doing eight hits on the drone blows up all spheres and reveals the drone's true form, that takes another eight hits to defeat.
 
 
|level = [[Death Egg Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)|Death Egg Zone]] Act 1
|previous = [[Mecha Sonic (Sky Sanctuary Zone)|Mecha Sonic]]
 
 
|description = The large drone with the eyeball inside the metal column uses exploding spheres to protect itself. Landing eight hits on the drone blows up all spheres and reveals the drone's true form, which takes another eight hits to defeat.
|next = [[Death Ball]]
 
 
|previous = [[Mecha Sonic (Sky Sanctuary Zone)|Mecha Sonic]]
 
|next = [[Death Ball]]
 
}}
 
}}
In ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'' and the lock-on version ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]'', Red Eye is a mini-boss found in a special chamber at the end of [[Death Egg Zone]] Act 1. Its defeat causes part of the Death Egg to collapse, revealing the Earth below it. It is the last mini-boss in this game.
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{{Nihongo|'''Red Eye'''|レッドアイ|Reddoai}} is a mini-boss from ''[[Sonic & Knuckles]]'', as well as its locked-on form, ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles]]''. It is encountered in [[Death Egg Zone (Sonic & Knuckles)|Death Egg Zone]] Act 1 and is fought in two phases.
   
====Phase One====
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==Boss guide==
 
===Phase one===
Red Eye itself occupies a metal pillar in the middle of the arena, with eight spheres spinning around it. These spheres spin around either the bottom of the pillar or the top, where the "red eye" of the boss is. When the spheres are spinning around the bottom, the player must make a difficult jump over the spheres, hit the eye and then back to the side again. When this is done, one of the spheres explodes, firing off spikes in eight different directions. Sometimes, when spinning around the bottom, the spheres will radiate out across the floor as well.
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Red Eye itself occupies a metal pillar in the middle of the arena, with eight spheres spinning around it. These spheres spin around either the bottom of the pillar, or the top where the "red eye" of the boss is. When the spheres are spinning around the bottom, the player must make a difficult jump over the spheres, hit the eye and run back to the side again. When this is done, one of the spheres will explode, firing off spikes in eight different directions. Sometimes, when spinning around the bottom, the spheres will spin out across the floor as well.
   
 
When all of the spheres are gone, the next phase begins.
 
When all of the spheres are gone, the next phase begins.
   
====Phase Two====
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===Phase two===
The casing around the Red Eye explodes and drops away, enabling it to hover around the arena. Two spiked platforms emerge from the Red Eye itself and slowly rotate around it in either direction. The player must hit the red eye of the boss eight times. After hitting it once, the whole body of the mini-boss glows red and it will go berserk. At this point, the platforms will spin around very rapidly, making it very difficult to score hits. In addition, Red Eye will fire a large, sustained laser beam towards the floor. Eventually Red Eye calms down again.
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The casing around the Red Eye explodes and drops away, enabling it to hover around the arena. Two spiked platforms emerge from the Red Eye itself and slowly rotate around it in either direction. The player must hit the red eye of the boss eight times. After hitting it once, the whole body of the mini-boss glows red and it will go berserk. At this state, the platforms will spin around very rapidly, making it very difficult to score hits. In addition, Red Eye will fire a large, sustained laser beam towards the floor. Eventually, Red Eye will calm down again, giving the player another opportunity to hit it.
   
An easy way to complete this phase is to jump on one of the platforms rotating around Red Eye and jump once directly underneath him. When the platforms rotate wildly, the player will not be thrown off, and once Red Eye calms down, the player has another chance to attack.
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An easy way to complete this phase is to jump on one of the platforms rotating around Red Eye and jump once directly underneath him. When the platforms rotate wildly, the player will not be thrown off (nor will they be affected by the laser), and once Red Eye calms down, the player will have another chance to attack.
   
After this boss is defeated, the floor falls apart and drops away, but fortunately for [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and/or [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]], there is a platform underneath, which they fall onto before a [[High-speed elevator]] takes them up to the next act (although the signpost will fall off the screen if it landed far enough to either of the sides).
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After this boss is defeated the floor falls apart and drops away, but fortunately for [[Sonic the Hedgehog|Sonic]] and/or [[Miles "Tails" Prower|Tails]] there is a platform underneath, which they fall onto before a [[High-speed elevator]] takes them up to the next act (although the signpost will fall off the screen if it landed far enough to either of the sides).
 
===''Sonic Mania''===
 
{{Infobox boss
 
|title = Crimson Eye
 
|image = <gallery>
 
Red eye.jpg|First phase
 
TMONARCH1-28.png|Second phase
 
</gallery>
 
|game = ''[[Sonic Mania]]''
 
|level = [[Titanic Monarch Zone]] Act 1
 
|description = The large drone with with the identical first phase. Doing eight hits on the drone blows up all spheres and reveals the drone's new form, that takes another eight hits to defeat.
 
|previous = [[Gashapandora]]
 
|next = [[Phantom Egg]]
 
}}
 
The Red Eye returned in ''[[Sonic Mania]]'', now called the '''Crimson Eye'''. It is found in an elevator at the end of [[Titanic Monarch Zone]] Act 1. Its defeat causes the elevator to take the player to Act 2. In this game, the Crimson Eye is both the last mini boss and the last traditional boss, as it is followed by the final boss.
 
 
====Phase One====
 
Phase one of this battle plays out identically to its first phase in ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''. Here, the Crimson Eye occupies itself in a large metal pillar in the center of the arena, surrounded by eight whirling spheres. While the spheres are on the floor, the player must make a difficult jump and hit the eye. If the eye is hit, one of the spheres will explode into spikes that travel across the screen. Sometimes, the spheres will radiate away from the Crimson Eye.
 
 
The differences here are that Crimson Eye itself is lowered down so that Knuckles is able to hit it, and that the arena is in fact an elevator with a few red and green lights and pillars. The background is constantly moving down too. Once all eight spheres have been destroyed, phase two begins.
 
 
====Phase Two====
 
Phase two of this battle is a lot different from the one in ''Sonic 3 & Knuckles''. First, the Crimson Eye dislodges itself from its metal compartment and starts hovering back and forth in the elevator. The elevator will abruptly begin moving in the direction shown on the two arrow panels in the background. If it is moving up, the player will be able to jump much lower than usual, rendering them unable to hit the Crimson Eye. If it is moving down, the player will be able to jump much higher than usual, allowing them to hit the Crimson Eye once or twice. At different points, the elevator will also come to an abrupt stop, resulting in the Crimson Eye lodging itself into the floor, if the elevator was moving down, or the ceiling if it was moving up. Once it lodges itself into the floor or ceiling, it will fire five ricocheting shots at a 45° angle. It is impossible to hit the Crimson Eye if it is on the ceiling, unless the player is using Tails, in which this case they can use [[Propeller Flying|his twin-tails]] to hit the Crimson Eye. This phase repeats itself until the Crimson Eye is hit eight times, at which point it will be destroyed.
 
   
 
==Other game appearances==
 
==Other game appearances==
 
===''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing''===
 
===''Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing''===
 
In ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'', two miniature Red Eyes have a cameo holding up the finish line on the [[Death Egg]] course, [[Egg Hangar]].
 
In ''[[Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]'', two miniature Red Eyes have a cameo holding up the finish line on the [[Death Egg]] course, [[Egg Hangar]].
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===''Sonic Forces''===
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Multiple Red Eye pillars can be seen in the background of the Death Egg levels in ''[[Sonic Forces]]'', observing the player although not performing any hostile actions.<ref name="ForcesShot">[[media:Red_Eye_Returns.png|Sonic Forces screenshot]]</ref>
   
 
==In other media==
 
==In other media==
 
===''Sonic X''===
 
===''Sonic X''===
{{main|E-73 Egg Babylon}}
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{{Main|E-73 Egg Babylon}}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
*Red Eye's attack pattern in the first phase resembles the [[Flying Eggman]] boss.
 
*Red Eye's attack pattern in the first phase resembles the [[Flying Eggman]] boss.
*If using the level select cheat to play this stage as [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], then this boss cannot be defeated without seriously abusing the debug to place objects to stand on. This is because Knuckles' character cannot jump as high as Sonic can, and thus cannot reach Red Eye in its first form.
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*If using the [[Level Select]] cheat to play this stage as [[Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles]], this boss cannot be defeated without abusing [[Debug Mode]] to place objects to stand on. This is because Knuckles cannot jump as high as Sonic can, and thus cannot reach Red Eye in its first form.
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*''[[Sonic Mania]]'' has a similar mini-boss known as [[Crimson Eye]].
**In Sonic Mania, however, the fight was slightly modifided so that Knuckles is able to hit Crimson Eye. This is because in this game, Knuckles is intended to fight it, unlike in Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
 
*Like with [[Heat Arms]], the battle with Red Eye is a sub-boss fight consisting of two phases.
 
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Sonic 3 & Knuckles info}}
 
{{Sonic 3 & Knuckles info}}
{{Mania info}}
 
 
[[Category:Sonic & Knuckles sub-bosses]]
 
[[Category:Sonic & Knuckles sub-bosses]]
[[Category:Sonic Mania bosses]]
 
 
[[Category:Eggman's creations]]
 
[[Category:Eggman's creations]]
 
[[Category:Robots]]
 
[[Category:Robots]]

Revision as of 04:23, 17 November 2019

For the version of this boss that resides in Classic Sonic's world, see Crimson Eye.

Red Eye (レッドアイ Reddoai?) is a mini-boss from Sonic & Knuckles, as well as its locked-on form, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. It is encountered in Death Egg Zone Act 1 and is fought in two phases.

Boss guide

Phase one

Red Eye itself occupies a metal pillar in the middle of the arena, with eight spheres spinning around it. These spheres spin around either the bottom of the pillar, or the top where the "red eye" of the boss is. When the spheres are spinning around the bottom, the player must make a difficult jump over the spheres, hit the eye and run back to the side again. When this is done, one of the spheres will explode, firing off spikes in eight different directions. Sometimes, when spinning around the bottom, the spheres will spin out across the floor as well.

When all of the spheres are gone, the next phase begins.

Phase two

The casing around the Red Eye explodes and drops away, enabling it to hover around the arena. Two spiked platforms emerge from the Red Eye itself and slowly rotate around it in either direction. The player must hit the red eye of the boss eight times. After hitting it once, the whole body of the mini-boss glows red and it will go berserk. At this state, the platforms will spin around very rapidly, making it very difficult to score hits. In addition, Red Eye will fire a large, sustained laser beam towards the floor. Eventually, Red Eye will calm down again, giving the player another opportunity to hit it.

An easy way to complete this phase is to jump on one of the platforms rotating around Red Eye and jump once directly underneath him. When the platforms rotate wildly, the player will not be thrown off (nor will they be affected by the laser), and once Red Eye calms down, the player will have another chance to attack.

After this boss is defeated the floor falls apart and drops away, but fortunately for Sonic and/or Tails there is a platform underneath, which they fall onto before a High-speed elevator takes them up to the next act (although the signpost will fall off the screen if it landed far enough to either of the sides).

Other game appearances

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, two miniature Red Eyes have a cameo holding up the finish line on the Death Egg course, Egg Hangar.

Sonic Forces

Multiple Red Eye pillars can be seen in the background of the Death Egg levels in Sonic Forces, observing the player although not performing any hostile actions.[1]

In other media

Sonic X

Main article: E-73 Egg Babylon

Trivia

  • Red Eye's attack pattern in the first phase resembles the Flying Eggman boss.
  • If using the Level Select cheat to play this stage as Knuckles, this boss cannot be defeated without abusing Debug Mode to place objects to stand on. This is because Knuckles cannot jump as high as Sonic can, and thus cannot reach Red Eye in its first form.
  • Sonic Mania has a similar mini-boss known as Crimson Eye.

References

Template:Sonic 3 & Knuckles info