Scorpius

For the boss in Toxic Pools in the the 8-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball, see here.

Scorpius
Overview
Game	Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (16-bit version only) (only appearance)
Level	Toxic Caves
Description	A gigantic and imitating scorpion robot with Robotnik's face and a large metallic tail. After a huge amount of hits and destroying its tail, the player has to hit it four times to finish it off.
Boss order
Next boss	Robo-Boiler

Scorpius is the first boss that appears in the 16-bit version of Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball. It resides in the first and lowest level of the Veg-O-Fortress, Toxic Caves.

Scorpius is a gigantic and orange colored robotic scorpion, with Robotnik's face as its head. It has four mechanic legs and a large tail that drips droplets of green liquid. Once Sonic collects the three Chaos Emeralds within Toxic Cave, the room to Scorpius opens and Sonic can battle against it.

Overview

Scorpius has an extensible tail, which it can use as a shield and to drip poisonous liquid from the tip. Sonic must jump into the gap between the tail and the body in order to attack the body from within; if he succeeds, he will bounce repeatedly within Scorpius and cause significant damage, unless he slips out of the gap, and must therefore reenter it again. After a huge amount of hits, the tail will break off and Sonic can attack Scorpius' body directly, with four hits being needed to destroy Scorpius. There is also an alternate method of destroying Scorpius by hitting the four targets above the ceiling, which will cause a pile of rocks to fall down and damage the Scorpius. The player has to bounce on the tail in order to reach all four targets.

During the first part of the battle, the player can also use the Sewer Warp below the platform (where Scorpius is standing on) to warp above the Scorpius. If Sonic falls to the bottom of the boss room, he will be shot back up, so he cannot leave the room until Scorpius is defeated. The shooter, however, disappears once Scorpius's tail is destroyed, and since the minecart is no longer there, Sonic will fall all the way back to the beginning of the level.

Apperances in other media

Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

The Boss Scorpion as it appears in episode "Attack on the Pinball Fortress".

In Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Scorpius (that is called as Boss Scorpion) appeared in the episode "Attack on the Pinball Fortress". Even though the design of it is drastically different, it features two television screens on its eyes, where Robotnik is able to see and control the action. Despite the Boss Scorpion being sustainable kind, Sonic is able to defeat him by spinning around and making the Boss Scorpion shoot terrain crack open, causing it to fall down the lava pool.

Archie Comics

Pre-Super Genesis Wave

Scorpius and Rexxon in Archie Comics.

The Scorpius also made a small appearance in the Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog #6. Its appearance is similar from games with the exception of having six legs instead of four. Scorpius reprises its role from Sonic Spinball, where it attacks Sonic, but is easily dispatched along with his ally, Rexxon.

Post-Super Genesis Wave

Scorpius in the Freedom Fighter training room.

A replica of Scorpius was used by Nicole in a training exercise for the Freedom Fighters. It attacked Sally and Sonic. Sonic taunts the robot about how it keeps missing with it's blasts, the robot is soon destroyed by a cannon made by Rotor and Tails.

Trivia

• The tail of Scorpius is able to get glitched, if the player passes over above the robot at the same time, when tail's turning animation happens. This can cause Scorpius having two headed tail.
• The screech Scorpius lets out when being damaged is the same as Robotnik's in the ending of the final level of the 18-bit version.

Gallery

Gallery

External links

• Scorpius at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.

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