Thunder Ball
Color scheme
Green, silver, carolina blue, gold, pale yellow
Skills
Flight Electrical discharge
These critters hover along, emitting high-voltage bursts periodically. If they spot Sonic , they'll make a bee-line for him. Not even their designer is 100% sure how they float like that. — Description, Sonic Unleashed [1]
The Thunder Ball is an enemy that appears in Sonic Unleashed . They are a model of Badniks created by Dr. Eggman which can float in mid-air and discharge electricity.
Appearance
The Thunder Balls all have slightly prolate spheroid -shaped bodies that resemble a head, which are carolina blue in color. They have a thick green stripe with golden edges on their forehead, an "eye socket" of black circuitry with a yellow eye on the front, and a row of pale yellow lights resembling a mouth below their eye. On each side, they have four silver spikes with holes attached to a moving disk which is fastened by a green bolt.
Overview
In gameplay, the Thunder Balls attack by periodically discharging electricity. Whenever the player touches them while they are discharging, Sonic becomes paralyzed and unable to move for a short time.
In the Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 version of Sonic Unleashed , the Thunder Balls appear in the nighttime Dragon Road Act 1, nighttime Arid Sands Act 1 and Eggmanland . In gameplay, the Thunder Balls will follow Sonic's trail when they spot him; if the player makes a turn to the left, the Thunder Balls will turn to the left as well at that point. However, they are very slow. In the nighttime Action Stages, the Thunder Balls mostly serve as a means for the player to electrocute enemies by grabbing them and then throwing it into a pool of water with enemies.
In the Wii /PlayStation 2 version, the Thunder Balls only appear in the daytime Stages of Cool Edge , Dragon Road and Arid Sands . In gameplay, the Thunder Balls behave very much like the Thunder Spinners , basically hovering in mid-air where they discharge electricity.
Powers and abilities
The Thunder Balls have the ability to hover and move in mid-air through means that not even Dr. Eggman knows for certain.[1] They also come equipped with the ability to discharge electricity from their bodies, allowing them to electrocute their opponents.
Gallery
References
Main article | Script | Credits (Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 , Wii/PlayStation 2 ) | Glitches | Beta elements | Gallery | Re-releases (Mobile )
Characters
Sonic (Super Sonic , Sonic the Werehog ) | Chip (Gaia Colossus ) | Tails | Amy | Dr. Eggman | SA-55 | Professor Pickle | Dark Gaia (Perfect Dark Gaia )
Town Stages /Villages
Apotos | Mazuri | Spagonia | Chun-nan | Holoska | Shamar | Empire City * | Adabat | Eggmanland
Action Stages / Stages
Windmill Isle | Savannah Citadel * | Rooftop Run | Dragon Road | Cool Edge | Arid Sands | Skyscraper Scamper * | Jungle Joyride | Eggmanland
Residents
Apotos
Alexis | Anastasia | Eric | Gregorios | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ice Cream Vendor | Lambros | Lucas * | Milos * | Sandra
Spagonia
Aida * | Barbara | Ciccio | David | Denise | Dora | Elio * | Federica | Franco * | Gigi | Hot Dog Vendor * | Ippolita | Irma * | Josef | Lilli * | Lucia | Marcantonio * | Mauro | Natalia * | Otto | Professor Pickle | Professor Pickle's Assistant | Raimondo
Mazuri
Ana | Essie | Gwek | Hog Dog Vendor * | Kofi | Kwami | Kwod | Yawa | Yaya
Chun-nan
Chun | Hot Dog Vendor * | Hualin | Jinlin * | Lin | Shuifon | Wang * | Yilin | Zonshen
Holoska
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jari-Pekka | Jari-Thure | Marketa | Sarianna | Ursule
Shamar
Ara | Dimah | Ehsan | Erhan | Hizir | Hot Dog Vendor * | Iman | Labib | Latif | Layla | Mufid | Musaid | Raniya | Sa'id | Sadiq | Safi | Samia | Sammar | Shadi | Utba | Yasmine
Empire City
Boss * | Brenda * | Charles * | Def Big * | Elizabeth * | Hot Dog Vendor * | Li'l Kate * | Louie Montaine * | Robert *
Adabat
Hot Dog Vendor * | Jamal | Kaeo | Nagi | Rudi | Teanchai
Eggmanland
EF-DC1998 * | EF-MD1991 * | EF-XB2006 * | Hot Dog Vendor *
Misc.
Baker | Lah | Su * | Uh * | Wentos *
Enemies
Eggman's Machinery
Aero-Cannon | Aero-Chaser | Egg Blizzard | Egg Burst | Egg Fighter | Egg Fighter: Knight (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Shield (Electric shield , Spring shield ) | Egg Fighter: Sword * | Egg Flame | Egg Launcher (H) | Egg Launcher (H+V) | Egg Launcher (V) | Egg Shackle | Egg Shooter | Egg Typhoon | Gold Aero-Cannon | Interceptor | Little Fighter * | Mole Cannon | Spinner | Thunder Ball | Thunder Spinner
Dark Gaia's minions
Big Mother | Cure Master * | Dark Bat | Dark Bat Sniper | Dark Eel * | Dark Fright | Dark Master ** | Deep Nightmare | Evil Flower * | Fire Master | Fright Master | Killer Bee | Lightning Master | Little Rex | Nightmare | Power Master * | Red Fright | Red Killer Bee | Red Nightmare ** | Red Deep Nightmare ** | Red Rex | Red Titan ** | Spike ** | Thunder Bat | Titan
Bosses
Egg Beetle | Egg Cauldron * | Egg Devil Ray | Egg Dragoon | Egg Lancer | Dark Gaia | Dark Gaia Phoenix | Dark Guardian | Dark Moray | Perfect Dark Gaia
Moves/ Techniques
Sonic
Air Boost | Crouch | Foot Sweep * | Grind Step | Grinding | Homing Attack | Hop | Jump Dash | Light Speed Dash | Slide | Skydiving | Sonic Boost | Sonic Drift | Spin Jump | Stomp | Quick Step | Wall Jump
Werehog
Dash | Double Jump | Grab | Guard | Unleashed Mode | Wall Shuffle
Misc.
Boost | Drill Attack | Super Sonic Boost | Turbo Boost
Skills
Straight attacks
Donkey Kick Combo * | Double Axle Combo * | Double Kick Combo * | Feral Were-Hammer * | Knuckle Sandwich Combo * | Sho-Hog-Ken * | Unleashed Knuckle Sandwich * | Vertical Were-Hammer * | Were-Hammer * | Werewheel Rush *
Hook attacks
Earthshaker * | Egg Scrambler * | Feral Wild Whirl * | Rolling Kick Combo * | Sho-Claw-Ken * | Ultimate Wild Combo * | Unleashed Wild Combo * | Wereclap * | Wild Whirl * | Wild Whirl Were-Hammer *
Aerial attacks
Aerial Claw Slash * | Aerial Claw Slash and Spin * | Aerial Piledriver * | Crescent Moon Strike * | Diving Bodypress * | Flying Double-Punch * | Flying Double-Punch Crush * | Hurricane Combo * | Shooting Star Combo * | Typhoon Combo *
Special attacks
Comet Punch * | Missile Punch * | Spinning Needle Attack * | Tricky Tornado Uppercut * | Triple Wild Claw * | Were-Claw Charge * | Were-Cyclone * | Were-Rush * | Were-Tornado * | Wild Werewhip *
Wii/PS2
Beatdown ** | Claw Charge | Crescent Moon Strike ** | Earthshaker ** | Wereclap ** | Were-Hammer ** | Were-Claw ** | Were-Wallop ** | Wild Claw ** | Wild Whirl **
Level up items
Air Boost Shoes * | Light Speed Dash Shoes * | Stomping Shoes * | Wall Jump Shoes *
Objects
1UP | 5 Ring Bonus | 20 Rings ** | Art Book * | Audio System | Balloon | Big 50 Ring ** | Blue Tea * | Blue spring | Bobsled | Bookshelf * | Bomb | Buggy ** | Buoy | Check Point | Chaos Emerald | Chaos Orb * | Container (Explosive crate , Steel Container , Wooden Container ) | Conveyor Belt | Crane Lift | Crank | Crystal Ball * | Dark Energy Key ** | Dark Gaia Force | Dash Panel | Dash Rail | Dash Ring | Door | Edible item (Apple , Banana , Canned Juice , Chai , Chili Dog , Donut , Sundae Supreme ) | Fountain | Gaia Key * | Giant spear ** | Goal Ring | Gift * | Gramophone * | Green Tea * | Grind Rail | Hanging vine | Horizontal Bar | Hourglass * | Icicle | Iron ball | Item Capsule ** | Jump Selector | Key Stone * | Laser field | Lever | Lovely Ring * | Maiden Statue * | Miles Electric | Moon Tablet ** | Movable box | Moving Crate | Old Necklace * | Planet Tablet ** | Pick-Me-Up * | Pretty Bouquet * | Power Shield * | Rainbow Ring | Ramp | Record * | Red Tea * | Ring | Shield Charge * | Snowblower | Souvenir * | Spike Trap | Spikes | Springboard/Spring | Springpole | Sun and Moon Medals | Sun Tablet ** | Super Claw * | Super Ring | Switch | Thorn Spring | Tornado-1 | Trap Spring | Trick Jump Panel | Turquoise Tea * | TV * | Videotape * | Violet Tea * | White Tea * | Wide spring | Yellow Tea * | Zip Line
English voice actors
Jason Griffith (Sonic , Sonic the Werehog , Prof. Pickle's Assistant ) | Amy Palant (Tails ) | Lisa Ortiz (Amy ) | Anthony Salerno (Chip ) | Mike Pollock (Eggman , Zonshen ) | Christopher Collet (SA-55 ) | Dan Green (Ice Cream Vendor , Prof. Pickle )
Japanese voice actors
Jun'ichi Kanemaru (Sonic ) | Chikao Otsuka (Eggman ) | Chō (Prof. Pickle ) | Ryo Hirohashi (Tails ) | Taeko Kawata (Amy ) | Tomokazu Seki (Sonic the Werehog ) | Ryōko Shiraishi (Chip )
Planetary Pieces
Endless Possibility | Dear My Friend
Other
Auto Running | Boost Gauge | Boss Gate | Boost Gauge | Chao * | Chaos Energy Cannon | Chun-nan's Treasure | Collection Room * | Combo | Critical Attack | Dark Energy Force Field ** | Don Fachio * | Doctor Eggman's chair | Earth | Eggman Fleet | Egg Dragoon | Egg Mobile | Entrance Stage * | Exorcisms | Experience Point | Freeze | Gaia Gate | Gaia Manuscripts | Gaia Temple | Gaia Temple guardian | Hallowmoon | Havok | Health Gauge | Hint Ring | Orb Result ** | Real-Time Interaction | Ring Energy Gauge | Shield Gauge | Shop * (Counter of Dreams 2 , Eggshop , Flying Fish Beach Shop , Golden Trading Company , Josef's , Surfside Seagull Sundries , Traveling Salesman Wentos , Treeshade , Ursule's Trading Post , Wang's Emporium ) | Shuttle loop | Sonic: Night of the Werehog | Sonic World Adventure (manga) | Spagonia University | SPD | Rank | Time of awakening | Tornado Defense * | Unleashed Gauge
"*" Exclusive to Xbox 360 /PlayStation 3 version "**" Exclusive to Wii /PlayStation 2 version.