Orbinaut
From Sonic Retro
Orbinaut is a badnik that appears in more than one game. It's a hovering sphere surrounded by four spiked balls which rotate slowly and are used for both attack and defence, and is apparently based on a sea urchin (the Japanese word for sea urchin is "uni"). A redesigned Orbinaut appears in the 3D games, where it is called E-32 Unidus.
Sonic the Hedgehog
In the Mega Drive version of Sonic the Hedgehog, there are two types of orbinaut. The first appears in Labyrinth Zone, and is referred to as "Unidus" (ウニダス) in the Japanese manual. "Unidus" is red in colour and launches its spikeballs along a horizontal line when Sonic approaches. The second type is found in Star Light Zone, and is known as "Uni-uni" (ウニウニ) in the Japanese manual. It is green in colour and doesn't launch its spikeballs, making it less threatening but harder to kill.Technical Information
Game | Object ID # | Code offset | Mappings offset | Compressed art offset | Subparameters |
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Sonic the Hedgehog (16-bit) | $60 | $11CCE | $11EEC | $389EE (Nemesis Format, 31 blocks) | $00 - Attacking type $02 - Nonattacking type |
Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) | $35 |
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
A third Orbinaut appears in Sonic the Hedgehog 3's Launch Base Zone and is referenced as Pola (ポーラ) in the Japanese manual. This version is silver-grey and spins faster when Sonic is moving, but doesn't launch its spikeballs. A similar enemy in IceCap Zone, Star Pointer, does launch its spikeballs.
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