Then, when you see the sand shift in the back leading to the left or right, be ready. These attacks can hit you but the caterpillar is invulnerable. Watch for the giant caterpillar to attack toward the screen and away from the screen. This fight is much simpler than it seems. Keep attacking just before he begins to spin to finish him off. He'll initiate the 'U' slide again before mounting the pole again. Soon, you'll be sucked into a vortex, rendering you immobile. Just as he's landing, jump to hit him as much as possible. After doing so a couple times, he'll land on the middle pole. Here, Eggman will slide down the wall and up the other side in a 'U' shaped pattern. Do this enough times to initiate phase 2. They will eventually blow up in Eggman's face. Be sure to press these and continue swimming away. Along the way, you'll see pressure plate bombs. First, keep dodging the spikes while fleeing Dr. Be sure to destroy the bombs near Eggman before sucking him up. The other allows you to suck up and damage Dr. One drops down cylinders which destroy Eggman's bombs. Here, you'll take control of a hovercraft while Dr. Hit Metal Sonic enough times here to end the battle. If you happen to be losing a lot of rings, hug the spike wall to pick them up while still invulnerable. Wait for him to return to normal before attacking. Metal Sonic will spark and launch beams at you. Here, a giant spike-clad wall pushes toward you. Hit him enough times to begin another chase sequence leading to the final phase of the fight. You may need to play with the angles a bit to hit all the way up there. This should send them flying into Metal Sonic. Charge up a spin dash, then release when these Sonics curl into a ball. Next, you'll be taken to a factory where Metal Sonic produces Sonic clones. Watch for him to glow right before he attacks. This will initiate a chase sequence where Metal Sonic will attack you. This boss fight with Metal Sonic takes place in a couple phases. Keep on the attack when it's in large form to defeat the boss. Then, when its large again, go in for several attacks before it emits a large beam. It telegraphs most of its attacks when in the miniature form. This fight with the firefly is fairly simple. Do this a couple times to finish the fight. To get in a hit, jump into the bot when its midair to stun it. Touch them and they explode, or they'll explode on a timer. The other attack to watch is the ninja stars. The Ninja bot is quite agile and hard to track. Take this opportunity to strike as much as possible. When it tries to attack, its saw will get blown off.

Keep utilizing the bars to fly into the spider bot enough times and you'll defeat the beast. The bars will alternate sides each time they appear. Be sure not to miss or you'll fly into them yourself. Grab onto these before catapulting into the spider bots abdomen, flinging it into the spikes on the other side. Then, watch for bars to descend on either the left or right side of the screen. When the spider bot gets near, jump into it to push it away. In this encounter, do your best to stay low. Keep jumping when you can and the fight will be over soon. Soon, the compactor will tighten the trash enough for Sonic to be able to reach the claw.

Then, after it assembles an enemy, jump into it. Land enough attacks here to finish the battle. The heat forecast is the only time Eggman is close enough to get in some hits. If the rooster predicts heat, get below Eggman to protect yourself from the flames. If lightning is in the forecast, avoid the hovering cloud. If it predicts wind, look for bars on the left and right sides of the screen to grab onto. In this particularly remarkable fight, you will need to keep your eye on the robot chicken. Do this a couple more times to win the fight. This will send it flying back to the robots. Dodge past them to jump onto the blue ones. The robot on the helicopter will be your main foe.

Keep your puyos low while clearing rows until Eggman's screen fills to the top. This sends gray puyos to Robotnik's screen, hindering his stacking. To defeat Eggman, connect 4 colors of puyos and clear them. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine aka Puyo Puyo. The most unique boss battle of the game, it's Dr. Continue with this method until the boss is done. Eventually, it will launch several globs of goo. In this fight, stay on your toes to avoid the bosses bounces. Do this several times to defeat the boss. Use this appendage to climb up and jump onto the robots head. Just as the reticle stops, jump to avoid the claw. You'll need to destroy both balls to defeat this boss.ĭuring this boss fight stay close to Eggman. Stay to the side when the globes are glowing red. This boss fight with the swinging Eggman robots is very simple.

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