Egg Pawn
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| Egg Pawn | |||
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 Team Sonic Racing artwork | |||
| First appearance | Sonic Heroes (2003) | ||
| Latest appearance | Sonic Colors: Ultimate (2021) | ||
| Variant of | Eggrobo | ||
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Egg Pawns, also spelled Eggpawns, are a common variety of robots created by Dr. Eggman in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. They first appear in Sonic Heroes. Egg Pawns are featured in a variety of colors, with red being their standard color.
History[edit]
Mario & Sonic series[edit]
Egg Pawns frequently appear in the Mario & Sonic series, where they most commonly appear as obstacles in Dream Events. Later installments feature Egg Pawns as extra team members for Olympic eventss that require larger team sizes.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Wii, Egg Pawns appear in Dream Race, where a pair of them appear as obstacles on the track moving at a slow speed. When the player collides with them, the Egg Pawns will explode and cause the character to be temporarily stunned lose speed, though the Egg Pawns will shortly respawn.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for the Nintendo DS, regular Egg Pawns appear as targets in Dream Shooting, as well as a variety with a shield that take multiple shots to destroy. A giant Egg Pawn with a shield acts as a final boss for the event, which takes a large number of hits for the characters to defeat but awards a larger point score to the character that gets the last hit. Egg Pawns also appear as enemies for the player to hit in Shoot!, and as a character to be sorted in Conveyor Belt.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Wii)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Wii, Egg Pawns appear as basic obstacles in both the Individual and Team versions of Dream Alpine and the Individual and Team versions of Dream Snowboard Cross, where they cause the player to fall over and lose speed when hit. The Egg Pawns can be destroyed if they hit by a character under the effects of the Super Star. Egg Pawns also appear in the second segment of the Sonic World version of Dream Figure Skating, where the characters jump from Springs to defeat them during the routine.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo DS)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games for the Nintendo DS, Egg Pawns appear in Extreme Snowboarding, where the act the same as in the Wii version.
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for the Wii, Egg Pawns appear as an enemy in Dream Fencing, where they will periodically appear and run around the stage. Characters lose some of their health if they are hit by the Egg Pawns, but they can be defeated by a single thrust. There is also an unlockable Mii outfit based on an Egg Pawn.
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for the Nintendo 3DS, Egg Pawns appear in Handball, where they throw the balls at the goal, which the player must defend, and Football, where one appears as the goalie and another appears as a defender depending on the player's performance.
In Story Mode, an Egg Pawn appears in the bonus episode Junior, Super Hero?, where it initially appears attacking Omochao and a Chao with an Egg Flapper, but Bowser Jr. involuntarily defeats them when he lands on them from his Bullet Bill.
A badge of an Egg Pawn can also be obtained from the badge machine.
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games[edit]
Although Egg Pawns do not physically appear in Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Mii outfit based on them returns.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Nintendo 3DS, Egg Pawns appear in Football and Football Plus as the teammates for Jet and Shadow, although Shadow has a special armored variety, which previously appeared in Sonic Colors. An Egg Pawn also appears as one of the goalies. An Egg Pawn also appears in 110m Hurdles Plus to operate the mechanical hurdles.
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)[edit]
In Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Wii U, different colors of Egg Pawns appear as a selectable set of three extra team mates for Rugby Sevens and Duel Rugby Sevens, and as a selectable goalie for Football and Duel Football. The Egg Pawn Mii outfit also returns, but like the other outfits it must now be collected in two separate head and body parts.
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020[edit]
Egg Pawns reappear in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, serving as the goalies in Football and the extra teammates in Rugby Sevens if the team's captain is a Sonic the Hedgehog character, where they are colored either red or blue depending on which team they are on. Egg Pawns also appear as enemies in several of the story mode minigames.
Gallery[edit]
Screenshots[edit]
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Wii) screenshot of the Mii outfit
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) screenshot of Egg Pawns throwing balls in Handball
Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) screenshot of the Egg Pawn goalie in Football
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) screenshot of Shadow's variety of Egg Pawns as teammates in Football Plus
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) screenshot of Egg Pawns as teammates in Rugby Sevens
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 screenshot of an Egg Pawn serving as a goalie in Football
Models[edit]
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) model of an orange Egg Pawn
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) model of a red Egg Pawn
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) model of a blue Egg Pawn
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) model of a green Egg Pawn
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