The Egg Cauldron first encountered Sonic, Tails and Chip during the trio's trip to Spagonia in the Tornado-1. Despite the doctor's assistant robot's warnings, Dr. Eggman had the incomplete Egg Cauldron fight the bi-plane, only to be forced into retreat. After being perfected, the Egg Caldron was sent to intercept Sonic, Tails and Chip when they were heading for Eggmanland, only for the vessel to face defeat again.
Powers and features[]
Thanks to the large fans that operate it, the Egg Cauldron is capable of intercontinental travel, and can keep up with the Tornado-1. The Egg Cauldron also has a large arsenal that acts as a base for Eggman's aerial troops. Its armaments, as seen in battle, consist of several missile launchers located around the top of the fortress itself, as well as a special cannon hidden inside the central hatch, that seemingly launches fireballs (although it is only used in the second fight, should the player take too long to fight the boss itself).
Battle[]
The Egg Cauldron is the main boss of Tornado Defense, and is encountered at the end of both Acts. Both encounters share a near-identical strategy for the player to deal with this boss.
Boss guide[]
The player must survive by destroying the enemies and/or the weapons attacking the Tornado-1. Unlike other bosses, a timer counting down is shown on screen; in Act I, the timer starts at 2 minutes and 30 seconds while in Act II, the timer starts at 3 minutes and 30 seconds. There is one primary way to beat this boss and one secondary method that only works during Act I:
Method One: Wait until Eggman launches a full-scale attack (When the player hears him saying "Go, fire all weapons."), by sending a large number of enemies and missiles at the player at once. After defeating all of the enemies, the large access door will remain open a couple of seconds. While it is open, the player must shoot at it by pressing whatever button is indicated five times, which will damage and gradually deplete the Egg Cauldron's Health Gauge. Repeat until the Egg Cauldron's Health Gauge is fully depleted to defeat the boss (which occurs after the player shoots at the Egg Cauldron's door 25 times).
Method Two: During Act I, it is possible to win the battle by simply surviving the onslaught of enemies and missiles attacking Sonic and Tails and allowing the two minutes and thirty seconds timer to expire. After this occurs, the same cutscene plays as if the player defeated the Egg Cauldron with the first method. However, this approach will not work during Act II. Allowing the three minutes and thirty seconds timer to reach zero here will result in the Egg Cauldron launching what appears to be a massive fireball-like projectile from the central hatch, which automatically destroys the Tornado, costing the player a life.
If Sonic and Tails are defeated by the Egg Cauldron, the player will have to restart the whole act from the beginning.
Trivia[]
Due to the mini-game Tornado Defense not being in the Wii/PlayStation 2 version, this fight is skipped entirely, meaning this is the only boss that does not appear on the Wii/PlayStation 2 version of Sonic Unleashed.
