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The Egg Typhoon^[1] (エッグ・タイフーン^[2], Eggu Taifūn^?), originally known as the Egg Typhoon-gou (エッグ・タイフーン号^[3], Egg Typhoon-gou^?) in Japan, is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a racing kart-styled modification of the Egg Mobile created by Dr. Robotnik, who used it during his early racing competitions.

Description[]

The Egg Typhoon's design is loosely based on the Egg Mobile's design as it was in Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but without the wings, tailpipes, bulky built, and circular rear armor. The Egg Typhoon is a small, single-man hovercraft in a hemispherical shape, with a black circular underside and a thick metal gray rim that is adorned with a black and yellow hazard stripe on the outside. On the front, it has a circular nose cone that covered by a piece of metal plating and has a small yellow windshield above it. On the inside, the Egg Typhoon has a yoke for piloting up front and a single-man brown and black striped seat that fills up most of the inside.

The original Egg Typhoon-gou had additional instruments on the inside surface and the logo of the Eggman Empire from Wing Fortress Zone adorning the seat. In Sonic Drift 2, the Egg Typhoon was slightly remodeled, having lost the additional instruments as well as the Eggman Empire logo on the seat.

Game appearances[]

Sonic Drift series[]

Sonic Drift[]

In Sonic Drift, the Egg Typhoon-gou (エッグ・タイフーン号^[3], Egg Typhoon-gou^?) is Dr. Robotnik's personal racing vehicle, which he uses during races.

In gameplay, the Egg Typhoon has high top speed, but poor acceleration. As its special ability, the Egg Typhoon can use Drop Mine to deploy "Mines" on the race tracks. If these mines are touched by a racer, they will lose Rings and spin out of control for a while. Using this ability, however, costs two Rings.

Image	Driver	Vehicle	Special Ability	Attributes
	Dr. Robotnik	Egg Typhoon-gou	Mine	Poor acceleration, but high speed.

Sonic Drift 2[]

In Sonic Drift 2, the Egg Typhoon^[1] (エッグ・タイフーン^[2], Eggu Taifūn^?) returns as Dr. Robotnik's personal race car that he uses in the game's racing competitions.

In gameplay, the Egg Typhoon has low acceleration, decent top speed, and very high handling. like in Sonic Drift, the Egg Typhoon's special ability is Drop Mine, which allows Eggman to deploy drop "Mines"^[1] on the race tracks that make those who touch them lose Rings and spin out of control for a while. Like before, using this ability costs two Rings.

Image	Driver	Vehicle	Special Ability	Attributes
				Acceleration	Speed	Handling
	Dr. Robotnik	Egg Typhoon	The evil Doctor tosses Mines that, when hit by other drivers, detonate and destroy their cars. Do they affect the Eggman's Egg Typhoon? Only one way to find out...	Low	Decent	Very high

Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld[]

In Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld, the Egg Typhoon-gou, along with other three characters' vehicles from Sonic Drift, is used in the "Car Race" minigame. In the Car Race, the Egg Typhoon-gou is used by Dr. Robotnik to race around a circular track in a one-lap kart race against the other characters.

Sonic Generations[]

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, the Egg Typhoon makes a small cameo appearance on a bonus artwork in the Collection Room.

Gallery[]

Artwork[]

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Screenshots[]

Sonic Drift

Sonic Drift 2

References[]