Help With Egg Viper

[Wahami]

Hi i am stuck on egg viper because of how unfair the homing attack is, but aside that any tips to beat egg viper a bit faster please and thank you.

[funewchie]

Egg Viper doesn't really have any tricks to speeding it up, other than to not miss any opportunities.

When he lines up the tail lights for you to Homing Attack, you have to wait until Eggman says "See if you can make it through here, Sonic".
If you attack before he says "See--", the tail's hitboxes won't be in place, and your Homing attack will mess up and you'll die.
But once he says "See--" that's your cue, the hitboxes are ready. You should be able to hit Eggman by the time he says "Sonic".

Aside from that, when he launches those spinning wheels, just time your jump as best as you can. You'll need to be standing on a wheel to reach the cockpit.

Aside from that, it's just a matter of practice.

One thing to remember: Egg Viper does have a "Kaizo Trap" (that is: a trap that can kill you in your moment of victory).
While the Egg Viper is exploding, Eggman will go for one final attack to destroy the platform Sonic is standing on. If Sonic dies at this part, Eggman still wins.
(Tikal will give you a quick warning seconds before he does it (Tikal: "Be careful, he's up to something!"))

[Dark Redshift]

Egg Wyvern in Sonic 2006 plays a lot similar but with a more awsome version of the Egg Cerberus strategy mixed in, where you make him crash into bits of debris from the Egg Carrier 3.

This time, he breaks the platforms a lot more and his suicide attack is largely telegraphed.

Faults in the game or not, I prefer the Egg Wyvern over the Egg Viper but it's good to see it's origins, like Heavy Dog and Blue Falcon being a different but much stronger battle than Big Foot and Hot Shot/Flying Dog. (Spamming the Quad SPNKR on them notwithstanding)

Still, it could feel a little less robotic (no pun intended) in a degugged PC re-release.

[Tigre Pugilista]

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[Dark Redshift]

Originally posted by Beta {GGSCHOOL}:

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I thought Eggman said "AROWAROWAROWAROW!" like he was coaching his robots on a boating trip.

Either way, what's the translation? (not what the English track has, there's a difference)

[aaronster123]

An easier way is to just keep on going left and right until he does the bomb that expands and when he is open attack him, when he moves the spiked platforms only press the jump button perfectly timed and when you are close to him on the platform attack him. Watch out for the ending because he does a one hit ko so you should go on the edge of the end platform and when he is about to crash quickly go to the other end of the platform.

[Dark Redshift]

Originally posted by Dark Redshift:

Originally posted by Beta {GGSCHOOL}:

dawdawsdawsdwa

I thought Eggman said "AROWAROWAROWAROW!" like he was coaching his robots on a boating trip.

Either way, what's the translation? (not what the English track has, there's a difference)

I found out recently that Eggman might be saying "'aho aho aho aho" which when translated, means he is calling Sonic a "r.etard" or a "f.ucker". At least that what it appears; one of the translation meanings on the site where I learned this was censored with 5 or 6 asterisks, so I could only guess.

And I thought Sonic saying "S.hit!" when the Egg Carrier transforms was the only instance of swearing in SA1. (This is all in the original voice track, not the English dubbing)