[McAleeCh]

Mutant air bubbles? Woo, that'd be creepy. Methinks the idea possibly got scrapped, since it doesn't appear to actually be a robot. o.o; And therefore, it's not a typically 'Sonic-y' enemy. But, that's just my theory.

[Overlord]

Cool... mutated animal thing... maybe THAT's why it got scrapped?

[Cedar J]

if you don't know what zone it suits best then put it back in the game and take a look =P or superimpose it on a picture, either is good.

[Digital Xeron]

I attempted an animation of it:

[Kurairyu]

don't look too much like a robot...matbe that's why it was cut?

[JohnnyUK]

....give it a purple/pinkish palette..

anyone ever read the CPZ stories in SonicTheComic?...

[ICEknight]

I've tried applying different palettes from the beta ROM and I think the one that fits it better is the third underwater palette from Neo Green Hill.
And now, here's my theory on this subject:


We know that the orbinauts weren't used in the early Hill Top seesaws, and we don't know how did they look back then (I made their graphics based on the eyes that can be seen inside the bubbles, don't look for them inside the ROM). I think their design was a little different, like happens with the Crawltons, and they had slightly different eyes back then. They were probably supposed to be an underwater enemy, just like in Labyrinth Zone.
The graphics for the enemy itself may have been stored separately so they could be used in another stage with no water, which is exactly what they did later, after altering their graphics, in Hill Top.

[LOst]

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I've tried applying different palettes from the beta ROM and I think the one that fits it better is the third underwater palette from Neo Green Hill.
And now, here's my theory on this subject:


We know that the orbinauts weren't used in the early Hill Top seesaws, and we don't know how did they look back then (I made their graphics based on the eyes that can be seen inside the bubbles, don't look for them inside the ROM). I think their design was a little different, like happens with the Crawltons, and they had slightly different eyes back then. They were probably supposed to be an underwater enemy, just like in Labyrinth Zone.
The graphics for the enemy itself may have been stored separately so they could be used in another stage with no water, which is exactly what they did later, after altering their graphics, in Hill Top.

That looks very good ICEknight. I like those orbinouts, and I would like to know their real name. In the Japanese manual (Gerbil had it somewhere), in the enemies section, there is a name but in Japanese. Maybe its name is orbinout.

[Kurairyu]

I can get it from Sonic Jam,if you want.

[Simon]

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I attempted an animation of it:

Looks like we've been working on the same thing XD (I animated the one in the sprites section.)

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And now, here's my theory on this subject:

:shock: Good thinking... It'd explain why it doesn't look like a robot and why it has two eyes in only one of the frames...

[LOst]

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I can get it from Sonic Jam,if you want.

Please do. It's the red head with flames around it. I want the name

[Kurairyu]

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I can get it from Sonic Jam,if you want.

Please do. It's the red head with flames around it. I want the name

According to Sonic Jam,it's "Gora".