Super XX (スーパーＸＸ) is a giant mecha which appears in various forms throughout the Sonic Wings series.
Description[]
This mecha has three different forms, each with its own name:
- Super X Kai (ＳＸ改) - a green hovering craft shaped somewhat like a flying saucer.
- Super XX (スーパーＸＸ/ダブルエックス [Double X]) - a four-legged mecha with Super X Kai attached as its head.
- Tokion/Tocho-Robo (都庁ロボ) - a humanoid mecha comprised of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building with Super X attached as its head.
Sonic Wings[]
Stage: Japan
Super X Kai, the head of what will in later games be Super XX, first appears as a large, green, hovering aircraft which bursts out of a building at the end of the Japan stage. It shoots fireballs and extends long, mechanical arms to attack. The craft is marked with the kanji 改 ("kai"), meaning "modified."
Sonic Wings 2[]
Stage: Japan
Super X Kai bursts out of a building early in the stage and disappears deeper into Tokyo. At the end of the stage, it comes out of a shinkansen (bullet train) station, as it did from a building in Sonic Wings. Super X Kai attaches itself to a four-legged mecha body to form the full Super XX for the first time, and the whole contraption then walks backward over the train tracks while shooting at the player's aircraft.
Sonic Wings Special[]
A fantastic super-large walking tank developed by an unknown scientific force. It can transform into a flying form and fly for short periods of time.
—Sonic Wings Special manual
Stage: Tokyo (Super X Kai, Tokion), Grand Canyon (Super XX)
All three forms of Super XX appear for the first time. At the end of the first stage, Super X Kai bursts out of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building and shoots at the player's aircraft. Much later in the game, the full Super XX walker appears as the boss of the Grand Canyon stage, without showing Super X Kai as a separate craft. Super XX again walks backwards and shoots at the aircraft, leaving tracks in the sand.
After the player beats the game, the Tokyo level changes in some areas if replayed with the same character. In the altered version of the stage, Super X Kai attaches itself to top of the building, which comes to life as Tokion.
Sonic Wings Limited[]
Stage: Mato Grosso
Super X Kai does not appear, but the complete Super XX is the boss of the Mato Grosso stage. It behaves the same as it does in Sonic Wings Special.
Sonic Wings Assault[]
Stage: Tokyo
Found in Tokyo, the Super X Walker puts the imperial Walkers to shame. As tall as this monster appears, you won't have too much trouble knocking it to the ground. Before it takes out too many buildings, feed it full of lead.
—Aerofighters Assault game manual
The "walking fortress" Super XX is the first boss encountered in the game, and therefore fairly easy to take down. It is best defeated by firing at its legs while flying at a low altitude. Super X Kai does not appear as a separate craft.
Sonic Wings Special for Android[]
Stage: Tokyo (Super X Kai), Grand Canyon (Super XX)
Super X Kai serves as the boss of the first level of the game, bursting out of the buildings in Tokyo and shooting at the player. As in the original Sonic Wings Special, the Super XX walker is later the boss of the Grand Canyon.
Escape Express[]
In the manga's Sonic Wings short story, Gore commands Super X Kai to burn up Tokyo. When Project Blue interferes, he orders Kai to combine with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building to form Tocho-Robo, whose attack is called "Tokyo Metropolitan Government Robo Laser & Missile Massive Fire." Tee-Bee A-10 transforms into a giant mecha himself and destroys Tocho-Robo.
Inspiration[]
Super XX likely takes its name from an aircraft named the Super X in the Godzilla series, to which Super X Kai is similarly shaped. The kanji 改 ("kai") appended to its name means "modified," implying that it is a modified successor to the Super X.
The idea of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building becoming a giant robot seems to be a running joke in Japan, and in the Escape Express manga, Gore refers to it by the more common name of 都庁ロボ (Tocho-Robo). In Sonic Wings Special, the mecha is given the name "Tokion" in the "movie cast" listing shown during one of Hien and Mao Mao's endings.
