Balkiry

Balkiry
Balkiries in the Tokyo Sky Flight mini-game of Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
General information
Species origin	Bird, Airplane
Variant of	Badnik
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega Genesis) (1992, overall) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (2019, Mario-related media)
Latest appearance	mh:sega:Sonic Origins Plus (2023, overall)

Balkiries are a Badnik species from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise modeled after both a bird and a plane. They are generally depicted as having a red body with a yellow beak. Balkiries made their first overall appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Genesis, but their first Mario-related appearance is in Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

In Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Balkiries are featured as enemies in the Tokyo Sky Flight mini-game. Here, their sprites are reused from Sonic the Hedgehog 2, albeit upscaled. Here, Balkiries fly forward while firing projectiles at the playable characters. A Balkiry can be quickly defeated from with one gunshot from the Tornado. Whenever this occurs, the player receives 200 points.