Burrobot

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Burrobot
A Burrobot in Golf Plus in Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for the Nintendo 3DS
General information
Species origin	Mole
Variant of	Badnik
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic the Hedgehog (1991, overall) Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS) (2016, Mario-related media)
Latest appearance	Sonic Prime - "It Takes One to No Place" (2022, overall)

Burrobots are a mole-based Badnik from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise that debuted in the 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog. Burrobots usually try to attempt to attack Sonic and his allies by bursting through the ground in-order to attack them. Despite being a somewhat recurring enemy in the Sonic series, Burrobots have only made one Mario-related appearance in the Nintendo 3DS version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

In the Nintendo 3Ds version of Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Burrobots make a cameo appearance as walls during the Golf Plus event on Hole 9, where they use their sprite appearance from the 16-bit Sonic the Hedgehog game. If the playable character's golf ball hits a Burrobot wall, the Burrobot will disappear and the golf ball lands safely on the lawn without falling onto unfavorable terrain.

Trivia

• Coincidentally enough, Burrobots in their debut appearance share a very similar attack pattern to Monty Moles in the Mario franchise, as both are mole enemies that attack the player by attempting to ambush them by jumping out the ground.
  • A relative to Monty Mole named Ragumo, who debuted in Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins also has a drill which is very similar to Burrobot's drill (though this is also likely coincidental).