



Zombot Rough easily recovering from a powerful blow, from Sonic the Hedgehog #15. However, it cannot transmute processed or inorganic matter, such as food, processed wood, metal, or stone, although clothing worn by living beings appears to be an exception. When the Metal Virus makes contact with active organic tissue, be it either in flora or fauna, the virus will spread across the cells of the subject and infect them, transmuting them into a metal-like substance on a molecular level. When observed by the naked eye the other hand, the virus looks like a gray metallic liquid. As such, they appear as spheres with the Eggman Empire decal emblazoned on them and bodies with six legs each. Description AppearanceĪt a microscopic level, the Metal Virus are nanobots that resemble bacteriophages. It was revealed some time later that the Metal Virus was made for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series by Archie Comics as a replacement for the original Roboticizer in the post- Super Genesis Wave world, and was going to be introduced in Sonic the Hedgehog #300 if the comic series had not been canceled. It was revealed by Ian Flynn that the Metal Virus was originally conceived long before the conception of IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog comic series.
