Editing Egg Pawn

{{image|more=yes|Screenshots featuring Egg Pawns in ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'' for Wii and Nintendo DS}}

{{species infobox

|first_appearance=''[[sonicretro:Sonic Heroes|Sonic Heroes]]'' (2003, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise)<br>''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]'' ([[Wii]]) ([[List of games by date#2007|2007]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)

|latest_appearance=''[[sonicretro:Sonic X Shadow Generations|Sonic X Shadow Generations]]'' (2024, ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise)<br>''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'' ([[List of games by date#2019|2019]], ''Super Mario'' franchise)

|variant_of=[[Eggrobo]] (Pawn series)

|variants=[[Egg Flapper]]<br>[[Egg Hammer]]

'''Egg Pawns''' are a crossover species from the ''{{wp|Sonic the Hedgehog}}'' franchise and one of [[Dr. Eggman]]'s many creations. Egg Pawns in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]] appear only in the ''[[Mario & Sonic (series)|Mario & Sonic]]'' series, most commonly as obstacles in [[Dream Event]]s, but later installments use Egg Pawns as extra team members in certain [[event]]s that require larger team sizes.

[[File:Dream Shooting.png|thumb|Egg Pawns in [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games]]]]

Egg Pawns first appear in ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games''. In the [[Wii]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)|version]], Egg Pawns appear in [[Dream Race (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for Wii)|Dream Race]], where a pair of them appear as obstacles on the track moving at a slow speed. When the player collides with them, the Egg Pawns will explode and cause the character to be temporarily stunned lose speed, though the Egg Pawns will shortly respawn.  

In the [[Nintendo DS]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo DS)|version]], regular Egg Pawns appear as targets in [[Dream Shooting]], as well as a variety with a shield that take multiple shots to destroy. A giant Egg Pawn with a shield acts as a final boss for the event, which takes a large number of hits for the characters to defeat but awards a larger point score to the character that gets the last hit. Egg Pawns also appear as enemies for the player to hit in [[Shoot!]], and as a character to be sorted in [[Conveyor Belt (minigame)|Conveyor Belt]].

In ''Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games'', Egg Pawns appear as basic obstacles in both the [[Dream Alpine (Individual)|Individual]] and [[Dream Alpine (Team)|Team]] versions of Dream Alpine and the [[Dream Snowboard Cross (Individual)|Individual]] and [[Dream Snowboard Cross (Team)|Team]] versions of Dream Snowboard Cross, where they cause the player to fall over and lose speed when hit. The Egg Pawns can be destroyed if they hit by a character under the effects of the [[Super Star]]. Egg Pawns also appear in the second segment of the Sonic World version of [[Dream Figure Skating]], where the characters jump from [[Spring (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Springs]] to defeat them during the routine.

In the [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|version]], Egg Pawns appear in [[Handball]], where they throw the balls at the goal which the player must defend, and [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS)|Football]], where one appears as the goalie and another appears as a defender depending on the player's performance. In the game's Story Mode, an Egg Pawn appears in the bonus episode [[Junior, Super Hero?]], where it initially appears attacking [[Omochao]] and a [[Chao]] with an [[Egg Flapper]], but is defeated by [[Bowser Jr.]] A [[List of badges in Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|badge]] of an Egg Pawn can also be obtained from the badge machine.

In the [[Wii U]] [[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U)|version]] of ''Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games'', different colors of Egg Pawns appear as a selectable set of three extra team mates for [[Rugby Sevens]] and [[Duel Rugby Sevens]], and as a selectable goalie for [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Wii U)|Football]] and [[Duel Football]]. The Egg Pawn Mii outfit also returns, but as with the other outfits in the game it must now be collected in two separate head and body parts.

In the Nintendo 3DS [[Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo 3DS)|version]], Egg Pawns appear in [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games for Nintendo 3DS)|Football]] and [[Football Plus]] as the teammates for [[Jet (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Jet]] and [[Shadow (character)|Shadow]], although Shadow has a special armored variety, which previously appeared in ''[[sonicretro:Sonic Colors|Sonic Colors]]''. An Egg Pawn also appears as one of the goalies. An Egg Pawn also appears in [[110m Hurdles Plus]] to operate the mechanical hurdles.

Egg Pawns reappear in ''[[Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020]]'', serving as the goalies in [[Football (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020)|Football]] and the extra teammates in [[Rugby Sevens (Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020)|Rugby Sevens]] if the team's captain is a ''Sonic'' character, where they are colored either red or blue depending on which team they are on. Egg Pawns also appear as enemies in several of the story mode minigames.

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