- “Aparoid hatchers. This must be how they multiply. If we can destroy those hatchers, we might just have a chance.”
- —Peppy Hare
Aparoid hatchers (often simply hatcher) is an Aparoid unit that spawns more Aparoids. These are a form of reproduction and reinforcements in the Aparoid race, next to the Aparoid Queen.
Description
The hatchers are hexagonal caskets, each one surrounded by a honeycombed energy field. They can spawn normal Aparoid Crawlers, Aparoid Minitanks or Aparoid Rollers. If Fox McCloud touches one, he will take a little damage. A single charged Blaster shot or Sniper Rifle fire will utterly vapourise them. The hatchers present on the Aparoid Homeworld are protected by three individual shield generator towers, which will stop attacks from harming the hatchers unless the energy spires are all downed first.
History
During the Aparoid Invasion, hatchers were vital to maintaining Aparoid control over targeted areas, because they could easily spawn a number of Aparoids in a short amount of time. Destruction of the hatchers was carried out by the Star Fox team in various missions; as a result, the Aparoids would retreat from situations where they didn't have hatchers to negate combat loses. The hatchers are present in the invasions of Katina and the Aparoid homeworld, while playing a crucial role in the attacks on Sauria. They are also the source of the Might Gauge in that same mission.
With the death of the queen, these units perished, along with the rest of their kind.
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| Main Characters | Fox McCloud • Falco Lombardi • Slippy Toad • Krystal • Peppy Hare • ROB 64 • General Pepper • Beltino Toad • Andrew Oikonny • Pigma Dengar • Wolf O'Donnell • Leon Powalski • Panther Caroso • Tricky | |
| Bosses | Oikonny's flagship • Winged Aparoid • Aparoid Ship • Star Wolf (Wolf, Leon and Panther) • Cylindrical Aparoid • Aparoid Pigma • Aparoid Missile • Aparoid Queen | |
| Enemies | Rock Gunner • Star Warrior • Venomian Carrier • Venomian Light Tank • Venomian Heavy Tank • Venomian Heavy Assault Mech • Sargasso Battleship Aparoid Crawler • Aparoid Minitank • Purple Aparoid • Aparoid hatcher • Spherical Tank Aparoid • Aparoid Flyer • Aparoid Stinger • Aparoid Mortar • Aparoid Roller • Silver Aparoid • Beetle Aparoid • Bloated Aparoid | |
| Locations | Fortuna • Katina • Sargasso Space Zone • Fichina • Asteroid Belt • Sauria • Corneria • Orbital Gate • Aparoid Homeworld • Titania • Zoness | |
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