The Sun is a boss first appearing in Stage 3-2 "Horizontal Gene Transfer."
Appearance[]
The Sun is a spherical ship with a grid pattern and orbiting "probes." It can extend its sides to create rays that attack the player. In the 3D levels when The Sun appears, its arms can be seen while rotating.
Name[]
The boss bears a resemblance to the Sun, with its spherical shape and rotating "probes" similar to many stylistic depictions of the Sun's rays.
Environment[]
It appears in a void with moving blue grids on the top and bottom of the screen. It summons 4 Neo-Shelters in a layout mimicking that of the original Space Invaders.
Exploit[]
There is a trick that The Sun can be defeated easily without relying on the mimicked barriers. The player can allow itself to go right on top of The Sun's attack pattern to avoid the laser rays when it extends its sides. This especially works best when the player uses the Lock-On ship ability where it can target from behind, destroying the boss easily.
Attacks[]
- The Sun moves around, launching its "probes" that fire lasers at the player.
- It summons 4 Crabs that begin to "eat up" layers of the Neo Shelters until they are eliminated.
- The Sun centers itself and fires wave-like attacks that destroy layers of the Neo Shelters.