Dark Bat Sniper

The Dark Bat Sniper is a Dark Gaia minion that appears in Sonic Unleashed. It is an altered variant of the Dark Bat, mutated after absorbing too much of Dark Gaia's negative energy. It has taken on a reddish hue with cyan-coloured eyes and wing markings. Most notably, it has gained the ability to fire blasts of energy from its tail.

Much like standard Dark Bats, Snipers can be found in locations featuring wide pitfalls, hovering over pits for Sonic to use as a means of crossing. However, Snipers are capable of preventing Sonic from using them in this manner by blasting him with energy shots from their tails and causing him to fall. Sonic must carefully time his arm swings so as to avoid the Dark Bat Sniper's shots and cross over pitfalls safely.