C.O.G.S.
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“ | A geared-up base made of gigantic cogs defends this route. Batteries turn along with the gear movement to aim at targets. Unless this base is destroyed, there is no way forward. | ” | — Vs. C.O.G.S. Special Page (American English) |
“ | A geared-up base made of gigantic cogs defending this route. It uses its huge gears to turn the turrets and aim at targets. Unless this base is destroyed, there is no way forward. | ” | — vs C.O.G.S. Special Page (British English) |
C.O.G.S. is a boss that first appeared in Kirby: Planet Robobot. It appears in Stage 2 of Resolution Road and Stage 4 of Gigabyte Grounds and is fought exclusively with the Robobot Armor's Jet Mode.
The English name, in addition to being an accurate descriptor for the boss, may also be a pun on the financial accounting acronym, standing for "Cost Of Goods Sold". This would be in keeping with it being built by the Haltmann Works Company.
True to its name, C.O.G.S. is little more than a series of cogs and gears on the side of a wall. Attached to these cogs are a series of turrets that will attempt to fire missiles, plasma shots and laser blasts at Kirby. To defeat C.O.G.S., Kirby must simply fire at the individual gears until they are destroyed, rendering C.O.G.S. inoperable piece-by-piece.
Game appearances
Kirby: Planet Robobot
C.O.G.S. first appears at the end of Stage 2 of Resolution Road, as the last obstacle that Kirby must overcome using the Jet Mode. Fighting and defeating it is simply a matter of destroying every gear cannon on the boss with sustained fire. Firing at cannons that are already destroyed will not damage the boss further. Once only one cannon remains, it will proceed to rapid-fire shots from top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top repeatedly until it is destroyed.
There is another variety of C.O.G.S., which appears in Stage 4 of Gigabyte Grounds. Once destroyed, it sheds its outer casing and becomes Core Kabula, which Kirby must fight again to defeat.
C.O.G.S. is encountered again in The Arena and The True Arena, with the former using the Resolution Road battle and the latter using the Gigabyte Grounds battle.
Attacks
The following is a complete list of the attack patterns of C.O.G.S. in Kirby: Planet Robobot. Note that in the table, "main cannons" refers to the trio of cannons comprising the topmost, middle, and bottom-most cannons which fire blue plasma shots, and "secondary cannons" refers to the two intermediate cannons that shoot Shotzo bullets. Also note that attack names are conjectural:
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Attack | Description | Variants | Notes | |
Main cannon volley | The main cannons shoot three plasma shots, repositioning before each shot. The side cannons swivel in mirror fashion to each-other, while the center cannon moves more independently. The cannons fire in alternating bursts, with the center cannon making a shot shortly before or after the side cannons. |
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These cannons make no effort to home in on Kirby's position, and always fire in the same set patterns. Additionally, the third volley may be partially interrupted by the initiation of another attack. | |
Secondary cannon volley | The secondary cannons shoot three Shotzo bullets, repositioning before each shot. Both cannons fire simultaneously, and mirror each-others' movements. For each attack, the cannons fire straight ahead for the first shot, swivel slightly inward for the second, and swivel even further inward for the third. | These cannons make no effort to home in on Kirby's position, and always fire in the same set patterns. Additionally, unlike with the main cannons, the bullets from these secondary cannons can be destroyed by firing at them. | ||
Blue laser pulse | The main cannons fire continuous blue lasers for a short period. While this attack is underway, the secondary cannons do not fire. |
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Pink laser pulse | The two outermost cannons fire continuous pink lasers for a short period. While this attack is underway, the secondary cannons aim toward the beams fired by the main ones, and shortly after fire their own lasers, which reflect off the main laser fire and angle inward. |
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C.O.G.S. shifts its secondary cannons to the front before initiating this attack. Secondary laser fire will not be deflected if the main cannon in question is not firing. | |
Flame cannon | The middle main cannon charges for a few seconds before firing a single giant fireball straight forward and creating a large flame cyclone which rotates up and down with the cannon. After a while the cyclone disappears and the cannon fires three more fireballs, one giant and two small. All other cannons do not fire. | C.O.G.S. may aim at Kirby before firing the last fireballs. | ||
Desperate rapid-fire volley | If only one cannon is left intact, that cannon will start to shoot rapidly in a spread that travels up and down, the angle of which depends on which cannon is the last one. This pattern continues until C.O.G.S. is defeated. | If the last cannon is one of the main ones, its firing rate will be slightly faster than if it's one of the secondary ones. |
Attack order
The attack order for C.O.G.S. is as follows (under normal circumstances):
- Resolution Road fight:
- Main cannon volley, Variation 1 & Secondary cannon volley
- Blue laser pulse, Variation 1
- Main cannon volley, Variation 2 & Secondary cannon volley
- Pink laser pulse, Variation 1 + Variation 2 + Variation 1
- Main cannon volley, Variation 2 & Secondary cannon volley
- Flame cannon
- Gigabyte Grounds fight:
- Blue laser pulse, Variation 2
- Main cannon volley, Variation 1 (Only for the first loop, Variation 2 for all following loops) & Secondary cannon volley
- Pink laser pulse, Variation 2 + Variation 1
- Main cannon volley, Variation 2 & Secondary cannon volley
- Blue laser pulse, Variation 1
- Main cannon volley, Variation 2 & Secondary cannon volley
- Flame cannon
- Main cannon volley, Variation 2 & Secondary cannon volley
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning |
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Japanese | ンギュア基地 Ngyua Kichi |
Gear Base ンギュア seems to be a corruption on the English word "gear." |
French | Bases engrenages | Gear bases |
German | N-Goor-Basis | Based on the Japanese name. |
Italian | IngraBase | - |
Korean | 아륜 기지 Aryun Giji |
Wheel Base |
Spanish | Base MK | MK Base |