Duon

Duon
Universe	Super Smash Bros.

Duon is a boss who is encountered late in The Subspace Emissary. He doesn't hail from any particular series and is unique to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, though he does bear a slight resemblance to Dialga and Palkia and may be a visual reference to them.

Creature Description

Duon is a two-sided robot on one set of wheels; one half being pink and possessing a head cannon and two arm cannons (similar to Samus Aran), and the other half being blue with a curved blade on his head tipped in light blue. Both sides have shoulder exhaust pipes in which rockets can be fired from (as well as their arm cannons). A character who gets behind Duon can trick him into blowing himself up with his own rockets. He rotates 180 degrees to change his attack strategy. The wheels he pivots on are the yin and yang symbols from Chinese belief, symbolizing balance and juxtaposition of two forces.

Role in the SubSpace Emissary

After Snake, Meta Knight and Lucario kick all of the Mr. Game & Watches off of the Halberd's bridge, they dissolve into Shadow Bugs, which form into Duon. Duon is a large robot with two upper bodies protruding from his base. One of these bodies has a blade for a head, while the other has a laser. When one head takes damage, it turns 180 degrees and presents his other head. He is fought by Snake, Lucario, Fox, Sheik, Peach, and Falco. After he is defeated, he turns into Mr. Game & Watch. He is reformed by Tabuu to face the heroes in the Great Maze.

Duon's Attacks

- Duon charges forward quickly.

- Duon spins around. Vacuums.

- Duon jumps up high and stomps on you.

- Duon turns around and switches sides.

Pink Side Only

- Duon shoots lasers with a 270 degree coverage.

- Duon shoots lasers at the ground in the front. The laser can be reflected or absorbed.

- Duon's head glows, and then shoots three blue lasers. At higher difficulty, it will break shields, so dodging is perferable.

- Duon shoots four homing missiles. The missiles can be directed to hit itself.

Blue Side Only

- Duon slowly approaches, and then slashes three times when within range.

- Duon bashes its head forward.

- Duon readies its arms, then slashes vertically. Very powerful.

- Duon launches several mines in the air.

Trophy Info

A robot with two upper bodies sharing one set of wheels. The blue-bodied half uses sword attacks, while the pink one uses lasers from his head and arms for offensive power. Whichever side is facing you will attack. Duon also threatens with homing missiles and the blade on top of the blue half.

Trivia

• Duon's bodies feature the same color schemes as Palkia and Dialga.
• Duon's name comes from the English word duo, which means two, referring to Duon's two sides.
• The wheel at the base shows the yin and yang symbols, depicting the differences between them, one using melee weapons whereas the other uses longer range weapons. However, it appears that the white circle in the black part of the symbol is replaced by more black, perhaps indicating that the machine is evil all the way.