Enemies (Skywire)

This article lists the many enemies of the game, Skywire 2. Some enemies appear in the first game in the series, Skywire, but are still detailed here.

Ostriches
Ostriches are only the head and neck of an ostrich that is connected to an axis, which floats in the air. Pink rotating ostriches are in pairs or in fours connected to the axis, while red rotating ostriches are either a single ostrich or two ostriches and move slightly faster. They float in levels 1, 11, 14, 15, 19, 21, and 23.

Camels
Camels stand on islands and don't actually interact with the track. Instead, their humps jump up and down. They vary from two to three humps; two-humped camels' humps jump about every two seconds, and three-humped camels' humps jump about every three seconds. Both camels' humps take about a second to come up and back down. Camels' humps are easy to avoid as the gap in time provides ample time for the skywire car to pass by. They stand in levels 2 and 21.

Parrots
Parrots sit on the track and fly upwards when the skywire car approaches, but it is still possible to hit it (and therefore lose a passenger) if the skywire car goes too fast, since they take a bit less than half a second to fly out of the way. They also react if on a track below the approaching car, but can be avoided if below the car if the car goes quickly enough, such as at the beginning of level 19. Parrots roost in levels 2, 7, 9, 19, and 23.

Seagulls
Seagulls remain stationary above the track and drop bombs when the skywire car goes under them. In most levels they appear in, their bombs take about a second to reach the skywire car, making them easy to avoid in some cases. In other cases, the track goes back under the seagull, so the bomb can hit the skywire car. A variation is a seagull three times as long as a regular one, which drops three bombs. Seagulls fly in levels 3, 7, 8, 17, 23, and 29.

Rhinoceroses
Rhinos stand on long islands, and charge forward on bulldozer-like wheels whenever the skywire car goes down in front of its horizontal line of vision. A rhino takes about two seconds to reach the end of their island, and then bump back and slowly go back to their starting end of the island. They only roll in level 3.

Pandas
Pandas come down from the top of the sky and fall down at constant rates, with pinwheels and small parachutes. They vary in robotic parts - some are half-robotic on the right side, some are partially robotic in the bottom left quarter and parts of the top left and top right, some are completely painted or non-robotic, and some are completely robotic. These are the first animals that appear to be robots, and imply that all of the enemies are really robots. Pandas only parachute in level 4.

Kangaroos
Kangaroos stand on islands and do not actually touch the cable car. Instead, their joeys (kangaroo offspring) jump out of their pouches and try to hit the skywire car. They usually don't hit if the skywire car goes fast enough, but can hit the car if the track is at a downward slope and the car travels quickly. They jump in levels 5 and 15.

Cobras
Cobras stay in pots on islands near the track and rise out of the pots when the skywire car approaches. They come up, stay for about two seconds, and go back down. They are only in level 6 with the octopuses.

Octopus
Octopuses swim under the sea surface and jump up about every three seconds. They move from left to right as they jump. Octopuses only appear in level 6 with cobras.

Gophers

 * Main Article: Gophers

Peacocks
Peacocks float in the air and their tails spin around. After about five seconds, their tails reach a certain part of the circle and fan out. They quickly compress again and continue to spin. Their tails extend to the top part, the right, the bottom, the left, and then the top again. The cycle continues. Peacocks are only in level 8.

Giraffes
Giraffes show only the head and the neck like geese. They pop out of boxes in midair every two seconds, and go back in for about another two seconds. There can be two giraffes popping out of a box at the same time. Giraffes appear in levels 9, 11, 13, and 26.

Eels
Eels float in midair shaped in circles. An eel circle with only one opening is one eel, while a eel circle with two openings is two eels. They rotate fairly slowly but are easy to get through. Eels are in levels 9, 18, and 27.

Sea Turtle
See Sea Turtle. Not to be confused with the turtle from the original Skywire.

Frogs
Frogs are situated on islands. They hop up and down about every three seconds, and are easy to avoid. If the skywire car goes quickly enough, it can go under a frog while it is still hopping. Frogs hop in levels 11, 13, 16, 24, and 27.

Crabs
Crabs go back and forth on islands. When the reach the end of an island, they reach out and pinch their pincers quickly, then start going towards the other end. It takes a crab two seconds to travel across an island, and they click their pincers for about one second. Crabs only appear in levels 12 and 24.

Elephant
In level 13 only, a pink elephant follows the player around and does knock out passengers. Although it is rather slow, going in one direction for a long time can give it time to catch up in another direction.

Orcas
Orcas at first stay underwater, ready at the surface. When the skywire car goes above an orca, it jumps up from the water, reaches a point, and goes back down again. They are easily avoided, but if the player dawdles and stays still as the orca jumps up from below the car, the whole car is swallowed by the orca. Of course, since the passengers are dead, the level must be restarted. Orcas are in levels 16, 17, and 24.

Piranhas
Piranhas stay underwater. They only swim back and forth along a set horizontal line, They are less easy to avoid than other monsters, because they swim at moderate speeds. Piranhas are in levels 16, 22, 24, and 26.

Hippopotamuses
Hippopotamuses are only the heads. Their jaws open, and disconnect, and go farther and farther away until they snap back together. There are two variations of hippos, one big and one small. Both variations of hippos take five seconds to open and then one second to close. They only appear on level 18.

Gorillas
Gorillas hold onto the track by their hands. A gorilla takes its right hand off the track, then its left hand. Both hands stay off the track for about two seconds, giving the skywire car time to travel between hands, and then past the gorilla. In the second level they appear in, they move slightly to the right when they change hands, and when they reach the end of the track they go back to the left. Gorillas only appear in levels 19 and 25.

Vultures
Vultures are boss birds. The mother follows you around all through level 20. The hachlings move in paterns and give you about 3 seconds to move through. See Vulture.

Bees
Bees fly in straight lines with many, many other bees infinitely behind them. They go slowly to the right with spaces between each bee. Unfortunately, in the level they appear in, the wire is shaky at the same place where bees are flying. They appear only in level 21.

Nitrome Must Die
Bees appear in Nitrome Must Die moving in right lines, in and out of pipes. They move in groups with very little space, so the player either has to get injured to kill them or use a weapon which fires upward. They have mild health and are easy to kill, and splatter orange blood on the ground when killed. Multiple lines of Bees may appear in one level.

Monkeys
Monkeys swing in chains, holding onto a hook that seems to hold onto the sky. They are in chains of four, and take about two seconds to go from one side to the other, leaving ample time for the skywire car to pass by. Monkeys only swing in levels 21 and 25.

Pufferfish

 * Main Article: Pufferfish

Duck
The duck goes back and forth on the water surface, and it follows the skywire car. Whenever the skywire car goes directly below it (underwater), the duck dives down into the water and comes back up. Since the duck dives down in one direction only, it is easy to avoid. The duck appears in level 26.

Alligator
The alligator is only a head that travels on the track behind the skywire car. It starts at the beginning of the level behind the skywire car. Throughout the level it follows the skywire car, opening and closing its jaws. Its jaws can hit the car when they open even if they are on different parts of the track, if the parts are close together enough. If the skywire car is too slow and the alligator catches up, it eats the car like the orca and makes the player have to restart the level. The alligator is in level 27.

Bats
Bats spawn at the beginning of the level track and go through the track just like a skywire car. They are quite fast for enemies, and in their level, the track goes very close to itself and overlaps many times, making bats hard to avoid. New bats spawn about every ten seconds. Bats are only in level 28.

Whales
Whales swim back and forth, three times left and three times right, under the water's surface. They take two seconds to move and they shoot out very tall spouts of water. They stay up for about two seconds. Whales only appear in level 29.

Flies

 * Main Article: Fly (Enemy)

Cat
See Cat.