Sandman



Sandman is a beefy monster made of rock, and can hit you with a Magnet Rock from far away, or get up close with a Physical Attack.

In the remake, it loses the Physical Attack, but also is a bit weaker overall.

Enemy Formations
Sandman x 1

Sandman x 2

Sandman x 2, Blue Man x 2

Sandman x 3

Sandman x 3, Blue Man x 2

Sandman x 3, Blue Man x 3

Trivia

 * Sandman is enemy byte value 0 in the coding.
 * It has a counterpart in Rocky, who has slightly higher stats, but is vastly smaller.
 * Rocky also has the opposite animations for its close and far attacks.
 * Sandman's far attack animation has it bring its foot down like a sumo wrestler. It uses a double karate chop for its close attack animation.
 * Sandman and Rocky are found in areas right after each other, similar to Nightmare and Gloom Wing.
 * In the puzzle game, Rocky transforms into Sandman as an attack.
 * In the Prima's Official Strategy Guide, it's missing Sandman's Physical Attack among its list.
 * It also misspells it as Sand Man. This becomes the proper name in the Gameboy remake.