So, we come to our first grand final, with Shuriken Throw vs. OniBox 359!

San, Ni, Ichi….. Akutibinisuru!

Immediately, the eight small clusterbots are spinning up to speed, but even as the first of them impacts their foe, it becomes clear that the armour, while not a perfect protection from the little spinners, is in fact a hazard to them! As the first little robot attacks it tears off a long strip of diotor fur and this wraps around the little robot, getting snagged around its drive train and causing the left side of the machine to go incredibly slowly.

OniBox on the other hand, is mashing its huge Kanabō around wildly – a single swipe splits the top oak panel of one of the robots in half and straight off the top of the machine and seemingly knocking it out the match. Having got through the initial layers on one side, three more of the small robots slash further into even as OniBox slams one of the smaller robots into the arena wall, propping it up against the side and out of the fight for now.

Even as it retreats and one of the smaller robots narrowly dodges another huge mace blow, one of it’s compatriots tries to unprop the stuck one. Another Shuriken impact sprays chain links across the arena while a second merely deflects off one of the metal plates. OniBox manages to catch up with the tangled machine and a heavy impact snaps the wheels straight off their shafts finishing it.

OniBox begins to take charge of the fight however, the bludgeoning finishes off another two of the robots, whenever it gets a direct hit it seems to be an almost guaranteed knockout. However, by this point the armour on the left side is almost entirely gone, while they are big holes on the right. One of the little robots manages to get through the left side enough to slash a hole in the rear left go-kart wheel, sending OniBox into a trudge.

However, by this point the fight is well and truly in the final straight, the robot caught against the side is finally freed even as the one who frees it is squashed like a pancake. Two of the little robots are left – one manages to spin its way inside, even as the penultimate robot is flattened, but even as CO2 is vented from a severed hosepipe inside, it’s foe is tangled in it’s innards. Continued movement from OniBox however signals a winner!

ONIBOX 359 wins the first ever VGC DESIGN CHALLENGE!

Remember to enter the second round: vapours of ice!