Editing Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (section)

===Eggs===
The color-coded eggs themselves are another gameplay element.  As Billy runs over fruit while holding an egg, the egg gets larger until it flashes and is ready to hatch.  Then Billy can hatch the eggs, which can contain helper animals, character powerups, and extra lives.  With variables such as egg size, helper animals, and personal powerups, ''Billy Hatcher'' can be played in many ways. Different animals can come out of the same eggs, and some creatures are vital to progressing through certain challenges.

Players should be wary of their handling of the eggs, as they take damage when attacked by enemies or impact certain obstacles. The egg gauge in the lower right-hand corner of the screen begins to crack, as does the egg Billy wields. When the egg takes enough damage, it is destroyed and no bonus comes from it. Eggs can also be 'lost', i.e. put into positions or situations that the player can not retrieve them from. In such cases, the egg will disappear from its position after several seconds of inactivity and will 'respawn' in its nest of origin. All work done to the egg, however, is lost.  Some characters from other games appear in certain eggs, such as [[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic The Hedgehog]] or [[NiGHTS]]. These specific eggs are marked with a Sonic head on them.