User blog comment:Toon Ganondorf/Top 10 Battles That Don't Accurately Reflect A Robot's Contribution/@comment-2118191-20160902152708

"I don't seek to absolve Wild Willy of blame - they could easily have reversed instead of driving forward to escape that spike"

Err, no, it couldn't. The spike had caused its drive to malfunction, and it could only drive forward. It was stuck in forward drive just like Razer the following series, or Behemoth several series later.