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[[Blooming Terrace]]<br>[[Jigsaw Colosseum] [[Jigsaw Fortress]]}}The '''Medusal Slurker''' is an enemy from ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It was the first new enemy fightable in the E3 2012 demo. It is a floating, translucent pink jellyfish-like enemy with two small serpentine eyes and a single antenna sprouting from its top that resembles a seeding dandelion. It has a green pouch inside its head to store food. This pouch has a growth like a human uvula hanging from it, which it extends to the ground and expands to trap Pikmin and leaders. It is first fought in the [[Garden of Hope]], as defeating it will allow you to discover the [[Rock Pikmin]] it had in its body.
[[Blooming Terrace]]<br>[[Jigsaw Colosseum]] [[Jigsaw Fortress]]}}
The '''Medusal Slurker''' is an enemy from ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It was the first new enemy fightable in the E3 2012 demo. It is a floating, translucent pink jellyfish-like enemy with two small serpentine eyes and a single antenna sprouting from its top that resembles a seeding dandelion. It has a green pouch inside its head to store food. This pouch has a growth like a human uvula hanging from it, which it extends to the ground and expands to trap Pikmin and leaders. It is first fought in the [[Garden of Hope]], as defeating it will allow you to discover the [[Rock Pikmin]] it had in its body.
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Revision as of 21:57, February 18, 2014

Medusal Slurker
Artwork of a Medusal Slurker.
Appears in Pikmin 3
Scientific name Unknown
Family Unknown
Areas Tropical Wilds

Garden of Hope

Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages None
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages None
Side Story days None
Bingo Battle stages None
Attacks Captures Pikmin and Captains

The Medusal Slurker is an enemy from Pikmin 3. It was the first new enemy fightable in the E3 2012 demo. It is a floating, translucent pink jellyfish-like enemy with two small serpentine eyes and a single antenna sprouting from its top that resembles a seeding dandelion. It has a green pouch inside its head to store food. This pouch has a growth like a human uvula hanging from it, which it extends to the ground and expands to trap Pikmin and leaders. It is first fought in the Garden of Hope, as defeating it will allow you to discover the Rock Pikmin it had in its body.

Notes

Pikmin 3 Website

"These gelatinous creatures float above their prey and suck them up into their transparent bodies."

Battle Strategy

File:Pikmin3~MedusalSlurkerAttack.png
The Medusal Slurker using its uvula-like appendage to ensnare pikmin.

The Medusal Slurker seems to be generally passive, usually minding its own business and floating gently above the ground, occasionally moving. When a captain or Pikmin approach, it will simply float away. However, if the Pikmin or captain still continue to pursue, the Slurker will hover over where they are standing and drop its uvula-like appendage (possibly its stomach) onto the ground, which expands to capture any Pikmin in its mucus-like structure. It will then suck them back into its transparent body and keep them for the rest of the day. However, unlike the Jellyfloats, it does not digests captured Pikmin. It can also shake off Pikmin when agitated by their attacks.

To defeat this creature, Pikmin must simply be thrown at its gelatinous body and quickly called back. If they aren't called back, they will be shaken off and vulnerable to attack by the creature's uvula. Once defeated, the green core inside the creature will explode and its pink membrane will fly up into the air and after a few seconds, fall back to the ground, where it can be harvested.

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Trivia

  • The Medusal Slurker is the first gelatinous enemy in the Pikmin series whose body doesn't completely dissolve after death, making it salvagable. 
  • In the E3 2012 demo of Pikmin 3, Medusal Slurkers required 7 Pikmin to carry, where as in the final game, the corpse only takes 6.

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