Sovereign Bulblax
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Appears in | Pikmin 4 |
Scientific name | Oculus supremus (advanced age) |
Family | Grub-dog |
Areas | Giant's Hearth |
Caves | Subterranean Swarm, Cavern for a King |
Dandori Challenge stages | None |
Dandori Battle stages | None |
Attacks | Eats, Crushes and Scatters Pikmin |
The Sovereign Bulblax is a boss found in Pikmin 4. This creature is an Emperor Bulblax in advanced age and shares many of the same attacks as the younger version of the species, such as a loud roar. One important difference apart from its size and health is its incredible jumping ability, far greater than that of its younger counterpart.
While not introduced until Pikmin 4, it shares many similarities with the Emperor Bulbax variants from Pikmin and Hey! Pikmin, with vegetation on its back resembling the Hey! Pikmin design.
Stats
Weight | Max. carriers |
Seeds | Value | Health |
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30 | 60 | 50 | ![]() |
8000 |
Behavior
The Sovereign Bulblax will hide underground until something disturbs them, where they will emerge throwing everything nearby off of it. They will then start to attack the player and their Pikmin using a variety of attacks. The Bulblax will usually use the standard tongue lash, stunning the leader and Oatchi, and capturing Pikmin, who are then eaten. When it has been damaged enough, the Bulblax roars, inflicting all Pikmin and Oatchi with Panic. Immediately afterwards the Bulblax will start to charge a jump, with Collin warning the player to run away. This jump is not as accurate as it is in Pikmin, but it can still crush without limit. When underground, boulders will fall soon after it lands. When under attack, the Bulblax will jump in place. This will shake off any Pikmin on the face, and crush any underneath. It will also use this attack if anything lingers underneath the beast. When the player leaves the Sovereign Bulblax's territory, it will patrol the area and will not retreat underground.
Appearance
The Sovereign Bulblax looks almost identical to its younger counterpart, the Emperor Bulblax. Differences include being much larger and having a lot more vegetation on its back.
Locations
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- Cavern for a King at floor 18
- Giant's Hearth
Strategy
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Using a large squad of high damaging Pikmin, either Red Pikmin and/or Purple Pikmin, and charging them all onto the Bulblax's face using Oatchi's rush ability can deal a lot of damage very quickly. The main issue with this is the fact that the Sovereign Bulblax is much larger than other enemies and it can be hard to correctly throw all your Pikmin onto their face. Players must also be careful of where they throw their Pikmin as if they throw them onto the Bulblax's mouth, and it does its tongue attack, a lot of the Pikmin will instantly be stuck to their tongue and can be eaten. It is also possible to trick it into eating a Bomb Rock in the same fashion as its smaller counterpart, and Pikmin self.
Notes
Dalmo's Notes
Olimar's Notes
“An Emperor Bulblax of extremely advanced age. it will no longer display the pack behaviour commonly exhibited by younger members of its species. Instead, as an individual ages, it leaves the herd and exhibits more solitary behaviours.
It feeds by using its strongly developed legs to leap upon crush its prey with speed disproportionate to its massive body.
To determine the age of any given specimen, you can count the rings of hide calcified in the form of a carapace. One ring forms roughly every year the creature lives. Individuals with over a hundred age rings have been discovered so far.
The Sovereign Bulblax's back is often covered in moss and pteridophytes. On a few occasions, specimens have been found with a rare species of mushroom, called a Bulborel, growing on its back.”Louie's Notes
Naming
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- See more: Emperor Bulblax#Naming.
- Common name: Sovereign Bulblax. In line with the other two royal grub dogs, sovereign is used to describe a supreme leader, or ultimate power. As the Sovereign Bulblax is a fully grown Emperor Bulbax, it is an even more powerful variant and does possess incredible power.
- Japanese nickname:
- Japanese name:
- Scientific name: Oculus supremus (advanced age). This is the same as the Emperor Bulblax, however now much older.
- Internal names: BIGKINGCHAPPY
- Prerelease: Unknown
Names in other languages
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Language | Name | Meaning |
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Empereur Bulblax | Emperor Bulblax | |
König Knollenauge | King Tuber-Eye |
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Trivia
- The name Sovereign Bulblax can be attributed to the large Emperor Bulblax encountered in Pikmin, as it is larger with tall vegetation on its back, as well as lacking pack behavior and crushing prey with leaps. The Emperor Bulblax from Hey! Pikmin also could also potentially count as one.
- The Sovereign Bulblaxes in Pikmin 4 shares an odd quirk with the one found in Pikmin, it will occasionally stop lumbering to lick its lips and look around.
- In French, the Emperor Bulblax is named the King Bulblax in Pikmin 2, and Emperor Bulblax in Pikmin, making this the first distinction between the two Bulblaxes. In Pikmin 4 this trait is carried over, with the small Bulblax being named a King Bulblax, and the large Bulblax being named Emperor Bulblax.
See also
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