Editing Mammoth Snootwhacker

|underground = [[Dream Home]]

|dandori_c  = [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]

|attacks    = Crush pikmin, knock Pikmin back

 

The '''Mammoth Snootwhacker''' ({{j|オオハナタタキ|Oo Hana Tataki|Large Nose-Knocker}}) is a large enemy in {{p4}}. It is the older variant of the [[Miniature Snootwhacker]]. Like its younger form, it has a thick skin that prevents most attacks and allows it to [[crush]] non-[[Rock Pikmin]] with the weight of its trunk. These attacks pose a greater threat and larger radius given the increased size. Unlike the smaller version, it takes two charges from [[Oatchi]] to damage it, as only one will simply stun it instead of exposing the belly, its weak point.

|seeds4 = 20<ref group="note">This enemy cannot be delivered to Onions in-game. This information is obtained from the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]].</ref>

* [[Dream Home]] sublevel 1: One is found in the southeast of this sublevel.

* [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]] &ndash; [[5th Story: The White Key]]: One guards the White Onion in this challenge.

Much like its miniature version, [[Oatchi]] is required to defeat this creature. With Oatchi, Rush down the Snootwhacker from its sides to cause it to enter a stunned state. After that, the player has ample time to follow up with another Rush, allowing you to expose its soft underbelly, the time window on this can be difficult to accomplish if Oatchi's Rush skill is not levelled up and Ultra-Spicy Spray is not used. It will typically flip itself back up after it takes about a third of its health, meaning you will need to repeat this process a few times to fell the beast. Simply being mindful of if and when it is going to attack, and which attack it will use is the main key to this fight, and it will give ample time to telegraph its attack and allow the player to position themselves accordingly. Provided the player has the appropriate upgrades connected to his Rush, Oatchi can usually knock down the Snootwhacker before it can even begin to attack the second time around. While it typically will not appear in an area where it can send Pikmin into more perilous situations (except for the one found in the [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]]), the player should still be mindful of where Pikmin end up if they are knocked away, as it can still crush Pikmin with its second attack.

 

If the player finds the fight with this creature in [[Dream Home]] tedious, or is performing a speedrun, a quick way to defeat this boss in one go is using [[Ice Pikmin]]. Bring around 20 Ice Pikmin into the cave - Yellow and Purple pikmin are reccomended but technically not required - then use a spicy spray when the boss is in your sights. The spicy spray not only lets you more rapidly charge Oatchi's rush but also increases the amount Ice Pikmin both freeze and damage enemies by a lot. If you have a large squad of Pikmin the boss should be defeated soon after it freezes since it cannot get up whilst frozen. If you would rather not use items, around 60 [[Rock Pikmin]] can be brought into the cave. Rock pikmin deal extra damage when rushed with Oatchi onto frozen enemies, allowing 60 Rock Pikmin to defeat a frozen Snootwhacker in two rushes. This requires excellent reaction time and sacrificing many other Pikmin for the cave, however.

|common    = Mammoth Snootwhacker. {{w|Mammoths}} are large, prehistoric elephants. It is of larger size than the Miniature Snootwhacker, and as the species resembles an elephant, the term mammoth applies.

|jpcommon  = {{j|オオハナタタキ|Oo Hana Tataki|Large Nose-Knocker}}. "Large" is used to distinguish itself from the [[Miniature Snootwhacker]].

|jpname    = {{j|クロスジマキバナウリ|Kuro Suji Maki Bana Uri|Black-streaked Coiled Nose Melon}}.

|internal  = <code>SHIPPO</code>. "Shippo" means tail, which could refer to how it swings its trunk like a tail.

|Jap  = オオハナタタキ

|JapR = Oo Hana Tataki

|JapM = Large Nose-Whacker

|Dut  = Mammoetsnoetstomper

|DutM = Mammoth snoot thumper

|FraM = Giant snootwhacker

|FraN = "frapper" (to hit) + "trompe" (trunk)

|Ger  = Riesen-Rüsselklatscher

|GerM = Giant Trunkclapper

|ItaM = Giant trunkbeater

|ItaN = Portmanteau of "proboscide" (trunk) and "battere" (to beat)

|Kor  = 거대코치기

|KorR = Geodae-Ko-Chigi

|KorM = Giant Nose-Whacker

|Por = Trombate colosso

|PorM = Colossus trunnock

|PorN = Portmanteau of "tromba" (trunk) and "bater" (knock)

|Spa  = Trompador magno

|SpaM = Great snootwhacker

{{image|images of wild Mammoth Snootwhackers.}}

[[Category:Pikmin 4 bosses]]

[[Category:Crushing enemies]]

[[Category:Dream Home]]

[[Category:Trial of the Sage Leaf]]