Bomb rock: Difference between revisions

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==Uses==

Bomb rocks can be used in a number of beneficial ways.

===Harming enemies===

If a bomb rock explodes near an enemy, it will damage it, depending on the creature's vulnerabilities. Some enemies can also swallow bomb rocks, to suffer even great damage once they explode inside. To swallow one, an enemy either has to be coaxed into eating a bomb rock lying on the ground, or chomp a bomb rock-carrying Pikmin, depending on the enemy. In ''Pikmin'', the carrier Pikmin will also be eaten and killed, but in ''Pikmin 3'', it merely gets tossed aside while the enemy swallows the isolated bomb rock instead.

===Minor uses===

==Controlling==

===''Pikmin''===

The [[controls]] when dealing with bomb-rock-yielding Yellow Pikmin are a bit complex, and varies slightly depending on the console. Pikmin holding bomb-rocks will not interact with objects when {{button|gcn|C|wii|Paddown}} is used. [[Throw]]ing Pikmin with bomb-rocks will make them idle, but ready to attack. If an enemy is close, they'll step back and throw the bomb-rock at it. When called back using the [[whistle]], they'll drop and activate the bomb, and run towards Olimar. If, however, one wants the Pikmin to join the party without dropping and activating the bomb, one should touch them directly. When called to the yellow [[Onion]], Pikmin yielding bomb-rocks will drop them without detonating them. When using {{button|gcn|X|wii|C}} to [[dismiss]] the Pikmin, those carrying bomb-rocks will stay in a different group from the other Yellow Pikmin. When called back in any way after being dismissed, they'll keep their bomb-rock and join the group. In the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|''New Play Control!'']] version, switching to a different Pikmin while holding one (i.e. pressing {{button|wii|B}} when holding {{button|wii|A}}) will treat Yellow Pikmin as being different from bomb-rock-holding Yellow Pikmin. Also in this version, whistling a thrown bomb-carrying Pikmin will not make it drop its bomb.

Curiously, when a Yellow Pikmin throws a bomb-rock, it'll warn nearby Pikmin to rejoin Olimar in order to stay away from the blast. However, if one throws a bomb-rock-holding Pikmin next to a group of idle Yellow Pikmin, and calls the bomb-rock-yielding Pikmin back with the whistle (i.e. make it drop the bomb-rock), it will not call the idlers.

===''Pikmin 2''===

In the [[2-Player Battle]] stage [[Hostile Territory]], bomb-rocks can be picked up and thrown by a leader, which can be used to defeat enemies, or deal a serious blow to the opponent's Pikmin count. To perform this, one merely needs to run into a bomb-rock for around one second, at which point it'll be picked up. Players can then press {{button|gcn|A|wii|A}} to throw it (the distance is around twice as far as the reach of the GameCube game's cursor), or {{button|gcn|B|wii|B}} to drop it in place. In both cases, the bomb-rock will be activated. In every other point in the game where bomb-rocks are found, they can be activated by being attacked, provoked (in the case of Volatile Dweevils), or dropped (in the case of Careening Dirigibugs).

===''Pikmin 3''===

==Locations==

In ''Pikmin 3'', bomb rocks are commonly found in [[dirt mound]]s and [[egg]]s.

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In places where a bomb-rock falls near [[Mitites]], such as [[sublevel]] 6 of [[Bulblax Kingdom]], there is a chance of it being launched back into the air if it lands on one, landing somewhere else on the level.

==Technical information==

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