Emperor Bulblax: Difference between revisions

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==''Pikmin''==

They still eat the now huge bomb-rocks, but must be coaxed into doing so instead, seeing as Yellow Pikmin no longer have the ability to handle those explosive objects. All other abilities are retained, except for the jumping phase. It is replaced by a roaring phase when the Bulblax is about a quarter until death; it will make other Bulblaxes join the fight and drag existing Mitites out of the ground, which will scare the Pikmin into a frenzy.

Luckily, unlike in the previous game, an Emperor Bulblax can only eat a maximum of 9 Pikmin at a time. When it dies, the Bulblax spins around and roars, whipping gobs of saliva everywhere until it shrinks down to a pre-determined size for easier carrying.

This creature is found on the last sublevel (7) of the [[Bulblax Kingdom]], where it is larger and stronger than normal; two are found on sublevel 4 of the [[Cavern of Chaos]] and sublevel 10 of the [[Hole of Heroes]]; and three are in the [[Emperor's Realm]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]].

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{{game help|p|Confirm that "Pikmin can also be thrown into its mouth while it is preparing to stick out its tongue and still give a stun-like effect." claim.}}

In ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]'', the only ways to have Yellow Pikmin stun the enemy with a bomb-rock is to let the Pikmin be eaten, or to time the throw correctly so that the bomb-carrying Pikmin throws the bomb into the Bulblax's open mouth, which will stun it for a longer duration that allowing it to eat the Pikmin.

In ''Pikmin'', the beast cannot be damaged with Captain Olimar's [[punch]].

One of the fastest strategies to beating it in ''Pikmin'' for the GameCube is to gather several [[bomb-rock]]s, place the carrier Pikmin near it, and when it is readying to eat them, call them back so that they drop the bombs on the floor. The boss will instead gulp on the bomb-rocks and become paralyzed for a considerable amount of time. Afterwards, [[Throw#Group move trick|quickly throw]] your Pikmin army at its face path (starting with the Reds). With enough speed, the creature should be defeated in a single cycle. This strategy will not work in ''New Play Control! Pikmin''.

Bring a small group of Purple Pikmin (10 or more) and toss them right in between the eyes; in no time at all, the beast will be defeated. If you don't have enough, use Red Pikmin and other Pikmin types, but be prepared to use sprays in case your numbers dwindle. One way to kill it without Purple Pikmin is to bring a group of 10 White Pikmin, as they are fast, or any of the original Pikmin, to fight and throw all on the Bulblax's face and the battle will be over in from 30 seconds to about a minute.

Where [[bomb-rocks]] are available, making it eat them is the safest strategy, and if the beast is underwater, the only strategy. By standing near a bomb-rock and running away before the boss strikes with its tongue, it is possible to make it eat the explosive instead, causing a high amount of damage. This method can be a bit time-consuming, however.

In ''Pikmin 2'', it is possible to kill an Emperor Bulblax without Pikmin. The first method is to lure the Bulblax into eating bomb-rocks, should there be any nearby, until it succumbs to the explosions. Another is to [[punch]] it while petrified. However, this requires about 50 sprays under non-stop punching. More damage can be dealt with the [[Rocket Fist]] upgrade; using said upgrade would require twenty less sprays. It is one of the only two bosses in the game the leaders can hit, the other being the [[Waterwraith]].

By far, the quickest method is to [[Throw#Group move trick|rapidly throw]] Purple Pikmin at it, even when buried. If the player is fast enough, it'll have suffered almost fatal damage by the time it is ready to fight, and should succumb soon after.

==Technical information==

===''Hey! Pikmin''===

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H!pemperor.png|The Emperor Bulblax as it appears in ''Hey! Pikmin''.

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