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*Along with [[Captain Olimar]], the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and [[Louie]], the Bulborb is available as a [[Merchandise|plush toy]], along with being a secret figurine in the first volume of Pikmin Figures. | *Along with [[Captain Olimar]], the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and [[Louie]], the Bulborb is available as a [[Merchandise|plush toy]], along with being a secret figurine in the first volume of Pikmin Figures. | ||
*Before the Pikmin were even conceptualized, in the ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' prototype, the Bulborbs played a mammoth-like role, impeding on the player's village. | *Before the Pikmin were even conceptualized, in the ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' prototype, the Bulborbs played a mammoth-like role, impeding on the player's village. | ||
*It could be said that the Bulborb is what represents [[enemies]] in general in the | *It could be said that the Bulborb is what represents [[enemies]] in general in the ''Pikmin series'', since it repeatedly appears as the icon whenever the game needs to refer to enemies: a stylized Bulborb icon is used to represent battle deaths in the [[Day results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and the remaining enemy count in the [[Mission_Mode#Battle_enemies!| Battle enemies!]] mode of ''Pikmin 3'', a Bulborb silhouette icon represents the [[poko]]s earned through enemy bodies in the [[Day_results_menu#Cave_results|Cave results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and is used to show how many enemies of a particular type have been killed in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] of ''Pikmin 2'', and a Bulborb icon is used to represent the Piklopedias of both [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|''Pikmin 2'']] and [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|''Pikmin 3'' Deluxe]]. Bulborbs also appear very prominently in concept art and franchise merchandise. This role as the standard, ubiquitous enemy, however, is instead fulfilled by the [[Mockiwi]] in ''Hey! Pikmin'' | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||