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| |image = Pikmin3Mawdad.jpg | | [[File:Pikmin3Screen1.jpg|thumb|The Armored Mawdad attacking some Pikmin.]] |
| |size = 270px | | The '''Armored Mawdad''' is a boss in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T6_xo5DQf-4]</ref> It has pincers at the front, and light blue armor scales protecting its soft underside; these can only be broken using [[Rock Pikmin]]. It attacks by trapping [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] with its pincers then eating them, and ramming into the player and their Pikmin army, knocking them over and deflowering them. The boss crawls about, trying to dodge the player's attacks, and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. |
| |pikmin3 = y|attacks = Grabs and eats Pikmin}}The '''Armored Mawdad''' is a [[boss]] creature from ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It resembles a millipede or centipede, with a multitude of small gecko-like legs, a large head, yellow eyes, a bluish-green underbelly, a gaping mouth, and large curved mandibles. Most of its body is covered in segments of translucent shells that act as the creature's protection. Players must toss the newly discovered [[Rock Pikmin]] at its crystalline carapace in order to reveal its weak skin. Once its skin is shown, the player must then attack and swarm the vicious beast. This creature is rather interesting for giving off an arthropod-like appearance despite presumably being a vertebrate with its reptile-like scales, feet and its eyes and mouth. | |
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| [[File:Pikmin3BOSS.png|thumb|242px|The player is attacking the Armored Mawdad. A portion of its armor has been broken off.]]
| | Only Rock Pikmin can defeat this creature. They must be thrown at its armor to knock it off the Mawdad, then the player can use any Pikmin to attack the boss. Its mandible can also be broken off, which keeps it from trapping Pikmin. In addition, throwing a Pikmin at its eyes causes it to panic and run around aimlessly until it can shake the Pikmin off. |
| Upon entering the boss arena, the Armored Mawdad appears and frantically crawls around the stage. When it gets a clear view of a group of Pikmin or the current leader, it will charge and scoop up Pikmin with its massive mandibles. During this time, it will commence eating any Pikmin it has caught with its enormous tongue. During such a predicament, players must throw [[Rock Pikmin]] at the crystalline carapace to break it away. This will free any Pikmin caught in its mandibles and afterwhich any other Pikmin may attack the exposed clesh with ease. Once it gets injured, it will begin to crawl on the walls of the arena, making it more difficult to predict which direction it will attack from next. Once the Mawdad has been scanned with the Z button on the Nunchuk, its location will be marked by a green dot on the Wii U gamepad's screen, allowing players to tell where it will strike next if it crawls above the camera's view. If you didn't scan it, you can still tell where it is by looking at where the wood chips fall as it moves on the walls. As more of its carapace gets broken away, the Mawdad's speed will continue to increase. Players must take caution, as Pikmin may become distracted by the various [[Spotcap]]s strewn about the arena.
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| If the player can land a successful hit on its mandibles, they will break, rendering it harder for the Mawdad to capture and eat Pikmin.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6_xo5DQf-4 E3 2012 Show Floor Footage]</ref> Also, if a Pikmin latches onto one of its eyes, the Mawdad will become agitated and aimlessly careen through the arena until the Pikmin is thrown off.
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| [[File:640px-Mawdad_head-on.png|thumb|The Armored Mawdad's mandibles are used for trapping prey. They can be broken using the Rock Pikmin.]]
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| ==Glitches==
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| If you look in the video for this creature, you will see Pikmin (when they are close to it) fly straight up into the air (they fly high enough to where you can no longer see them). This does no damage to the Pikmin however, suggesting it might be a glitch. You only see this glitch close to the beginning of the video, at other times it is hard to confirm due to the fact that the Mawdad is capable of launching Pikmin high into the air, but only when they are latched onto it.
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| [[File:Pikmin 3 Boss Battle Video with Audio Wii U HD|thumb|300px|right|The entire Armored Mawdad boss battle with clear, HD audio. You can clearly hear the new boss battle music in this video.]]
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| ==Trivia==
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| *The Armored Mawdad was the first boss for [[Pikmin 3]] to have its name announced.
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| *The Armored Mawdad has a considerably low amount of health, like the [[Emperor Bulblax]] from [[Pikmin 2]].
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| *The Armored Mawdad is arguably the largest boss creature in the Pikmin series whose body stays intact after death. It is currently unknown if the corpse will be retrievable, due to its immense size.
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| *Much like the [[Titan Dweevil]], the music for this creature appears to go along with its attacks, as the music will speed up when it is attacking, but after the attack is finished, the music slows back down to a sort of low hum.
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| *It may be represented in [[Pikmin Adventure]] by the [[Emperor Pinchipede]] and the [[Monochromatic Pinchipede]].
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| ==Gallery==
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| Mawdad head-on.png|A frontal view of the Armored Mawdad.
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| Mawdad With Armour Destroyed .png|A frontal view of the Mawdad with its face armor broken off.
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| MawDad-Cracked.png|The Armored Mawdad trapping the leader and his Pikmin in its mandibles, ready to attack with its tongue.
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| movie05.jpg|An Armored Mawdad coming down to attack Alph, Brittany, and their Pikmin.
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| </gallery>
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