Empress Bulblax: Difference between revisions
→Trivia: The word “genus” was misapplied here: the genus name for the Empress Bulblax is “Oculus”, which is shared with the larvae. The original person who added this tidbit was referring to its specific epithet.
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* The creature resembles a real-life pregnant queen termite. | * The creature resembles a real-life pregnant queen termite. | ||
* The Empress Bulblax gives live birth to its larval-form offspring. This is not only unique to the ''Pikmin'' franchise, but also to Earth lifeforms. | * The Empress Bulblax gives live birth to its larval-form offspring. This is not only unique to the ''Pikmin'' franchise, but also to Earth lifeforms. | ||
* The Empress Bulblax's | * The Empress Bulblax's specific epithet, ''matriarcha'', indicates that it is considered a different species from its offspring, the Bulborb Larvae (''bambinii''). How a parent of one species can bare the offspring of another is unknown. | ||
*An [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused]] prototype script for [[Louie's notes]] on the Empress Bulblax is consisted of using its ovaries instead of its liver.{{cite web|http://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script/Louie%27s_Notes#Empress_Bulblax|Pikmin 2/Early English Script/Louie's Notes|The Cutting Room Floor}} It was changed in the final product for obvious reasons. | *An [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused]] prototype script for [[Louie's notes]] on the Empress Bulblax is consisted of using its ovaries instead of its liver.{{cite web|http://tcrf.net/Pikmin_2/Early_English_Script/Louie%27s_Notes#Empress_Bulblax|Pikmin 2/Early English Script/Louie's Notes|The Cutting Room Floor}} It was changed in the final product for obvious reasons. | ||
**It does however, seem to be the recipe for the Japanese Version. | **It does however, seem to be the recipe for the Japanese Version. | ||