Empress Bulblax
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| Empress Bulblax | |
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| Areas | None |
| Underground Areas | Hole of Beasts, Frontier Cavern, Hole of Heroes |
| Attacks | Squashes Pikmin |
| Size | 480 mm |
| Scientific Name | Oculus matriarcha |
| Family | Grub-dog |
The Empress Bulblax is a boss-class enemy in the Pikmin games. It resembles the head of a Red Bulborb stuck onto a monstrous, elongated backside that is a type of egg sac. It can't eat the Pikmin due to its size, which makes its head hang a good few feet above the ground. The only way to defeat it is to throw Pikmin at its face. After a while, it will shake the Pikmin off and roll left and right in an attempt to crush them, usually making rocks fall in the process. It is one of the few bosses that can vary depending on where you encounter it, since later dungeons have the Empress continuously giving birth to Bulborb Larvae out of its backside. They can get killed by the Empress' rolling, so they aren't a problem when the actual face-to-face fight starts. This enemy can only be petrified if you release the spray on the middle of this monster's enlongated torso. (The middle.)
They are loctated on the last sublevel (5) of the Hole of Beasts, Sublevel 8 of the Frontier Cavern, Sublevel 11 of the Hole of Heroes, and Sublevel 4 of the Emperor's Realm in Challenge Mode.
