Fireflinger Groink: Difference between revisions

|heypikmin  = y

|areas      = [[The Burning Sky]], [[Burning Bog]]

|attacks    = Hurl fireballs at Pikmin

The '''Fireflinger Groink''' ({{j|ヤキダマコキン|Yaki Dama Ko Kin|Sizzling [[Gatling Groink|Bullet Child Goldfish]]}}) is an enemy found in {{hp}}. It's a fish-like organism with some robotic parts, and is about three times as large as Olimar. It looks very similar to the [[Gatling Groink]], although it is red with yellow stripes and has less robotic elements, and has glass on its front robotic legs. It repeatedly spits large fireballs from the background by extending a mouth-like turret, and when a fireball hits, it can kill [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and damage [[Olimar]]. It is fairly rare, only appearing in two [[area]]s.

The Fireflinger Groink sits in a stationary position in the background of the level, and cannot be interacted with. Once it spots Pikmin, it will fire large fireballs at the foreground, raining down these projectiles onto the level. They will continue to attack relentlessly until the player goes far enough away from their firing spot.

The Fireflinger Groink sits in the background of the levels it is encountered in, and as such, cannot be attacked. The player can anticipate the spots where their fireballs will land by the preceding beam of light. The best thing to do is to walk forward right after the fireball drops, since it will take a little bit for the next one to reach.

The Burning Sky Groink cutscene.jpg|The Fireflinger Groink introduction [[cutscene]]. Notice the beam of light that appears right before the fireball lands.

The Burning Sky 1.jpg|A Fireflinger Groink behind a [[trowel]] in The Burning Sky.

Burning Bog 1.jpg|Fireflinger Groinks in the beginning of Burning Bog.

==Naming==

|common    = Fireflinger Groink. Fireflinger is a simple reference to what it does: flinging fireballs. The term ''Groink'' seems entirely made up; it is possible to extract the onomatopoeia for pig grunts, "oink", thus contracting "grunt" and "oink" to "Groink".

|jpcommon  = {{j|ヤキダマコキン|Yaki Dama Ko Kin|Sizzling [[Gatling Groink|Bullet Child Goldfish]]}}.

|jpname    = {{j|ヨウガンコキン|Yougan Ko Kin|Lava Child Goldfish}}.

===Names in other languages===

|JapR=Yaki Dama Ko Kin

|JapM=Sizzling [[Gatling Groink|Bullet Child Goldfish]]

|Fra=Bioméca lance-feu

|FraM= ''Bioméca'' is a portmanteau of ''bio'' and ''méca'' (mecha), while ''lance-feu'' translates to "flamethrower"

|ItaM=Mecha Groink

|SpaM=Firespit Groink

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