Flashes of Fear

Flashes of Fear Sector 4 – Area E
Treasures	1
Pikmin available	Yellow Pikmin
Requirements	Complete Space of Silence or Drenchnozzle Den
Next area	Fragrant Forest
Music	Before a boss battle Flashes of Fear

Flashes of Fear (そらを きりさく いなずま^?, lit.: "Lightning cutting through the sky") is the boss battle area in the Ravaged Rustworks. In it, the player fights against the Electric Cottonade, and obtains the Distinguished Speaker.

Plot

When either Space of Silence or Drenchnozzle Den are completed, a cutscene plays where the S.S. Dolphin II tells Captain Olimar, inside the cockpit, that it found a large treasure, and also a fearsome beast. After the Distinguished Speaker is collected, a similar cutscene plays, with the ship announcing that it found a new sector, the Leafswirl Lagoon, and that it is a very windy one.

Description

The area starts on top of a pipe that goes a bit to the right and up, and eventually dips down into the floor, forming a wall too tall to climb back up to. This floor makes up the boss battle arena, and it has a similar wall on the other side, with the two roughly 2 screen widths apart.

Cutscenes

Cutscene	Screenshot	Trigger	Description
Electric Cottonade introduction		The player falls into the arena and walks a bit forward.	Olimar walks up to a group of Yellow Pikmin smacking a young Electric Cottonade. It eventually generates electricity and starts emitting light. As it does this, it scares the Pikmin, and flies up into the sky. Other small Cottonades eventually show up, flying upwards as well. The mature Electric Cottonade shows up from the top, surrounded by its young, and shouts with a scowl.

Pikmin locations

Spot	Location	Pikmin	Requirements	Notes
Start	Next to Olimar	20 Yellow Pikmin	First time only

Objects

Treasures

•  Distinguished Speaker

Enemies

•  Electric Cottonade × 9 (1 adult, 8 children)

Guide

See: Electric Cottonade#Strategy

Gallery

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  Starting location.

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  The Distinguished Speaker.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	そらを きりさく いなずま? Sora o kirisaku inazuma	Lightning cutting through the sky
Dutch	Bliksembende	Lightning squad
French	De l'orage dans l'air	Storm in the air
German	Die Gewitterschlacht	The Thunderstorm Battle
Italian	Terrore fulminante	Blazing terror
Spanish (NoA)	Destellos ominosos	Ominous sparkles
Spanish (NoE)	Destellos Ominosos	Ominous Sparkles