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|name = Pansarus gigantus | |name = Pansarus gigantus | ||
|family = Breadbug | |family = Breadbug | ||
|underground = [[Glutton's Kitchen]] | |underground = [[Glutton's Kitchen]] | ||
|challenge = [[Snack Pit]] | |challenge = [[Snack Pit]] | ||
|attacks = Steals objects | |attacks = Steals objects | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Giant Breadbug''' ({{j|オオパンモドキ|Oo Pan Modoki|Giant Bread Beetle}}) is a [[Enemy#Boss|boss]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. Unlike other [[Breadbug]]s, this one is large and shaped almost perfectly cubical, looking like a whole loaf of bread, making it the largest species in the Breadbug family. It acts the same as normal Breadbugs, but is harder to damage by "rejection" from the pod. It is considered by many players to be the easiest boss in the game (the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Common boss battle|boss theme music]] is not even played, though an [[Music in Pikmin 2#Giant Breadbug|exclusive tune]] is played only in the specific cave sublevel). The more recognizable habitat is located on the last sublevel (6) of the [[Glutton's Kitchen]] and consists of only two other Breadbugs, electrical wires, and [[Anode Beetle]]s. This creature is also found in the [[Snack Pit]] in [[Challenge Mode]]. The Giant Breadbug can instantly [[Health#Regeneration|replenish its HP]] if it collects an object into its den. | The '''Giant Breadbug''' ({{j|オオパンモドキ|Oo Pan Modoki|Giant Bread Beetle}}) is a [[Enemy#Boss|boss]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. Unlike other [[Breadbug]]s, this one is large and shaped almost perfectly cubical, looking like a whole loaf of bread, making it the largest species in the Breadbug family. It acts the same as normal Breadbugs, but is harder to damage by "rejection" from the pod. It is considered by many players to be the easiest boss in the game (the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Common boss battle|boss theme music]] is not even played, though an [[Music in Pikmin 2#Giant Breadbug|exclusive tune]] is played only in the specific cave sublevel). The more recognizable habitat is located on the last sublevel (6) of the [[Glutton's Kitchen]] and consists of only two other Breadbugs, electrical wires, and [[Anode Beetle]]s. This creature is also found in the [[Snack Pit]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]]. The Giant Breadbug can instantly [[Health#Regeneration|replenish its HP]] if it collects an object into its den. | ||
==Stats== | ==Stats== | ||
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==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
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There are three ways to damage the Giant Breadbug, each with their own quirks: by letting it hit its head on the Research Pod, throwing Purple Pikmin at it, or swarming it whilst [[Ultra-bitter spray|petrified]]. | |||
The standard way to defeat this enemy involves you waiting until it latches onto a [[treasure]] or defeated creature, such as the nearby Anode Beetles, or Breadbugs. Then, toss onto or [[Group move|swarm]] the treasure with as many [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] as possible (preferably twice as much as the minimum weight; this is of course made easier if [[Purple Pikmin]] are used) and watch them drag the helpless Giant Breadbug toward the [[Research Pod]]. Like with normal Breadbugs, should there not be enough Pikmin on the treasure, they will be pulled into the Giant Breadbug's den and killed. | |||
When the enemy hits the pod, it loses almost half its [[HP|health]]. The process can then be repeated as many times as necessary to take it down. You should note two things however: if the Giant Breadbug carries something back to its den successfully, it fully replenishes its life, wasting all of your hard work damaging it. Secondly, you'll need to bring it to the Research Pod more than once, so make sure that there are enough carriable objects around to work with. This can be harder if there are small Breadbugs around taking out objects into their own dens. To help with this, you can leave some Pikmin to distract the other Breadbugs, you can leave the Anode Beetles alone until you want to turn them into carriable corpses, and you can use [[egg]]s as a last resort – if an egg has [[Mitite]]s, you can get yourself some extra corpses to work with. | |||
If there are no more corpses, the only other normal way to damage the boss is by throwing Purple Pikmin on top of it, which can prove to be challenging, especially with a small number of Purple Pikmin. Each Purple takes away about one twentieth of the Giant Breadbug's health. | |||
Finally, the only other way to damage it is to [[Ultra-bitter spray|petrify]] it and then just send any Pikmin to attack it. However, for some bizarre reason, after the Giant Breadbug hits its head on the Research Pod once, it becomes impossible to petrify it from there on out, until the cave is exited. | |||
==Technical information== | ==Technical information== | ||