Iridescent Flint Beetle: Difference between revisions

|pikmin3    = y

|pikmin4    = y

|imagetitle  = Striped subspecies

|image2title = Spotted subspecies

|size        = 250x250px

|namecustom  = ''Pilli envelopens'' (Striped)<br>''Pilli envelopens striaticus'' (Spotted)

|family      = Flint beetle

|challenge  = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Distant Spring]], [[Novice Training]]

|missionct  = [[Tropical Forest]], [[Thirsty Desert]], [[The Rustyard]]

|bingo      = [[Blooming Terrace]]

|attacks    = None

}}

The name "Iridescent Flint Beetle" can refer to two different subspecies of creatures: the main one from {{p1}}, {{p2}}, and {{p4}}, or the spotted subspecies from {{p3}}. Aside from appearance, both species act identically.

|seeds1 = N/A    |seeds2 = N/A    |seeds3 = N/A    |seeds4 = N/A

                 |value2 = N/A    |value3 = N/A    |value4 = N/A

|regen1 = 0      |regen2 = 0.3    |regen3 = 0      |regen4 = N/A

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== ''Pikmin 2'' ==

In {{p2}}, the Iridescent Flint Beetle's appearance was slightly changed to have a different coloration, and it is slightly smaller. Pikmin no longer attack them automatically as they do in the original game. In all ''Pikmin 2'' [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] levels they're in, these creatures drop treasures. They are found in similar locations, but only drop three things: a 1-pellet (a dose of nectar if it's underground), 2 doses of nectar, and then a dose of [[ultra-spicy spray]] (3 doses of nectar if the ultra-spicy spray hasn't been discovered yet). Using [[Purple Pikmin]], it is easier to fight them due to the shockwaves that the heavy Purple Pikmin produce when thrown. It is possible to defeat these creatures while [[ultra-bitter spray|petrified]], but they drop neither nectar nor [[spray]] and leave no corpse.

== ''Pikmin 3'' ==

In {{p3}}, the Iridescent Flint Beetle was significantly redesigned. Its eyes (now purple) are still on stalks, but it sports two horizontally-facing antennae that look almost like a mustache, its shiny exoskeleton seems to have layers and appears less vibrant, and its underside appears to have four glowing, blue spots. In {{p3d}}'s [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|Piklopedia]], [[Olimar]] confirms this drastic appearance change is due to them being a subspecies of the ones from previous games. The only way to harm one of these creatures, as with previous games, is by throwing Pikmin on its back, upon which it drops nectar or pellets.

== ''Pikmin 4'' ==

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===Dalmo's Notes===

{{Transcript|This scuttling little one is a good-luck talisman you'd be happy to encounter. If you're fortunate enough to come upon one, make a wish before it leaves. The way its iridescent carapace changes colour depending on the angle you view it from is so distracting that I often forget to wish for something!|block=y}}

===''Pikmin'' Nintendo Player's Guide===

|jpcommon  = {{j|コガネモチ|Kogane Mochi|Small Riches Holder}}. {{j|コガネ|kogane}} means "Small amount of money", likely referring to how it gives out worse prizes than its golden counterpart, and {{j|モチ|mochi}} means "holder". "Koganemushi" {{j|黄金虫|koganemushi}} also means scarab beetle, which its color is similar to.

|jpname    = {{j|タテスジルリコガネモチ|Tatesuji Ruri Kogane Mochi|Vertical Stripes Lapis Lazuli Small Riches Holder}} (''Pikmin'', ''Pikmin 2'' and ''Pikmin 4''); {{j|マダラルリコガネモチ|Madara Ruri Kogane Mochi|Spotted Lapis Lazuli Small Riches}} (''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'').

|internal  = Its internal name in all of the games is <code>kogane</code>, part of its Japanese nickname.

}}

===Names in other languages===

{{foreignname

|JapR = Kogane Mochi

|JapM = Small Riches Holder

|PorP  = Besouro Iridescente

|notes = y

}}

==Gallery==

<gallery>

P1 Flint Beetle Sketch.png|Drawings of the Iridescent Flint Beetle from the ''Pikmin'' Official Player's Guide.

</gallery>

*The [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]] belongs in a different family, the [[Glint beetle family]], while their genera is the same as the Iridescent Flint Beetles. In real life, it is impossible for members of different families to share a genus; this would mean their genus identifiers are coincidentally the same instead of related.

*The European version of the ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' trophy advises players to flip the creature over with a [[Purple Pikmin]] and then having them attack it. This strategy doesn't make much sense, and was likely [[mistake]]n for the [[Anode Beetle]] instead, which lacks a trophy.

*Prior to the release of {{p2s}}, the Doodlebug was [[mistake]]nly referred to as belonging to the "Flint bug family" in the English version, even though it were claimed to share the same genus as the Iridescent Flint Beetle. In the Japanese [[region|version]] of {{p2}}, the Iridescent Flint Beetle and the Doodlebug have always shared the same family.

**In the Spanish version, the Flint Beetle, Glint Beetle, and Doodlebug are from the same family. Even though the Glint Beetle is referred to belong in a different family in the Japanese version.

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==References==

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