Puffy Blowhog: Difference between revisions

|image      = P4 Puffy Blowhog Render.png

|size        = 270px

|name        = Sus inflata

|family      = Blowhog

|challenge  = [[The Distant Spring]], [[Novice Training]], [[Cave of Snarls]]

|missionct  = [[Twilight Hollow]]

|missionbe  = [[Fortress of Festivity]]

|sidestories = [[Team Monster Hunt]]

|2p          = [[Carpet Plain]]

|bingo      = [[Sandbox Kingdom]]

|attacks    = Blow away Pikmin and leaders

The '''Puffy Blowhog''' ({{j|フーセンドックリ|Fūsen Dokkuri|Balloon Tokkuri}}) is an [[enemy]] in all four main [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. It floats gently in the air, and when it finds [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] or [[leader]]s, it blows them away with a strong gust of air. Before blowing air, it first needs to stop and inhale.

|regen1 = Unknown |regen2 = 4.5 |regen3 = Unknown |regen4 = Unknown

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== Appearance ==

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

===''Pikmin 2'' Nintendo Player's Guide===

{{transcript|The living dirigible that is the Puffy Blowhog can knock over an entire Pikmin army with a single blast, requiring you to call all of your Pikmin together before you can proceed. It can also blow the flowers right off Pikmin. Toss troopers up to the Blowhog's belly and have them knock it out of the sky.|block=y}}

== Strategy ==

In ''Pikmin'', it moves in the air much faster, making a head-on ambush nearly impossible unless the enemy is cornered. If it does blow Pikmin away, they can fly incredible distances, so check the radar to see if any non-Blue Pikmin have landed in the water, and if not, continue the assault.

In ''Pikmin 3'', Winged Pikmin can be used to swarm it in mid-air and defeat it easily, but otherwise, the strategies from the first two games work well. Seeing as they cannot make Pikmin [[Maturity|flowers or buds wilt]], leaving a group of Winged Pikmin to take care of it is normally a good idea, as the Pikmin do not need a leader to throw them in order to attack. Rock Pikmin can also drain the enemy's [[health]] rather quickly. Because it inflates when it lands on the ground, it is advised to [[whistle]] your Pikmin to you when you see that the creature is starting to fall; it will not push away Pikmin if there are none attacking it. Then, proceed to [[charge]] like normal.

== Glitch ==

==Other information==

{{enemy other info

|size      = Body length: {{mm|180}}

|piklopedia = 17

|jpcommon  = {{j|フーセンドックリ|Fūsen Dokkuri|Balloon Tokkuri}}.

|jpname    = {{j|ワモントゲフウセンドックリ|Wamon Toge Fuusen Dokkuri|Ringed Spiky Balloon Tokkuri}}.

}}

===Names in other languages===

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Early Pikmin.jpg|The Puffy Blowhog as it appears in a [[Pikmin prerelease information|prototype version]] of ''Pikmin''.

P1 Puffy Blowhog Sketch.png|Drawings of the Puffy Blowhog from the ''Pikmin'' Official Player's Guide.

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===''Pikmin 2''===

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PuffyBlowhog.png|A Puffy Blowhog in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].

P B.png|A Puffy Blowhog deflating.

130.jpg|The Puffy Blowhog glitch.

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Puffy Blowhog night Pikmin 4.png|The Puffy Blowhog at night, seen in a trailer.

Puffy Blowhog P4 icon.png|The Puffy Blowhog's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]] icon.

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*A defeated Puffy Blowhog in ''Pikmin'' will start deflating and then spin around on its pitch axis. Normally, it does this in a standard pose, and so, it spins around vertically, parallel to walls. However, if the player is able to kill it in the middle of its falling state, by weighing it with Pikmin at low health, it will play a unique animation, where it first turns sideways and then deflates, effectively making it spin horizontally, parallel to the floor.{{cite youtube|9y9TKuGwNC8|of a Puffy Blowhog being defeated in different states, including the falling state|published={{date|23|August|2021}}|retrieved={{date|23|August|2021}}}}

*The Piklopedia states that the Puffy Blowhog eats insects it finds under grass and leaves. This behavior is never shown in-game.

*In the Japanese [[region|version]] of ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'', Olimar's comments on the Puffy Blowhog are altered to remove a mention of the sash of color that periodically flows through the creature's body, as well as the description of its defeat animation as escaping. These changes are not reflected in the English translation.

{{harmless enemies}}

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[[Category:Airborne enemies]]

[[Category:Cavern of Chaos]]

[[Category:Pikmin 1 Challenge Mode]]

[[Category:Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode]]

[[Category:2-Player Battle]]