Sandbelching Meerslug: Difference between revisions

The '''Sandbelching Meerslug''' ({{j|オオスナフラシ|Oo Suna Furashi|Giant Sand Rainer}}) is a [[boss]] in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' and the third major boss encountered in [[Story Mode]], at the [[Tropical Wilds]]. It is a light brown amphibian-like creature resembling a {{w|lamprey}}, with very small eyes, thick purple lips and two rows of large sharp teeth. Further down its body, it gets wider and harbors spike-like protrusions. It is one of the largest bosses in the [[Pikmin (series)|''Pikmin'' series]] to date.

Upon attempting to [[Dig|dig up]] the [[Folded Data Glutton]] buried in the center of the arena, the Meerslug appears from beneath the sand, eats the device, and begins to attack the leaders and the Pikmin. It tunnels beneath the side, causing waves of sand to appear across the surface, which signifies its location. It will try to trap and eat Pikmin by creating a sinkhole in the sand that sucks them in. The eating attack it performs at the bottom of its sinkhole does the most damage to leaders out of any attack in the game, taking out 30% of a leader's health in a single chomp. It can also spit balls of sand, which can plant Pikmin. These planted Pikmin can still be eaten by the Meerslug. Upon its defeat, it will spit out the Folded Data Glutton as well as the [[Crimson Banquet]], which breaks into pieces upon hitting the ground.

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If Pikmin holding [[bomb rocks]] are buried, the bomb rock will instantly go off. As such, it may be wise to keep your bomb rock Pikmin with another leader.

[[Bomb rock]]s can also be thrown into the creature's mouth whilst it is creating a vortex to cause damage. This also causes it to jump out of the sand, which makes it the only of getting your Pikmin army to safety should you and your Pikmin be caught in its deep wall sinkhole. Therefore, it's highly recommended that you harvest all the bomb rocks in the arena before starting the fight. When you use the charge command, Pikmin holding bomb rocks will gather in their own group away from the action and when a Pikmin with a bomb rock is thrown into the creature's sinkhole, it'll drop the rock and run out of the hole without even needing to be whistled. This means that there's almost no drawbacks in getting the bomb rocks early.

In {{p3d}}, there is a [[badge]] the player can gain from the Meerslug:

Badge 12 meerslug.png|Duel in the Dunes. The badge shows the Meerslug.

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"Belching" is slang for "vomiting" or "spitting", so "sandbelching" means "spitting sand". The word "Meerslug" might come from "{{w|Meerkat}}", and "{{w|slug}}". Its Japanese name is {{j|オオスナフラシ|Oo Suna Furashi}}. {{j|オオ|oo}} means "giant", {{j|スナ|suna}} means "sand", and {{j|フラシ|furashi}} means "rainer" (as in to cause something to rain down). Internally, it is called <code>arijigoku</code>, which means "antlion pit", referring to it causing pits to draw in Pikmin to eat.

 

Its scientific name is ''Gastropoidae anguili''.

Sandbelching Meerslug.png|E3 2013 screenshot of the Meerslug.

Sandbelching Meerslug huge sinkhole.jpg|The Meerslug making a large sinkhole, as big as the arena.

FDGMeerslug1.png|The [[Folded Data Glutton]] next to the deceased Meerslug.

SandbelchingMeerslugDataFile1.jpg|The first data file for the Meerslug.

SandbelchingMeerslugDataFile2.jpg|The second data file for the Meerslug.

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