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.

The Sandbelching Meerslug is the third opponent in [[Defeat Bosses!]], and the player is given thriteen minutes to kill it. The entrance/exit to the sandy arena is blocked off by a "keep out" sign. The player starts with Alph (player one's starting leader), Brittany (player two's starting leader), and Charlie. Their order in ''Pikmin 3'' is Alph, Brittany, Charlie, and in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' the [[action menu|order]] is Brittany, Charlie, Alph. The player also starts with twenty Reds, twenty Rocks, and ten Yellow Pikmin that have to be recalled due to the Meerslug's introduction. Dotted around the arena are buried bud and flower Pikmin. Behind the start are Reds in groups of ten and five. The south side of the arena has five Reds and ten Rocks, as well as two bomb rocks on a ledge outside of the arena. On the far side from the entrance is a group of ten Reds, and to the north is five of both Rocks and Yellows, for a total of fifty Reds, thirty five Rocks, and fifteen Yellows. The dirt mounds that originally contained the Meerslug's Data Files now have five bomb rocks (north) and three bombs rocks (southwest).

In {{p3d}}, there is a [[badge (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|badge]] the player can gain for defeating the Meerslug:

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

|jpname    = {{j|ハラジロオオウナゴ|Harajiro Oo Unago|White-bellied Giant Eel Conger}}.

|scientific = ''Gastropoidae anguilii''. "Anguilii" comes from "anguilla", which is Latin for "eel".

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.