Editing Arctic Cannon Larva

|image      = Arctic Cannon Larva.png

|icon        = Arctic Cannon Larva icon.png

|name       = Granitus frostitum

'''Arctic Cannon Larvae''' ({{j|ユキフタクチ|Yuki Futa Kuchi|Snow Top-Mouth}}) are enemies in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. They are bright green, with a lavender underbelly, and a variant of [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]e accustomed to cold conditions.

Unlike their rock-spitting relatives, Arctic Cannon Larvae launch giant snowballs. While mostly equivalent to boulders in functionality, snowballs are incapable of killing Pikmin, instead simply picking them up and carrying them along until they crash into something (even other snowballs); [[Winged Pikmin]] won't even be picked up by the projectiles, only knocked back. Leaders will be picked up as well, which also traps them until the snowball is destroyed. As a result, the creature is annoying at best, and is only a threat if the Pikmin it rolls away end up next to some other enemy or hazard without the player noticing, but can be killed with relative ease by any Pikmin type.

|weight3 = 7

|carriers3 = 14

|seeds3 = 8

|value3 = 50

|hp3 = 1275

{{transcript|The Arctic Cannon Larva is a large, burrowing creature that attacks by launching large Snowballs at its enemies. These Snowballs won't damage your Pikmin directly, but they are capable of incapacitating your Pikmin or carrying them into hazards. When you encounter an Arctic Cannon Larva, dodge its attacks and flank the creature. Throw a steady stream of Rock Pikmin into the creature's back, or send your entire squad charging in to attack.}}

===Alph's notes===

Weight: 7

Snowballs are an ingeniously designed weapon! I'm in love with a design that effectively keeps monsters away without overdoing it. Full marks.}}

===Brittany's notes===

{{transcript|When I saw this one spitting snowballs and sending Pikmin rolling, I thought it looked like a good time. So I walked right into its line of fire, waved my arms to catch its attention, and waited for the fun to start. But all I got was dizzy.}}

===Charlie's notes===

{{transcript|They're more annoying than dangerous, but if you want to avoid the pushback from their rolling snowballs, it's just a matter of fancy footwork. Remember to do your warm-up exercises first! You wouldn't want to get a Charlie horse! Ha!}}

{{transcript|Peel back the shell and sprinkle the tender meat with a dash of salt before slurping it up raw. For a refreshing dessert, pour fruit juice over its snowballs!}}

{{transcript|Like other members of the lithopod family, its internal bacteria are specialized to form ice compounds from ambient moisture, which it then expels as projectiles. It technically doesn't rely on cold temperatures to create this ice, which is formed by pressurized internal fluids that act as a coolant. When the projectiles rapidly expand, they absorb ambient heat, lowering the air temperature enough for the moisture in the air to freeze.}}

==Behavior==

The Arctic Cannon Larva will either emerge from the ground when a [[leader]] or Pikmin is extremely close to it, or it will emerge from a distance and consistently shoot snowballs to hinder the group. In most cases, it will behave the former way, and only a few, notably used in puzzles at the [[Distant Tundra]], will perform the latter. In all cases, the Arctic Cannon Larva behaves the same up-close; it will try to roll its attackers away with snowballs and buck any Pikmin off if they latch onto it. During a battle, it will likely burrow underground, or attempt to, as many times as it can, and when it re-emerges, any leaders or Pikmin standing above will be launched into the air and temporarily immobilized.

 

With a name similar to the [[Armored Cannon Larva]], this enemy is called {{w|arctic}} because it lives in cold environments, and is themed around snow. In Japan, it is called {{j|ユキフタクチ|Yuki Futa Kuchi}}, which is the same as the Japanese name of the Armored Cannon Larva, but starting with {{j|ユキ|Yuki|Snow|f=tp}}. Internally, it is considered the same enemy as the Armored Cannon Larva, so it shares the same internal name, but when it needs to be disambiguated, its name is <code>yuki</code>, which means {{j|ユキ|yuki|snow|f=tp}}.

|Jap   = ユキフタクチ

|JapR = Yuki Futa Kuchi

|JapM = "Snow Top-Mouth". "{{j|ユキ|Yuki}}" means "snow", "{{j|ふた|Futa}}" means "top", and "{{j|口|Kuchi}}" means "mouth".

|SpaA = Larva de tirador artico

|SpaAM = Artic shooter larva

|Fra   = Scaracanon arctique

|FraM = Arctic Cannon Beetle (from "scarabée" (beetle) and "canon" (cannon))

|Ger   = Eis-Crustabitzenlarve

|GerM = Larva of Ice-Crustabitze, itself a contraction of ''Crustacea'' and "Haubitze" (howitzer)

Arctic Cannon Larva P3 fight.jpg|Rock Pikmin fight an Arctic Cannon Lava.

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