Editing Armored Cannon Beetle

|pikmin=y

|image=Armored_Cannon_Beetle(PikminNPC).jpg

|size=270px

|technical=Greater Lithopod

|name=Granitus chukkulinae

|family=Lithopod

|areas='''''Pikmin'''''<br>[[The Forest of Hope]]<br>[[The Distant Spring]]

|attacks=Launches boulders

The '''Armored Cannon Beetle''' is the adult stage of an [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]. The beetle is first discovered during ''[[Pikmin (game)|Olimar's first visit to the Pikmin Planet]]''; during his second trip, only the [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva|larval stage]] is present. It is a large, black, almost shiny beetle with a thick, rounded shell of armor and a blowhole above its head. It attacks by inhaling through this opening and subsequently firing a rolling rock from its mouth that travels in a straight path, which crushes small creatures, including [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]].

This enemy is only found in [[The Forest of Hope]], where one is guarding the [[Radiation Canopy]], and [[The Distant Spring]], where one has ingested the [[Bowsprit]]. As a side-note, Olimar can destroy the rocks by punching them; this does not work with the rock-producing [[Lithopod]]s in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', however.

''"This creature spits out massive rocks and boasts an impenetrable shell that repels all Pikmin attacks. Just before spitting out a boulder, it sucks in large breaths of air... Perhaps its air hole will provide a clue to it's weakness."''

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===Guide Book===

This is information from the guide book

''"This member of the lithopod family migrated to the area during a global climate shift in the atmosphere within the last century. The continental breed of this beast, known as the Greater Lithopod, had the abillity to compress inhaled air in a bladder and use the pressure to expel partially digested fragments of stone. This migrant lithopod has developed a stronger carapace then its relatives."''

==How to kill==

The only way one can be defeated is by clogging the blowhole during air intake (Pikmin are impervious to harm when inhaled). This causes the beetle's internal temperature to rise dramatically, and in response the beetle will expose its burning abdomen underneath the armor to vent. The exposed abdomen leaves the beetle extremely vulnerable to attack. However, the beetle will quickly unclog its blowhole, shield its backside, and continue its attack after excess heat has been drained. But if [[Olimar]] brings 40-60 [[Red Pikmin]] with buds or flowers and throws quickly, he can have the Armored Cannon Beetle down and out on the first or second try. After closing its back up, your Pikmin are knocked down and the Armored Cannon Beetle shoots a boulder out of its nose that rolls until it hits a wall.  

Make sure you whistle your Pikmin quickly or they will be crushed.  

File:Armored_Cannon_Beetle.jpg|The Armored Cannon Beetle.

File:ACB.jpg|An Armored Cannon Beetle's exposed abdomen.

==Trivia==

The Armored Cannon Beetle resembles the [http://www.zeldawiki.org/Octorok Octorok.] The [http://www.zeldawiki.org/Octorok Octorok] is an enemy from The Legend of Zelda series. The enemies are very close because the both of them spit boulders. The eyes also resemble very close. Also the physical body is similar. Perhaps this reference was to help promote the Wind Waker. Which was going to come out in December of 2002 to Japan. It could have been a reference that it was indeed in development.

[[File:Octorok.png|thumb|left|This is the Octorok from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. See a resemblance?]]

The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva is the baby stage of the Armored Cannon Beetle. Confirmed, later in Pikmin 2 by Nintendo.

The Armored Cannon Beetle is not seen in Pikmin 2.

The Armored Cannon Beetle takes roughly about 40 to 60 Pikmin to kill.

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[[Category: Lithopods]]

[[Category: Pikmin 1 enemies]]

[[Category:Bosses]]