Large Splurchin

Large Splurchin
Appears in	Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name	Spicasfaira natarens
Family	Splurchin
Areas	Foaming Lake, The Shallow End, Treacherous Currents
Attacks	Stab Pikmin

The Large Splurchin (オオゴロンガゼ^?, lit.: "Big Rolling Diadema setosum") is an enemy found in Hey! Pikmin. It is one of the few creatures in the entire series that is completely invincible and acts more like an obstacle. It highly resembles a real life urchin, as it looks like a ball with purple skin and yellow spikes. It will slowly float in a single direction, and can kill any Pikmin that touch it. It also comes in two different sizes, although the smaller ones are much more common.

Behavior

The Large Splurchin has very few means of moving or attacking; the most it can do is kill Pikmin that happen to touch it as it bounces back and forth.

Locations

• Verdant Waterfront
  • Foaming Lake
  • The Shallow End
  • Treacherous Currents

Strategy

Large Splurchins are completely invincible, and can only be avoided.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

“The S.S. Dolphin II says that this mindless, floating creature is delicious on the inside. It hasn't told me how to get past the spikes yet to try it.”

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  The Large Splurchin in the tunnel filled with Sparklium Seeds, in the Foaming Lake.

Naming

See more: Splurchin family#naming.

• Common name: Large Splurchin. The name Splurchin is a play on the word urchin, the real-world creature the enemy is likely based after.
• Japanese nickname: オオゴロンガゼ^?, lit.: "Big Rolling Diadema setosum".
• Japanese name: オオトゲゴロンガゼ^?, lit.: "Big Spiny Rolling Diadema setosum".
• Scientific name: Spicasfaira natarens. Natarens is Latin for swimming.
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	オオゴロンガゼ? Ō Goron Gaze	Big Rolling Diadema setosum	A play on words of the name for Diadema setosum in Japanese, ガンガゼ. This has the first half replaced with ゴロン, the onomatopoeia for rolling
Dutch	Zeekastanje	Sea Chestnut
French	Groursin	Large urchin
German	Seericius	Sea Hedgehog	Sea Hedgehog is the literal translation of the word Seeigel (Sea urchin). Ricius is the Germanized form of the Italian word riccio, which either means Hedgehog or Shell in the case of chestnuts.
Italian	Ricciospino gigante	Giant urchinpine
Korean	거대둥글성게
Spanish	Erízulo gigante	From "erizo" (urchin) and "gigante" (giant)

See also

• Starnacle
• Boulder