Editing Sunsquish

|image      = Pikmin Garden Sunsquish render.png

|icon        = Sunsquish P4 icon.png

|areas      = [[Hero's Hideaway]]

|underground = [[Secluded Courtyard]], [[Dream Home]]

|dandori_c = [[Ice-Cross Course]]

The '''Sunsquish''' ({{j|メダマ モチ|Medama Mochi|Fried Egg Mochi}}) is a {{w|Ascidiacea|sea squirt}}-like creature in {{p4}} that resembles a fried egg. It has a circular, off-white body with many small tentacles and a round, orange head with two small eyestalks. It attacks by stretching its body upwards and then squashing flat outwards, trapping and digesting Pikmin in its body. They are occasionally found hiding inside [[nectar egg]]s.

 

As this creature can spawn from eggs that the player opens with Pikmin, extra care should be taken in its home caves to avoid accidents from happening. Sending [[Oatchi]] to open eggs is more advisable as he can protect Pikmin from being eaten. The simplest way to defeat the Sunsquish, once revealed, is by throwing any Pikmin at its head, which the game will automatically lock onto. Ice Pikmin are particularly useful, as they allow it to be attacked from its membrane once frozen. The player should be wary of missing its head, as it will snatch up Pikmin trying to attack its otherwise immune membrane. Beyond that, however, the low health of this creature makes it a relatively easy encounter.

 

Sunsquishes are very vulnerable to [[Purple Pikmin]], as landing one on the enemy's head will kill it in one hit. This is the fastest way to kill Sunsquishes, but they will not be instantly killed if a Purple Pikmin lands on an egg that a Sunsquish is hiding in.

 

=== Dalmo's notes ===

=== Olimar's notes ===

{{transcript|A type of primitive organism called a protochordate. In its juvenile state, it has a skeleton-like structure called a notochord. It flaps its finned tail to move and lives within other creatures' eggs as it grows.

 

=== Louie's notes ===

{{see more|Squishsquirt family#Naming}}

|common    = Sunsquish. Combination of "sun" from sunny-side up egg, of which it is based off of, and squish, another word for squash to reference its flexibility and how it extends its body out to grab prey.

|jpcommon  = {{j|メダマモチ|Medama Mochi}}. The "medama" part of its name refers to "medama-yaki" (目玉焼き), meaning "cooked-eyeball", an informal name for fried eggs. It might also be a pun on "目玉", which means centerpiece, referring to its weak point.

|jpname    = {{j|キミノホヤモチ|Kimi no hoya mochi|Egg Yolk Sea Squirt Mochi}}.

|scientific = Ovgoonium soleus. "Sol-" can mean "a type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid", referring to the egg white. It could also refer to the sun.

|internal  = <code>MINIMOCHI</code>. It could possibly be named as a smaller version of the Foolix, whose internal name is <code>MITSUMOCHI</code>, as both disguise themselves in ways you can get nectar.

|JapR = Medama Mochi

|JapM = Fried Egg {{w|Mochi}}

|ChiTrad  = 太陽蛋麻糬

|ChiTradR = Tàiyangdàn Máshǔ

|ChiTradM = Fried Egg Mochi

|Dut  = Spiegeleigelei

|DutM = Fried egg jelly

|FraM = Splategg

|FraN = From "ovo-" (egg) and "plaf" (onomatopoeia for falling in a liquid)

|Ger  = Eierling

|GerM = Eggling

|Ita  = Uovosole

|ItaM = Egg sun

|KorR = Dalgyal-Jelli

|SpaM = Eggpole

|SpaN = From "ovi" (egg) and "renacuajo" (tadpole)

|PorN = The name is a portmanteau of "pudim" (pudding) and "ovo" (egg)

{{image|images of wild Sunsquish, including a wild one popping out of an egg.}}