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In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', the Beady Long Legs has a more brownish tone to its body, while in the first one it is just yellow. It also has slightly different shaped feet. Appearances in the second game are more common, and have much less [[health]], slower movements, different cries, and their feet don't stick on the ground. When at low health, the Beady Long Legs will acquire a reddish tint and start smoking at the joints in ''Pikmin''. In ''Pikmin 2'', the creature's body will start to flake away at low health.

==Stats==

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== Strategy ==

Be careful when entering the boss's arena in ''Pikmin'', since it can crush Pikmin when it falls down from the ceiling. This can catch unprepared players with large armies by surprise, but was changed for ''Pikmin 2'': the Beady Long Legs will not be able to harm Pikmin until its introduction animation is over.

If you have a viable amount of Yellow Pikmin, attack at will, but if not, bring twenty to thirty of some other types, preferably Red Pikmin, and wait until it has done eight stomps (two with each leg); it will lean down afterwards to rest. It will do this twice, so you should ignore it the first time, and then as soon as it begins to lean again, quickly throw Pikmin at its body. This will allow you to attack for a longer period of time.

The Beady Long Legs can also be harmed by Pikmin attacking its feet; this is far more challenging and time-consuming, however. In ''Pikmin 2'', only Purple Pikmin can damage the creature's feet with the stomp they cause, but in the Japanese [[Region|version]] of the game, any Pikmin type can also attack its feet with regular attacks. As such, an easy way to defeat the Beady Long Legs in the Japanese version of ''Pikmin 2'' is to place around 25 flowered [[Red Pikmin]] on the location where each foot is going to be, and when the creature lands from above, its health will be dropped so fast that it will not have time to stomp even once, ensuring a clean and quick victory.{{cite youtube|0f2tFBwZOfM|showing the Beady Long Legs in ''Pikmin 2'' being killed quickly by swarming its feet}} It may be difficult to determine exactly where the feet will end up at, though. This trick does not work in overseas versions of the game, nor the Wii releases,{{cite youtube|zKjeYzwsWKw|showing how Beady Long Legs's feet cannot be harmed in the Japanese version of ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''|published={{date|17|February|2019}}|retrieved={{date|17|February|2019}}}} and it may only work with some of the Pikmin in the party.{{cite youtube|AImjtZv1Rqc|researching the different ways Pikmin can and cannot harm the feet|published={{date|16|March|2019}}|retrieved={{date|14|April|2020}}}}

=== Speedrunning ===

In ''Pikmin'', the fastest way to defeat the creature is to have around 20 Red Pikmin and around 6 Yellow Pikmin with you. Before the boss lands, use {{button|gc|c|wii|padd}} to organize your party so that Red Pikmin are the closest to you. Walk into the arena, and begin throwing Red Pikmin so that they attach to the creature when it lands; when the Beady Long Legs falls down, its core reaches low enough for non-Yellow Pikmin to be thrown at it. Throw as many Pikmin as you can, using the [[Throw#Swarm trick|swarm trick]]. When it shakes the Pikmin off, a few of them will remain attached. Carefully whistle the ones that got knocked down and throw them at the core again. The creature should be dead just as it's shaking the second time.{{cite youtube|emgi4V8zjM8|showing a fast kill on the Beady Long Legs, in ''Pikmin''}}

== Presumed glitch ==

At one point, a [[glitch]] about this boss was documented on Pikipedia.{{cite web|https://www.pikminwiki.com/index.php?title{{=}}Beady_Long_Legs&diff{{=}}393&oldid{{=}}392|Old revision of the Beady Long Legs page|Pikipedia|published={{date|31|May|2008}}|retrieved={{date|29|July|2021}}}} It was said to be a rare and dangerous glitch that would cause the Beady Long Legs in ''Pikmin'' to leave its arena. Once outside its boundaries, it would continue to pursue the player, and if coaxed into falling into the [[pit]], the game would crash. It also claimed that the game could crash if left outside of its arena for too long, and that it could also happen with other bosses fought in arenas.

==Technical information==

|size      = Leg span: {{mm|240}}

|piklopedia = 72

|technical  = Arachnorb

|music2    = ''[[Music in Pikmin 2#Common boss battle|Common boss battle]]''

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==Naming==

{{see more|Arachnorb family#Naming}}

===Names in other languages===

|JapR = Dama Gumo

|JapM = Orb Spider

|Fra = Baba Longues jambes

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Beady Long Legs (enemy reel).png|The Beady Long Legs in the [[enemy reel]].

P1 Beady Long Legs Sketch.png|A drawing of a Beady Long Legs from the ''Pikmin'' Official Player's Guide.

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===''Pikmin 2''===

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72beadylonglegs.png|The Beady Long Legs in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]].

P2 Beady Long Legs Full Health Screenshot.png|A close-up of the Beady Long Legs in [[Citadel of Spiders#Sublevel 5|sublevel 5 of Citadel of Spiders]].

Pikmin 2 Beady Long Legs.png|The Beady Long Legs in the unused [[cave]] <code>Last_4</code>, meant for enemy testing.

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[[File:Beady Long Legs P1 early.png|thumb|An earlier Beady Long Legs.]]

*The Beady Long Legs is shown during the last few seconds of a pre-release trailer of [[Pikmin (game)|''Pikmin'']]. Here, the creature appears to be taller and have a reddish tint to its skin, as well as being in an outside area similar to [[The Forest of Hope]].

*There is an [[unused content|unused]] object in ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario Galaxy|Super Mario Galaxy]]'' that looks like an organic ball, which opens up much like the Beady Long Legs' core. In addition, the item's internal name is <code>[https://tcrf.net/Super_Mario_Galaxy/Unused_Models#SpiderItemShell SpiderItemShell]</code>, further connecting it to the pseudo-arachnid.

*This enemy was meant to appear in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', but with its head changed to resemble one of its feet, as evidenced from some [[Unused content in Pikmin 3|unused content in the game]].

*In ''Pikmin 2'', the Beady Long Legs is fully programmed to drop 25 [[Unmarked Spectralids]] upon death if it has no treasure. However, due to a [[mistake]] from the programmers, this does not occur, and it simply drops nothing.{{cite youtube|1shxH8n5NW4|explaining why 25 [[Unmarked Spectralids]] do not appear upon death in ''Pikmin 2''}}

* In the {{p3d}} Side Story [[Olimar's Comeback]], the final stage has a [[Baldy Long Legs]] with a similar coloration to the Beady Long Legs. It is accompanied by a boss theme that combines the main {{p1}} theme and the Beady Long Legs's battle theme.

==See also==

*[[Raging Long Legs]]

*[[Shaggy Long Legs]]

==References==

{{p2enemies}}

[[Category:Crushing enemies]]

[[Category:Hiding enemies]]

[[Category:The Forest Navel]]

[[Category:Perplexing Pool]]