Miniature Snootwhacker

Miniature Snootwhacker
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Naspiralum melona (adolescent)
Family	Snootwhack
Areas	Hero's Hideaway (Story Mode and Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)
Caves	Dream Home, Ultimate Testing Range, The Mud Pit
Dandori Challenge stages	Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Knock back Pikmin

The Miniature Snootwhacker (コバナタタキ^?, lit.: "Little Nose-Knocker") is an enemy in Pikmin 4. It is the younger variant of the Mammoth Snootwhacker. Due to its tough skin, it is immune to most physical attacks from Pikmin, even Rock Pikmin. Its belly is its weak point, but it can only be exposed by charging at it with Oatchi, using a lightning shock, or detonating a bomb rock or other explosive item near the creature.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
7	14	6	× 7	500

Behavior

Upon getting close to Pikmin, Oatchi, or the player, the Miniature Snootwhacker will use its trunk to do a spinning attack. If this attack hits its target, they are briefly knocked into the air and sent a moderate distance away from where they were hit. If Oatchi hits the Miniature Snootwhacker with a rush, it will flip and reveal its soft belly, which is able to be damaged by Pikmin and/or Oatchi. When the Miniature Snootwhacker regains it's footing after being flipped, it will knock off any Pikmin attacking it. The Miniature Snootwhacker is unable to kill Pikmin.

Appearance

The Miniature Snootwhacker is a small, green, elephant-like creature with a bright red underbelly that closely resembles the Mammoth Snootwhacker, its older counterpart. Its color palette and texture resemble that of a watermelon.

Locations

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Strategy

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Due to the creature's hard skin, it cannot be attacked directly. Using Oatchi's Rush attack is the simplest and most effective method to flip the Snootwhacker over in order to attack its soft underbelly.

Notes

Dalmo's notes

“The way it catches its food, protects its belly, and gets up while working with the weight of its sizable trunk are all taught by its diligent parents. Instead of hand and foot, they attend to their offspring nose and foot! They prepare the child for the day it will leave the nest and eventually become a parent itself.”

Olimar's notes

“Immediately after birth, this species's skin starts to harden, and before long it will reach the same impenetrable toughness as that of an adult.

Adult Snootwhackers dexterously use their trunks to grab food from high tree branches, but juveniles consume fruits and nuts that have fallen to the ground, as well as other types of terrestrial flora.

This specimen's leg and torso muscles are underdeveloped compared to those in their nose, so they lack the strength to maintain their posture and easily lose their balance.”

Louie's notes

“Gently peel the skin back from the nose. Its meat has a grassy bitterness. Tastes like cucumber.”

Other information

• Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #64

Naming

See more: Snootwhack family#Naming.

• Common name: Miniature Snootwhacker. The "miniature" helps describe their smaller nature in comparison to full grown variety.
• Japanese nickname: コバナタタキ^?, lit.: "Little Nose-Knocker". "Little" is used to differentiate it from the Mammoth Snootwhacker.
• Japanese name: クロスジマキバナウリ 幼体^?, lit.: "Black-streaked Coiled Nose Melon (juvenile)".
• Scientific name: Naspiralum melona (adolescent). It has the same scientific name to the Mammoth Snootwhacker, with the mention of its adolescence.
• Internal names: SHIPPOZAKO. SHIPPO is the internal name for the Mammoth Snoothwhacker, which means "tail", which could refer to how it swings its trunk like a tail. "Zako", which means small-fry, is used to distinguish the size.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	コバナタタキ? Ko Bana Tataki	Little Nose-Whacker
Dutch	Snoetstomperkalf	Snoot thumper calf
French	Frappatrompe nain	Dwarf Snootwhacker
German	Mini-Rüsselklatscher	Mini Trunkclapper
Italian	Proboscibatto nano	Dwarf trunkbeater	Portmanteau of "proboscide" (trunk) and "battere" (to beat)
Korean	꼬마코치기 Kkoma-Ko-Chigi	Little Nose-Whacker
Portuguese	Trombate nanico	Runt trunnock	"trombate" is a portmanteau of "tromba" (trunk) and "bater" (knock)
Spanish	Trompador miniatura	Miniature snootwhacker	"trompa" (trunk) with the agent suffix "-ador"

Gallery

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker in the Piklopedia.

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker performing an attack.

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker in the Hero's Hideaway.

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  The backside of a Miniature Snootwhacker.

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker on its back, showing off its vulnerable belly in the Piklopedia.

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker preparing to attack.

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  A Miniature Snootwhacker whacking Pikmin.

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  Oatchi flipping a Miniature Snootwhacker onto its back.

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  Two Miniature Snootwhackers in The Mud Pit.

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  A defeated Miniature Snootwhacker in the Piklopedia.

See also

• Mammoth Snootwhacker
• Snootwhack family