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*Along with [[Captain Olimar]], the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and [[Louie]], the Bulborb is available as a [[Merchandise|plush toy]], along with being a secret figurine in the first volume of Pikmin Figures. | *Along with [[Captain Olimar]], the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and [[Louie]], the Bulborb is available as a [[Merchandise|plush toy]], along with being a secret figurine in the first volume of Pikmin Figures. | ||
*Before the Pikmin were even conceptualized, in the ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' prototype, the Bulborbs played a mammoth-like role, impeding on the player's village. | *Before the Pikmin were even conceptualized, in the ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' prototype, the Bulborbs played a mammoth-like role, impeding on the player's village. | ||
*It could be said that the Bulborb is what represents [[enemies]] in general in the ''Pikmin'' series, since it repeatedly appears as the icon whenever the game needs to refer to enemies: a stylized Bulborb icon is used to represent battle deaths in the [[day results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and the remaining enemy count in the [[Mission Mode#Battle enemies!| Battle Enemies!]] mode of ''Pikmin 3'', a Bulborb silhouette icon represents the [[Poko]]s earned through enemy bodies in the [[Day results menu#Cave results|cave results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and is used to show how many enemies of a particular type have been killed in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] of ''Pikmin 2'', a Bulborb icon is used to represent the Piklopedias of both [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|''Pikmin 2'']] and [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'']], Bulborb icons appear in the Game Hunter, Animal Annotator, and Blast Radius (silhouetted in this case) [[Badge (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|badge]] icons for completing tasks related to defeating enemies in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' | *It could be said that the Bulborb is what represents [[enemies]] in general in the ''Pikmin'' series, since it repeatedly appears as the icon whenever the game needs to refer to enemies: a stylized Bulborb icon is used to represent battle deaths in the [[day results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and the remaining enemy count in the [[Mission Mode#Battle enemies!| Battle Enemies!]] mode of ''Pikmin 3'', a Bulborb silhouette icon represents the [[Poko]]s earned through enemy bodies in the [[Day results menu#Cave results|cave results menu]] of ''Pikmin 2'' and is used to show how many enemies of a particular type have been killed in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] of ''Pikmin 2'', a Bulborb icon is used to represent the Piklopedias of both [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|''Pikmin 2'']] and [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'']], Bulborb icons appear in the Game Hunter, Animal Annotator, and Blast Radius (silhouetted in this case) [[Badge (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)|badge]] icons for completing tasks related to defeating enemies in ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe''; Bulborbs and Bulborb variants appear as the most frequently seen enemy during [[Day#Lift_off|day lift off cutscenes]]. Bulborbs also appear very prominently in concept art, franchise merchandise, and in crossovers involving the series (such as in the [[Super Smash Bros. series]]). This role as the standard, ubiquitous enemy, however, is instead fulfilled by the [[Mockiwi]] in ''Hey! Pikmin''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||