Armored Mawdad

Armored Mawdad
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Appears in	Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	None
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	None
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	None
Side Story days	None
Bingo Battle stages	None
Attacks	Eats Pikmin

The Armored Mawdad is the first boss in Pikmin 3, and the boss of the Garden of Hope. It has pincers at the front, and light blue armor scales protecting its soft underside; these can only be broken using Rock Pikmin. It attacks by trapping Pikmin with its pincers then eating them, and ramming into the player and their Pikmin army, knocking them over and deflowering them. The boss crawls about, trying to dodge the player's attacks, and is able to climb up the sides of walls as a means of fleeing. Upon death, it spits out the Data Glutton, and the Fire-Breathing Feast. The Fire-Breathing Feast provides the leaders with 2 1/2 bottles of juice, and the Data Glutton unlocks the next area, the Distant Tundra.

Weaknesses

Rock Pikmin must be thrown at its armor to knock it off the Armored Mawdad, then the player can use any Pikmin type to attack the boss. Its mandible can also be broken off, which keeps it from trapping Pikmin. In addition, throwing a Pikmin at its eyes causes it to panic and run around aimlessly until it can shake the Pikmin off.

Gallery

• Armored Mawdad dead.jpg

  The dead Armored Mawdad, as well as the Data Glutton and the Fire-Breathing Feast it spat out.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Mandipatte	Portmanteau of "mandibule" (mandible) and "patte" (leg).

Trivia

• The Armored Mawdad appears to be a recreation of the Emperor Pinchipede from Nintendo Land.