Empress Bulblax
| Empress Bulblax | |
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| Appears in | N/A |
| Scientific name | Oculus matriarcha |
| Family | Grub-dog |
| Areas | None |
| Attacks | Crushes Pikmin, causes boulders to fall, births larvae |
The Empress Bulblax is a boss-class enemy in Pikmin 2. It resembles a cross between a Red Bulborb and a gargantuan termite queen. Its body is composed of five distinct segments and a head, and is so large that its comparatively tiny legs dangle off the ground. This creature is shown sleeping in the Piklopedia and cannot be awakened.
These beasts are located on the last sublevel (5) of the Hole of Beasts, Sublevel 8 of the Frontier Cavern, Sublevel 11 of the Hole of Heroes, and Sublevel 4 of the Emperor's Realm in Challenge Mode.
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How to Defeat
To defeat it, throw Pikmin at its face and call them back before it throws them off; alternatively, you can throw (preferably) Purple Pikmin on its side. After shaking Pikmin off, it will roll side-to-side along the narrow chamber in an attempt to crush its aggressors, often smashing into walls and making rocks fall from the ceiling.
The Empress Bulblax is one of the few bosses that can vary depending on where you encounter it, since later dungeons have the Empress continuously giving birth to Bulborb Larvae, which pose an extra threat to your Pikmin, but are helpless against their own mother's wild rolling. Although risky, the Bulblax can be petrified if you release the spray on the middle of its elongated torso. When defeated, four of its body segments explode, leaving only the first segment attached to the head, which can be returned to the Research Pod and cashed for 15 pokos.
Trivia
The Empress Bulblax may shed its skin; on the last sublevel on the Hole of Beasts, right underneath the Research Pod, there appears to be an Empress Bulblax skin on the floor.
The Bulblax also makes a cameo appearance in the game WarioWare: Smooth Moves where the player must tilt the wii-mote to squish the Pikmin.
You can not wake up the Empress Bulbax in Piklopedia, no matter how many carrots you throw at it.