Freezecake

Freezecake
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Conchrustus kryonae
Family	Shellcake
Areas	None
Caves	Frozen Inferno
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Crush and Freeze

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The Freezecake (ヒエオオバン^?) is a disk-like enemy with that first appeared in Pikmin 4. It's bottom is made of frigid stones, whilst the top-half is made of a soft rock shell. These details in tandem make it a freezing and crushing enemy.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
7	14	10	× 7	1000

Behavior

The Freezecake sits in silence until the player, Oatchi, or a pikmin is near. The Freezecake while idle will stick out its eyes in attampt to see prey. Once ready to attack it will flip on its side towards the prey, after about 5 seconds it will slam into the ground crushing and/or freezing anything below it based on which side it lands on. If it lands on the frozen side then it will emit a small burst of ice around it, freezing things too close to it. Upon death, it will spin around and land frigid side down. If it is attampting to flip sides when defeated then it wll do one final crush before spinning.

Appearance

The Freezecake is a cylindrical rock covered creature with its belly being frozen over. it has blue snail-like eyes that are able to retract and hide within its Shell.

Locations

The Freezecake is located on the 3rd sublevel of the Frozen Inferno.

Strategy

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Altough they are rocks, the upperside of the Freezecake is soft and can be damaged by any Pikmin type or Oatchi, while the Frigid side is best damaged by a Thermal Defense equipped Oatchi or Ice Pikmin. Once the Freezecake begins to flip itself over, call back any Pikmin attacking it to avoid unnecessary deaths. Charging and throwing Pikmin are both very good methods to harm the creature. Be aware that, even after depleting it's health, if the creature has already begun to flip, it can still crush Pikmin before becoming a corpse, and should be considered dangerous until it becomes one.

Notes

Dalmo's Notes

“The way its blue-white shell is woven through with cracks makes it look like a porcelain coaster. What's more, it's cold enough to keep your drink chilled! Of course, this remarkable critter is very much alive and would flip-flop your drink right over!”

Olimar's Notes

“By emitting frigid air from one side of its shell, it can freeze and squash any prey that approaches too closely. Food can be hard to find in extremely cold climates, so one theory is that this species has developed some kind of mechanism that allows it to store its prey for long periods of time.”

Louie's Notes

“The meat under the icy side of the shell is quite muscular, while the other side is nice and fatty. Two great tastes in one!”

Naming

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Common name: Freezecake
Japanese nickname: (ヒエオオバン^?) The first part is from 冷える, meaning "chilling" or "cooling down". The second part could be derived from "ōban-yaki (大判焼き)", a Kansai-dialect derived name for a type of cylindrical cake cooked on a flippable, indented pan, like a waffle iron. In Tokyo, this kind of street food is usually called "Imagawayaki (今川焼き)".
Japanese name: カマクラオオバンガイ^?, lit.: "Ooban from Kamakura District".
Scientific name: Conchcrustus kyronae. "Kyro" sounds similar to "kryo-", which can mean "ice" and "frost" in Greek.
Internal names: Unknown
Prerelease: Unknown

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ヒエオオバン^? Hieooban		From 冷える^?, lit.: "Chilling" and 大判焼き^?, lit.: "Obanyaki".
French	Mastocrêpe glacé		From "mastodonte" (something enormous), "crêpe" (crepe); Icy Mastocrepe
Portuguese (NoA)	Frigobolo	Coldcake	The name is a portmanteau of "frigo-" (a prefix that expresses the idea of cold) and "bolo" (cake)
Spanish	Helitarta	Freezcake	From "helar" (to freeze) and "tarta" (cake)