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Snowy Blowhog

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Snowy Blowhog
Icon for the Snowy Blowhog, from Pikmin 4's Piklopedia.
Appears in Pikmin 4
Scientific name Sus nivisventis
Family Blowhog
Areas None
Caves Last-Frost Cavern, Subzero Sauna, Frozen Inferno, Trial of the Sage Leaf
Dandori Challenge stages Hefty Haulway, Strategic Freezeway
Dandori Battle stages None
Attacks Blow ice

The Snowy Blowhog (フブキブタ?, lit.: "Blizzard Pig") is an enemy in Pikmin 4 that attacks with chilling wind, freezing Pikmin and otherwise acting like the fiery and watery variety. It is immune to being frozen.

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Stats

Weight Max.
carriers
Seeds Value Health
5 10 5   × 5 1000

Notes

Dalmo's Notes

What's that? You think the different types of Blowhog all look the same? You need to look a bit closer. For example, this little fellow has light-yellow eyes and an aquamarine body with turquoise lips and blue nails. It all comes together to create a unique appearance designed to give anyone the chills!

Olimar's Notes

This species has the ability to condense atmosphere carbon dioxide within an organ called a cold sac. The cold sac creates dry ice, and its vapors are then expelled as icy breath. A close relative to this species, the Fiery Blowhog can keep its internal temperature from rising because the phosphoric compounds it expels only ignite when then make contact with the air.

In contrast, the Snowy Blowhog maintains internal body conditions below freezing, and its other internal organs are protected by thick layers of fat and the extracellular freezing that occurs withing its cold sac.

Louie's Notes

Sprinkle lightly with salt, and eat while the ice bag is still fresh and crunchy. Just one bite will give you the most satisfying brain freeze.

Naming

See more: Blowhog family#Naming.
  • Common name: Snowy Blowhog. Like the Fiery Blowhog, this hog-like enemy blows out a hazard, but it is snow instead of fire.
  • Japanese nickname: フブキブタ?, lit.: "Blizzard Pig".
  • Japanese name: フブキブタドックリ?, lit.: "Blizzard Pig Tokkuri".
  • Scientific name: Sus nivisventis. Nivisventis is a combination of nivis and ventis, Latin for "snow" and "wind", respectively.
  • Internal names: ICETANK. It is the codename of the Fiery Blowhog, TANK, but with "ice" added to distinguish its trait.
  • Prerelease: None.

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Names in other languages

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Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese フブキブタ?
Fubuki Buta
Blizzard Pig
  Chinese
(traditional)
暴風雪豬
Bàofēngxuě Zhū
Blizzard Pig
  Chinese
(simplified)
暴风雪猪
Bàofēngxuě Zhū
Blizzard Pig
  Dutch Frisademig snuitzwijn
  French Puffy cracheglace Ice-spitter blowhog "Cracheglace" is a portmanteau of "crache" (spit) and "glace" (ice)
  German Rüsselglacies
  Italian Eruptor niveo Snowy eruptor
  Korean 눈돼지호롱
Nun-Dwaeji-Horong
Snow Pig Oil Lamp
  Portuguese Cusporco-geada Frost spitpig "Cusporco" is a portmanteau of "cuspir" (to spit) and "porco" (pig)
  Spanish Verraco nival Snowy blowhog

See also