Titan Blowhog

Titan Blowhog
Appears in	Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Sus draconus (hypertrophic)
Family	Blowhog
Areas	Sun-Speckled Terrace (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale only)
Caves	Cavern for a King
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
Attacks	Blows fire

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Titan Blowhogs (ゾウブタドックリ^?, lit.: "Enlarged Pig Tokkuri") are larger versions of Fiery Blowhogs similar to how the Blizzarding Blowhog is a larger version of Snowy Blowhogs. Since this creature blows fire, Red Pikmin should be used to defeat them as they are resistant to fire. However, when the Blowhog is placed near a void, they aren't fully immune to the creature as they can be thrown to their deaths.

Stats

Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health
15	30	15	× 15	2000

Behavior

Titan Blowhogs act quite similar to their smaller counterparts, the Fiery Blowhog. They will walk around a small area, noticing Pikmin and the captain when they draw near, and will then attack blowing fire out of its mouth. This fire will burn any Pikmin apart from Red Pikmin & Glow Pikmin (as they are resistant to fire), but will still blow them away. The Titan Blowhog shakes after every attack, throwing all Pikmin attacking it in front of it.

Locations

There are only two Titan Blowhogs that naturally appear in Pikmin 4. One is in Sublevel 7 Cavern for a King, located in the Primordial Thicket, the final area of the game, and another one is located in Sun-Speckled Terrace, but only in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale.

Strategy

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Red Pikmin should be used to defeat Titan Blowhogs due to their resistance to fire, but other Pikmin can be used if care is used and you're quick to whistle any burning Pikmin. To avoid Pikmin falling to their deaths, try to steer the Blowhog to look towards the platforms the cave is made of, this will reduce the chances of Pikmin being thrown off the map. The best way to attack the Titan Blowhog is constantly throw Pikmin at its body until it throws them forward. Whistle all your Pikmin and repeat until the Blowhog is defeated. Due to the fire, acquiring the Scorch Guard, for both the player and Oatchi, from Russ will help greatly as both your character and Oatchi will be resistant to fire.

Notes

Dalmo's Notes

“Massive gouts of false blow out from that gigantic body with astonishing force--enough to make you think of a volcanic eruption. This critter exhibits the power of nature's fury! One can be truly overwhelmed by the sight of the Titan Blowhog's raging torrents of fire.”

Olimar's Notes

“Due to a hormone abnormality, this Fiery Blowhog specimen has grown to an irregular giant size. As a result, its mouth and the organs that regulate its fire-breathing abilities are significantly larger, so the firepower of this specimen greatly exceeds that of its normal counterpart.

The fire it produces is actually so strong that the stress it places on the creature's internal organs is magnified, thus reducing its overall life span. This specimen is also unable to reproduce.”

Louie's Notes

“Creature too large to easily carve. Bigger is not better in this case.”

Naming

See more: Blowhog family#Naming.

Common name: Titan Blowhog. Titan is a word used to describe large creatures.
Japanese nickname: ゾウブタドックリ^?. The first part is based on 増大, which means enlargement. ブタドックリ is Japanese for Fiery Blowhog.
Japanese name: ヒフキブタドックリ肥大個体^?, lit.: "Fire Breathing Pig Tokkuri (hypertrophic)" ヒフキブタドックリ is the Japanese name of the Fiery Blowhog, with the added clarification that it suffers from hypertrophy, which is a condition that increases muscle and cell growth.
Scientific name: Sus draconus (hypertrophic). This is the same as the Fiery Blowhog, with the added clarification that it suffers from hypertrophy.
Internal names: BIGFIRETANK. TANK is the internal name for Fiery Blowhogs, with big added to distinguish size.
Prerelease: Unknown

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ゾウブタドックリ^? Zou Buta Dokkuri	Elephantine Pig Tokkuri
Chinese (traditional)	象豬德古利 Xiàng Zhū Dégǔlì	Elephantine Pig Tokkuri
Chinese (simplified)	象猪德古利 Xiàng Zhū Dégǔlì	Elephantine Pig Tokkuri
Dutch	Vlammend reuzesnuitzwijn	Fiery giant snouthog
French	Puffy mégafeu	Megafire puffy
German	Rüsselgiga	Trunk Giga
Italian	Eruptor titanico	Titanic eruptor
Korean	코끼리돼지호롱 Kokkiri-Dwaeji-Horong	Elephantine Pig Oil Lamp
Portuguese	Cusporco titã	Titan spitpig	"Cusporco" is a portmanteau of "cuspir" (to spit) and "porco" (pig)
Spanish	Verraco titán	Titan blowhog

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A Titan Blowhog, as seen in Cavern for a King
A deceased Titan Blowhog, with some nectar around it.

Trivia

An abnormally large Firey Blowhog is also present as a boss in Hey! Pikmin, however it is unclear if it has the same condition as the Titan Blowhog.
Both Olimar's notes and the creature's scientific name suggest that Titan Blowhogs specifically suffer from hypertrophy, a condition where cells - typically those in an organ such as the heart - increase in size. While it is very unusual for something with this condition to grow taller or bigger, the Titan Blowhog's reduced lifespan due to its larger flame-producing organs damaging its insides mirror the concerns of those suffering from concentric hypertrophy of the heart, which can lead to heart failure.
Titan Blowhogs, amusingly, actually have less health than Fiery Blowhogs did in Pikmin. However, it's worth noting that their health was massively decreased starting with Pikmin 2, leaving Titan Blowhogs with more health than all other depictions of them.

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