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| Appears in | Pikmin 2 | ||
| Scientific name | Oculus matriarcha | ||
| Family | Grub-dog | ||
| Areas | None | ||
| Caves | Frontier Cavern, Hole of Beasts, Hole of Heroes | ||
| Challenge Mode stages | Emperor's Realm | ||
| 2-Player Battle stages | None | ||
| Attacks | Crushes Pikmin, causes boulders to fall, births larvae | ||
The Empress Bulblax is a boss-class enemy in Pikmin 2. Its markings and general features are similar to those of the Red Bulborb, but its body is much larger and composed of five distinct segments; its comparatively tiny legs dangle above the ground. In the Piklopedia, this creature sleeps and cannot be woken up.
The Empress Bulblax makes few appearances in the game: it is located on the last sublevel (5) of Hole of Beasts, sublevel 8 of Frontier Cavern, sublevel 11 of Hole of Heroes, and sublevel 4 of Emperor's Realm in Challenge Mode.
Notes
Olimar's notes
Louie's notes
Strategy
To defeat this enemy, throw pikmin on the Empress Bulblax's face when it is not rolling. When defeated, you can cash it in for 15 pokos.
Brawl Trophy Description
"A member of the grub-dog family, transformed by environmental factors. Due to her ridiculous size, the empress bulblax can no longer walk on her tiny legs. She just wiggles around, rolling from left to right. Although the female continues spawning bulborb larvae, she unfortunately rolls over them with her massive body."
Gallery
- Empressblublax.jpg
Concept artwork of the Empress Bulblax.
- Empress Bulblax beta.jpg
The Empress Bulblax being awakened in an earlier version of the game.
- 112.jpg
The Empress being attacked by Purple Pikmin in the Hole of Beasts.
Trivia
- The Empress Bulblax may shed its skin; on the last sublevel of the Hole of Beasts, right underneath the Research Pod, there appears to be an Empress Bulblax skin on the floor, but this could just as easily be a warning left by previous explorers.
- The Bulblax also makes a cameo appearance in the game WarioWare: Smooth Moves, where the player must tilt the Wii-Remote to squish the Pikmin.
- It is impossible to wake up the Empress Bulblax in the Piklopedia, no matter how many Pikpik carrots are thrown at it.
- The Empress Bulblax is the only member of the Grub-dog family that does not kill Pikmin by eating them.
- It resembles a pregnant queen termite.
- Though the Emperor Bulblax is called the largest of the Grub-dog family in the Piklopedia, the Empress Bulbax is bigger while pregnant, as seen here.