Watery Blowhog

Watery Blowhog
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Sus loogiens
Family	Blowhog
Areas	Valley of Repose, Wistful Wild, Formidable Oak
Caves	Snagret Hole, Shower Room, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den
Challenge Mode stages	Hot House, Cryptic Cavern, Hazard Training
Mission Mode Collect Treasure! stages	Beastly Caverns
Mission Mode Battle Enemies! stages	Silver Lake, Fortress of Festivity, Forgotten Cove
Side Story days	Land, Sea, and Sky; First Part Found; The Ship Restored
2-Player Battle stages	Hostile Territory
Bingo Battle stages	Jigsaw Fortress, Parched Brook
Attacks	Spray water

Watery Blowhogs (ミズブタ^?, lit.: "Water Pig") look exactly like Fiery Blowhogs, except that their snouts are colored blue. Instead of fire, they spit out a water-like liquid that gets stuck on the Pikmin's heads, excluding Blue Pikmin and Bulbmin. Leaders will be pummeled to the ground if they are caught in the blast, making this one of the few times where leaders can be damaged by water. Purple Pikmin may work as well as long they are thrown (preferably on top of the Blowhog, so it gets stunned). Blowing the whistle in the area the water is spewed can also cancel out the attack almost instantly and save the Pikmin caught in the spray instantly.

Just like the Fiery Blowhog, it has lightly colored segments that are hard to see.

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	7	15	8	× 4	1000	No
(?)	5	10 (normally)	8	× 30  × 30	1000	No

Notes

Olimar's notes

“A variant subspecies of the fiery blowhog, the watery blowhog lacks several of the dominant genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts, and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid. This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”

Louie's notes

“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

Alph's comments

“Structural flaw: inhaling period
Weight: 5

Holding large amounts of water inside itself isn't as eyebrow raising as spewing fire, but I consider this to be the better design overall. Water is more easily and safely stored than flammable gas, and it has uses other than attacking. Despite this difference, it's vulnerable to the same trick: having the right type of Pikmin.”

Brittany's comments

“Alph tried to convince me this animal has all kinds of uses. "It could be a shower," he said, "or a spaceship wash, or an emergency fire control system." I told him we had all those things already, and it was like someone rained on his parade.”

Charlie's comments

“The water this one spews isn't too bad if you ask me, but the Pikmin don't do so well in it. (At least, most of them don't.) That's what a captain is there for: to be an umbrella to the downtrodden!”

Louie's comments

 US version

“This beast's unrivaled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

 European version

“This beast's unrivalled moistness gives it a melt-in-the-mouth quality that's incomparable.”

Olimar's comments

“Watery Blowhog
Sus loogiens
Blowhog family

A variant subspecies of the fiery blowhog, the watery blowhog lacks several of the dominant genes necessary for the production of fire-producing catalysts and thus expels jets of the nonflammable liquid. This subspecies appears to have only recently evolved. However, the hereditary traits of this variant are dominant and highly robust, so its population is rapidly increasing.”

Nintendo Player's Guide

"You can tell a Watery Blowhog by its blue snout. The beast spits water and causes non-blue Pikmin to be lost in bubbles. If you're traveling with a large Pikmin army, swarm the Watery Blowhog and be ready to save the bubble-bound soldiers with your whistle."

Pikmin 3 Prima Guide

"A Watery Blowhog attacks by shooting water out of its snout. When battling one of these creatures, use your Blue Pikmin to attack the Watery Blowhog without any casualties. If your squad contains only a small amount of Blue Pikmin, use them to distract the Watery Blowhog, then flank the creature and have your more vulnerable Pikmin charge from the rear."

Strategy

See the strategy for defeating Fiery Blowhogs, but keep in mind that the creature spews water, not fire, and that Blue Pikmin are recommended, not Red Pikmin.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			wtank
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	1000
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	25
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.35
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.25
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	80
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.05
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	150
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	1
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	75
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	200
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	0
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	0
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	400
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	30
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	120
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	0
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	25
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	0
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	0
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	100
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	0
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	50
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	5
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	100
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	45
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	40
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	15
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0.3 (30%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	10
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	3
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	2
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	3
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	3
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	3
Specific properties
None

Pikmin 3 technical information (?)
Internal name	tank
HP	1000
Rock Pikmin throw hits to kill	30
White Pikmin ingestions to kill	0
Bomb rock explosions to kill	1
Bomb rock ingestions to kill	0
Number of direct hits on top to kill	0
Damage to leaders	10
Territory radius	150
Mission Mode value	30

In Pikmin 3, this enemy has the exact same technical information as the Fiery Blowhog.

Other information

• Size: Body length: 52mm, as per the e-card
• Japanese name: ヒフキブタドックリ（水吐変種）^?, lit.: "Fire Breathing Tokkuri Pig (water spit variant)"
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #14

Naming

See also: Blowhog family#Naming.

Like the Fiery Blowhog, this hog-like enemy blows out a hazard, but it is water instead of fire. In Japan, this creature is called ミズブタ^?, or "Water Pig". Its scientific name is Sus loogiens, where loogiens seems entirely made up. A "loogie" is a slang term for mouth spit, mixed with nose mucus, which could explain the choice of the word loogiens. Internally, this enemy is called wtank in Pikmin 2, which is the same internal name as the Fiery Blowhog, but starting with "w", for "water". In Pikmin 3, this enemy is recognized as being the same as the Fiery Blowhog, so it shares the internal name – tank.

The original name for the Watery Blowhog was "Spitty Blowhog". This name can both be found on GameCube Interactive Multi-Game Demo Disc Version 18, as well as an early English script left inside the final game.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ミズブタ? Mizu Buta	Water Pig
French	Puffy Cracheau	Portmanteau of crache (spit) and eau (water); Water-spitter Blowhog
Italian	Eruptor Idrico	Water-spitter Blowhog
Spanish (NoA)	Verraco acuático	Aquatic pig

Gallery

• 

  Artwork from Pikmin 2.

• 

  A Watery Blowhog in water, on the Piklopedia.

• 

  A Watery Blowhog spewing water in Pikmin 2.

• 

  A Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 3.

• 

  A Watery Blowhog spewing water in Pikmin 3.

• B17.JPG

  The creature's e-card, #16 (17^th blue card).

Trivia

• By standing really close to a Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 2, it will rotate to face the leader, but will never actually attack. Instead, it will endlessly repeat its rotation animation. This happens with the Fiery Blowhog as well, and interestingly, the Watery Blowhog near the entrance to the Subterranean Complex follows through this animation faster than normal.
• The Prima Guide for Pikmin 3 and the Nintendo Player's Guide for Pikmin 2 state that the Watery Blowhog spits water. This contradicts the Piklopedia, which states that it shoots a flammable liquid, but is incapable of igniting it.
• The only Watery Blowhog in Pikmin 3's story mode is located at the Formidable Oak. However, it might not be an actual Watery Blowhog because every enemy at the Formidable Oak turns into plasm when defeated, implying that it was created by the Plasm Wraith. This can also be applied to the Shearwig's appearance in Pikmin 3's story mode.

See also

• Fiery Blowhog
• Blowhog family