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weirdmarioenemies · 22 days

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Name: Pyroclasmic Slooch (Sulucina vulcanis)

Debut: Pikmin 3

I think Pyroclasmic Slooch has one of the best names of any Pikmin creature! This is the one I break out if I ever need to explain what a Pikmin name feels like. A large scientific jargon-y sounding word, followed by a single silly little syllable it's perfect! And it IS meaningful, because Pyroclasmic is only one letter away from Pyroclastic, as in pyroclastic flow, a hot volcanic gas/rock current. And Slooch is just, look at this thing! It's what "slooch" looks like! Both as a noun AND a verb!

Fire in video game and monster design is usually pretty boring to me, just for how common it is. I get it, since it is pretty much the most "yeowch! don't touch" thing everyone is familiar with, but I have had enough of Charizardlikes bloating my media! Thank goodness, then, for Pikmin, which implements "conventional" elemental properties into fun, pseudoscientific speculative creatures! It may often be a big load of nonsense, but they explain the nonsense so confidently. Yeah alright. Whatever you say! Maybe a slug could be on fire.

Hello Slooch! What a nice smile you have, framed by your oral tentacles! I wonder if Pyroclasmic Slooch's eyes are useful at all. A regular slug's eyes are mostly just for sensing light and dark, but that doesn't seem practical for a creature that makes its own light that would constantly be in view! Just to be safe, you should give this Slooch a thumbs up, in case it can indeed see you! (computer screen is a real portal to another world where pretend creatures live)

So yeah, Pyroclasmic Slooch is a slug on fire, or maybe a snail whose shell IS fire. It doesn't really matter, either way, the DESIGN is fire! The vibrant orangish stripes on its black body evoke flowing and cooling lava! Lava joke: I bet it was a real "aa moment" when they came up with that design quirk!

As much as I love Pyroclasmic Slooch, it is a wild animal! And it will try to eat the min that you picked, with its funny blue tongue! Louie, everyone's favorite menace Louie, recommends cooking this tongue and no other part of the creature. Would You Eat? I wouldn't, but I wouldn't judge you for doing it. If you have plenty of Red Pikmin, though, their fire immunity makes Slooches very easy to deal with.

You know, real slugs like mold! Do you think Pyroclasmic Slooch likes mold? Maybe it could be friends, with mold. Let's introduce them!

Name: Moldy Slooch (Parasitus pseudofungi elasticis hostus)

Debut: Pikmin 4

Hooray! Now they're inseparable! You may notice that Moldy Slooch's scientific name differs greatly from that of Pyroclasmic Slooch, and that is because the Slooch is no longer in control. It is being puppeted by a fungus! Its nervous system and slime organs have been entirely taken over. Isn't that nice? Now the Slooch doesn't have to do any work, because the fungus does all of that for it! This slug can just relax for the rest of its life, because it is not dead! A dried-up corpse wouldn't be useful a very good friend, would it? In fact, if the Moldy Slooch does die, it can be instantly revived by a phallic, yet kindly Toxstool! The gift of eternal life!

Moldy Slooch's description by Dalmo (the animal enthusiast who could have been writing for this blog the whole time and you would be none the wiser includes the incredible line "Slugga slugga choo choo! Here comes the fungal spore train." So fun! Whee! I want to ride the train!

Moldy Slooch is really the best friend someone could ask for. After I met it in person, and it introduced me to Toxstool, I've never felt better! So what are you waiting for, fellow living animals? Come visit our damp cave sometime! You are always welcome :)

#pyroclasmic slooch #pikmin 3 #moldy slooch #pikmin 4 #pikmin #pikmin enemies #not mario #funky friday #mod chikako #mod toxstool

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flamefireflower · 7 months

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[Day 25 - Mold] The mold shall consume...

#ppiktober2023 #piktober #pikmin #pikmin art #pikmin fanart #pikmin 4 #toxstool #pikmin toxstool #moldy dwarf bulborb #moldy slooch #puffstool #bulborb #slooch #art #flame's art

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fullmoonfireball · 6 months

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WELCOME TO THE PIKMIN ENEMIES TOURNAMENT! it's time for your favourite little guys to fight!

not physically, though, of course- there are both bosses and peaceful creatures on here, that would just be unfair. no, we're going for something a little more abstract: WHO HAS THE BEST PERSONALITY?

ROUND 1 MATCHES:

GATLING GROINK VS. RED BUBBLIMP

GIANT BREADBUG VS. CRAMMED WRAITH

SMOKY PROGG VS. RAVENOUS WHISKERPILLAR

CRUMBUG VS. BLIZZARDING BLOWHOG

BEARDED AMPRAT VS. BLUBBUG

SWARMING SHEARGRUB VS. DESICCATED SKITTERLEAF

SCORNET MAESTRO VS. HONEYWISP

ARMOURED MAWDAD VS. STARTLE SPORE

CREEPING CHRYSANTHEMUM VS. ANTENNA BEETLE

NECTAROUS DANDELFLY VS. GOOLIX

YELLOW WOLLYHOP VS. BULBMIN

BULBORB LARVA VS. MAMA SHEARGRUB

MOLDY SLOOCH VS. TOXSTOOL

WITHERING BLOWHOG VS. MAMUTA

MOLDY DWARF BULBORB VS. BREADBUG

SEEDBAGGER VS. GROOVY LONG LEGS

#Rambles Into The Void #Pikmin Enemies Tournament #Pikmin

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bigswigrollers · 8 months

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Nintendo got away with naming Pikmin enemies shit like "moldy slooch" and "puffy blowhog"

#kattalks #pikmin

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maxwaspace · 10 months

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Pikmin enemies that copy you

Enemies that control Pikmin

Glidemander

Groovy Long Legs

Antenna Beetle

Puffstool Enemies that have their own minions

Spotty Bulbear (Dwarf Bulbears)

Empress Bulblax (Bulborb Larvae)

Scornet Maestro (Scornets)

Queen Shearwig (Shearwigs)

Toxstool (Moldy Dwarf Bulborbs and Moldy Slooches)

#pikmin #pikmin 2 #pikmin 3 #pikmin 4 #hey pikmin #pikmin 1

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midnakoopa · 10 months

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I have come to a concerning realization

Endgame spoilers for Pikmin 4. Theorizing what's about to happen.

Earlier on, I encountered the Moldy Dwarf Bulborbs. And after looking in the Piklopedia, learned that the mold is using the Bulborbs as a host, kinda cordyceps-style. Mad fucked up, right?

Just today got to the Primordial Thicket and encountered the Moldy Slooch, as well as the Puffstool. Now, another thing the moldy enemies' entries mention is something called the "Toxstool", which seems to be the source of the spores parasitizing these creatures.

And the concerning realization I came to is... The Primordial Thicket is carpeted with mold, and lousy with sporovids. Presumably, this "Toxstool" is here somewhere. And Louie is here, too. And I don't know if that's Louie anymore.

#pikmin 4 #pikmin 4 spoilers #pikmin spoilers #major spoilers #theorizing

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machinavillage · 9 months

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didnt realize pikmin might be a special interest for me until i freak out if someone gets an enemy name slightly wrong. THATS the MOLDY fucking SLOOCH you dumb bitch. that is not a dweevil it is a careening dirigibug . not a bulborb a bulBEAR!! and how could you miss the WATERwraith. put some respect in the swooping snitchbug's name god damnit he was a real threat in 2 and he beat my ass repeatedly

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decarabiandivorce · 9 months

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Moldy Dwarf Bulborb is an enemy in Pikmin 4. It is the body of a Dwarf Bulborb being controlled by a parasitic Toxstool. As the parasite has full control over the host's body, it is classified as being a member of the Sporovid family rather than the Grub-dog family. It acts similar to a typical dwarf bulborb of any variety, but differ as they expel poisonous gas from their backs which are harmful to non-White Pikmin. If killed, they can be revived by the Toxstool. The same parasite species also infects the Moldy Slooch.

#new ask game idea: Send me an ask and I will send you a pikmin enemy you have the vibes of lmao #yes i did just copy paste this from pikminwiki #steel text

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fullmoonfireball · 6 months

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PIKMIN ENEMIES TOURNAMENT: ROUND 1, MATCH 13

#VERY funny to me that the seeding allowed for this matchup to happen #Rambles Into The Void #Pikmin Enemies Tournament

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