#pyroclasmic slooch

[weirdmarioenemies]

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

[sillypikmin]

Everything in pikmin is either :

Holdable [one hand] Hodable [Both hands]

counterpoint,

fire

#this is a really bad drawing im sorry. i really scrunched this slooch #pyroclasmic slooch

[gobstoppr]

guh. turns a pyroclasmic slooch into a butch furry

closeup + sketch under the cut

#text #art #pikmin #pyroclasmic slooch #pikmin fanart #pikmin enemies #furry #wanted to get a little funky with the outfit. was sorta going for a Poison type trainer sorta drip to it

[louivi]

Pyroclasmic Slooch 🔥

#pikmin #fire #pyroclasmic slooch #slug

[flamefireflower]

[Day 11 - Lumiknoll]

That Glow Sap must really be something special for the whole local ecosystem to go crazy for it, huh. I think the Night Expeditions were a great feature. Even if it was - at its core - basically a minigame, I found it to be very enjoyable. Almost felt like a weird tower defense hybrid mode, which is the last thing I expected to show up in a Pikmin game

#ppiktober2023 #piktober #pikmin #pikmin art #pikmin fanart #art #lumiknoll #bulborb larva #albino dwarf bulborb #emperor bulblax #fiery bulblax #pyroclasmic slooch #baldy long legs #grub-dog #arachnorb #slooch #flame's art #pikmin 4

[glutko]

REBLOG IF YOU STILL LOVE THE PYROCLASMIC SLOOCH!!!

#not corruption #pikmin

[k8aclysm]

You ever think about how Pikmin fans and Monster Hunter fans are identical to one another except for the fact that the guys they get excited about are entirely different sizes?

"OHHHH FUCK THEY'RE FINALLY BRINGING BACK SCARRED YIAN GARUGA!!!!" is an identical statement to: "OHHH MY GOD WE'RE FINALLY GETTING ANOTHER GAME WITH THE PYROCLASMIC SLOOCH!!!!" To the uninitiated, and I just think that's neat.

#my posts #pikmin #monster hunter #its very silly #i love both series very much

[erikthecleric]

slug in 3?

it's called the Pyroclasmic Slooch

[gate653]

Pyroclasmic Slooch

[curlydurian]

Daily Pikmin character drawing challenge #36 - Pyroclasmic Slooch

#nintendo #pikmin #captain olimar #louie #bulborb #fanart #digital art #art #oatchi #dailydrawing #artwork #digital drawing #digital fanart #gamecube #nintendo switch #nintendo gamecube #burrowing snagret #snagret #baby snagret #dweevil #water dumple #anode beetle #breadbug

[kira-moonrabbit]

pikmin enemy names are so wild. they’d make good insults. how are you supposed to react after someone calls you a “pyroclasmic slooch?” you don’t.

#i dunno. had to get the idea out of my head before i lost it

[cutterl]

Pyroclasmic Slooch

The world needs more Slooch fanart! Seriously, if you search "Pyroclasmic Slooch" into the search bar, you'll only get three other image results!...though I'm guessing most Pikmin monsters would be in the same boat, but I mean just look at how charming this guy is. Who wouldn't want to draw him!? I've had this picture sitting around for a while, and I finally had the time and motivation to finish it. I had a different more Easter-ish drawing planned for tomorrow, but it's not close enough to being finished so...HAPPY EASTER!!!

#pikmin #pikmin3 #pyroclasmicslooch #nintendo #slugma

[flamefireflower]

[Day 17 - Dandori] DANDORI TODAY DANDORI TOMORROW

#ppiktober2023 #piktober #pikmin #pikmin 4 #pikmin art #pikmin fanart #red pikmin #rock pikmin #oatchi #oatchi pikmin #leafling #pikmin oc #pikmin leader #pyroclasmic slooch #dandori #art #flame's art