Pikmin Boss Strategies

Hailo! I'm going to share my knowledge with the bosses from the original Pikmin!

Armored Cannon Beetle:

Difficulty-Easy
Best Pikmin to use-Reds
How to beat:

Pretty easy, just go in front of him, when he starts to inhale, quickly throw a Pikmin in it's tube. This will stop him from shooting the boulder, it will also heat up his abdomen making him open up his big mechanical wings to cool it off. Quickly throw your Pikmin on it. It will be defeated in about one or two goes.


Burrowing Snagret:

Difficulty- Medium
Best Pikmin to use-Reds or Yellows. (But I prefer reds)
How to beat:

Much more deadly that in the first game. Just throw Pikmin at it's head and try to avoid it's attacks. If it's head gets stuck on the ground, quickly swarm it's head. This boss is difficult to not lose Pikmin.


Mamuta:

Difficulty-Easy
Best Pikmin to use-Reds
How to beat:

The fastest way to beat the Mamuta is to just swarm it with your Pikmin. It should die in about 4-8 seconds. Nothing special.


Goolix:

Difficulty-Easy
Best Pikmin to use-Blues
How to beat:

There are two ways to defeat Goolix, either just swarm all your Blue Pikmin on it's small necleus and wait for it to die, or you can do the same thing and aim a Pikmin at the bigger necleus. If you hit it while a bunch of Blues are attacking the small one, it will knock them all off, but in return, Goolix will take major damage. You can just swarm it though. It doesn't matter which way you do it. Unless you are doing a Speed Run and you want to do it as fast as possible.


Beady Long Legs:

Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Best Pikmin to use-Yellows
How to beat:

Also harder than in the second game. Just get a small group of Yellows (10-20) and throw them at it's head when it squats. Try to stay in between his legs.


Emperor Bulblax:

Difficulty-Medium or Hard
Best Pikmin to use-Reds and Yellows
How to beat:

The final boss of the game! First, you need to get about 20 Yellows and 80 Reds. Make the Yellows carry Bomb Rocks. Now, awaken it with Olimar, get one Yellow to go with Olimar, dismiss it in front of the the Emperor Bulblax. When it tries to devour it, call back the Yellow and it will drop the Bomb Rock and the Emperor Bublax will eat it instead of the Pikmin. (This does not work in the NPC version because Yellows no longer drop the Bomb Rocks from your whistle, if you are playing the NPC version, try to throw a Yellow in front of it and hopefully, it will throw the Bomb Rock at it's mouth, if you get it to work, the Emperor Bulblax will get stunned longer. You can also just let the Emperor Bulblax eat the Yellow.) Now, when it's stunned, quickly get your reds and throw your Pikmin on it's face. When it gets up, call them back. Repeat this until it is defeated.

Smoky Progg:

Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Best Pikmin to use-Reds (Blues when it's in the water) (Yellows when using the Bomb Rock Strategy)

A secret boss found in the Distant Spring. It only appears on day 10-15 I believe. To find it, go straight into the lake with 25 Blues. Keep going forward and then turn to the right, you should eventually find a big egg, attack it with your Pikmin, after about 3 seconds, call them back. It should come out of the egg in about 4-8 seconds, it will then head for base, try to throw Pikmin on it while it does this, and try not to let them get suffercated by the Smoky Progg's gas. Now when you get to base, here are the ways you can defeat it, the first way to defeat it is simply by throwing your Pikmin on it until it dies, if you run out, get more from the Onions, the Smoky Progg also can uproot sprouts, this can be helpful to you a bit. The second way to beat it is to use Bomb Rocks, get as many Bomb Rocks and you can for your Yellows, then throw them in front of it and call it back when it throws the Bomb Rock at it or else it will die. This way takes a while but it's the most safe one.

Whoo! There ya go! If  I missed something or if you have a better strategy, please tell me.

PS: Matt, don't tell me that you can swarm the Emperor Bublax to do more damage, it does the same amount of damage that when you throw the Pikmin. It's also more risky.