Kettlebug Remix

The Kettlebug Redux is a large species of kettlebug that has mastery over controlling sound.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Evolution
The Kettlebug Remix is a species of large kettlebug that appears in Pikmin Evolution as a boss. It is a giant version of the Radio Beetle though they are not related aside from being in the same family, and instead of having speakers on its antennae it has a pair of speakers on its abdomen, one on each side. The Keetlebug Redux also has much larger feet than most Kettlebugs, being able to crush Pikmin with its steps. The battlefield you find this creature in is notably flat and smooth almost like the stage of a discotech. When you first arrive you don't fight the Keetlebug Redux at first, rather you have to fight a squad of Amp Bulblings dancing to the beats this bug makes, while the Bulblings attack you the Kettlebug will shoot sonic pulses from its mouth, pushing anyone who hears it back a great distance and into the abyss below. When the Bulblings are killed a pair of Boomburst Bulborbs appear that you need to defeat, all the while the Kettlebug Remix attacks with more sonic pulses. Finally a single Dandy Dandelion rises from the ground, and after that is defeated the Kettlebug Remix jumps and kicks all the corpses away and now fights you and your Pikmin itself. The Kettlebug Redux is a quite dangerous foe due to the fact that it stomps erratically, making its feet hard to dodge, and the fact that from its sides it shoots sonic pulses to continue pushing your Pikmin back into the abyss nearby. To damage it you need to attack its head, which it periodically lowers as it bobs its head to the beat of the song it creates. But be careful as if not recalled in time, the Kettlebug Redux will scream so hard that any Pikmin on its head will be pushed back into the abyss. At half health the Kettlebug Redux stops shooting sonic pulses and instead stomps its feet to tilt the battlefield, making it harder to walk on, all the while the Kettlebug Redux summons bolts of lightning in time to the crazy beat of the song in the background. The Kettlebug also spits crystaline projectiles that can be reflected by Pikmin tosses, adding more attacks to avoid. The lightning it summons also makes a shield around the Kettlebug, making it immune to all attacks except from Wisp Pikmin, of course the constant shaking from the battlefield doesn't help their infamous fragility. To break the shield you need to time your shot to the beat and reflect the projectiles it makes at just the right moment so that it avoids the tilting battlefield and hits the shield square in the middle, which electrocutes the bug allowing all Pikmin types to attack the boss. When it reaches a quarter of its health the Kettlebug Remix gains a final phase where it takes flight and and summons more sonic pulses to try in a last ditch effort to knock your army off stage as it tries to flee. The battlefield also changes to a conveyor belt with you and the boss at the opposite sides of, so you need to memorize the beat and weave through the sonic blasts and when close enough perform one final swarm to take down this crazy insect and end this equally crazy boss fight. In the end your troubles will be payed off as you will gain a valuable piece of refuse for your troubles, a fitting reward for such a involved boss fight.