Gatling Groink

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Gatling Groink
Enemy
Scientific name	Megaplod calibersi
Family	Shot-fish (unofficial)

The Gatling Groink is a biomechatronic creature that has an appearance reminiscent of a rotund goldfish. Gatling Groinks usually patrol their territories and are known to seek out the active leader and their Pikmin, but some are stationary atop a high vantage point, giving them a wide attack range. It attacks by revealing a cannon from its mouth and firing mortar shells from it with little time between firings. When the shells hit the ground, they explode and scatter any of the Pikmin in range, killing those at the absolute center of the blast.

In fanon games

Below this point is where users place their version of the Gatling Groink.

In Pikmin Eco

Gatling Groink
Scientific name	Megaplod calibersi
Family	Unknown
Areas	None
Caves	Cautious Cavern, Scorched Patches
Carry weight	10
Max. carriers	20
Seed worth	12
Poko value	× 7
Attacks	Fires explosive mortar shells, knocks Pikmin away

The Gatling Groink is an enemy that appears in Pikmin Eco. It is rare, only found in two caves and never found aboveground. Its behavior is slightly altered in that it will not fire at Pikmin and leaders that are too close to it, to negate the risk of damaging itself with its mortar shells. Instead, it quickly drops onto the ground to knock them back to a suitable distance before firing at them.

Notes

In-game entry

“The infamous aggression of this species still seems to hold true: a terrifying mixture of biological and mechanical components to form the top predator. However, it's also just as true that this predator is becoming rare in some locations, and extinct everywhere else. Most likely this is the case of it evolving into more of a weapon than an animal. It's a bit of a shame really, given how far in evolution it has come.”

In Pikmin Forever

Pikmin Forever This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Forever, a fanon game created by Scruffy.

Gatling Groink The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name	Megaplod calibersi
Family	Groink
Attacks	Fires explosive mortar shells, spits Pikmin away

In Pikmin Forever, the Gatling Groink has a crystal on its head instead of a glass shield, and four smokestacks on its back. The crystal can be broken by a Rock Pikmin, leaving the groink more vulnerable but faster. The Gatling Groink can fire its familiar projectiles but can also use its firing appendage to inhale Pikmin surrounding it and fire them away, as an added defense to its softened shaking move. Attacking the tail will prevent the creature from firing. They can be found in Forbidding Precipice, Canyon of Moonlight, sublevel three of Ceramic Rift, and sublevel seven of Flurry Shelter.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“Only recently has this elusively evolved juggernaut developed an orifice that serves both as a muscle for firing projectiles and a proboscis for drinking nectar. The mechanical components of the groink's digestive and lymphatic systems may seem a bit advanced for its ecosystem, but the groink has used this adaptation to climb the trophic ladder and become a top predator. The launching of projectiles seems to serve mainly as a defense mechanism now since specific prey species for the groink have dwindled; yet still, the groink's aggressive predatory behavior persists. Although an ambitious claim, ecological models predict that the future evolution of the Gatling Groink will probably soften or even remove its predatory mechanism in favor of a more peaceable coexistence with herbivorous counterparts.”

In Pikmin Z

Gatling Groink The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Attacks	Fires explosive mortar shells

Gatling Groinks, in Pikmin Z, can be found at Toxic Town and Giant's Playground.

In Pikmin: Ultimate Doom

– Ultimate Doom This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Ultimate Doom, a fanon game created by Zoadra.

Gatling Groink The icon used to represent this enemy.
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Areas	Volatile Minefield
Caves	Abandoned Mine
Attacks	Fires explosive mortar shells

The Gatling Groink is a miniboss in Pikmin: Ultimate Doom. It has stronger mortar blasts, killing all but Bomb Rock Pikmin on contact, is slightly larger, and runs faster. One is found at the Volatile Minefield and another on sublevel five of the Abandoned Mine.

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