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{{character infobox | {{character-infobox | ||
|image=[[File:Scythe-armed Monster Model.png|180px]] | |image=[[File:Scythe-armed Monster Model.png|180px]] | ||
|first_appearance=''[[Wario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | |first_appearance=''[[Wario World]]'' ([[List of games by date#2003|2003]]) | ||
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The '''Sandworm'''<ref> | The '''Sandworm'''<ref>Stratton, Steve. ''Wario World: Prima’s Official Strategy Guide''. Page 34.</ref> (referred to as '''Big Scorper''' in the game's European website<ref>[http://ms.nintendo-europe.com/warioworld/enGB/ Wario World official site]</ref> despite this being the name of [[Big Scorper|an unrelated enemy]]) is a scythe-armed monster in ''[[Wario World]]''. It is the boss of [[Greenhorn Ruins]], and the second of the three bosses in [[Excitement Central]] (the others being [[Greenfist]] and [[DinoMighty]]). | ||
The Sandworm is fought in a large sand pit that continually pulls [[Wario]] towards the center. Its main attack is spitting [[Spiked Ball|spiked balls]] at Wario; Wario can easily damage it with repeated attacks. The Sandworm cannot be stunned; when it loses one of its health skulls, it instead becomes temporarily invincible, and either slashes after Wario with its scythe-like arms, or burrows to the center of the arena and starts spitting many spiked balls in random directions. When this happens, the sand pit pulls Wario in much faster. If damaged enough, it will also strike back with more powerful moves, including slicing Wario with its arms. Defeating the Sandworm gives Wario access to DinoMighty. | |||
The Sandworm also appears in [[Pecan Sands]] as a regular enemy, where its attacks are a bit faster, but it is fought and defeated in the same way. This time, it only takes four cycles to defeat instead of five, and during its invincibility phases, it will only attack with its scythes. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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{{foreign names | {{foreign names | ||
|Jap=アンツキラー | |Jap=アンツキラー | ||
|JapR=Antsukirā | |||
|JapR= | |JapM=Corruption of "ant killer". | ||
|JapM= | |Ita=Scorpione scarlatto | ||
|Ita=Scorpione | |||
|ItaM=Scarlet Scorpion | |ItaM=Scarlet Scorpion | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*The Sandworm, along with [[Dual Dragon]] and [[Red-Brief J]], are the only bosses that do not require throws to defeat, as they cannot be used at all; the Sandworm cannot be grabbed and carried, and there is nothing to pick up around its arena. | |||
*The Sandworm and [[Greenfist]] are the only bosses whose names are never mentioned in-game. All of the other level bosses are mentioned by [[Spriteling]]s in their respective levels, while the boss-only stages that the world bosses appear in are named after the bosses themselves. | |||
*It appears to be based mostly on {{wp|antlion}} larvae, which make sand pits like the one in which the Sandworm is fought and have very large jaws that they use to catch and eat arthropods that fall into said pits. Additionally, its Japanese name, which translates roughly to a corruption of "Ant killer", references antlion larvae, which largely prey on wandering ants. Its scythe arms seem to reference the {{wp|praying mantis}}, an animal whose arms are shaped like scythes. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Wario World}} | {{Wario World}} | ||
[[Category:Wario World Bosses]] | |||
[[Category:Wario World | [[Category:Wario World Enemies]] | ||
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