Empress Bulblaxes are bosses only found in caves in Pikmin 2. They are found in the hole of beasts (with no bulborb larvae), the fronteir cavern, the hole of heroes, and in the emperor's realm in challenge mode. Empresses resemble red bulborbs but they have a giant egg sack for a back. The first time you see it, it will be asleep and won't be giving birth to bulborb larvae. You can't kill it with just a captain. You will have to attack it with a pikmin to wake it up and it is vulnerable to pikmin attacks on every part of its body but can only be petrified from it's side. You should probably throw pikmin on its head though because it doesn't eat pikmin and it has a big defense mechanism. If you attack it for a long enough time then it will shake your pikmin off and try to roll over them sideways. You can use this to your advantage sometimes because it will crush any larvae that's beside it. They can also cause boulders to fall when they are rolling. If you go to the piklopedia it is found sleeping and cannot be woken up.
Empreror Bulblaxes are boss grub-dogs only seen once in pikmin 1 and eight times in pikmin 2. In the first game one is found in the arena in the final trial and it holds the secret safe. They have giant tounges, mossy backs, tan faces, and In pikmin 1 they are WAY bigger and actually have plants growing on their backs. They slurp up pikmin with their toungues and are found with just their back showing in the first game. The best way to kill them is to take out about 40 reds and 15 yellows and bring them to the far side of the arena. Have the yellows carry the bomb-rocks on the sides and wake up the bulblax with olimar alone. Take the yellow into the arena and have it throw the bomb at the emperor's face before it eats the yellow. Then when the bulblax is stunned you get your reds and throw them at its face until it stands up again. Repeat this process and you will eventually kill emperor bulblax. You may notice that when about half his health is gone he will start jumping up and down like a wallywog. This will kill any pikmin if they land on them and will also knock out olimar in one hit. In pikmin 2 one emperor bulblax is found in the bulblax kindom, two in the cavern of chaos, two in the hole of heroes, and three in the emperor's realm in challenge mode. In the second game they are a lot smaller and sometimes roar which summons other emperor bulblaxes from the ground and sends pikmin into a panic. They also can still crush pikmin if if jumps on them.One of the best ways to defeat it is to just throw a purple on it, wait till it gets shaken off, and then keep repeating it. Although you can always just throw pikmin on it as fast as possible.
