{"id":364,"date":"2013-09-11T22:09:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T02:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/?p=364"},"modified":"2016-03-21T19:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T23:15:47","slug":"pikmin-3-armored-mawdad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/11\/pikmin-3-armored-mawdad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pikmin 3 &#8211; Armored Mawdad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s actually been a while since I last played Pikmin 3, but I picked it back up tonight. I tested out the Tropical Winds level, which is a huge area with lots of enemies. I explored some, but ultimately I decided not to save my game. Instead, I returned to the Garden of Hope with Alph and Brittany, as I continued my search for the captain. After throwing some Pikmin across a river, building a bridge, and tearing down a wall, I found a data file left behind by Captain Olimar! Very interesting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-olimar.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-365 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-olimar.jpg\" alt=\"p3-olimar\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-olimar.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-olimar-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>I then stumbled into the nest of this huge creature, called an armored mawdad!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-crystalboss.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-366\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-366 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-crystalboss.jpg\" alt=\"p3-crystalboss\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-crystalboss.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-crystalboss-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>It was covered in crystal armor, so I had to throw rock Pikmin at it to break the crystal before I could do any damage to it. Once I (eventually) defeated it, it coughed up an old cell phone. <em>Can you hear me now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-cell.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-367\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-cell.jpg\" alt=\"p3-cell\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-cell.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/p3-cell-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Apparently the signal I thought was coming from the captain was actually coming from this phone. So I still don&#8217;t know where the captain is. But the phone did expand my ship&#8217;s range (somehow), so I can now travel to a new area called the Distant Tundra. I wrapped up my game for tonight, but I&#8217;ll return to the world of Pikmin 3 sometime soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s actually been a while since I last played Pikmin 3, but I picked it back up tonight. I tested out the Tropical Winds level, which is a huge area with lots of enemies. I explored some, but ultimately I decided not to save my game. Instead, I returned to the Garden of Hope with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/11\/pikmin-3-armored-mawdad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pikmin 3 &#8211; Armored Mawdad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,26],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-pikmin","tag-pikmin-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pikmin 3 - Armored Mawdad - Jeff&#039;s Gaming Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jvgs.net\/blog\/2013\/09\/11\/pikmin-3-armored-mawdad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pikmin 3 - Armored Mawdad - Jeff&#039;s Gaming Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s actually been a while since I last played Pikmin 3, but I picked it back up tonight. 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