Lunar Long Legs

NOTICE: The Lunar Long Legs is no longer part of Pikmin Forever. It is part of the unused content for the game.

The Lunar Long Legs was originally intended to be the final boss of Pikmin Forever.

Games
This creature was meant to appear in the following fanon games:
 * Pikmin Forever

Locations

 * Canyon of Moonlight (unused)

Appearance
 An enormous spider-like creature with a small satellite for a head and four moss-covered boulder feet. The actual head is bright purple; it is surrounded by dirt, grass patches, and rocks and volcanoes. 

Behavior
 The Lunar Long Legs lies waiting, looking like an Onion moon. When the leaders and Pikmin get too close, however, the beast unearths its feet and attempts to crush Pikmin like any Arachnorb. After taking sufficient damage to the legs, the creature will shake off Pikmin and gravitate the group toward its lunar surface. At this point, it can erupt local volcanoes and engulf a great deal of the surface in lava(that only Red Pikmin can survive), shoot geysers or rain its clouds to drench the area in water, have its storm clouds strike lightning onto the surface, outgas poisonous gases or pollutants, or reach up one of its legs to stomp on a leader. As the fight progresses, it will do more of these actions at once. Once it has taken enough damage, it will shake Pikmin off of its surface and go back to using its feet. The Lunar Long Legs's surface can be exited manually by climbing down one of its legs. 

Strategy to defeat
 First, use strong attackers like Red Pikmin or Purple Pikmin to carefully climb up its legs to attack the joints. Lichen Pikmin can also damage the feet themselves. After enough damage, the Lunar Long Legs will attract the group. Now, Pikmin must either find a vulnerable (purple pulsating) spot or dig into the sandy ground until they find one, or use a bomb rock to clear some ground. Pikmin will attack these areas to cause the beast damage. Some areas cause more damage than others depending on the strength of the purple pulsation; the weakest areas have to be dug up, or are even hidden under rocks requiring Purple Pikmin to smash. The Lunar Long Legs will try to counteract this by erupting its volcanoes (use Red Pikmin and get others to safety), lightning (use Yellow Pikmin), raised sea level/rain (use Blue Pikmin or Lichen Pikmin), or poisonous outgassing (use White Pikmin). No Pikmin can withstand the creature trying to stomp with its foot, but if the leaders can line up a foot with a weak spot, the stomp will deal great damage to the Lunar Long Legs. Once the Lunar Long Legs has taken enough damage it will shake off all leaders and Pikmin. After this happens, or if the player climbs down a leg at will, the Lunar Long Legs will alter its landscape. Repeat this process of getting onto the surface and finding or digging up weak points until it is defeated.

Once defeated, it gives the player Edward and the Immutable Tongue, immediately triggering the primary end of the story. 

Trivia

 * This would have been the only enemy in Pikmin Forever that would retain its damage from day to day.
 * The Lunar Long Legs will not stomp on its own leg or a different leg, but its legs can punch through the storm clouds, leaving a hole that fills back in afterwards.