Darkfreeze 2.0

This page is about the Darkfreeze as it appears in Pikmin: Revenge of the Darkfreeze. For info about the enemy in its original game, PikSpore, see Darkfreeze.

The Darkfreeze 2.0 is the final boss in Pikmin: Revenge of the Darkfreeze.

Appearance + Strategy
Throughout most of the game, the Darkfreeze appears as a bluish-black mist, as it did in PikSpore. However, in certain Darkfreeze-related boss battles, the Darkfreeze appears as a single entity- a small, dark blue eye with a red iris about the size of Olimar's head. As shown in the Speckled Catacombs and the Hazardous Waste, it is able to construct inanimate objects out of its own Darkfreeze mist, an advantage it did not have in PikSpore. It is also able to "infect" other creatures with its essence, controlling the creature. Notable examples are the Darkfreeze Ice Blowhog found in the Blowhog Cave, the Darkfreeze Jellyfloat of the Darkfreeze Chamber, and the Darkfreeze Titan Dweevil and Darkfreeze Auxillary Dweevil, in the Frozen Land and Final Freeze, respectively.

The earliest hint of Darkfreeze activity in the game are at the Forest of Peace, where numerous Dwarf Darkfreeze Bulblaxes exist, governed by the Darkfreeze Bulblax. Since then, numerous hints of Darkfreeze activity exist, mostly in underground. If the player's Pikmin accidentally inhale the Darkfreeze mist, then the Pikmin's leaf/flower/bud/ect. will turn into a blue mushroom, similar to Puffmin, and the Pikmin will turn dark blue and attack the other Pikmin. This effect wears off over time. Captains, Bronze/Silver/Gold Pikmin, Rock Pikmin, and Cyan Pikmin are immune to this effect.

It has been shown that most Darkfreeze-tainted creatures are very vulnerable to fire, lava, and explosions, making Red, Orange, and later Green Pikmin having the advantage of being immune to one of those hazards. Of those, Yellow and Orange Pikmin are very useful, Yellows being able to pick up and launch small Bomb-rocks, Oranges being able to pick up and carry larger bomb-rocks.