Echino

Echino sprite

A Prop of Echino's skull

Echino

Echino is one of the four bosses in Porkoland. When in heat, she turns into a Blooming Echino. When a skeleton of an Echino is taken control of by an Emeraldon, it becomes an Emeraldon Echino.

In-game description

The big green unrelenting photosynthesizing menace Echino hails from the grasslands and is the apex predator in its environment.

Physical characteristics

• The creature's snout acts both as a lure and a weapon. It inhales and processes super-pressurized oxygen into its internal biological furnace and ejects it out in a scorching burst of fire.
• A hardened spiked carapace gives the Echino an effective defense. On a cellular level, the carapace is almost identical to that of a common cactus. Echinos are adept flyers.
• Their capabilities are enhanced thanks to their stabilizing flaps, allowing for instantaneous in - air maneuvers. Despite being capable flyers, they need to recuperate after brief periods of flight.
• Their sharp, insect-like claws allow for agile, relentless spinning. The Echino also possesses the ability to launch itself onto a devastating rolling charge.
• Being part plant, it can sustain itself via the simple act of photosynthesis.

A weapon of Echino's remains

Trivia:

• Echino was the first boss that was added in the game.
• The name Echino comes from the Latin word echino- (or echin-), that means spiny or prickly.