Ohmu

Ohmu are giant armoured larvae that first appeared in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The Ohmu also appeared as the first boss of Dry Desert Ruins in Super Mario Bros: Warriors of the Mushroom Kingdom.

Appearance and Biology.

Ohmu are enourmous pillbug-like larvae with green shells and multiple eyes who are both very strong and sensitive. Their shells are very precious and are used for making tools and weapons in The Valley of the Wind. When the Ohmu are calm, their eyes are a peaceful blue, however when they are enraged, their eyes go red, and they begin to stampede. In The Valley of the Wind, if something attacks there jungle home, they begin to charge, thousands of them across the land destroy everything in their wake.

Strategy.

In Super Mario Bros: Warriors of the Mushroom Kingdom, when you start battling the Ohmu, the Ohmu will rise from the sand and start charging at you, so you often need a Horseclaw to help you, because they are very fast-runners. If you keep running for long enough, the boss would become exhausted and then seize the chance to run on top of it, and then you seize the chance again to stun the beast briefly with your flashbangs and then soothe the anger and the bug's eyes will go from red to peaceful blue and dig itself back into the ground. And when you defeat the boss, the beast will now be friends with you, like how Nausicaä makes friends with them in the film.