Blobs

Blobs are transparent round enemies that vary in size, strength, and color. All blobs when hurt enough explode into multiple smaller versions of itself.

Description
Blue blobs are the common type of blob. It moves in random directions and can't hurt the player. If it is hurt, it will speed up, attempting to escape the player's reach. It also may randomly hop.

Standing very close to a blob of any size will hurt it, usually squishing it. It first splits into four smaller blobs, then eight the last time. You'll earn combos only when squishing a large/medium-sized blob and only get 5 points without a 2+ combo upon squishing the smallest third size, so when you have a combo built up, focus on the smallest blobs for more points.

Strategy
Have your hammer ready when you see a blob. Walk up to it and hit it with your normal attack, which will make it split once. After this, run after the four it split into, stepping on each. You'll get a combo started by stepping on multiple blobs of the second size. When each blob separates into eight small blobs, quickly run to each blob and squish them while you still have a combo going for the most points.

The fast but risky strategy is to Air Dash into each blob, which will usually force it to split/explode. Don't try this in areas with bottomless pits and lure blobs away from edges if possible as when they split the split blobs may fall down.