Post by Nvortex on Nov 11, 2015 21:23:38 GMT
How I think the Pikmin work is like this: The Onion first sprouts a Pikmin seed, as evidenced by the Pluckaphone we can confirm that Pikmin can dig themselves out so no need for a leader to unpluck them. After the Pikmin is born, it starts a soldier-worker stage where they protect the Onion and also bring it food. The Onion uses part of the nutrients to make more Pikmin and speed up the food gathering process but it also uses them to feed the Pikmin once they are stored in a liquid form inside it. Since the only thing Pikmin can eat is nectar, and said nectar is hard to come by because it's sought by small bugs and only a maximum of 10 Pikmin can drink 1 dose, Pikmin are completely dependant on the Onion to feed them the nutrients they need.
The Pikmin then enter their parasitic stage in which they take host of a creature that decides to eat them. Once eaten, they bury their rootlike limbs into the nervous system of the host and infusing it with natural hormonal excretions, they are able to control virtually all of the host's bodily functions. Of course, I’m talking about the Bulbmin.
(The smaller versions of Bulbmin are infact the offsprings of a pregnant Bulborb which was infected and gave birth to already infected Bulborbs.)
Once the bodily functions of the host start to decay, the Bulbmin will search for a good place to make a hole and die on it, serving as a pot for the next stage, the Candypop Bud stage.
Before dying, the Bulbmin look for a place where many smalll bugs can be found or where pollinators could be deceived on trying to pollinate them and eat them. Candypop Buds prey on insects that are lured by its aromatic scents which they release when an insect gets near, since they only open their petals once a creature gets near them, the scent is so concentrated that most creatures can't resist it and they try to eat the flower/gather it's nectar. Candypop Buds can also produce their own Pikmin to assist on their growth stage, they create them to both protect itself and to gather more food than the one it would normally get by staying still, however, since they can't house them like an Onion, the Pikmin usually die because they don't find nectar to keep them alive or have a place to hide at night and are eaten by nocturnal predactors.
Saying that Pikmin turn into a different color when thrown into a Candypop Bud is actually wrong, the Pikmin are eaten by the candypop bud and “in exchange” it gives you another kind of Pikmin.
After enough nutrients are gathered, the Candypop Bud turns into a Queen Candypop Bud which is the last stage of the Candypop Bud stage, the reason as to why the Queen Candypop Bud is constantly changing color is because it shares the same genetic code of same colored flower Pikmin, meaning that white Queen Candypop Bud was once either a Red, Blue or Yellow Pikmin. A pink colored Queen Candypop Bud with white or purple spots means that it was once either a White or Purple Pikmin and so on. The Candypop Bud in its last moments will produce 10 Pikmin from the color it was marking in an attempt to keep the population up while the Candypop Bud is developing underground. After its petals wither, it starts growing underground the fruit we know as an Onion.
The Onion is the last stage of the Pikmin growth, this is what Pikmin really are, their seed form is just that, a seed, if they manage to fully mature they turn into an Onion which can produce even more Pikmin and also house its offsprings inside it, giving them a place to live until they are ready to proceed to their next stage and repeat the process.
The Pikmin then enter their parasitic stage in which they take host of a creature that decides to eat them. Once eaten, they bury their rootlike limbs into the nervous system of the host and infusing it with natural hormonal excretions, they are able to control virtually all of the host's bodily functions. Of course, I’m talking about the Bulbmin.
(The smaller versions of Bulbmin are infact the offsprings of a pregnant Bulborb which was infected and gave birth to already infected Bulborbs.)
Once the bodily functions of the host start to decay, the Bulbmin will search for a good place to make a hole and die on it, serving as a pot for the next stage, the Candypop Bud stage.
Before dying, the Bulbmin look for a place where many smalll bugs can be found or where pollinators could be deceived on trying to pollinate them and eat them. Candypop Buds prey on insects that are lured by its aromatic scents which they release when an insect gets near, since they only open their petals once a creature gets near them, the scent is so concentrated that most creatures can't resist it and they try to eat the flower/gather it's nectar. Candypop Buds can also produce their own Pikmin to assist on their growth stage, they create them to both protect itself and to gather more food than the one it would normally get by staying still, however, since they can't house them like an Onion, the Pikmin usually die because they don't find nectar to keep them alive or have a place to hide at night and are eaten by nocturnal predactors.
Saying that Pikmin turn into a different color when thrown into a Candypop Bud is actually wrong, the Pikmin are eaten by the candypop bud and “in exchange” it gives you another kind of Pikmin.
After enough nutrients are gathered, the Candypop Bud turns into a Queen Candypop Bud which is the last stage of the Candypop Bud stage, the reason as to why the Queen Candypop Bud is constantly changing color is because it shares the same genetic code of same colored flower Pikmin, meaning that white Queen Candypop Bud was once either a Red, Blue or Yellow Pikmin. A pink colored Queen Candypop Bud with white or purple spots means that it was once either a White or Purple Pikmin and so on. The Candypop Bud in its last moments will produce 10 Pikmin from the color it was marking in an attempt to keep the population up while the Candypop Bud is developing underground. After its petals wither, it starts growing underground the fruit we know as an Onion.
The Onion is the last stage of the Pikmin growth, this is what Pikmin really are, their seed form is just that, a seed, if they manage to fully mature they turn into an Onion which can produce even more Pikmin and also house its offsprings inside it, giving them a place to live until they are ready to proceed to their next stage and repeat the process.