Post by Nvortex on Nov 11, 2015 21:52:55 GMT
The Plasm Wraith is one of the most interesting enemies in all of the Pikmin history, the only downside is that we don’t have an explanation as to what it is and what its purpose, so the only thing we can do is theorize about it:
What is the Plasm Wraith?
The Plasm Wraith as an organic life-form: In the Spanish version is revealed that the Plasm Wraith is composed of protoplasm in the first Exploration Note regarding the creature, which leads many people to believe that its something like a Portuguese man o' war which is a actually colony of specialized individuals called zooids. The Plasm Wraith is a superorganism formed of mitochondria and many different types of bacteria specialized in different functions but the most important of them are the gold “producing” ones.
To be more precise, the: Cupriavidus/Ralstonia metallidurans and/or the Delftia acidovorans:
This following material is copy pasted because I wouldn’t be able to give better explanations, if you don’t care about this you can skip it but it’s interesting anyways:
This bacterium’s high number of heavy metal resistance genes and ability to thrive in toxic environments make it an important model organism in studying the mechanisms by which diverse microbes deal with heavy metal stress. C. metallidurans is also able to precipitate solid gold from aqueous gold (III) tetrachloride, which is a potent heavy metal toxin to most organisms.
C. metallidurans is also able to reduce nitrate, but not nitrite. C. metallidurans is unable to grow on glucose, fructose, or galactose because it lacks sufficient glucose uptake systems. It can, however, produce energy by assimilating some acidic sugar-derivatives which, via a chain of pathways, will end up producing two molecules of pyruvate each to feed in to the TCA cycle or other related cycles. When organic carbon sources are unattainable, C. metallidurans can become autotrophic by fixing and reducing CO2 to synthesize organic molecules, and has the capacity to oxidize inorganic sulfur compounds as well as hydrogen gas to obtain electrons.
When placed in an environment containing aqueous Gold (III) chloride, this bacterium reduces the complex – by a mechanism yet to be fully understood – leading to the precipitation of solid gold nanoparticles within or outside the cell.
Real life bacteria information ends here.
The Formidable Oak is a place with high concentrations of Gold chloride on its ground, the Plasm Wraith instead of getting rid of the gold, it uses it to improve communications between bacteria using gold infused bacterial nanowires and to lure animals who are attracted to shiny objects by moving to the highest spot in the termite mounds that were once the home of different animals until the Plasm Wraith invaded them, eating the creatures and the gold chloride found in the territory.
The cube found inside the Wraith serves as the brain or the core, controlling the bacteria now called plasm. Depending on its shape, it dictates what order to do: the plain cube makes the plasm turn into a translucid substance which is used to absorb its prey. The patterned cubes give orders to alter their composition to turn into a solid, a liquid, to increase electrical currents, to increase temperature. The Plasm Wraith can separate pieces of its plasm making them turn into what was once the creatures that thrived in the zone or ordering them to turn into an Elemental Plasm. If the core is destroyed, the communication between the plasm is disrupted and it remains as a puddle until it can be reassimilated by the current alpha.
The Plasm Wraith could be called a bacterial nervous system capable of learning. The Plasm Wraith was attracted to Olimar because it was holding the Cosmic Drive Key which emitted a signal that attracted the Plasm Wraith/the Cosmic Drive Key released energy which the wraith was attracted to. The Plasm Wraith uses electromagnetic signals to communicate over long distances. By using this same signals the Plasm Wraith was able to make the S.S. Drake and the Hocotate Ship fail. The Plasm Wraith has the ability to float for a brief period of time using the magnetism from the arena and by creating his own magnetic field to repel the one he is standing on.
The Plasm Wraith as an inorganic life-form: this theory is much simpler and knowing there is mechanical symbiosis it doesn’t seem as far-fetched as it sounds:
The Plasm Wraith is a mass of self-replicating nanobots that are able to modify their structure making them able to liquefy, solidify, increase electrical currents, increase temperature, emit signals, shape shift, gain a magnetic field. The Plasm Wraith has a thin layer of nanobots in PNF-404 making him able to make space ships fail. The Plasm Wraith was attracted to Olimar because the Cosmic Drive Key he was holding emitted energy that it was attracted to. The cubes serves as the core and once they are destroyed the communication between them is disrupted.
What is the Plasm Wraith?
The Plasm Wraith as an organic life-form: In the Spanish version is revealed that the Plasm Wraith is composed of protoplasm in the first Exploration Note regarding the creature, which leads many people to believe that its something like a Portuguese man o' war which is a actually colony of specialized individuals called zooids. The Plasm Wraith is a superorganism formed of mitochondria and many different types of bacteria specialized in different functions but the most important of them are the gold “producing” ones.
To be more precise, the: Cupriavidus/Ralstonia metallidurans and/or the Delftia acidovorans:
This following material is copy pasted because I wouldn’t be able to give better explanations, if you don’t care about this you can skip it but it’s interesting anyways:
This bacterium’s high number of heavy metal resistance genes and ability to thrive in toxic environments make it an important model organism in studying the mechanisms by which diverse microbes deal with heavy metal stress. C. metallidurans is also able to precipitate solid gold from aqueous gold (III) tetrachloride, which is a potent heavy metal toxin to most organisms.
C. metallidurans is also able to reduce nitrate, but not nitrite. C. metallidurans is unable to grow on glucose, fructose, or galactose because it lacks sufficient glucose uptake systems. It can, however, produce energy by assimilating some acidic sugar-derivatives which, via a chain of pathways, will end up producing two molecules of pyruvate each to feed in to the TCA cycle or other related cycles. When organic carbon sources are unattainable, C. metallidurans can become autotrophic by fixing and reducing CO2 to synthesize organic molecules, and has the capacity to oxidize inorganic sulfur compounds as well as hydrogen gas to obtain electrons.
When placed in an environment containing aqueous Gold (III) chloride, this bacterium reduces the complex – by a mechanism yet to be fully understood – leading to the precipitation of solid gold nanoparticles within or outside the cell.
Real life bacteria information ends here.
The Formidable Oak is a place with high concentrations of Gold chloride on its ground, the Plasm Wraith instead of getting rid of the gold, it uses it to improve communications between bacteria using gold infused bacterial nanowires and to lure animals who are attracted to shiny objects by moving to the highest spot in the termite mounds that were once the home of different animals until the Plasm Wraith invaded them, eating the creatures and the gold chloride found in the territory.
The cube found inside the Wraith serves as the brain or the core, controlling the bacteria now called plasm. Depending on its shape, it dictates what order to do: the plain cube makes the plasm turn into a translucid substance which is used to absorb its prey. The patterned cubes give orders to alter their composition to turn into a solid, a liquid, to increase electrical currents, to increase temperature. The Plasm Wraith can separate pieces of its plasm making them turn into what was once the creatures that thrived in the zone or ordering them to turn into an Elemental Plasm. If the core is destroyed, the communication between the plasm is disrupted and it remains as a puddle until it can be reassimilated by the current alpha.
The Plasm Wraith could be called a bacterial nervous system capable of learning. The Plasm Wraith was attracted to Olimar because it was holding the Cosmic Drive Key which emitted a signal that attracted the Plasm Wraith/the Cosmic Drive Key released energy which the wraith was attracted to. The Plasm Wraith uses electromagnetic signals to communicate over long distances. By using this same signals the Plasm Wraith was able to make the S.S. Drake and the Hocotate Ship fail. The Plasm Wraith has the ability to float for a brief period of time using the magnetism from the arena and by creating his own magnetic field to repel the one he is standing on.
The Plasm Wraith as an inorganic life-form: this theory is much simpler and knowing there is mechanical symbiosis it doesn’t seem as far-fetched as it sounds:
The Plasm Wraith is a mass of self-replicating nanobots that are able to modify their structure making them able to liquefy, solidify, increase electrical currents, increase temperature, emit signals, shape shift, gain a magnetic field. The Plasm Wraith has a thin layer of nanobots in PNF-404 making him able to make space ships fail. The Plasm Wraith was attracted to Olimar because the Cosmic Drive Key he was holding emitted energy that it was attracted to. The cubes serves as the core and once they are destroyed the communication between them is disrupted.