Editing Talk:Randomization

== Are the Master Onion color swirls random? ==

I noticed that the article claims that the color swirls in the {{p3}} Master Onion are random, but I may have found evidence that suggests otherwise. I was watching a speedrun for the [[42 Pikmin challenge]], located at https://youtu.be/I6Nbx70NzLk, and noticed that at the start of every day when the player has all 5 types, the pattern is always the same. The timestamps are 1:25:52, 1:41:57, 1:48:34, and 1:59:19. Is this evidence that the color changes always happens the same way? Or could there be semi-random elements to it? - [[User:Botanist|Botanist]] ([[User talk:Botanist|talk]]) 19:03, September 13, 2020 (EDT)
:The transformations over time could still be random, but the initial state could be the same every day. One way to check would be to start a day, wait like 5 minutes, check the pattern, then start a new day, wait 5 minutes again, and check then. &mdash; '''{''[[User:Espyo|Espyo]]''<sup>[[User talk:Espyo|T]]</sup>}''' 10:18, September 14, 2020 (EDT)
::OK, I did some testing with a time-lapse video of the color changes on an onion with just Red and Rock Pikmin (because my current save hasn't unlocked Yellows yet), and found that not only is it the same each day, but the color swirls are actually a looping pattern that lasts just 10 seconds. I assume this is the case with other Onion stages, although I don't know if the loop length is different. It's definitely not random though. - [[User:Botanist|Botanist]] ([[User talk:Botanist|talk]]) 01:37, September 15, 2020 (EDT)