Editing Unmarked Spectralids

|pikmin2     = y

|image       = P2 Artwork Unmarked Spectralids.png

|size       = 300px

|name       = Fenestari prismatus

|family     = Flitterbie

|areas       = [[Awakening Wood]]

|underground = [[Frontier Cavern]], [[Shower Room]], [[Hole of Heroes]]

|challenge  = [[Hidden Garden]]

|attacks     = None

'''Unmarked Spectralids''' ({{j|サンショクシジミ|Sanshoku Shijimi|Tricolored {{w|Lycaenidae|Lycaenids}}}}) are insects in {{p2}}. They resemble small butterflies and can be red, purple, or yellow. They are one of the harmless [[enemy|enemies]] in the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]], having no means of attack and doing nothing but fluttering around. They are located in specific patches of plants and appear upon being disturbed, though in some [[caves]] they are readily visible. They will leave the [[area]]'s boundaries some time after [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and [[leader]]s come within range of a swarm of them. Their color indicates what they drop when killed - a drop of [[ultra-spicy spray]] (red), [[ultra-bitter spray]] (purple) or [[nectar]] (yellow). Underground, they only have a 20% chance of dropping these rewards. These creatures instantly collapse and die if touched by a single Pikmin. Upon being petrified, they will fall down to the ground and crumble; in the Piklopedia, however, they will remain intact.

The only [[area]] aboveground they appear in is the [[Awakening Wood]], with one group hidden in a [[Margaret]] near the [[Sunseed Berry]], and another in a nearby [[Figwort]] (next to the [[bridge]] there). Red and purple Spectralids do not appear above ground, and can only be found with yellow Spectralids in [[rest sublevel]]s of certain [[cave]]s, usually found in clusters of 20 or more. In the Awakening Wood, only four of them appear together in each spot.

Unmarked Spectralids do not appear in {{p3}} or {{p4}}, and have been replaced with [[Red Spectralids]], [[Yellow Spectralids]], and [[White Spectralids]]. However, they are referenced in Olimar's notes for the White Spectralids in both games.

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{{transcript|The butterflies offer more atmosphere than gameplay challenge. If you have the time, you may toss some Pikmin into a flock of the colorful creatures and collect their bodies for Pikmin sprouts, color-matched nectar or Pokos.|block=y}}

 

Unmarked Spectralids seem to not fear creatures that are idling. If there is a [[Mamuta]] in the same level as a swarm of Unmarked Spectralids, it is possible to spot some of the Spectralids land on the creature as it idles. In addition, after both the Unmarked Spectralids and the [[Bulborb|Red]], [[Orange Bulborb|Orange]], and [[Hairy Bulborb]]s have been added to the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]], Spectralids can be seen flying around the former two Bulborb varieties in their respective Piklopedia entries.

 

Spectralids merely flutter about without waking up the Bulborbs and may occasionally land on it. Due to the way collisions work in the game, Unmarked Spectralids are unrealistically strong, and as a result, they can push the Bulborbs around, sometimes even shoving it out of the regular map boundaries.{{cite youtube|kuO2x6K14ng|of Unmarked Spectralids pushing a Red Bulborb around|published={{date|19|June|2019}}|retrieved={{date|20|June|2019}}}}

 

If you have many [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] with you, [[throw]] them rapidly into the air in all directions in an attempt to knock them down. Otherwise, you can spray a large group with an [[ultra-bitter spray]], since spraying them makes them fall to the ground, burst, and instantly die.

 

They cannot be damaged with punches in any way, not even while petrified or resting atop a Mamuta.

 

 

 

Following English grammar conventions, it is intuitive to read the word "Spectralids" as a plural form of the word "Spectralid". However, "Spectralid" does not appear anywhere in ''Pikmin 2'', nor are the Unmarked Spectralids ever referred to in a sentence in a way that would give a definitive singular form. All [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] entries are named in singular form, which would suggest that a single specimen would be called an "Unmarked Spectralids". On the other hand, it could be reasoned that the Piklopedia entry for the Unmarked Spectralids is uniquely plural, as it documents 3 distinct colorations together unlike the entries for the [[Candypop family]]. {{p3}} introduces the [[Flutterbie family]] whose members also use the "Spectralids" name, where it is used as a singular form in [[lock-on]] text. {{p3d}} and {{p4}}'s Piklopedias give each color of Flutterbie its own entry, continuing to use the word "Spectralids" individually.

 

 

 

 

*Although their [[health]] is specified to be 200 in the game files, they are programmed to die instantly when a Pikmin is thrown at them, making this health value [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused]].

**In addition, even if they are hit by a [[bomb rock]]'s explosion, their health will drop to 0, but they will continue to be alive.{{cite youtube|-WHVxtW7RxQ|showing how different enemies react to bomb rock explosions|m=3|s=9|published={{date|1|May|2021}}|retrieved={{date|31|October|2022}}}}

*Unmarked Spectralids are the only creatures to appear in another creature's [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] file.

*If the Spectralids is resting on a Mamuta, and the player sprays the Mamuta, the Spectralids will fly off and flutter about for a bit. Killing the petrified Mamuta and leaving the scene can cause the Spectralids to return to its original position, which means it will stand in mid-air.{{cite youtube|QDGe9OZ661Q|of a Spectralids returning to the spot where a Mamuta was}}

 

 

[[Category:Nectar and sprays]]