Waterwraith: Difference between revisions

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The Waterwraith is one of the most dangerous [[Enemy|enemies]], as it can instantly kill [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] by just rolling over them, and cannot be deterred or defeated without [[Purple Pikmin]]. When it appears, its rollers drop from the sky first, and then the creature proper, latching on to the rollers with its limbs. After a roar where it lifts the front roller and then slams it, it shakes itself to get ready to roll. Throughout its time active, it strolls around the cave floor, partially aiming at the player and their Pikmin, partially roaming around at random.

If a Purple Pikmin slams nearby, it becomes tangible and cowers in fear. After a while it will return to its intangible form, slam the front roller again, and continue moving. When its rollers are destroyed, it runs around the area on its legs, sometimes stopping to catch its breath, and if the player is far enough away, it will walk around at a leisurely pace. When attacked by Pikmin, it will eventually either shake them off or start running away. When the creature is finally dead, it starts bursting into chunks which fizzle in the air until the beast disappears entirely.

After taking out the Waterwraith's rollers and entering the second stage of the fight, if the player is sufficiently far away from the boss, it will stop walking randomly and will instead stand in place. In this animation (see right), it also occasionally turns around back and forth. This elusive animation can only be seen by being far enough away, by using the zoomed-out or ground-level [[camera]] settings, and by being on sublevel 5 of the [[Submerged Castle]], since it is too dark to see that far away on the [[Bully Den]]. This animation can be better seen in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia in ''Pikmin 4'']], where the rollers can actually be destroyed.

* In ''Pikmin 4'', due to the Engulfed Castle's Waterwraith never respawning after being killed, you can ignore all the cave's treasures and rush to the final floor to kill the wraith, making collecting the cave's treasures easier, allowing you to take as much time as you want due to the lack of any Watwerwraith.

{{Transcript|A living thing is a living thing, even if it transcends our understanding. This unnerving creature is translucent and has no actual physical body to speak of. Yet, somehow, it clutches its rollers with zealous devotion. It's both eerie and fascinating, don't you agree?}}

|internal  = Its internal name in ''Pikmin 2'' is <code>blackman</code>. The "man" part is naturally because of its human-like frame, and "black" is presumably due to the fact that it can turn purple when attacked by [[Purple Pikmin]] &ndash; [[Pikmin 2 prerelease information|during development]], Purple Pikmin were much darker and given the name "black". Interestingly, the names of the creature's animations inside the game's files refer to it as "Kagebōzu" ({{j|かげボウズ|Kagebōzu}}), which means "Shadow Bouzu". This indicates that, during development, the Waterwraith's Japanese name was meant to be different. Interestingly, there exists another type of yokai known as Oonyuudou, described as an unclear shadow or a giant rather than a monk, if it was originally called shadow, it may be in reference to this other yokai. ''Pikmin 3''{{'s}} [[Plasm Wraith]] is named after this other yokai in the Japanese version, {{j|アメニュウドウ|Ame Nyuudou|Candy Nyuudou}}.