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[[Image:Thumb_pikmin_ghosts.jpg|thumb|250px|Multiple colours of spirits]]
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'''Pikmin Spirits''' appear every time a [[Pikmin]] is killed by a hazard or enemy. Although they are not visible when a Pikmin dies by falling into an abyss, it can be assumed that they do appear, but are out of sight. They roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack feet and leaf, bud or flower, and any identifying characteristics such as the [[Red Pikmin]]'s nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and they vary between the games. They emit a soft, mournful cry as they ascend.
 
[[Image:Spirits in Brawl.jpg|thumb|left|the appearance of Pikmin spirits in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.]]
[[Image:Thumb_pikmin_ghosts.jpg|thumb|Multiple colours of spirits.]]
'''Pikmin spirits''' appear every time a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] is killed by a hazard or enemy. These ghostly shapes ascend slowly until they fade away, reminding or alerting the player that a Pikmin has fallen. They roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack feet and leaf, bud or flower, and any identifying characteristics such as the Red Pikmin's nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and they vary between the games.
 
In ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', every Pikmin has a blue spirit, irrelevant of the colour of the Pikmin itself, while spirits in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' are representative of the dead Pikmin's type. They also differ in size, most notable between those of [[Purple Pikmin|Purple]] and [[White Pikmin]].


In [[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin 1]], every Pikmin has a blue spirit, irrelevant of the colour of the Pikmin itself, while spirits in [[Pikmin 2]] are representative of the dead Pikmin's color. They also differ in size, most notable between those of [[Purple Pikmin|Purple]] and [[White Pikmin]]. In the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|New Play Control! version]] of the first game, only the tail is blue.
==Enemies==
==Enemies==
Enemies' spirits have a pink-purple colour and look like a bubble with a more transparent "tail" trailing behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's centre. [[Bulbmin]] produce a smaller version of this type of spirit when they die. There is also a minor glitch involved with enemy spirits: if an enemy is killed and the camera is rotated so that the beast is no longer on-screen, the enemy spirit will not ascend until it is once again visible for the camera on-screen. In [[Pikmin 2]] these spirits make an eerie sound when ascending.
[[Image:Spirit_1.jpg|thumb|left|The spirit of a recently killed [[Dwarf Bulborb]].]]
 
Enemy spirits have a pink-purple colour and look like a bubble with a more transparent "tail" trailing behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's centre. [[Bulbmin]] produce a smaller version of this type of spirit when they die. In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' these spirits make an eerie sound when ascending. There is also a minor glitch involved with enemy spirits: if an enemy is killed and the camera is rotated so that the beast is no longer on-screen, the enemy spirit will not ascend until it is once again visible for the camera on-screen.
In Pikmin 2, three enemies do not release spirits when beaten. These are the [[Gatling Groink]], [[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]] and the [[Spotty Bulbear]]. This is a suggested reason as to why the former two can regenerate health over time, and 'come back to life' after being beaten, that being that they never really die, but are just knocked out. The Ravenous Whiskerpillars will squirm about when being carried by Pikmin, but it cannot come back to life and attack [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s.
==Trivia==
*In Super Smash Bros. Brawl  Purple Pikmin do not give off spirits when they die.
*Winged Pikmin in Pikmin 3 have a different spirit than the others. Their spirits have wings that don't stop fluttering.


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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Pikminghosts.jpg|In the first Pikmin game, all spirits of Pikmin were bluish white.
Image:P1 Pikmin spirit.png|A screenshot of a Pikmin spirit in ''Pikmin''.
Image:Spirit_1.jpg|The spirit of a recently killed enemy
Image:Pikminghosts.jpg|In ''Pikmin'', all spirits of Pikmin are blueish white.
Screen Shot 2013-04-20 at 3.55.45 PM.png|A Winged PIkmin's spirit. Note the wings.
Image:Spirits in Brawl.jpg|The appearance of Pikmin spirits in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
Image:Pikmin spirit texture.png|The texture used in both games for the Pikmin spirits.
Image:P1 enemy spirit textures.png|The textures used in ''Pikmin'' for the enemy spirits, sans eyes.
Image:P2 enemy spirit texture.png|The texture used in ''Pikmin 2'' for the enemy spirits.
</gallery>
</gallery>
[[Category:Hazards]]
[[Category:Game mechanics]]
[[Category:Pikmin 1]]
 
[[Category:Pikmin 2]]
==Trivia==
* The Pikmin spirits resemble Komada, a Japanese myth about small ghosts that haunt trees.

Revision as of 17:39, April 21, 2013

Because this subject has no official name, the name "Soul" is conjectural.

Artwork of Pikmin souls.
Multiple colours of spirits.

Pikmin spirits appear every time a Pikmin is killed by a hazard or enemy. These ghostly shapes ascend slowly until they fade away, reminding or alerting the player that a Pikmin has fallen. They roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack feet and leaf, bud or flower, and any identifying characteristics such as the Red Pikmin's nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and they vary between the games.

In Pikmin, every Pikmin has a blue spirit, irrelevant of the colour of the Pikmin itself, while spirits in Pikmin 2 are representative of the dead Pikmin's type. They also differ in size, most notable between those of Purple and White Pikmin.

Enemies

The spirit of a recently killed Dwarf Bulborb.

Enemy spirits have a pink-purple colour and look like a bubble with a more transparent "tail" trailing behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's centre. Bulbmin produce a smaller version of this type of spirit when they die. In Pikmin 2 these spirits make an eerie sound when ascending. There is also a minor glitch involved with enemy spirits: if an enemy is killed and the camera is rotated so that the beast is no longer on-screen, the enemy spirit will not ascend until it is once again visible for the camera on-screen.

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Gallery

  • A screenshot of a Pikmin spirit in Pikmin.

    A screenshot of a Pikmin spirit in Pikmin.

  • Pikminghosts.jpg

    In Pikmin, all spirits of Pikmin are blueish white.

  • The appearance of Pikmin spirits in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

    The appearance of Pikmin spirits in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

  • The texture used in both games for the Pikmin spirits.

    The texture used in both games for the Pikmin spirits.

  • The textures used in Pikmin for the enemy spirits, sans eyes.

    The textures used in Pikmin for the enemy spirits, sans eyes.

  • The texture used in Pikmin 2 for the enemy spirits.

    The texture used in Pikmin 2 for the enemy spirits.

Trivia

  • The Pikmin spirits resemble Komada, a Japanese myth about small ghosts that haunt trees.
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