Hello, I’m Alive. And I Crave Pikmin Content. Inspired By A Drawing From @jasonlupas On His Twitter.

Hello, I’m alive. And I crave pikmin content. Inspired by a drawing from @jasonlupas on his twitter.

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I don’t have a solid story for this, the Plasm Wraith just merges with Olimar. As far as how this form works, this is still just Olimar with his body now consisting of the Plasm Wraith’s material. What happened to the wraith’s consciousness? Well it’s a mystery.

But since Olimar is docile it makes studying the Plasm Wraith’s properties easier.

Olimar’s default form is similar to how he used to be, except with a hole on his face and his left arm is stubby.  The form seems to be held up through some sort psychic ability. He can change his shape any way he wants, but it take cognitive effort. Not that he wants to.... This is especially evident when he goes to sleep, as his body just becomes an amorphous blob till he wakes. It’s not known why he needs to sleep, he just describes that “he’s tired” and can’t stay conscious forever. It seems like this form works without much effort from Olimar, as he’s not able to describe how exactly everything works. Another thing to note, his body can change unintentionally due to his emotions. One common example, when he’s agitated, his body will form sharp spikes of varying size. 

Unfortunately, the Koppaites haven’t been able to test the full extent of the Plasm Wraith’s abilities due to Olimar being unwilling to try out some of those tests, especially offensive capabilities. Ever since the incident, he’s been uneasy. He’s not sure if he can go home, or what exactly the Plasm Wraith did to him, and possible consequences in the future. So he copes by just working every day as normal and doesn’t like to address any issues about his form. When the stress does overtake him, the pikmin do a great job of calming him down. While at first the pikmin were concerned, they warmed up to him quickly and treat him no differently as their captain now. As of current knowledge, Olimar still prefer to use the pikmin as his tool set for handling obstacles or enemies.

There is still concern over the Plasm Wraith’s previously violent nature. It’s doubtful that the creature would willingly suppress or remove its consciousness for Olimar’s sake. There are several theories on what’s going on. It could be that the Plasm Wraith is satiated with being merged with Olimar. Or it’s just observing through Olimar’s perspective. One upsetting theory is that Olimar doesn’t truly exist anymore and that the Plasm Wraith just absorbed his memory and believes that it is Olimar. 

Thankfully the Koppaites have decided not to bother their comrade with these theories.