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Onion

Onion
Piklopedia#119
FamilyCandypop
Sci. NameLillium pikminiporta
Active DuringDay
Onion 3D render from Pikmin 4 (front view)
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Notes

"The majesty of nature," "the mystery of life"... I feel that these stale clichés can't fully express the extraordinary symbiotic relationship between Pikmin and Onions. Is there a connection here of an affectionate nature, perhaps? There's so much we still don't know!

Olimar

Sometimes it lies dormant, much like a bulb, but dig it up from the ground and provide it with the right stimulus—for example, a good, hard shake—and it will activate, sprouting three rootlike legs. It serves a role similar to a nest or an incubator for the Pikmin, absorbing pellets or the bodies of dead creatures for their nutritional value, and then propagating Pikmin the same color as itself. Onions also seem to greedily attempt to replicate certain characteristics of the matter that they absorb by combining with, or absorbing, other Onions, sometimes of the same type. It's been confirmed that just like Pikmin, an Onion has muscle fibers in its body, and though it is unable to walk, it is capable of a small range of motion. However, when one breaks down the biological matter it has absorbed, a fuel similar to bioethanol is created. Onions spray this fuel out of the mouths on their underbellies and are able to fly using their flowerlike propellers for stabilization.

Louie

If you look closely, you'll see its legs are sprouting a dense layer of hair.

In Nintendo DREAM

It acts as something like the Pikmin's nest and mother. It belongs to the Candypop family and lives in symbiosis with the Pikmin.

Nintendo DREAM 2023年9月号, Ambit, 2023, p. 28

Our translation of the Japanese magazine.

Where to find it

Name in each language

EnglishOnion
日本語オニヨン
DeutschZwiebel
FrançaisOignon
Français (Canada)Oignon
EspañolCebolla
Español (Latinoamérica)Cebolla
ItalianoCipolla
NederlandsUi
Português (Brasil)Cebola
한국어오니용
简体中文欧拟蛹
繁體中文歐擬蛹