File talk:P2 Hermit Crawmad Clay Model.jpg

Almost certainly official
Some Google Translated text from the website linked in the deletion notice contains "Mr. Wataru Yamaguchi, Information Development Division , Nintendo" the same name also is the only person listed under "Clay Illustration" in Pikmin 2's European credits. In addition to this, the man in the screenshots on the website linked in the deletion notice also appears in this seemingly official Nintendo website, most likely being Wataru Yamaguchi himself. Also, Google Translate spat out this when I translated the page: "NOM Did you do the clay work for Pikmin 2 by yourself? Yamaguchi　is alone. I had to make it, color it, shoot it, synthesize it, and so on." There's also a ton of other stuff talking about the development of the clay figures.

In short this is an official image of the Hermit Crawmad clay figure. -Gulliblepikmin 16:44, November 26, 2022 (EST)