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→Development history: The Dwarf Bulborb being called "Chappy" internally doesn't necessarily imply it was created first. It may mean the name "Chappy" was originally meant for it, or maybe they didn't see the need to disambiguate as "Ko Chappy", because the big one already had a different internal name. Either way, I'm removing this sentence.
(→Development history: Because of yellow Bulborbs, it's probably not correct to say only one type of Bulborb was planned for the first game.) |
(→Development history: The Dwarf Bulborb being called "Chappy" internally doesn't necessarily imply it was created first. It may mean the name "Chappy" was originally meant for it, or maybe they didn't see the need to disambiguate as "Ko Chappy", because the big one already had a different internal name. Either way, I'm removing this sentence.) |
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Bulborbs were created before the concept for {{p1}} was established. When a game called ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' was being worked on, the Bulborb had been created to serve as a mammoth-like beast. When the concept for the game was scrapped, the Bulborbs were reused for ''Pikmin''. | Bulborbs were created before the concept for {{p1}} was established. When a game called ''[[Adam and Eve]]'' was being worked on, the Bulborb had been created to serve as a mammoth-like beast. When the concept for the game was scrapped, the Bulborbs were reused for ''Pikmin''. The "mammoth" properties of the beast, as mentioned by [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], suggest that the first "Bulborb" creature to be developed was large, and hence, the Spotty Bulborb was likely the original, with the Dwarf Bulborb conceptually developed later as a smaller derivative. | ||
The scientific name of the Bulborb is ''Oculus kageyamii russus''. One of the character designers in {{p}}'s [[credits]] is Daisuke Kageyama. This name similarity may mean that Daisuke Kageyama designed the Bulborb. | The scientific name of the Bulborb is ''Oculus kageyamii russus''. One of the character designers in {{p}}'s [[credits]] is Daisuke Kageyama. This name similarity may mean that Daisuke Kageyama designed the Bulborb. | ||