Shape-Taker

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The Shape-Taker is an unexplained creature that appears only in areas of high supernatural activity. Unlike the Waterwraith, which may simply be the solid form of a psychic phenomenon, the Shape-Taker is a living, breathing organism. Olimar theorizes it to be a being from another dimension, brought to the Pikmin Planet by unknown means. Similar to the Waterwraith, it will appear in a sublevel after a certain amount of time. While the Waterwraith only appears on odd-number sublevels in Realm of Hauntings, the Shape-Taker appears on even-numbered sublevels, where its entrance is marked by a mysterious mechanical whooshing sound. Upon entering the sublevel, the Shape-Taker will instantly take on the form of an enemy found in that sublevel. When the "enemy" is defeated, the Shape-Taker reveals its true form, a writhing, constantly-screaming mass of black, squirming tentacles. The only other feature on the horrifying creature is a pair of glaring, almost human-like red eyes. The Shape-Taker in its true form will slowly shamble after your Pikmin, following them through the whole map if it has the chance. When it gets close enough, it turns inside out to reveal its sharp-toothed external stomach, where it will flail a long sticky tongue around like that of the Toady Bloyster to catch and eat Pikmin. Black Pikmin are immune, and they can be thrown at the Shape-Taker's open mouth to damage it. When killed, the Shape-Taker violently coughs out gobs of black slime and crumbles into nothingness, its own digestive fluids eating it from the inside, leaving behind nothing but a shiny silver pearl.