Nebula

Nebula
Enemy
Family	Unknown

Nebula is an extremely powerful and evil entity that was sealed away by a higher power but accidentally released from its imprisonment.

In fanon games

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In Pikmin: Decayed Leaf

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Nebula
Scientific name	Unknown
Family	Unknown
Attacks	Burns, weakens, withers, and incinerates Pikmin, summons enemies

Nebula is an aggressive entity serving as a boss in Pikmin: Decayed Leaf. It is only found in the Mystical Fields after being released by Louie. The true form that Nebula takes on is not known by anyone. What is known, however, is that he was mysteriously manifested thousands of years ago. As he began to wreak havoc across PNF-404, the Overlord of All Lifeforms intercepted, defeating him and sealing him in a jar for thousands of years. The physical form he takes resembles a large, bloodshot eyeball with a white sclera and a dark red pupil. Along with this, he is surrounded by numerous, smaller eyeballs floating around him. His most notable feature is his two large, dark grey, scaly, disembodied hands with sharp, yellow nails, which float in front of his body. The entirety of Nebula is shrouded in a mist of dark red gas.

Nebula's personality is extremely hostile. His only goal is destroying all living organisms on PNF-404, so he will do anything to achieve such a goal. Having an extremely high intelligence, he will try to find the weaknesses of an individual in order to manipulate them into doing his bidding, like how he manipulated Louie when he was first released. Although he is initially reserved, he is very short-tempered, and anything that matches or surpasses his power will cause him to go into a frenzy. It is his main weakness along with those that are good or have a pure heart, like Captain Olimar and the Overlord of All Lifeforms.

Encounter

“...Ugh...”

As Louie blasted away from Captain Olimar in his emergency space pod due to the Mecha Louie 2.0 being destroyed, he ended up crashing into the Mystical Fields, right onto an extremely remote island. This island has barely any fauna and shows no signs of life at all. The island itself is extremely small as well. As Louie exits the smoldering wreckage of his robot head, he ends up finding a jar hidden deeply away from any signs of life.

“Ooh... yummy. Jam?”

Louie, being naive, ends up opening the lid. Suddenly, a dark red mist starts pouring from the jar's mouth, followed by a quickly intensifying cone of light. Soon, the jar trembles and explodes. As the light began to dissipate, a large entity began to form right in front of Louie. This entity was Nebula.

“...I'm finally free.”

“Ugh. Not food. Whatever.”

Louie began to walk back to his spaceship. But Nebula stopped him from doing so. He wanted information from the Hocotatian.

“My child. Tell me what has happened ever since... I was sealed away.”

“I don't know what you're talking about. Just trying to run away from big galaxy man. I ate all of his animals... they were yummy.”

“Galaxy man... the Overlord. That rotten insect sealed me away for thousands of years. But now that I'm free... I will make sure that every being on this planet ceases to exist.”

“You're gonna kill everyone? Kill my food? No! I'm gonna tell on you!”

“My child... I will give you a feast for a thousand men. I will make sure that your belly is full of nourishment for thousands of years. I can give you the greatest taste in the universe... only if you do not tell the Overlord of what I am about to do.”

“Food, huh? Okay.”

Nebula, although a bit surprised about how easy that was, knew that nobody could stop him now. Since the Overlord was occupied with trying to find Louie and Olimar, he could start causing havoc on the planet. His first stop would be where he was sealed, the Mystical Fields. As he began to wreak havoc in the area, the ship caught wind of the chaos on his radar.

“ALERT! ALERT! I'm detecting a massive disturbance in the Mystical Fields. Are you thinking what I'm thinking?”

“Oh, Louie... what am I going to do with you...?”

They blast off to the Mystical Fields, hoping to stop who or what they think is Louie. When they land, they end up seeing that it's Nebula instead.

“Uhm... that's not Louie. What on Hocotate is that thing?!”

The Pikmin began to cower behind Olimar, obviously in fear of Nebula's evil presence. The entity, who heard the ship land, slowly approached the group.

“Hello there, my child. You bear a striking resemblance to that dim-witted blond fool... Are you perchance related to him?”

“Louie...”

“Louie, huh? Whatever his name, you will all suffer the same fate as this planet: total destruction.”

“Olimar... do something!!”

Suddenly, the Pikmin began to step forward, clearly angry at this evil beast. They wanted to fight. Nebula, seeing this, was ready to oblige. He bellowed a deep, scratchy laugh that echoed throughout the Mystical Fields. A ring of blue flame, which is hot enough to burn even Red Pikmin and instantly incinerate other Pikmin, surrounds the group, trapping them.

“So your little minions want to take me on... huh? Fine, I will play along. But this will be the last fight you ever partake in.

PREPARE TO DIE!”

Battle

The battle with Nebula is an extremely dangerous one, for the entity wields an arsenal of deadly attacks. Its main attack is from his hands; Nebula will aim his hands at the group and fire a large ball of dark matter from his palm. When it hits the ground, will create a large pool of dark matter, disappearing after ten seconds. He will fire one ball from each hand but may fire multiple at lower health. Another attack is forming his hands into a finger gun and, after a short preparation period, firing a large, piercing beam of light at Pikmin. This light will vaporize Pikmin instantly. When he has lower health, he will fire multiple beams from each finger. Its third attack is clenching his fists. When he does this, a small reticle to indicate its range will begin to glow on the ground for a few seconds. Suddenly, a wide beam of bright red light will erupt from the ground and into the sky, and any exposed Pikmin will also be instantly vaporized. Its fourth and final attack is summoning up to three Vampeyers, pesky creatures that fire lasers at Pikmin, being able to kill one with each laser shot. For each Pikmin a Vampeyer kills, Nebula will recover health, making them a nuisance that must be taken out as soon as possible.

After performing a few attacks, Nebula will suddenly teleport to the middle of the arena. This presents a chance to attack him by throwing Pikmin at his eye or smaller eyeballs. Dart Pikmin and Cactus Pikmin can inflict heavy damage, making them the optimal type. However, after seven seconds of attacking, Nebula will suddenly begin to charge an attack in his hands. Four beams of bright red light project from his base, parallel to the ground, forming a plus sign. They will begin to slowly rotate, requiring moving in between them to avoid being annihilated. They will begin to move faster until they stop after fifteen seconds. During this time, Vampeyers may be summoned from Nebula to aid him. Once the beams disappear, Nebula will return to his original position to repeat the process.

At half-health, Nebula will enter his second phase. His normal red coloration will suddenly become bright blue. His eyes, hands, and horns also suddenly grow in size and become much more vile-looking. In this phase, all of Nebula's attacks will be upgraded. His dark matter ball attack will become much deadlier, as Nebula can now fire up to five much larger balls from his hand at a time. His finger gun attack also becomes much more dangerous, as he will fire up to ten larger lasers at once. These lasers will penetrate the ground, creating a patch of blue fire identical to that making up the arena's boundary. His fist-clenching attack produces numerous small balls of fire that fall down from the eruption of light. His summon attack is also upgraded; along with summoning normal Vampeyers, he will summon Brute Vampeyers, which are much stronger and fire deadlier lasers, and Volatile Vampeyers, which will blow up nearby Pikmin. Along with those enemies, Red-Eye Flappers, Fireball Snitchbugs, Juggling Dirigibugs, and Metal Dirigibugs can also be summoned. Sprinting Dirigibugs can also run into the arena, through the flame surrounding it, and in their blue-fire state, they do much more damage and can light up Pikmin. When Nebula jumps into the middle of the arena, he can also summon all of these enemies. Along with this, the blue beams of light will move much more faster.

Defeat

As enough health is drained, Nebula will fall back, clenching his horns. The blue fire ring that surrounded them fizzles out.

“YOU DARE TRY TO TAKE ME ON...!?!”

He suddenly fires a large blast of dark matter at the group, knocking them down onto the ground. Olimar slams into the ground, heavily weakened from the fight.

“It's useless... Even if you had the strength to defeat me... I CANNOT BE KILLED BY PHYSICAL MORTALS!! YOUR ATTACKS ARE POINTLESS!!”

“He's right... I can't detect him on my sensors...!”

“And now... you must be destroyed. You will suffer the same fate as this planet, Olimar.”

However, as this was happening, Olimar saw a tiny green glow in the sky.... and then another. As he kept looking, he began to realize what the glowing lights were.

In awe, he watched hundreds upon hundreds of Glow Pikmin soaring to his aid from all directions.

“What... the...”

“The Glow Pikmin...!”

Suddenly, tens of thousands of Glow Pikmin began to congregate, slowly forming into their most powerful attack, the glowmob. The more Glow Pikmin that joined, the bigger it grew.

“WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE...!! WHAT ARE THESE THINGS..!?”

Captain Olimar tiredly rose to his feet.

“PIKMIN...”

He blew his whistle. Suddenly, countless Pikmin propagated by Olimar poured out of the Onion, joining the charge. Wild Pikmin, even those not yet discovered, also appeared, further bolstering their numbers. These thousands of Pikmin jumped onto Nebula, holding him down and pounding on him the whole time. As this happened, the glowmob began to descend on him.

“WHAT!? IMPOSSIBLE...!! WHAT ARE THESE... MISERABLE INSECTS?!?”

As the Pikmin held him down, the glowmob struck down on Nebula. He tried to push it back with his arms, but the power of thousands of Glow Pikmin began to disintegrate him slowly.

“CURSE... YOU... OLIMAR...!!”

With a spectacular flash of light, Nebula was completely incinerated and killed, temporarily blinding the captain and everything else in the vicinity. This massive explosion also caught the attention of the Overlord, who decided he would travel over there next. As the dust settled, Captain Olimar got out of the dirt and rubble caused by the explosion, surrounded by the thousands of wild Pikmin and Glow Pikmin.

“That was close... too close. Hey... what's that?”

In the massive crater laid the Fur Onion, allowing for the creation of Fur Pikmin. The crater created by the explosion will remain permanently. As the Onion is collected, the ship speaks up.

“That's enough for today... we need to get some rest. But if what that monster said was true... Louie is still out there.”

The Glow Pikmin began to travel to their Lumiknolls, as the wild Pikmin ran off. Captain Olimar, the President, and the rest of their Pikmin entered their respective vessels. They blasted off for the night, signifying the end of the boss fight.

Notes

• Data file #1: Nebula is extremely intelligent and cunning. He will utilize his attacks to take out as many Pikmin as possible.
• Data file #2: Do not touch the light made by Nebula. It will only vaporize you.
• Data file #3: The dark matter fired from Nebula will destroy the spirit of Pikmin. Don't let them touch it.
• Data file #4: Nebula has turned other innocent lifeforms into his slaves. Do not let them attack you.
• Data file #5: Nebula is weak in his eye. Aim for it.
• Data file #6 (Overlord mode): Nebula is enraged now. All of his attacks will be significantly amplified.
• Data file #7 (Overlord mode): Not only have airborne minions come to assist Nebula, but grounded minions will also become much more powerful when lit by the flame of darkness.

Olimar's notes

“I don't know what this thing is... I don't even know where it came from! All I know is that it wanted me dead, and it found Louie first. How did Louie find this monster? Could he have summoned this evil entity? That's the only possibility! This being is not physical... it's spiritual...!! I need to sleep...”

Louie's notes

“Where's my food.”

President’s notes

“When I first saw this beast, I was completely petrified! He filled me with a sense of dread... then I thought that maybe he could fill debt collectors with a sense of dread too! I guess the little vampire eyeballs will do...”

Overlord’s thoughts

“Long ago, as I watched over this planet, the ancient race's negativity and evil formed this being. Nebula wreaked havoc all over my planet, so I tried to take him down. Unfortunately, as long as there was evil from the ancient race, Nebula would never die. So, I could only seal him away. It seems that since the ancient race is extinct, he was able to be defeated. I'm surprised those little Glow Pikmin managed to pull it off... It fills me with a sense of pride seeing what such small animals can do. I just want to know who unsealed this evil monster... and why they would do such a thing... It was Louie wasn't it–”