Soul



Spirits appear every time a Pikmin or enemy is killed. These ghostly shapes ascend slowly until they fade away, alerting that a Pikmin or enemy has fallen.

Pikmin
The Pikmin ones roughly resemble a Pikmin's shape; however, they lack feet and leaf, bud or flower, and any identifying characteristics such as the Red Pikmin's nose. Their appearance is slightly transparent and they vary between the games. In most games, spirits are representative of the dead Pikmin's type, differing in color and shape.

Whether a Pikmin releases a spirit when thrown into an abyss depends on the game.

Enemies
Enemy spirits have a pink-purple or blue color and look like a bubble, and leave a transparent trail behind. Two holes resembling eyes are visible near the shape's center. Bulbmin produce a smaller version of this type of spirit when they die. However, enemies that do not truly die do not leave a spirit when defeated. This is the case in  for the Spotty Bulbear and the Gatling Groink, which can revive, and the Ravenous Whiskerpillar, which seems to remain alive even after being defeated. Enemies that die while petrified release a spirit, but these undying enemies do not.

In Pikmin 2, these spirits make an eerie sound when ascending. The sound is much deeper, and the spirit is much larger for bosses. In , enemy spirits are blue instead of purple, have small white eyes, and have a small tail.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin 4 (Salem version)
The appearance of spirits in Pikmin 4 (Salem version) are a mix between those in Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3.

In Pikmin: Wide World
Spirits return in Pikmin: Wide World with minor visual differences from past Pikmin games: Yellow Pikmin spirits now have ears; Blue Pikmin spirits now have a mouth; Red Pikmin spirits now have a nose; Purple Pikmin spirits are now fatter and have hairs on their heads; lastly, White Pikmin spirits now are skinnier and have red eyes. Like in Pikmin 3, the spirits of Rock Pikmin are wide and rough around the edges, and the spirits of Winged Pikmin have wings and a larger head. The spirits of Green Pikmin have a longer tail than other Pikmin spirits. The spirits of Pikmin match their size and coloration. The spirits of parasitic Pikmin are a combination of an enemy spirit and Pikmin spirit. Enemy spirits appear as they did in Pikmin 3, and parasitic Pikmin ghosts also have the same coloration.