Olimar's size.

[dcmjlive]

He did land on earth and i like to think of it as an earth that was taken over by polution and humans are extient.
Actually olimar moves quite fast in my opinion.
You do know that pikmin are very slow when in the first stage of their lives, the leaf. then it goes on to bud, then flower, and get faster each stage. But as you can see in this pic:


Most of the pikmin are flower or bud, so they will move fast.

I also hope that the pikmin have their strenghs and weaknesses. red can go through fire, blue water, yellow electricy, white poison, and purple none. (but they are super strong)

Umm...I think the speed will depend on the stage of the bud on top. They do grow. It's not always all bud or all flower. It progresses.

[RockyRaccoon]

I also hope that the pikmin have their strenghs and weaknesses. red can go through fire, blue water, yellow electricy, white poison, and purple none. (but they are super strong)

i think it's the white ones that are flame retardant .

[dcmjlive]

i think it's the white ones that are flame retardant .

well whatever it is...maybe instead of being resistant to it...that will be the added power of the pikmin...just some wishful thinking.

[DoNotDelete]

Olimar = Small but he is in and scaled up.

Thus

Ridley = big but he will be in and scaled down.

[HulkSMASH]

white = toxic, they are immune to poisons and poison enemies if they are eaten.

Red are the fire resistant ones.

And yes, Olimar is actual on Earth.  It's unclear what happened to the humans, although it looks like they were at least around recently.  He might just be in an abandoned area, but we just don't know.  They don't appear to have been wiped out by polution as the land is still very healthy.  Olimar needs the helmet because oxygen is a deadly poison to his race.

[The-Forgotten-One]

white = toxic, they are immune to poisons and poison enemies if they are eaten.

Red are the fire resistant ones.

And yes, Olimar is actual on Earth.  It's unclear what happened to the humans, although it looks like they were at least around recently.  He might just be in an abandoned area, but we just don't know.  They don't appear to have been wiped out by polution as the land is still very healthy.  Olimar needs the helmet because oxygen is a deadly poison to his race.

poor him !!!

[dcmjlive]

white = toxic, they are immune to poisons and poison enemies if they are eaten.

Red are the fire resistant ones.

And yes, Olimar is actual on Earth.  It's unclear what happened to the humans, although it looks like they were at least around recently.  He might just be in an abandoned area, but we just don't know.  They don't appear to have been wiped out by polution as the land is still very healthy.  Olimar needs the helmet because oxygen is a deadly poison to his race.

So what did happen to Earth according to this game? Anyone have theories?

[HulkSMASH]

So what did happen to Earth according to this game? Anyone have theories?

There's not much to go on.  Other than some garbage the land is pristine and the sky is clear.  This rules out death by polution and death by nuclear war.

It's possible that humans are still around, just Olimar never encounters any.  Honestly, I don't think there is an explanation, they probably just didn't want to deal with humans as they'd be a distracting element.