IllidR
Smash Champion
This topic does not primarily effect me because I am not one to play with items, but for those who are involved in that game play lets take a minute to speculate on Olimar's potential in this field.
So now comes the question, with Olimar himself being a character and owning the ability to have up to, as we know of now, five Pikmin, will he AND all of his little deviants be able to possess items at once? We saw in Melee a piece of evidence that could give Olimar hope to be able to possess all the items of his desires, this was, of course, Nana when paired with Popo being able to wield and item and use it properly while Popo is holding his own item.
This of course would give Olimar the ability to be holding SIX items at once, an insane number. I've seen some suggestion that Olimar's Pikmin might fetch him items and hand them to him but that doesn't seem like a likely option to me because of Nana's mechanics in Melee. So now onward to the potential of having this many items. Could this possibly give Olimar a huge advantage in an items battle? He would be able to horde up all the items he wanted, preventing from his opponents from using them against him AND save them for a barrage that could be fatal to any. Imaging this if you may, Olimar wielding a homerun bat, and all of his Pikmin wielding an array of ray guns, superscopes, and cracker launchers. Can you say deadly?
Also, will effect items be able to affect the Pikmin? Can the Pikmin shrink or grow to massive sizes with the effects of a poison or megamushroom?
Now I leave it in your hands with those famous words:
Discuss!
So now comes the question, with Olimar himself being a character and owning the ability to have up to, as we know of now, five Pikmin, will he AND all of his little deviants be able to possess items at once? We saw in Melee a piece of evidence that could give Olimar hope to be able to possess all the items of his desires, this was, of course, Nana when paired with Popo being able to wield and item and use it properly while Popo is holding his own item.
This of course would give Olimar the ability to be holding SIX items at once, an insane number. I've seen some suggestion that Olimar's Pikmin might fetch him items and hand them to him but that doesn't seem like a likely option to me because of Nana's mechanics in Melee. So now onward to the potential of having this many items. Could this possibly give Olimar a huge advantage in an items battle? He would be able to horde up all the items he wanted, preventing from his opponents from using them against him AND save them for a barrage that could be fatal to any. Imaging this if you may, Olimar wielding a homerun bat, and all of his Pikmin wielding an array of ray guns, superscopes, and cracker launchers. Can you say deadly?
Also, will effect items be able to affect the Pikmin? Can the Pikmin shrink or grow to massive sizes with the effects of a poison or megamushroom?
Now I leave it in your hands with those famous words:
Discuss!
you throw it then, the light goes out 
