Oddworld Questions and Answers 2

[Xavier]

like the first one, but it was a bit too full, so here is a new one, exactly the same.

you can still visit the previous edition:
edition 1

the same rules as the first one created by TheKhanzumer

Originally found in Oddworld Questions and Answers 1
The non-official Oddworld Q and A. This topic for everyone to post any questions they have regarding oddworld. This will help cut back on the amount of threads that only get a couple of replies.

So feel free to ask questions here that you think might have been asked before, or won't generate much discussion. Please encourage newbies to do the same.

Contents

1. What happened to Kintos?
2. What happened to Dripik?
3. Why are we encouraged to kill Paramites in MO?
4. Is Lulu’s voice dopey or gruff?
5. What does Tex sound like?
6. Does anyone think it’s gross that Munch needs to fertilize the can of Gabbiar?
7. Who sewed the Mudokons’ eyes shut?
8. Is the Big Well Mudokon‐made or geological?
9. How do Mudokons pressurize the wells?
10. Do Glukkons realise they are evil?
11. What would the offspring of a Paramite and Scrab look like?
12. Is Shrykull part Mudokon, too?
13. Is OWI coming out with an ‘Art of’ book?
14. What does the flag of Mudos look like?
15. What’s under a Slig’s mask?
16. Why do Glukkons’ eyes glow?
17. Are there any native Glukkons anywhere?
18. How do Sligs control their pants?
19. Why are Glukkons’s heads so big?
20. Why does Abe have four fingers in AO yet only three fingers in AE?
21. Why do Sligs wear masks?
22. Are Skrikits spiritual in any way?
23. Why do Vykkers have stitches on their legs?
24. If the Glukkons wanted to turn Mudokons into food, who were they expecting to be the slaves?
25. What are the pouches on the back of Mudokon loincloths?
26. How much longer would a Glukkon live if it didn’t smoke?
27. Why do Sligs not notice the possession of each other in MO, despite the sparkles floating about?
28. Why do Sligs have one eye in AO but two eyes in AE?
29. How do Vykkers lock and unlock Fuzzle cages?
30. Over time, could Munch train himself to zap enemies without drinking Zap from a Vendo?
31. If Mudokons are practically brothers, why do they sound so different?
32. What does Buddy’s voice sound like?
33. Would I get in trouble if I created a Mudokon based greatly on Homsar?
34. How did Abe’s Moon go from having four fingers in AO but three in AE?
35. Will hint flies show up again?/Where were the hint flies in Munch’s Oddysee?
36. Are there Glukkon/consumer cities?
37. What is Mudos? (leading to discussion of the Oddworld map)
38. What colour are Meeches and will they ever reappear? (leading to discussion of industrial lack of foresight)
39. What does this graffiti say?
40. Would an Oddworld convention be a bad idea?
41. Can Mudokons other than Abe possess?
42. What kind of Mudokon is Abe?
43. What can you tell me about Meeches?
44. Can one Mudokon possess another Mudokon?
45. Does possession necessarily result in the death of the creature being possessed?
46. Can you earn good quarma by converting industrial creatures into tree‐hugging, world‐loving, happy creatures?
47. Can Sligs use their mouths to write their names?
48. Did OWI change the name of the bear trap to a Scrab trap? (or was it actually a Fuzzle trap?)
49. If Fuzzles are created by Vykkers, why do Vykkers need to capture Fuzzles from the wild?
50. Where do Fuzzles go once rescued?
51. Why does Munch’s headport zap people?
52. Who is Lulu?
53. Where did Molluck go after Abe’s Oddysee?
54. How would Scrabs and Paramites react if they were to meet?
55. What is the Elum trap?
56. How tall is a Big Bro Slig?
57. What do Khanzumers look like and what powers do they have?
58. What is the Newscaster Slig’s name?
59. Is it impossible to possess the first Slig in Munch’s Oddysee?
60. How would the gameplay work for the parts of the original idea for MO where Abe possessed Lulu?
61. Is the character in this picture Munch, or some other character?
62. Is there a downloadable copy of the ‘Guardian Angel’ video?
63. What are the average lifespans of Vykkers and Glukkons?
64. Do Fuzzles eat?
65. What is a Chronicler? What is a Mug?
66. Would OWI be willing to take inspiration for their creatures from other people?
67. When will Munch’s Exoddus come out?
68. Why in AE is RuptureFarms considered destroyed when it was only shut down? Why doesn’t any Glukkon attempt to take control of it?
69. Did the Magog Cartel ever search the ruins of RuptureFarms to find Molluck?
70. Why was Shrykull left out of Munch’s Oddysee?
71. How can Director Phleg be heard in AE’s good ending when he died earlier in the game?
72. How did the Fuzzles that set the explosives in Vykkers Labs get off the ship?
73. What happened to the Glukkons that Abe possessed in MO?
74. Who created the Greeters?
75. How did Abe and Munch get the can of Gabbiar from Lulu after the auction?
76. How is ‘D. Caste Raider’ pronounced?
77. Will OWI extend the Quintology, seeing as it is nearing its end?
78. Did OWI release a theatrical version of one of the Oddworld games?
79. What are the Habitales and Fearietales?
80. How do Sligs manage to blink their ‘eyes’ in MO?
81. What are the floating things in Glukkon offices in Munch’s Oddysee?

[TheKhanzumer]

Thank you Xavier, I was just thinking about needing to do this, but it seems you are one step ahead of me.

Remember, this is not a picture or game hint request. This is for questions related to the Oddworld story, inhabitants and setting.

[Dequibenzo]

Ooh, questions and answers.
Okay, here's one. Whatever happened to Kintos?

[Abe16]

Here's one Xav What happen to Dripik?

[Xavier]

Dequibenzo
well, they were left our the game, like lots of other things

Abe16
Dripik exploded (and died) when abe depossesed him in the slig barracks after using him to open one of the electric doors to go to the SoulStorm Brewery

[Oddsville]

As for the Kinto's question, my guess is that well be seeing them in the next game of the Quintology (mabye even Steef's game). But seince their reasons of creation were mainly for Quintology purposes we may have to wait for ME.

[oddguy]

In the 2D games of Oddworld, paramites were thought of as sacred creatures. When you de-possesed them they wouldn't die.
In MO, paramite run was pretty much made for killing paramites. It's a really fun level, but what happened to the paramites sacred-ness? Why are we encouraged to kill them in MO?

[Wil]

Because not too much thought went into the final version of Munch's Oddysee. Self regenerating bombs? I digress. If you want an in-Universe explanation, here's an idea (not official). The Magog Cartel want to clear the Paramite Run for some kind of factory, so they place the explosives down to destroy/scare off the Paramite population in there. The Paramites, however, seem to avoid them. Now, enter Abe aka the player, and it's up to him what happens. He can lead them to the bombs, yes, but he can also possess all the Paramites and move them safely to the part of the Run without bombs. Problem solved from a 'Paramites are sacred' point of view.

[slig_hunter72]

In AE you COULD still run the Paramite off a cliff. Just like you COULD kill them here.

[oddguy]

Yeah, but when you killed a paramite in AE, it would play the "death music" and Abe would go, "Oops!" So that gets me thinking that they didn't want you to kill paramites in AE and in Mo they did. Not that it wasn't fun!
What am I saying! I love those little paramite critters!

[Oddsville]

Im sure the OWI did not "want" you to kill the Paramites in MO, thats just not their aim. Im sure the bombs where just there to make getting through the level harder, however if you want a more realistic explaination than I like Max's.

[Sekto Springs]

yes paramites are sacred, anybody with their own vault, country, and temple are sacred!

[Dipstikk]

Personally, I find it hard to understand HOW ANYBODY here can like a Scrab or a Paramite. I mean, sacred or not, they try to kill you! I mean, every time I see a scrab lunge from the next screen, my heart jumps in my throat.

I don't understand why so many people NAME themselves after Scrabs, either. I mean, girls sometimes like wolves. That was my first impression. But Scrabs aren't even like wolves, so where's the appealing factor?

And Paramites...well, the're buglike reptileswith a hand for a face. That in ITSELF is too damn creepy for me.

Don't get me wrong. I don't mind them. I know they inhabit Oddworld just as well as anyone else, but I just can't stand 'em.


Okay, my question:
Does Lulu hava a dopy, "Which way did he go, George" voice, or does he have a normal, gruff Glukkon voice?
Oh, and what does Tex sound like?

[Sekto Springs]

every time I see a scrab lunge from the next screen, my heart jumps in my throat.

what do hearts taste like? and as for your Lulu question, he has a sort of dumb voice but still glukkonish, and for some reason in the middle of the gabbiar auction he has like a western accent...i donno, a glukkon voice with a touch "dumbness". and tex...well a glukkon from texas mainly...just yer average every day cowboy voice.

[Alcar]

Originally posted by Dipstikk
Okay, my question:
Does Lulu hava a dopy, "Which way did he go, George" voice, or does he have a normal, gruff Glukkon voice?
Oh, and what does Tex sound like?

Lulu has a very dopy voice. He was intended to be like that, so as too make the contrast of a total loser making it big.

Tex on the other hand has style, and he sounds like a Texan. Thus the name Tex.

Alcar...

[Sekto Springs]

alcar i already told him that....and his voice isnt always dopy, like when he was in his suite with his slig his voice was normal.

[GrigtheSlig]

I have a question, does anybody think that it's gross that Munch has to " fertalize" the can of Gabbiar?

AND

Who did the muds get their eye sewn shut? Was that the Glukkons doing?

[Alcar]

Originally posted by GrigtheSlig
I have a question, does anybody think that it's gross that Munch has to " fertalize" the can of Gabbiar?

AND

Who did the muds get their eye sewn shut? Was that the Glukkons doing?

It's a natural part of life, I'm afraid.

Yes, it was the Glukkons. Who made the machines, I'd not have a clue. Though the Vykkers would be my best bet.

Alcar...

[GrigtheSlig]

Well, all I can say for Munch is " Watch out for the edges buddy!"

[Oddsville]

Yes it was the Vykkers who made the "Eyestich2000". However the Glukkon's made a use for it in AE by stiching all the Mine workers eye's shut, I don't think the Vykkers probably use it that much if at all.

[Wil]

I'm sorry, why does Munch need to fertilise the eggs? Or rather, where do you get that from?

[Xavier]

Originally posted by Max the Mug
I'm sorry, why does Munch need to fertilise the eggs? Or rather, where do you get that from?

well, I heard something about that too, but I can't remember where, sorry

[oddguy]

If Gabbiar is like fish egss, then this is why Munch has to "fertalize". A female fish lays the eggs, and then a male has to come along and "fertalize" them, in order for the eggs to become baby fishies. It' the same way with chickens. The eggs we eat aren't "fertalized".

In order for Munch to save his race, he has to "fertalize" that can of Gabbiar! I'm not one to think that far into the game, but it is kinda interesting.

[Dipstikk]

Was the big well in MO actually a "Well," or like a giant geological feature?
When I saw it on the XBOX special, it reminded me of a huge gyeser. Or am I wrong?

And, how do Mudokons pressurize the wells to work in such a way as to "shoomp" the user out of it?

[Wil]

The mechanics of wells are a mystery to us all, and frankly I quite like it like that. Oddworld doesn't need to explain everything, especially since sometimes the explanation is exceptionally poor. *remembers Lorne contradicting existing Oddworld fact regarding Abe's Moon* However, we do know that wells are a naturally occuring feature of Oddworld, and that both Mudokons and Glukkons have developed ways of mimicking this phenomenon. One theory put forward is that natural wells are actually giant plants and the wells themselves are actually flowers, and the 'lids' are sorts of petals. I like that idea, but the Big Well kind of disproves that theory, it seemingly being a geological formation - unless both are true, and it's quite a coincidence. That way Mudokons would not only utilise the natural geological wells but also use their psychic abilities to control the growth of plant wells, hence why you see them strung up in places of Mudokon inhabitance.

Industrial wells might just use some sort of complicated air pressure system. Like I say, I think it's much more Oddworld's style to keep it a mystery. I prefered just accepting teleporters until they explained them with magnets and electrodes. Then again teleporters in MO sucked (and where goes your explanation of magnets and electrodes, OWI?).

Now, I see where you're coming from with the Gabbiar being like fish eggs and also comparing them to chickens (in the sense that they would never have been fertilised, not that they're fertilised outside the body). However, since Gabbits are based off frogs, rabbits and dolphins just as much as catfish, tuna and sharks, I'd rather wait to hear where this nugget of information came from.

It would be interesting to know how Munch is going to fertilise them. In Paul O'Connor's third MO Designer Diary he mentions the possibility that Munch's mum might still be alive.

[GrigtheSlig]

I thought that because Vykkers Labs Was hovering over it for so long that it made that well!

[Wil]

The very fact that Vykkers Labs is very visibly moving very quickly in that movie is disproof enough for that.

[GrigtheSlig]

Yeah, you're right Was Vykkers labs sucking or the big well blowing when Abe went up?

[Wil]

The Big Well was definitely blowing, as all wells do. Although I'd describe it more as one single enormous push.

[GrigtheSlig]

Oh, I get it now. Like in AE where you have the normal wells, this one is just huge! Am I right now?