Pikmin
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Player's Choice (Gamecube - US, Strategy)
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$36.50
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Developed by:
Nintendo
Published by:
Nintendo
Released On:
26 Oct 2001
Captain Olimar and his assistant Louie return to the planet where the Pikmin live in an attempt to save Hocotate Freight from bankruptcy. Their mission is to gather as many treasures as possible, which can be sold to bring the company back on its feet.
The gameplay is similar to the previous game, but with added complexity due to the unique abilities of each type of Pikmin. Olimar and Louie must work together with the Pikmin to overcome obstacles and deadly creatures, using their individual strengths to recover treasures and progress through the game. The Pikmin can perform a variety of tasks, such as moving obstacles, engaging in battle, and dragging treasures back to the ship.
There are several types of Pikmin, each with its own specific abilities and characteristics. The red Pikmin are immune to fire, the blue Pikmin can swim, the yellow Pikmin can be thrown far, the purple Pikmin are stronger, and the white Pikmin are fast and poisonous to foes if eaten by them.
One of the unique features of this game is the two-player game mode. In this mode, one player controls red Pikmin, while the other controls blue Pikmin. The goal is to collect four marbles before your opponent, either by stealing them from each other or finding them in the environment.
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
This is a survival strategy game where players control Captain Olimar, a tiny astronaut stranded on a hostile alien planet. Players must explore the environment, gather resources, and utilize small, plant-like creatures called Pikmin to recover the scattered parts of their spaceship before their life support runs out.
Story
Olimar's Disaster
My name is Captain Olimar. On my homeworld of Hocotate, I am a well-known navigator of the stars. I use my faithful ship, The Dolphin, to carry small freight and deep-space minerals from planet to planet. It is a job of no small importance, and I take it seriously.
For a long time I had been working too hard, so I decided to take some time off by myself to recuperate. The night before I left, my wife prepared my favorite soup, a famous dish on my planet made with three large onions and hundreds of miniature red, yellow, and blue carrots. Once I had my fill, I climbed into my warm bed and began to think of the leisurely vacation that would start the next morning. I finally fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.
The journey began well. With no set destination in mind, I simply allowed the sleek Dolphin to make its own efficient way through the vast reaches of space. A strange feeling came over me, a premonition that my short trip would soon become an epic adventure. I dismissed the thought as foolishness from my overactive brain, then switched The Dolphin to autopilot and stood up from the control seat to make a hot cup of tea.
Just then, a massive jolt shook The Dolphin! For a brief moment, my mind reeled with the possibilities of what might have happened, but I had little time to react. I was thrown against the control panel, and I blacked out.
Crash Landing
When I came to, I found that The Dolphin had crashed on a strange planet, in a place whose name and location I could not guess. I thanked the laws of chaos that I was at least, for the time, safe. After some inspection, I noticed that The Dolphin was so shaken during reentry that several of her pieces had been jarred loose, probably scattered around the planet.
To make matters worse, my space suit's sensors indicated that the planet's atmosphere contained oxygen, an element incredibly deadly to my people. Fortunately, the life-support system built into my suit seemed unharmed, but I knew that it had only enough remaining battery power to function for another 30 days. If only I could find the engine, then at least I could fly within this planet's atmosphere to search for the other parts.
Will I be able to find the missing parts from my spaceship? Will I be able to return safely to my home and family? I must steel myself against fear and loneliness if I am ever to see them again.
Journal Entries
I have decided to record all of my observations and experiences in my journal until I am able to leave this forbidding planet. My only hope lies in the promise of two strange encounters that I had today.
The first was the discovery of a large object, similar to the onions on my planet. But it was enormous, and it rested on three legs. The other was the appearance of a small life-form eerily similar in appearance to my planet's miniature carrots. I have decided to name this small life-form...Pikmin.
Size Comparison
Olimar is about the height of a quarter, and Pikmin are smaller still. Compare them to ordinary objects around you, if you will.
Controls
START/PAUSE
Temporarily halt game play
Control Stick (tilt slightly)
Move the cursor
Control Stick (tilt farther)
Move Olimar
L Button
Rotate the camera
R Button
Zoom camera
C Stick
Move the group
X Button + Y Button + START/PAUSE
Reset the game
B Button (press)
Centre the cursor on a lone Pikmin and call it
B Button (press and hold longer)
Broaden the area of your whistle's call
B Button
Use Olimar's punch
A Button
Pick a planted Pikmin
A Button (press and release)
Throw Pikmin (One at a time)
A Button (press and hold)
Pikmin will line up by colour behind you
Z Button
Change camera angle
Y Button
View Olimar's monitor
X Button
Dismiss and separate Pikmin by colour
L Button (press)
Rotate the camera to a spot behind Olimar
Control Stick (tilt slightly while holding L Button)
Rotate camera slowly
Control Stick (tilt farther while holding L Button)
Rotate camera quickly
R Button (press)
Change the zoom level of the camera
Z Button (press)
Change the camera's angle
A Button (when standing near the ship)
Repair damage to Olimar's space suit
How to Play
The Goal of the Game
Collect all 30 scattered spaceship parts to escape the planet.
Capt. Olimar crash-landed on an alien planet after colliding with a comet. He has only 30 days to find all his spaceship parts.
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Press A while next to a ship part to learn more about it.
Pikmin Behavior
Pikmin are mysterious life-forms Olimar encounters. They seem bound to cooperate with him.
Pikmin are intelligent creatures. They can carry things, fight other creatures, and use their own judgment for various tasks.
Olimar's Life-Support System
Olimar's space suit protects him from the planet's toxins for only 30 days. He has no time to waste.
Controlling Pikmin
Olimar can lead up to 100 Pikmin at a time. This number is reduced by Pikmin in the ground, working, or waiting.
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Place the cursor on an object... and throw a Pikmin.
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A: Tilt slightly.
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Use the C Stick to move Pikmin as a group toward an object. They will decide what to do when they reach it.
Pikmin Abilities
Pikmin can do many things:
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Fight Enemies
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Break Down Walls
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Move Obstacles
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Carry Things
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Build Bridges
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Move ship parts!
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Move on to new areas!
Where Pikmin Come From
The Onion expels seeds that become Pikmin. When sprouts grow long enough, you can pick them.
The Onion
This strange object expels Pikmin seeds. Pikmin treat it as a nest.
You can keep Pikmin in the Onion and call them back later. At the end of each day, Pikmin following you will return to the Onion.
When there are already 100 Pikmin in the field, new seeds are stored inside the Onion instead of being expelled.
Pikmin Seed
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Not quite yet...
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Now you can pick it!
How to Pick Pikmin
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Stand near a planted Pikmin and press A to pick it.
How to Make More Pikmin
The Onion expels Pikmin seeds when you give it pellets or defeated enemies.
Pellet Posy
When a Pikmin knocks this flower to the ground, it turns into a pellet.
Pellet
Pellets are the energy source the Onion uses to create new seeds. The number on top shows how many Pikmin are needed to carry the pellet.
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Carry pellets back to the Onion!
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Carry pellets to the Onion of the same color!
Pikmin carry objects faster when more of them are helping.
Call Pikmin from the Onion
You must call Pikmin from the Onion at the beginning of every day. Use the Control Stick to enter the number of Pikmin you want to call.
Return Pikmin to the Onion
You can return Pikmin in the same way you call them.
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Under the Onion, press A.
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Tilt the Control Stick and hold it to retrieve or return Pikmin.
Pikmin in the Onion
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Number of Pikmin to call or return.
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Number of Pikmin with you.
There is no limit to the number of Pikmin you can store in the Onion.
If you lose all Pikmin of one color, the Onion of that color will generate one seed the next day.
When there are mature Pikmin in the Onion, they will come out in this order: flower, bud, then leaf.
Pikmin will carry objects back to Onions of their own color. If Pikmin of all three colors are carrying an object, the color with the most Pikmin will take it to their Onion.
When you carry a pellet to an Onion of the same color, you will be rewarded with more seeds.
Pikmin Growth
If you leave Pikmin in the ground, they extract more nutrients and grow. Even after being picked, Pikmin can mature if they find nutrients.
More mature Pikmin can run faster. Flower Pikmin may revert to leaf Pikmin when injured by an enemy.
How Pikmin Grow
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Leaf Pikmin
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Bud Pikmin
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Flower Pikmin
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When picked...
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Flower Pikmin are very fast!
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Bud and flower Pikmin can carry objects very quickly.
Idle Pikmin
When Pikmin are dismissed with the X Button or separated from Olimar, they stay in one place. Olimar cannot command them.
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Place the cursor on the idle Pikmin and press B button to call them, or touch them to bring them back to you.
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Their bodies turn pale!
Different Colours, Different Skills
Pikmin and their Onions are red, yellow, or blue. They have different characteristics depending on their color. Balancing the numbers of different-colored Pikmin can shorten your time on the planet.
RED Pikmin!
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We can stand high temperatures and have really powerful attacks!
BLUE Pikmin!
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We love water and will never drown.
YELLOW Pikmin!
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We can handle bomb-rocks.
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You can throw us really high.
Bomb-Rock
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This is a bomb-rock!
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Warning! Handle with care!
When thrown near an obstacle, yellow Pikmin carrying bomb-rocks will set their bombs. Don't stand too close! If a bomb-carrying Pikmin stands idly when thrown, call it back to have it drop the bomb
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