Pikmin
Pikmin is a video game franchise created for Nintendo by Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. This was the first Player's Choice Nintendo GameCube game in North America.
Pikmin
The first Pikmin game was released December 3, 2001 in North America and June 15, 2002 in Europe.
In Pikmin, the main character is Captain Olimar, a spaceman from the planet Hocotate. The story starts when Olimar is taking a vacation in outer space. However, during his flight, a meteorite hits his spaceship, and it crashes on a unknown planet. Parts of the spaceship fell off as it plummeted to the ground.
When he regained consciousness, Olimar found out that the planet's atmosphere contained oxygen, which is poisonous to the people from Hocotate, and he could only stay on the planet for 30 days. The player, as Olimar, must retrieve all 30 spaceship parts.
Levels
Olimar travels through five main levels to collect all 30 parts:
- The Impact Site
- The Forest of Hope
- The Forest Navel
- The Distant Spring
- The Final Trial
Pikmin 2
Main article: Pikmin 2
Pikmin 2 is the sequel to the original Pikmin. It is currently released in Japan and North America. The current release date for Europe is November 9. In this version, Olimar has successfully returned home to the planet of Hocotate, where he learns that his freight company has a debt to pay off. With the latest recruit, Louie, he must return to the Pikmin planet to find treasure worth 10,000 "Pokos". There is no day limit, but players receive a better score for fewer days. Players can switch between Olimar and Louie to multitask to groups of Pikmin. Also, two new types, large purple ones and small white ones have been added.
The Pikmin
The Pikmin are approximately one inch tall. They eat nectar (which matures them into flower Pikmin) and breath oxygen.
During his journey, Olimar finds these creatures in their spaceships called Onions. Pikmin are divided into three main colors:
- Red Pikmin are found in the beginning of the game. They have the strongest attacks (except for the purple Pikmin in the sequel) and are resistant to fire.
- Yellow Pikmin are found in the second area of the game. They can be thrown the farthest because of their large ears, and can pick up bomb-rocks. They are also immune to electricity.
- Blue Pikmin are found in the third area of the game. The only special ability these Pikmin have are being resistant to water, while all other pikmin cannot swim and will drown if in water.
During the sequel to Pikmin, Olimar and Louie discover new types of Pikmin by travelling underground. These Pikmin are unique and do not have Onions.
- White Pikmin can only be aquired by transforming other Pikmin by throwing them into a special white flower. They are the fastest, smallest, but weakest. But they are also highly poisonous to enemies and are immune to poison. They are stored in the spaceship.
- Purple Pikmin can only be aquired by transforming other Pikmin by throwing them into a special purple flower. They are ten times as strong as other Pikmin and ten times heavier. However, they are extremely slow. They are stored in the spaceship.
- Bulbmin are dungeon only creatures found in caves. The 'mother' Bulbmin must be killed before its children will follow Captain Olimar. They cannot leave the cave, but can be transformed via multi-colored flowers. They are immune to fire, water, electricity, and poison.
Olimar uses the Pikmin to defeat enemies, carry objects such as parts for the spaceship or pellets, demolishing walls, pushing large boxes, and constructing various objects to get around easier.
More Pikmin are created by taking enemies back to the Onion or finding food pellets with numbers on them. The pellets are colored red, blue, or yellow. When the Pikmin carry the pellet to the Onion, more Pikmin will be created. If a pellet is brought back to the Onion of the same color, more Pikmin than normal will be created.
The number of the Pikmin on the field cannot exceed 100.
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