- as Captain Olimar is making his way home, an asteroid onslaught forces him to land on a nearby planet
- Sparklium is the fuel for Olimar's Dolphin III ship
- with the ship's fuel depleted, you have to find items on this planet which can be turned into fuel
- collect everything from seeds to large scale treasures
- you need 30,000 Sparklium to make your way home
- you are eventually required to find a lost ship part at the end of the game
- levels are more linear and puzzle based, and include specific goals/goodies to collect
- move Captain Olimar with the Circle Pad, while all other interactions use the touchscreen
- blow your whistle, throw Pikmin and also touch certain objects
- worlds are called Sectors, with six areas altogether
- find all the treasure and look for new passageways to complete a sector 100%
- passageways can grant you access to secret spots or additional levels highlighted with the letter X
- the first world is called Brilliant Garden, which has lush forest environments
- Yellow Pikmin can easily reach the upper screen, where you can sometimes collect goodies and pull down vines
- there's a level where you use yellow Pikmin as a source to connect two wires
- connecting the wires lets you see enemies and platforms that were hidden in the shadows
- Winged Pikmin can be flung at high speeds, and they can pick up Olimar and help him descend down into new areas
- in a later level, you need to use red Pikmin to stomp out fire and clear the way for you
- Rock Pikmin are the strongest ones of the bunch and can break crystals
- blue Pikmin can swim and fight well underwater
- the maximum amount of Pikmin you can have in a stage is 20
- blow your whistle to call over the correct Pikmin for a task or puzzle
- Ravaged Rustworks offers a unique industrial environment where you climb on pipes
- Loney Tower has you climbing to the top of a tower without any help of Pikmin, and instead use pipes and Olimar's jetpack
- Valley of the Breeze, found in the Leafswirl Lagoon sector, relies complete on Winged Pikmin
- Barriers of Flame is in the Sweltering Parchlands sector
- here you'lll be forced to improvise with Yellow and Rock Pikmin to get around fire
- every world ends with a boss stage
- one boss fight puts you up against a Fiery Blowhog, where you use Red Pikmin to pick up/feed bombs to the boss
- beating bosses gives you treasures worth 1,000 Sparklium each
- supports amiibo in the Splatoon, Super Mario and Animal Crossing lines
- amiibo can be scanned in to grant you access to secret spots
- these are one room puzzle challenges where you collect a statue
- these bonus rooms will also get you 200 Sparklium every time
- you are limited by how many amiibo you can summon to each secret spot
- one of the treasures you will find is an NES cartridge for Ice Climbers, which carries the name ''Revenge Fantasy''.
- some stages have small event scenes where you're introduced to various Pikmin
from GoNintendo
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