Pikmin Walkthrough

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|                            AUTHOR: TrulyDexterous                          |
|                                 VERSION: 1.0                               |
|                            LAST UPDATE: 08/10/08                           |
|                             PLATFORM: Gamecube                             |
|                             REGION: Europe (PAL)                           |
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~1~........................................Revision History [RVHI]
~2~.......................................Legal Information [LGIN]
~3~............................................Introduction [ITRO]
~4~...................................................Story [STOY]
~5~................................................Controls [CNTL]
~6~............................................Using Pikmin [UGPN]
~7~.........................................The Walkthrough [TWKT]
~7a~..............................Area One: The Impact Site [AOIS]
~7b~...........................Area Two: The Forest of Hope [ATFH]
~7c~...........................Area Three: The Forest Navel [ATFN]
~7d~..........................Area Four: The Distant Spring [AFDS]
~7e~.............................Area Five: The Final Trial [AFFT]
~7f~................................................The End [THND]
~8~..........................Piklopedia- A Guide To Enemies [PKPA]
~9~..............................Frequently Asked Questions [FRAQ]
~10~................................................Credits [CDTS]
~11~....................................Contact Information [CTRN]
For quick navigation of this guide, press Ctrl and F. Now input the code next
to the chapter that you require. Press Return twice to be taken there.
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The guide is nearly complete. The walkthrough chapters are done up to the
Forest Naval. There are some parts in the Distant Spring included. 6 more
parts are required and the walkthrough will be finished. The Piklopedia is
missing the game descriptions. All other chapters have been completed. File
size is around 131KB.
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|                            VERSION 1.0 (08/10/08)                          |
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The guide is finished. The last part in the Distant Spring has been added, as
has the Final Trial. File size is around 136KB.
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|                              LEGAL INFORMATION                             |
| ~2~                                                                 [LGIN] |
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This guide can only be viewed on the following sites-
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SUPERCHEATS - http://www.supercheats.com
These are the only sites that I trust and that keep my guide updated. For
this reason I won't allow my guides on other sites. Please don't email to
ask.
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D Makey. It may not be used for profitable purposes (whether money is
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|                                INTRODUCTION                                |
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Hello peeps and welcome to my Pikmin FAQ for the Gamecube. I'm not sure, as
I have a couple of projects on at the moment, but I think this will be my 15th
FAQ. Or something like that. I am writing this FAQ purely because I know this
game well and I'm sure I can help people out. No personal 'goals' for me this
time, I just hope you find it helpful.
Pikmin is a game that pushes the envelope of innovation. Which is great. Who
wants to stick to the straight and narrow of tried and tested methods anyway?
Gaming is all about innovation, which this has without question. But what
else would you expect from a Miamoto game?
I've introduced myself. I have introduced the game. But you need to know what
you will find in this guide, right? The story chapter is pretty obvious. It
contains the lines that I borrowed from the instruction manual. The controls
chapter is also pretty obvious. After that is the Using Pikmin chapter. In
here you will find information on everything that Pikmin can do, what harms
Pikmin etc. Following that is the walkthrough. Here you will find step-by-step
instructions on how to obtain each part. Proceeding that is the Piklopedia;
an analysis of each enemy in the game. Then there is a small FAQ section.
Things are wrapped up with the Credits and the Contact Information chapters.
You won't find any challenge mode help in this FAQ. There is plenty of other
sources for that and I'm not concerned with it.
If you want to see any more of my work, go here-
http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/recognition/76852.html
Thanks peeps, bon appitite!
- TrulyDexterous
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The story from the instruction manual.
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 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, a tendency of mine, so I decided
to take some time off by myself to recuperate. The night before I left, my
wife prepared my favourite soup. This soup is 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 of this delicious dinner, 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 of mine to make its own efficient way through the vast reaches
of space. A strange feeling came over me... I then felt 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.
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 re-entry that several of her
pieces had been jarred loose, probably scattered around the planet. To make
matters worse, my 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.
I have decided to record 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 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 to my planet's miniature carrots. I have decided to name this
small life-form...Pikmin...
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Position Camera-->/  L  \      __|___________|__     /__R___\\_Y_\    _  \
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C o n t r o l  S t i c k
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The first function of the control stick is that it moves Olimar around the
landscape. This requires a full tilt of the stick. If you slightly tilt the
stick, you will move the cursor instead of Olimar. The cursor is used for
aiming. This can be used to see where Pikmin land, or to call them as a group.
A - B u t t o n
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The action button. If you have a group of Pikmin selected, press this and
Olimar will throw the Pikmin where the cursor is pointing. If there are no
Pikmin selected then Olimar will punch. This isn't very strong, but it can be
used, so bear it in mind. Pressing A in lit up areas (such as underneath and
Onion or in front of the Dolphin) will cause Olimar interact with that object.
If you press A whilst in the light in front of the Pikmin, Olimar will be
healed.
B - B u t t o n
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Olimar will whistle when you press the B button. The epicentre of whistle is
where ever the cursor is pointing. The longer you hold B down, the larger the
area of the whistle. Any Pikmin at are inside the confines of this whistle
will become part of the selected group.
C - S t i c k
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This will move the Pikmin in the selected group. You can move them around but
you can't move them far from Olimar.
D - P a d
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Press down on the D-Pad and Olimar will lie down. Whilst he is in this state,
he cannot be harmed by any enemies. In addition to this Pikmin can pick up
Olimar and carry him to the Onion. If this happens the Onion will shoot out
fireworks. This is really an Easter egg and not much use.
Y - B u t t o n
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This brings up the Olimar's monitor.
X - B u t t o n
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This will dismiss any Pikmin that are in the selected group. Pikmin will
stand in groups defined by colour (i.e. Blues stand with Blues and Reds
with Reds etc). Yellow Pikmin with Bomb Rocks will stand in a different group
to Yellows without.
L - B u t t o n
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Re-positions the camera directly behind Olimar.
R - B u t t o n
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Adjusts the zoom of the camera. There are 3 different zoom settings. I prefer
in second one, a mid-range view. There is also a close-up and a long-range
view.
Z - B u t t o n
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This changes the camera angle.
S t a r t  B u t t o n
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This pauses the game and brings up the pause menu.
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|                                 THE BASICS                                 |
| ~6~                                                                 [UGPN] |
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There are 3 types of Pikmin. These are Red, Yellow and Blue. The different
colours have different advantages and disadvantages.
R e d  P i k m i n
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The Red Pikmin are the first Pikmin that you will come across. The Red Pikmin
are stronger in the attack than the others. They are also fire-resistant,
perfect when carrying parts back to the Dolphin without worry about death by
flame. If a Red Pikmin falls into the water, they will drown. They can be
rescued by Blue Pikmin or they can be called back, however this often has an
element of luck.
Y e l l o w  P i k m i n
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The Yellow Pikmin can be found in the Forest of Hope. These have two
advantages over other Pikmin. First of all Yellow Pikmin can handle Bomb
Rocks. This will allow you access to new areas. Secondly, Yellow Pikmin are
lighter than other Pikmin, meaning Olimar can throw them further and higher.
Some parts can only be reached by throwing Yellows onto a higher platform.
Like the Reds, Yellows will drown in water.
B l u e  P i k m i n
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The Blue Pikmin are found in the Forest Naval. The Blue Pikmin have one major
advantage. They can breathe in water. This opens up a great number of new
areas to search and new parts to find.
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There are a number of things that you require Pikmin to do throughout the
game.
F i g h t i n g
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There are a number of enemies that the Pikmin will have to meet in combat.
The Red Pikmin best for "hands on" combat. To attack you need to throw your
Pikmin at an enemy. You can also just use the C Stick to make your Pikmin
swarm the enemy. You will require a different approach to take down different
enemies. See the Piklopedia - A Guide to Enemies chapter for more information
on this.
Generally though, if you throw a Pikmin onto an enemies face or back, they
will be sheltered from harm. In contrast to this, if you throw a Pikmin onto
an enemy's feet, it will be slowed down.
There is another more effective way to take down foes. Get your Yellow Pikmin
to pick up a couple of Bomb Rocks. Throw these at an enemy. Two or three Bomb
Rocks are usually enough to take down a Bulborb. This is a good tactic with
two main advantages. It is often quicker. Secondly, you don't have as much
chance of loosing large numbers of Pikmin.
C a r r y i n g
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There are a number of items in the world that the Pikmin can carry. This can
range from pellets, to bodies, to parts. Each item will require a certain
number of Pikmin to carry. The number of Pikmin required and then number of
Pikmin actually carrying the object will be shown above the object
(e.g. 22/20).
H a r v e s t i n g
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After your Pikmin have found a Pellet or killed an enemy, they can take it
back to the Onion. The Onion will disperse a number of new seeds (Pikmin)
depending on what you brought back. This is an essential practice to get you
through the game. If there is more than one colour of Pikmin carrying a pellet
or body then the colour helping out the most will get the item. If there is
the same number of Pikmin of different colours, then the Pikmin that grabbed
the object first will get it.
There are 4 types of pellet. A 1 pellet, 5 pellet, 10 pellet and a huge 20
pellet. These come in red, yellow and blue. Okay, an example of how this
works. A 5 pellet will require 5 Pikmin to carry and will yield 5 Pikmin
seeds. Simple eh?
Scattered around most areas of the game you will find Petal Posies. These are
flowers that contain pellets. Some will remain a single colour. Others will
change colour. The colour that the pellet it when the posy is brought down is
the colour it will stay. Every posy will yield a single 1 pellet.
It is important to match the colour of pellet to the colour on Onion. If you
take a 1 pellet to the right Onion, you will be given 2 seeds. If you don't
then you will get 1 seed. A 5 pellet will produce 5 seeds for the right colour
and 3 for the wrong. A 10 will produce 10 for the right and 6 for the wrong
colour. Finally, a 20 pellet will only produce 10 seeds if taken to the
wrong colour Onion.
C o n s t r u c t i o n
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Occassionally, you will come across an "un-built" bridge, a pile of twigs or
a geyser. Set your Pikmin to work to construct these. An un-built bridge will
be turned into a bridge. A pile of twigs will create a longer single twig that
can be used as access by Pikmin. A geyser will propel Olimar onto higher
ground.
D e s t r u c t i o n
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Often in the course of the game, you will come across either vine gates or a
stone wall. Vine gates stretch across a gateway. They have holes in, which
distinguishes them from the stone wall gate. Vine gates can be taken down by
Pikmin attacking them. There are different coloured gates, the darker in
colour, the longer it will take to bring down. I would not advise using less
than 20 Pikmin to bring down a gate, otherwise you may be waiting a long
while.
The stone walls cannot be brought down by Pikmin merely attacking them. To
bring down the walls you need to throw Bomb Rocks at it. It will take between
3 and 9 Bomb Rocks to bring a wall down. Again, the darker the wall, the more
Bomb Rocks it will require.
P u s h i n g
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You will come across your first need to push at the Impact Site. This is
pretty self explanatory. Throw your Pikmin at the object to be pushed (usually
a cardboard box, usually requiring 10 Pikmin) and they will push it out of the
way.
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To get through the game, you will need to make your Pikmin grow stronger.
There are 3 levels of growth for a Pikmin.
L e a f  P i k m i n
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The leaf is the Pikmin's basic form. It will look like this after coming out
of the Onion.
B u d  P i k m i n
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The bud is the next evolution of the Pikmin. It is stronger and faster than
the leaf Pikmin. It can run faster, carry parts quicker, knock down gates
quicker and so on.
F l o w e r  P i k m i n
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Flower Pikmin are the strongest form of Pikmin. These are even quicker and
stronger than the bud Pikmin and considerably better than the leaf Pikmin.
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|                          HOW TO MAKE PIKMIN GROW                           |
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You know about the different forms of Pikmin now. But how do you get them to
grow? There are two methods.
P l a n t - L i f e
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When your Pikmin come out of the Onion, if you leave them in the ground, they
will grow on their own. Wait a few seconds and the leaf will appear. Wait 2
minutes for it to turn into a bud and 3 minutes on top of that to turn it
into a flower. This is probably the easiest method, if a little time
consuming.
N e c t a r
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If you can get your Pikmin to touch a drop of nectar, your Pikmin will grow
into a flower Pikmin. There are 4 sources of nectar. I can be found in certain
clumps of grass. The grass can be hard to spot, but your Pikmin will find it
for you. Nectar can also be found in piles of white rocks. These are far
easier to see than the grass. Just get your Pikmin to break them open. If
you come across an Iridescent Flint Beetle, throw a Pikmin directly onto its
back and sometimes it will give up a drop of nectar. Finally, you can get
nectar from a Honeywisp. This is a creature that floats around in the air,
almost aimlessly. Throw a Pikmin at it and it will drop the nectar that it is
carrying.
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|                                PIKMIN HEALTH                               |
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Pikmin don't have actual health points per se, but they can stand up to some
certain things and not others. Say you have flower Pikmin and they are engaged
in a fight with an enemy. If they are thrown off too many times or flamed
too much etc. they will lose their petals and return to being bud Pikmin.
There are numerous things that will kill a Pikmin. Red Pikmin are resistant
to fire, whilst Yellow and Blue will be burned. Blues can breathe in water,
whilst Yellow and Red will drown. Falling off of the map will result in a
Pikmin being killed. If any Pikmin are too close to a Bomb Rock when it
detonates, they will die. The major kill-factor is the enemies in the game.
Most enemies throughout the game can kill Pikmin in different ways. See the
Piklopedia section for more information. Finally, if you leave Pikmin behind
at the end of the day, they will not survive the night.
If a Pikmin is killed, occasionally a new seed will be planted in the ground
where it fell.
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|                               THE IMPACT SITE                              |
| ~7a~                                                                [AOIS] |
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PARTS IN AREA: 2
The game will start at the Impact Site. The rather charred-looking wreckag of
the Dolphin can be seen behind Olimar. In a brief introduction the game,
Olimar will explain about the missing ship parts and the 30 days worth of
breatheable air supply. This means that you have 30 days to recover 30 parts.
You work it out. Got there? Good. That's one part per day then genius.
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|                              MAIN ENGINE                                   |
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PIKMIN REQUIRED: 20 RED
Before you set out upon your parts recovery mission, let's go and meet the
stars of the game. A short way away from the Dolphin, you will come across a
strange dome-shaped item. This will reveal itself as the Red Onion, where
Red Pikmin are to be found. The Onion will then disperse a single 'seed'.
Once this seed has sprouted go over and pick it.
That's no seed! In fact it is your very first Pikmin. Browse the controls
that pop up on the screen if you like. Close to the Onion is a flower which
contains a Red 1 Pellet. Throw you Pikmin at it and it will harvest the
flower. If you throw it onto the head of the flower it will be harvested
faster. Next throw your Pikmin at the Pellet. It will now take the Pellet
over to the Onion. The Onion will disperse a further two Red Pikmin. There
is another flower close by. Harvest this and you will have 5 Pikmin.
If you stand at the Onion and look towards the Dolphin, on the left, upon a
ledge is a Red 5 Pellet. This requires 5 Pikmin to carry. Take over Pikmin and
get them to carry this back to the Onion. Your Pikmin will now total 10. Next
to where you found the Red 5 Pellet is a flower with a 1 Pellet. Harvest this
for a further 2 Pikmin. Stand facing the Dolphin and over over to the left.
There is a pathway up the side of a tree trunk. At the top of here is a 1
Pellet. You will now have 14 Pikmin.
Close to the Onion you will see a cardboard box with the number 10 stamped on
it. It is sat between 2 rocks and is blocking youe path. Take 10 of your
Pikmin and throw them at the box. The Pikmin will now proceed to push the box
out of the way. In this new area you will find the Dolphin's Main Engine.
However, it will require 20 Pikmin to lift it and at the moment you will only
have 14. Next to the engine is a slanted rock. Walk up it and onto the box
that you just pushed. Here is another new area. In the space here can be
found a Red 5 Pellet and two 1 Pellets. Take these back to the Onion. If you
look to your left, there is an additional 1 Pellet on a higher ledge. Throw
a Pikmin up there to recover it.
You will now have a total of 25 Pikmin. Go over to the engine and recover it
back to the Dolphin. It can fly again! Go you. After you have recovered the
engine, the day will end.
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|                            POSITRON GENERATOR                              |
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PIKMIN REQUIRED: 1 YELLOW (at least)
20 BLUE
20 RED
The second part in this area must be attained later, once you have discovered
the Yellow and the Blue Pikmin.
On your return to the Impact Site you will notice that there a lot of Pellet
Posies around the area, so get harvesting them.
Take out 15 Red Pikmin and 3 Yellow. Head over to where you found the engine.
Go up the slanted rock here and onto the raised area. Depending on how it
works out there will be one of two enemies up here. A Googlix or a Mamatu.
They will appear on alternating days. Leave your Yellows to one side and take
out the enemy. For information on killing these enemies consult the
Piklopedia.
With your Yellows pickup 3 Bomb Rocks from next to the cardboard box with
10 marked on it. Head back up on the raised area. Here there is a stone wall.
Bring it down with 3 Bomb Rocks. There is a red 20 Pellet here, but ignore
that for now. You are going to need 20 Blue Pikmin and 20 Red, so bring them
up. Take your Reds along the beach to the left. Here is a vine gate. Set them
to work bringing down the gate.
In this area there are 3 Clamclamps. You need to attack the one on the left
to gain the part. Take your Blues over to it. The part can be seen inside.
Whilst the Clamclamp is open, throw your Pikmin inside to attack. However,
when it is open to its maximum, it will slam shut and kill any Pikmin
inside. You need to call your Pikmin back before this happens. Repeat this
until the Clamclamp gives up the Positron Generator. This requires 20 Pikmin
to carry.
Before you leave the area there is a 20 pellet of each colour to collect.
The red and blue are in the Positron Generator area. The Yellow is on a
raised platform on the raised platform. Did you see what I did there? :)
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|                 / /| | / ___/ _ \/ __ `/    / / | | /| / / __ \            |
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|                             THE FOREST OF HOPE                             |
| ~7b~                                                                [ATFH] |
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PARTS REQUIRED TO OPEN: 1
PARTS IN AREA: 8
The Forest Of Hope is the second area. Whilst Day 1 was a bit of a training
exercise, this area is a little tougher. You will meet your first enemies in
the game, as well as one or two other surprises. The first thing that you
should notice is the bar at the top of the screen. This is the Sun Meter.
Once the sun reaches the end of this bar, the day will end. Any Pikmin that
are not in their Onion at the end of the day will be lost. Keep that in mind.
Although you only really need to recover one part per day, it is easy to get
two or three in a single day in this area. Getting a few days in front can be
beneficial, especially if you get stuck later on.
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|                            ETERNAL FUEL DYNAMO                             |
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PIKMIN REQUIRED: 40 RED
At first you will find yourself in an enclosed area. Take out all 25 of your
Red Pikmin. There are a couple of 1 Pellets in the immediate vicinity, so you
can collect those. Now, you will notice a large white gate of vines blocking
your path. Throw your Pikmin at this gate and they will begin to attack it.
After a minute or so they will drop it down to the ground. There are a number
of these gates that you will come across in the game. The darker the colour
of the gate, the harder it will be to break down.
In this small enclosure you will find a patch of grass or two. It isn't very
easy to spot, but when you are close your Pikmin will start to pick it. This
grass contains nectar. If your Pikmin come into contact with nectar the leaf
on top of their heads will grow into a flower. Flower Pikmin are stronger and
fast than ones with leaves. There are three other ways to find