Editing Main Engine

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{{Infobox ship part
|image      = Main Engine.jpg
|size       = 250x250px
|icon       = Main Engine icon.png
|pikmin1    = y
|mandatory  = y
|weight     = 20
|max_pikmin = {{tt|40|Cannot be seen in-game under normal circumstances, since only a maximum of 25 Pikmin can normally be obtained before collecting this part.}}
|location   = The Impact Site
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|size          = 
|icon          = Main Engine P3D icon.png
|pikmin3deluxe = y
|weight        = 15
|max_pikmin    = 30
|location      = First Part Found
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The '''Main Engine'''　({{j|メインエンジン|Mein Enjin|Main Engine}}) is a [[ship part]] of the [[S.S. Dolphin]] and, in {{p3d}}, the [[Hocotate ship]]. It is the only one found on the first day in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''. With it, [[Captain Olimar]] is able to lift off from the [[The Impact Site|crash site]] to escape the planet's nocturnal [[Enemy|beasts]]. When the Main Engine is restored to the S.S. Dolphin, the ship flips upright, and the part is then installed on its bottom. Olimar is then able to continue on to [[The Forest of Hope]] to find more of his thirty lost ship parts. In {{p2}}, the [[Dream Den]] replaces this part's location.

==Collecting the part==
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=== In ''Pikmin'' ===
{{location map | width = 350 | height = 338 | image = IS texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = Location of the Main Engine. | icons =
{{map icon | Main Engine | 259 | 110}}
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The first day consists of the main tutorial about the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. Once you get the first Pikmin, start collecting all the [[Pellet]]s, including the ones on the two small stumps. Once Olimar has 10 or more Pikmin, command them to move the [[cardboard box]]. Once the box is out of the way you will find the engine. Head up the rocks where the box made a ramp and get all of the Pellets until you have 20-25 Pikmin. Now the Pikmin can pick up the most important part of the [[S.S. Dolphin]]. Once the Pikmin carry it back to the ship, the day will end, and they will automatically go back to their [[Onion]].

=== In ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' ===
See [[First Part Found#Guide]] for information on how to acquire this part and clear the day.

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==Trivia==
*In [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]], the Main Engine (or an analogous machine) is installed on the S.S. Dolphin from the start of day 1. It can therefore be presumed that unlike the Dolphin in ''Pikmin'' and the later Hocotate ship, this Dolphin did not lose its engine upon crashing. The retention of the engine allows Olimar to pilot his ship until his life support fails, even if he has collected none of the other 30 ship parts.

==Gallery==
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Main Engine close-up.png|A close up of the Main Engine.
Main Engine Found.png|Captain Olimar discovering the Main Engine.
Main Engine carried.png|Red Pikmin carrying the Main Engine.
Main Engine retrieval.png|The Main Engine being sucked back into the crashed S.S. Dolphin.
S.S. Dolphin bottom.jpg|The Main Engine on the S.S. Dolphin, at the bottom, upside-down from how it normally faces.
Early engine.jpg|A [[Pikmin prerelease information|prerelease]] ship part presumed to be the Main Engine.
SideStories MainEngine.jpg|The [[Hocotate ship]]'s Main Engine in [[First Part Found]].
P3D First Part Found Carrying.jpg|The Hocotate ship's Main Engine being carried.
</gallery>

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==Trivia==
*In {{p1}}, the player can obtain the Main Engine on day 2. This requires getting a [[Pikmin extinction]] on day 1 then coming back and collecting the Main Engine on day 2.{{cite youtube|p6zzb5za6R4|demonstrating how to obtain the Main Engine on day 2 by getting a Pikmin extinction}}

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=メインエンジン
|JapR=Mein Enjin
|JapM=Main Engine
|FraE=Moteur Principal
|FraEM=Main Engine
|Kor=메인 엔진
|KorM=Main Engine
|Spa=Motor principal del Dolphin (in-game)<br>Motor principal (final results screen & ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'')
|SpaM=Main engine of the Dolphin<br>Main engine
|Ita=Motore principale
|ItaM=Main engine
|Ger=Hauptantrieb des Dolphins (in-game)<br>Hauptantrieb (final results screen)
|GerM=Main Propulsion of the Dolphin<br>Main Propulsion
|FraA=Moteur principal du Dolphin (in-game)<br>Moteur principal (final results screen)
|FraAM=Main engine of the Dolphin<br>Main engine
}}

==See also==
*[[Courage Reactor]]
*[[Positron Generator]]
*[[Cosmic-drive key]]

==References==
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{{The Impact Site}}
{{Ship parts}}

[[Category:Mandatory ship parts]]
[[Category:Side Stories]]