Editing 101 Pikmin challenge

A '''101 Pikmin challenge''' is a [[challenge run]] where a player collects all [[treasure]]s in {{p2}} using only 101 [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], the known minimum amount possible. This challenge contains [[Zero death challenge|no deaths]], and uses [[Candypop family|Candypop Buds]] to switch Pikmin types when necessary. 100 Purple Pikmin are needed to lift the [[Doomsday Apparatus]], plus one [[Red Pikmin]], to avoid an [[Pikmin extinction|extinction]]. Unlike the previous known minimum of 103, there is no need for one [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]] or [[Blue Pikmin]] because their Onions are never considered "discovered", although those Pikmin types are still obtained. This challenge can be completed in 8 days.

==General idea==

However, the Pikmin extinction will only take effect if the respective type's [[Onion]] has been considered "discovered" by the game. If it hasn't, the Pikmin count for that type can reach 0 and no extinction will take place. The only way to do this is and still be able to use that Pikmin type is to convince the wild Pikmin to join [[Captain Olimar]]'s side without interfering with the Onions. This is only possible for the Yellow and Blue Pikmin, since Reds are obligatorily obtained the "proper" way on the first day. To do this, the player must use exploits to get to the wild Pikmin without triggering the usual discovery [[cutscene]]s, and then using the [[leader]]s and Pikmin at their disposal to drag an idle wild Pikmin towards a patch of [[nectar weed]], since wild Pikmin cannot be called to the group but can be pushed around. Once near, the Pikmin will begin working on the nectar weed, and at this point, the Pikmin still can't be used, but if it finishes the task, the game will change its status from "wild idle" to "friendly idle", meaning it can now be used by the leaders.

{{map icon | Hocotate ship | 138 | 313 | bg=none}}

{{map icon | cave | 135 | 210 | l=Emergence Cave}}

{{map icon | Utter Scrap | 58 | 232 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

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* Enter and clear the [[Emergence Cave]] 3 times.

** Converting 29 Red Pikmin into [[Purple Pikmin]] on [[Emergence Cave#Sublevel 2|sublevel 2]]. This is done by not collecting the final treasure, as that ends the day, and plucking 10, 9, 10 Purple Pikmin in your 3 trips.

Pikmin count: 59

{{map icon | Geographic Projection | 40 | 188 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Healing Cask | 115 | 151 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Air Brake | 44 | 306 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

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{{map icon | cave | 76 | 226 | l=Citadel of Spiders}}

{{map icon | cave | 109 | 98 | l=Glutton's Kitchen}}

{{map icon | Impediment Scourge | 164 | 194 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

}}

{{location map | width = 242 | height = 334 | align = right | image = AW texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = Map of all treasure and caves, along with the location of the ship, in the Awakening Wood. | icons =

{{map icon | Hocotate ship | 165 | 208 | bg=none}}

{{map icon | cave | 91 | 324 | l=Snagret Hole}}

{{map icon | Decorative Goo | 163 | 68 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

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* Open the gate to the Blue Pikmin and drag one of them, once it is idle, all the way to the patch of nectar weed near the landing site, to the southeast of the Pilgrim Bulb. Once it finishes, whistle them.

* Enter the Snagret Hole, and on [[Snagret Hole#Sublevel 3|sublevel 3]], have a Swooping Snitchbug bury the Blue Pikmin, Just like the Yellow Pikmin. Pluck it and leave the cave.

* Enter the Snagret Hole twice more and convert 70 Yellow Pikmin into 10 Purple, 30 White and 30 Blue Pikmin using the Candypop Buds on [[Snagret Hole#Sublevel 3|sublevels 2]], [[Snagret Hole#Sublevel 3|3]] [[Snagret Hole#Sublevel 3| and 6]].

{{location map | width = 246 | height = 411 | align = right | image = VoR texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = Map of all treasure and caves, along with the location of the ship, in the Valley of Repose. | icons =

{{map icon | Hocotate ship | 138 | 313 | bg=none}}

{{map icon | cave | 200 | 143 | l=Subterranean Complex}}

{{map icon | cave | 103 | 58 | l=Frontier Cavern}}

{{map icon | Fossilized Ursidae | 71 | 177 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Pink Menace | 118 | 269 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Temporal Mechanism | 109 | 102 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Unspeakable Wonder | 144 | 57 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

}}

{{location map | width = 272 | height = 428 | align = right | image = PP texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = Map of all treasure and caves, along with the location of the ship, in the Perplexing Pool. | icons =

{{map icon | Hocotate ship | 139 | 305 | bg=none}}

{{map icon | cave | 109 | 98 | l=Glutton's Kitchen}}

{{map icon | cave | 239 | 339 | l=Shower Room}}

{{map icon | cave | 160 | 48 | l=Submerged Castle}}

{{map icon | Gherkin Gate | 227 | 197 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Aquatic Mine | 214 | 271 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}

{{map icon | Fortified Delicacy | 211 | 347 | bg = rgba(0,0,128,0.5)}}