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[[File:Overworld.JPG|thumb|250px|The area selection screen in {{npcp1}}.]]

'''Areas''' ({{j|エリア|Eria|Area}}) are the main explorable locations in the {{pg}}. Each game in the series has a set of areas that can be visited, and these areas provide a range of environments to grow [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], fight [[Enemy|enemies]], and collect [[:Category:Collectibles|items]]. Each game features an [[area selection menu]] for selecting which area to go to from the areas unlocked. In the main games, this menu is shown at the beginning of each [[day]], and it is not possible to change the area one is exploring during a day.

In each game, the [[leader]]s will only be able to access a single area initially, but over the course of the game, more areas will be unlocked. For example, to access to the [[Perplexing Pool]] in ''Pikmin 2'', a specific treasure, the [[Geographic Projection]], must be collected. Gaining access to new areas is a major form of progression through the games.

Areas function differently in each game in the series. In the main games, areas are 3D environments with various rooms and corridors connected non-linearly, while in {{hp}}, areas are linear standalone levels, and are organized into groups called '''sectors''', of which there are 9. The items that are collected in areas vary by game as well. In {{p1}}, [[ship part]]s are scattered around the 5 areas. In {{p2}}, areas contain [[treasure]] and several [[cave]]s, which contain more treasure. In {{p3}}, 4 of the 5 areas contain [[fruit]], while the last area is a standalone challenge. In {{p4}}, areas have treasure, [[raw material]], and caves which hold treasure, raw materials, and castaways, or occasionally are [[Dandori Challenge]]s or [[Dandori Battle]]s. In {{hp}}, each area contains 1–4 treasures. {{TOC right}}

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===''Pikmin 4''===

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Pikmin 4 Reveal Garden 1.png|[[Rescue Command Post]]|link=Rescue Command Post

P4 Sun-Speckled Terrace Introduction 1.jpg|[[Sun-Speckled Terrace]]|link=Sun-Speckled Terrace

P4 Blossoming Arcadia Introduction 1.jpg|[[Blossoming Arcadia]]|link=Blossoming Arcadia

P4 Serene Shores Introduction 1.jpg|[[Serene Shores]]|link=Serene Shores

P4 Hero's Hideaway Introduction 1.jpg|[[Hero's Hideaway]]|link=Hero's Hideaway

P4 Giant's Hearth Introduction 1.jpg|[[Giant's Hearth]]|link=Giant's Hearth

P4 Primordial Thicket Introduction 1.jpg|[[Primordial Thicket]]|link=Primordial Thicket

===''Hey! Pikmin''===

Areas in ''Hey! Pikmin'' are much smaller, and grouped into sectors. Each area has a level code that indicates its sector and its placement within the sector. Areas with an "E" in the code are [[boss]] areas; areas with an "X" in the level code are [[Secret exit|secret]] areas. The last sector only has 1 area, which is a boss area. Sectors also contain [[Secret Spot]]s and [[Sparklium Spring]]s.

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Brilliant Garden]]'''

[[File:Brilliant Garden texture.png|150px|center|link=Brilliant Garden]]

| [[Cavern of Confusion]]

| [[Mushroom Valley]]

| [[Back-and-Forth Road]]

| [[The Shadow in the Brush]]

| [[Cherrystone Pass]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Verdant Waterfront]]'''

| [[The Keeper of the Lake]]

 

[[File:Sparkling Labyrinth texture.png|150px|center|link=Sparkling Labyrinth]]

| [[The Hollow Sky]]

 

| [[Steel Pipe Forest]]

| [[Space of Silence]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Leafswirl Lagoon]]'''

 

| [[Valley of the Breeze]]

| [[Bed of Fallen Leaves]]

 

| [[Lights in the Darkness]]

 

[[File:Snowfall Field texture.png|150px|center|link=Snowfall Field]]

| [[Ordeal of Flame]]

 

[[File:Lushlife Murk texture.png|150px|center|link=Lushlife Murk]]

| [[The Last Lair]]

| style="text-align: center" | '''[[The Final Stretch]]'''

 

 

In {{p1}}, areas are unlocked through collecting [[ship part]]s, the main collectible. The number of parts required to access each area is 1 for [[The Forest of Hope]], 5 for [[The Forest Navel]], 12 for [[The Distant Spring]], and 29 for [[The Final Trial]].

 

In {{p2}}, the [[Awakening Wood]] and the [[Perplexing Pool]] are unlocked by collecting the [[Spherical Atlas]] and [[Geographic Projection]] respectively, while the [[Wistful Wild]] is unlocked by collecting {{pokos|10000}} worth of treasure (after the previous areas have been unlocked).

 

In {{p3}}, unlocking each area is tied to collecting a specific item. The [[Garden of Hope]] is unlocked by finding the [[S.S. Drake]] and completing [[day 1]], the [[Distant Tundra]] is unlocked by collecting the [[Data Glutton]], the [[Twilight River]] is unlocked by collecting the [[Folded Data Glutton]], and the [[Formidable Oak]] is unlocked by collecting [[Louie]] for the second time. (To note is that although the [[Tropical Wilds]] is unlocked from the start, it cannot be landed in after day 1 before rescuing [[Brittany]].)

 

In {{p4}}, areas are unlocked by collecting a certain amount of [[Sparklium]]. The [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]], and [[Serene Shores]] are unlocked by collecting {{sparklium|p4|300}}, {{sparklium|p4|1,500}} and {{sparklium|p4|4,000}} respectively. The three remaining areas of the game require an additional condition to be unlocked: the [[Hero's Hideaway]] requires {{sparklium|p4|7,000}} and rescuing [[Bernard]] to be unlocked, the [[Giant's Hearth]] requires {{sparklium|p4|11,000}} and rescuing [[Olimar]] to be unlocked, and the [[Primordial Thicket]] requires {{sparklium|p4|13,000}} and rescuing [[Yorke]] and [[Don Bergman]] to be unlocked. Unlocking areas in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]] requires collecting a specific amount of [[ship part]]s: 2 for the Blossoming Arcadia, 8 for the Serene Shores, and 23 for the Hero's Hideaway.

 

In {{hp}}, areas are unlocked by completing the previous area. Some areas have a [[secret exit]] which unlocks a different area to the standard exit, but both the standard next area and the secret next area will lead to the same area after that. Sectors are unlocked by completing the [[boss]] area in the previous sector, except for the [[The Final Stretch|final sector]], which additionally requires collecting {{sparklium|hp|30,000}}.

 

[[File:Mezame snap.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A map of the Awakening Wood, an area in ''Pikmin 2''.]]

In the main games of the ''Pikmin'' series, areas have consistent features in their design. They have a landing site where the [[Onion]](s) and [[Ship (disambiguation)|ship]] land at the beginning of the day, and these are usually connected in several directions to spaces nearby. Most spaces center around a certain enemy or theme. There are often [[obstacle]]s between spaces that may increase the time it takes to get there or to restrict access to it until a certain [[Pikmin family|Pikmin type]] is unlocked. There are also some spaces that function more as corridors between other spaces. There are often large loops in areas that provide multiple ways to access a part of the area. In ''Pikmin 3'', areas are divided into separated [[#Segment|segment]]s, with special connections that teleport leaders and Pikmin between them. In ''Pikmin 4'', the aforementioned landing site takes on the form of multiple [[#Base|bases]] per area.

 

 

 

To select a different base as the one that the ship and Onion should currently use, the player needs to go up to an unused base and press {{button|switch|a|switch|facer}}. This will make the screen fade to and from black, and when the scene returns, the ship and Onion will be just about finished with landing in the new base. Any Pikmin or [[leader]] near the Onion or ship will be instantly transported inside the ship towards the new spot. Any Pikmin that were busy [[carry]]ing things will readjust their trajectory towards the new base after a second.

 

Unlocking a base also allows it to be used in a [[night expedition]], provided there is an available night expedition at that base. Some larger [[cave]] sublevels and the [[Hefty Haulway]] [[Dandori Challenge]] also have multiple bases, though these are only marked with a single ring for the ship, since the Onion does not go underground. The [[Rescue Command Post]]'s bases are unique in that the player cannot change them, and they are not marked, despite being recognized independently in the [[radar]]. The rocks of bases that have not been unlocked are a dim red, and they turn bright pink when unlocked.

 

In ''Pikmin 3'', areas are split into multiple segments. When a leader, Pikmin, or an object carried by Pikmin touch an invisible portal,<ref>In the game files, the object's data is in <code>/content/CMCmn/object/portal.szs</code>.</ref> they are transported to the equivalent portal, in another segment of the area. For the most part, these segments separate the outdoors parts of an area from the tunnels and small caverns that can be explored, though some segments also exist for small enclosures, interesting plateaus, or corridors leading into [[boss]] arenas, among other things. The act of being transported in a portal saves the player some otherwise uninteresting travel time, but besides that, segmenting the area allows the game to only focus on the segment the player or Pikmin are on, and can save on processing and rendering segments that are irrelevant. Via the use of [[Glitches in Pikmin 3|glitches]], one can make the game show parts of a segment that aren't loaded entirely, or are missing geometry.

 

Terrain varies between games, areas, and sections of areas. It has no real impact on gameplay, but it does change the atmosphere and the sounds of footsteps on the ground. Some enemies are associated with particular types of terrain.

**'''Rusted metal''': In [[The Final Trial]], large slabs of rusted metal are used to cross the body of water separating the landing site from the area where the player battles against the [[Emperor Bulblax]], which actually takes place in a large metal "bowl" like arena. This metal bowl arena is actually a sideways rusty tire rim.

**'''Sand''': The [[Perplexing Pool]] has sand surrounding its lakes, and the concrete cave theme also uses sand as terrain.

**'''Mud''': Mud can be found near the pothole cover of the [[Valley of Repose]], and the surface around the entrance to the [[Hole of Heroes]] appears to also be made of mud.

**'''Rusted metal''': The landing area of the [[Wistful Wild]] is actually an old road sign, in addition to being on top of a sideways rusty tire rim. The fire path that was made of rusty metal from [[The Final Trial]] can also be considered a metallic surface. There is rusty metal that can be found by the [[White Flower Garden]]'s entrance. There is also the metal theme for caves that is made almost entirely out of rusted metal.

**'''Dirty metal''': There is a set of corridors made out of metal pipes commonly used with the tile theme for caves mentioned above. These pipes don't appear to be corroded, but are dirty instead.

**'''Lily pads''': [[Lily pad]]s drift along rivers in the [[Twilight River]], allowing leaders and Pikmin to travel across it and find more [[segment]]s.

**'''Scales''': A set of scales can be found in areas in both Story and Mission Mode. These scales have a redesign from ''Pikmin 2'', and can be used to get to fruits and to further segments.

**'''Bricks''': Self-explanatory. Some are found in the Twilight River and cannot be interacted with.

**'''Cardboard''': Alongside the pizza in the Collect Treasure! variant of the [[Fortress of Festivity]], is a circular cardboard pizza box that the pizza is located inside.

In {{hp}}, the player can find a fairly large variety of environments. Each sector of the game features a unique environment, which serves to set the ambience. However, some areas vary from the atmosphere of the sector where they're located.

 

 

Though not directly confirmed, it is heavily implied that some areas in {{p2}} are actually areas from {{p1}}, albeit changed. The [[Awakening Wood]] has the same layout as [[The Forest of Hope]]. It has been implied by Olimar that these are the same location, as read on his journal about the [[Geographic Projection]].{{cite quote|{{Notes:Geographic Projection/journal}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's journal]] for the [[Geographic Projection]]}} Likewise, the [[Perplexing Pool]] shares the same layout as [[The Distant Spring]], with some changes (such as the concrete section at the landing site). The [[Wistful Wild]] is a combination of [[The Impact Site]] and [[The Final Trial]], with some new terrain connecting the areas. The [[Valley of Repose]] is not a remade version of [[The Forest Navel]] or any other area from the first ''Pikmin'' game and is completely new.

All areas in {{p3}} are original, while the forest shown in the title screen is almost the same as the western path of the [[Awakening Wood]]. This is best seen with a model viewer, because of the water and angles. This comparison is detailed [[Main menu|here]]. The [[Mission Mode]] stage [[Forgotten Cove]] is a remade version of the [[The Forest Navel]].

 

Makeup of Awakening Wood.png|The Forest of Hope's [[radar]] pattern on top of a map of the Awakening Wood.

Makeup of Perplexing Pool.png|The Distant Spring's radar pattern on top of a map of the Perplexing Pool.

Makeup of Wistful Wild.JPG|The Impact Site and The Final Trial's radar patterns on top of a map of the Wistful Wild.

The Impact Site HD.jpg|A map of [[The Impact Site]].

The Final Trial HD.jpg|A map of [[The Final Trial]].

Sun-Speckled Terrace OST map.png|A map of the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].

Blossoming Arcadia OST map.png| A map of the [[Blossoming Arcadia]] in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].

Serene Shores OST low tide map.png|A map of the [[Serene Shores]] after noon in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].

Hero's Hideaway map.png|A map of the [[Hero's Hideaway]].

Hero's Hideaway OST map.png|A map of the [[Hero's Hideaway]] in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].

Giant's Hearth map.png|A map of the [[Giant's Hearth]].

Primordial Thicket map.png|A map of the [[Primordial Thicket]].

*The main areas in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' each represent a season: the [[Valley of Repose]] and the [[Distant Tundra]] are winter, the [[Awakening Wood]] and the [[Garden of Hope]] are spring, the [[Perplexing Pool]] and [[Tropical Wilds]] are summer, and the [[Wistful Wild]] and [[Twilight River]] are autumn.

*The main areas in ''Pikmin 3'' are also each located on a different continent of Earth: the [[Tropical Wilds]] is in Antarctica, the [[Garden of Hope]] is in Australia, the [[Distant Tundra]] is in Asia, and the [[Twilight River]] is in South America. The [[Formidable Oak]] is based on Greenland, though in the current-day location instead of {{w|Pangaea Proxima}}'s.

*The names of the areas in ''Pikmin 3'' all have the same number of characters (including spaces) &ndash; 14.

*In ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', some meteors occasionally appear on the [[area selection menu]]'s sky. A large cluster of them temporarily appears when the last area of each game is unlocked.

*{{pb}} does not have areas, though since the game takes place on a map of the real world, it could be argued that the entirety of Earth is its single area, which would make it the largest area in the series.

 

 

 

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| '''Area (''Hey! Pikmin'')'''

*[[Pikmin Park]]