Bamboo gate

A bamboo gate.

Bamboo gates are gates made out of bamboo sticks, and are found only in Pikmin 3. They require Winged Pikmin to open, but unlike other gates, these cannot be opened permanently. Each of the five sticks has a pink handle on top, which requires two Winged Pikmin in order to be lifted – as such, ten Winged Pikmin must be issued to lift the entire gate. Until they are called back, they will keep the gate in this opened position, allowing leaders, Pikmin, or even enemies passage underneath. No more than ten Winged Pikmin can lift a single gate, and once they are told to return, they will close it again. If less than all the Winged Pikmin get called back, the gate will fall and any remaining Pikmin will struggle to hold up the gate. If an item gets stuck under a closed bamboo gate, it will glitch back and forth while remaining stuck in the gate. It will be freed if the gate is lifted back up, however.

Locations

Areas

• Garden of Hope
  • There is one bamboo gate in this area. It is located in the water towards the southwest, between the two groups of Puckering Blinnows. The gate is adjacent to the Burgeoning Spiderwort on the tiled area, and it creates a shortcut for the Citrus Lump and the Velvety Dreamdrop to be collected.
• Distant Tundra
  • There are two bamboo gates in this area. The first gate can be found in the main segment towards the far east, in the body of water, blocking the pathway leading to the Shaggy Long Legs' arena. There are multiple Water Dumples and Skeeterskate near this gate, as well as a dirt wall. The second gate is located in the Spotty Bulbear cave, with the gate allowing for the section containing the Spotty Bulbear to be accessed.
• Twilight River
  • There is one bamboo gate in this area. It can be found in the area's second main segment, with it being in the section containing the large tree. The gate is towards the south of this section, allowing for the Portable Sunset to be collected without battling the trio of Orange Bulborbs. The gate is also adjacent to an electric gate.

Side Stories

Olimar's Comeback

• Land, Sea, and Sky
  • There are two bamboo gates in this story's area. They are both towards the northeast, with one being slightly. north of the two Pyroclasmic Slooches and the other being slightly north of the Bug-Eyed Crawmad. During story mode, the southern gate would be the cinder block that Louie destroys, and the northern gate would be a crystal wall.
• Team Monster Hunt
  • There are two bamboo gates in this story's area. The first gate can be found slightly north of the Yellow Onion, replacing what would be a crystal wall during story mode - the same crystal wall as the one mentioned in the previous story. The second gate is located towards the east, blocking the alcove containing some Winged Pikmin sprouts, or Brittany's crash site during story mode.
• Big Fruit Carnival
  • There is one bamboo gate in this story's area. It is located north of the SPERO, near the Sunseed Berry. An electric gate would be here during story mode.

Mission Mode

Collect Treasures

• Thirsty Desert
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It is adjacent to the SPERO, being slightly southwest. This gate acts as a shortcut for multiple collectibles to be retrieved.
• Shaded Garden Remix
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It can be found slightly northeast of the SPERO, just past the two Lesser Mock Bottoms. A Bearded Amprat is on the northern side of this gate.
• Fortress of Festivity
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It is slightly east of the SPERO, with a red present holding some Winged Pikmin sprouts on the opposite side.

Battle Enemies!

• Silver Lake
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It is located towards the southwest, blocking the Burrowing Snagret's arena from being accessed. North of this gate is a pair of Watery Blowhogs.
• Twilight Hollow
  • There are two bamboo gates in this stage. They can both be found in the eastern section containing the Spotty Bulbear and the multiple Dwarf Bulbears. One gate is towards the west, blocking the Bulbears from reaching the Red Onion, and the other gate is towards the south, with the row of Pyroclasmic Slooches on the other side.
• Garden of Hope Remix
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It is north of the SPERO, replacing what would be an electric gate during story mode.
• Fortress of Festivity
  • There is one bamboo gate in this stage. It is located towards the northeast, blocking access to the space containing three Fiery Blowhogs and a geyser. An electric gate would be here during the Collect Treasures! version of the stage.
• Beastly Caverns
  • There are two bamboo gates in this stage. The first gate is in the central segment, with it being slightly south of Louie. The second gate can be found in the southern segment and towards the east. The gate is at the end of the water body, and it allows for the Master Onion to be reached without going around the stage.

Bingo Battle

• Buried Pond
  • There are four bamboo gates in layout A. The first gate can be found slightly south of the westernmost Onion, and the second gate is located slightly north of the easternmost Onion. The third gate can be found towards the south, with a Bulborb guarding a Yellow Marble on the eastern side. The fourth and final gate is located towards the north, with another Bulborb guarding a Yellow Marble on the western side.
• Corroded Maze
  • There are two bamboo gates in layout B. The first gate is slightly southeast of the westernmost Onion, and the second gate is slightly northwest of the easternmost Onion.

Gallery

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  Alph and the Pikmin near a bamboo gate.

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  A bamboo gate in the process of being lifted by Winged Pikmin.

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  An open bamboo gate.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	竹の柵? Take no Saku	Bamboo fence
German	Bambuszaun	Bamboo fence
Italian	Recinto di bambù	Bamboo fence
Spanish	Puerta de bambú	Bamboo gate

See also

• Crystal wall
• Clipboard