Editing Challenge run

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| 53:48 || "iid01" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWc4FclIyzY YouTube video] || {{date|16|July|2023}} || Finishes in 6 days.

| 49:47 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XM9eGHFzz4 YouTube video] || {{date|28|October|2023}} || Finishes in 6 days.

| 54:38 || "atmy_17" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFxdlNEuyUs YouTube video] || {{date|3|September|2023}} || Finishes in 6 days.

| 54:11 || "Ice cube" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D-kb6VsdRw YouTube video] || {{date|9|December|2022}} || Finishes in 6 days.

 

| 47:15 || "Mokaygee" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZkPDE1nzjU YouTube video] || {{date|16|December|2023}} || Finishes in 6 days.

| 1:31:59 || "Jack Draz" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGNRNG-qBgU YouTube video] || {{date|24|January|2023}} || Finishes in 8 days.

| 1:42:43 || "HeartPiece" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOB5rw0Pfzc YouTube video] || {{date|23|May|2022}} || Finishes in 8 days.

| 1:38:33 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7k3P2fJ_bk YouTube video] || {{date|11|August|2023}} || Finishes in 8 days.

| 3:52:48 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkBWoqAVRtU YouTube video] || {{date|14|April|2023}} || Finishes in 11 days.

| 3:36:54 || "mercysnow" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKf4Ea4bL1I YouTube video] || {{date|8|July|2023}} || Finishes in 11 days.

 

| 4:28:49 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhCpMqLmXn4 YouTube video] || {{date|5|July|2023}} || Finishes in 12 days.

| 36:52 || "Jay596" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A4CaSmiBA YouTube video] || {{date|3|February|2023}} || Finishes in 7 days.

| 45:05 || "CCCharge" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HvpQfNG40s YouTube video] || {{date|23|February|2023}} || Finishes in 7 days.

| 47:26 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOxBaz-cNgg YouTube video] || {{date|12|August|2022}} || Finishes in 8 days.

| 1:05:25 || "Sbudiver" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EAbv3ZiBsY YouTube video] || {{date|7|March|2023}} || Finishes in 10 days.

| 1:25:22 || "CCCharge" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbjiucujcw0 YouTube video] || {{date|27|February|2023}} || Finishes in 10 days.

 

| 25:29 || "anthony_1612" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yde2xrDHx0w YouTube video] || {{date|18|February|2024}} || Finishes in 5 days.

| 2:59:20 || "April_lapispik" || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZZRtU0bCQ YouTube video] || {{date|28|July|2022}}

*''Pikmin 2'': '''[[5 day run]]''' to obtain all 201 [[treasure]]s, 1 day run to reach the credits, and 4 days to rescue [[Louie]].

*''Pikmin 3'': Usually '''[[10 day run]]''' to obtain all fruits. However, there is a glitch that allows [[Winged Pikmin]] to become invincible if they are whistled one frame before they die, which allows them to pick up the two blue-required fruits so that [[Twilight River]] can be completed in a single day. Therefore, '''9 day run''' to obtain all fruits, '''[[7 day run]]''' to reach the credits.

**All Missions (Full Game 100%): 33 day run, consisting of 12 days to reach the final boss plus 6 days for the [[Mission (Pikmin 4)|Fit for a Feast mission]], 13 days for the remaining night expeditions, 1 day for Trial of the Sage Leaf, and 1 last day in Rescue Command Post to finalize all missions and formally end the game by speaking to [[Bernard]].

*''Pikmin'': '''[[50 Pikmin challenge]]''' to reach the [[credits]] or get a 100% completion with 50 Pikmin. Some areas can be beaten with less Pikmin,{{cite youtube|zbfKSVFvlCg|of a completed 44 Pikmin run of ''[[The Forest of Hope]]''}} however 50 is the minimum required to beat the game. (In the Japanese version, the minimum is 85 due to the [[Secret Safe]] being heavier than in other versions.)

*''Pikmin 2'': '''[[101 Pikmin challenge]]''' to get a 100% completion with 101 Pikmin. The debt can be cleared with as little as 35 by using light treasures and the respawning enemies in caves, but to even reach the first cave, 35 Pikmin are needed to crush the main [[bag]] on [[day]] 2. Also see the [[#Emergence Cave challenge|Emergence Cave challenge]] below.

*''Pikmin 2'': 37 Pikmin challenge to collect all the treasures except for the [[Doomsday Apparatus]] with only 37 Pikmin. 35 are initially required plus only one Yellow and Blue Pikmin whistled away from the group they're found in. This allows for a full run, without the task of growing 100 Purple Pikmin, but with the added challenge of having less Pikmin to work with.{{cite youtube|rRF7jgOi23E|of a completed 37 Pikmin run in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''}}

*''Pikmin'': A '''6-day 50 Pikmin''' [[tool-assisted superplay]] was completed by "TRR".{{cite youtube|PRhKs4GMMD4|of a 6-day 50 Pikmin TAS in {{p1}}}} A human has not managed to do this yet. Currently, the best a human has done is a '''50 Pikmin 8-day''' completion by "Mokaygee",{{cite youtube|Maacr6-FCeE|of something like day 2 of Mokaygee's 50 Pikmin 8-day run}}{{cite youtube|wVoEDeQpPXk|of day 3 of Mokaygee's 50 Pikmin 8-day run}}{{cite youtube|6MxXalQWMwo|of days 4-8 of Mokaygee's 50 Pikmin 8-day run}} and a '''6-day 80 Pikmin''' completion, also by "Mokaygee".{{cite youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}j2qMYb44Esk&list{{=}}PL1tbaKnaSPjfvSes3AV144l9ShdHxOb48|Playlist of Mokaygee's 6-day 80 Pikmin completion|YouTube}} In the Japanese version, where the minimum number of Pikmin is 85, a 6-day 85-Pikmin run has been completed by "iid01".{{cite youtube|https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list{{=}}PL8krakCdC_69Iqf_Q-69GcSCbwRX0KKw5|Playlist of iid01's 6-day 85 Pikmin completion|YouTube}}

*''Pikmin 2'': A '''6-day 101 Pikmin''' completion was done by "HSS0136".{{cite youtube|zBCT23iF1u0|of a 6-day 101 Pikmin completion in {{p2}}}} This playthrough even manages to skip discovering [[Yellow Pikmin]], making this the most difficult challenge in ''Pikmin 2'' completed by a human. If the [[Doomsday Apparatus]] is skipped, one can do a '''37 Pikmin 7-day''' completion, which "HSS0136" has also done.{{cite youtube|rRF7jgOi23E|of a 37 Pikmin 7-day completion, skipping the [[Doomsday Apparatus]]}} Currently, no attempts have been made at minimizing the Pikmin count in a 3-day debt repayment playthrough.

{{p2}} has an in-game time counter that displays the time it took to repay the debt or to collect all treasures on the [[high scores menu]]. The game only begins counting time when a [[saved game]] is loaded, and writes the time when it is saved. Because the time it saves is only saved with the granularity of a minute, if a player saves the game within one minute of loading it and then loads the newly-saved save game, the timer will keep the same number of minutes on record and assume no time has passed. This means the final result may not match the real time the playthrough took, and can be abused to get times as low as 18 minutes for an all-treasure completion.{{cite youtube|fpVKMgk7RwM|completing sublevel 3 of the [[White Flower Garden]] in under a minute}}{{cite youtube|6-tMPXP69JY|m=10|s=36|demonstrating a change in the low-in-game-time route involving the [[Temporal Mechanism]], [[Pink Menace]], and [[Spiny Alien Treat]]}}{{cite youtube|nMSybTmlERo|of a tool-assisted speedrun completing sublevel 2 of the [[Submerged Castle]] in under 2 minutes}}{{cite youtube|3Ni0ro_9Zeg|of a tool-assisted speedrun completing sublevel 5 of the [[Subterranean Complex]] in under 1 minute}}{{cite youtube|XKwnXSBlyGU|of a tool-assisted speedrun completing sublevel 5 of the [[White Flower Garden]] in under 1 minute}}

The best all treasures Low IGT run that has been achieved by a human (as of 2022) is a 20 minute run by PiePusher11.{{cite youtube|p642yIjlluY|Pikmin 2 All Treasures Low IGT run in 0:20 by PiePusher11}}

[[File:Pikmin 3 zero death run.jpg|thumb|250px|Example of a completed zero death challenge, in {{p3}}.]]

A '''zero death challenge''' is when a player attempts to complete a game without a single one of their [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] perishing. All games keep track of the number of Pikmin deaths for each file. Using [[Candypop Bud]]s does not count towards this number. Others challenges are often done in conjunction with this one, either because their rules specifically require no Pikmin to die, or because Pikmin deaths may mean a small delay in having to grow some more.

The most basic form of these type of runs are acknowledged by the game, where the player gets all collectibles: doing so will usually give a different ending from the usual one. Although [[gear]] in ''Pikmin 3'' is not necessary for the game to give out the best ending, it is usually included in most 100% playthroughs.

A '''low% challenge''' is when a game is completed (or some other goal is reached) while progressing as little as possible. What counts as "progress" is arbitrary in games that don't show an in-game completion percentage, but it usually refers to unlocking or collecting anything permanent.

 

In ''Pikmin'', this challenge only requires the player to collect the 25 mandatory [[ship part]]s and ignore the 5 optional ones.

In a normal playthrough, the [[Courage Reactor]] must be collected on [[day]] 1 before the game can proceed, but by using [[Glitches in Pikmin 2|glitches]] such as causing an extinction on day 1, even that treasure can be skipped. The rest of the run depends on repeatedly harvesting the 11 [[Snow Bulborb]]s, for {{pokos|2}} each, resulting in at least 413 run-throughs of the cave if the [[Utter Scrap]], [[Citrus Lump]], [[Quenching Emblem]], and [[Spherical Atlas]] are collected as well.

This run has been completed within the first in-game day through the use of multiple exploits.{{cite youtube|IeaBDk4W7AA|of a player completing the Emergence Cave challenge|published={{date|19|May|2021}}|retrieved={{date|3|May|2022}}}}

An '''Onionless''' playthrough is when the player must never withdraw Pikmin out of an [[Onion]] (including the [[Hocotate ship]] in {{p2}}). This means that when Pikmin enter an Onion, they will never be seen again in the playthrough, and the player effectively starts with 0 Pikmin when landing in a new [[area]]. In the first 3 games, a handful of glitches are required in order to complete the challenge.

Early on in the challenge, an [[out of bounds]] glitch is required in [[The Forest of Hope]] in order to reach the Yellow Onion,{{cite youtube|U8Wp0VcLS30|of an out of bounds glitch in The Forest of Hope}} since Red Pikmin cannot be withdrawn from the Red Onion. The player must complete the entire area with just Yellow Pikmin, which is possible with various [[glitches]]. In [[The Forest Navel]], the player must approach the Blue Onion right away and grow an entire army from 1 blue sprout. Candypop Buds must be used to make other Pikmin types, and so that the player has 0 Blue Pikmin when arriving in [[The Distant Spring]]. This way, the Blue Onion will make a sprout in The Distant Spring, and the player can once again grow an army in order to complete this map. Lastly, the player must obtain 15 Pikmin in [[The Final Trial]], but they only start with 1 Blue Pikmin sprout (if they arrive with 0 Blue Pikmin). The only way to obtain the required number of Pikmin is to throw the Blue Pikmin into a Candypop Bud of a different type, and repeat the process 15 times so that the Blue Onion makes a total of 15 sprouts. Then, the player can kill the [[Emperor Bulblax]], and harvest its five 5-pellets in order to have 40 Pikmin to carry the [[Secret Safe]] (note that the Secret Safe weighs 85 in the Japanese version, so this challenge is not possible to complete in this version). In this game, Onionless playthroughs are considered more interesting with the additional rule that no Pikmin deaths are allowed.

A full playthrough has been completed by "Mokaygee" in 23 in-game days.{{cite web|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}QG26LW-s1ME&index{{=}}2&list{{=}}PL1tbaKnaSPjdwSVF-fU3ygRfK5ZYxqAbs|Playlist of an Onionless ''Pikmin'' playthrough|YouTube}} 23 days is believed to be the lowest number of days needed to complete this challenge by a human, but "Mokaygee" has made a [[tool-assisted superplay]] completing The Forest of Hope in 1 day Onionless,{{cite youtube|K4Tttv76bUQ|of [[The Forest of Hope]] in 1 day Onionless (TAS)}} and "TRR" has made a tool-assisted superplay completing The Forest Navel in 1 day Onionless,{{cite youtube|WILs-tDbII8|of [[The Forest Navel]] in 1 day Onionless (TAS)}} making 21 days theoretically possible.

There are a few obstacles in an Onionless playthrough in this game. First of all, the Red Onion must produce a sprout on day 2, and when arriving in [[Awakening Wood]]. Otherwise, the player will be unable to obtain Pikmin for the rest of the playthrough. In order to start day 2 with 0 Red Pikmin, a [[glitch]] called "day 1 extinction" is required.{{cite youtube|IieBje4CqMo|of day 1 extinction}} Also, in order to arrive in the Awakening Wood with 0 Red Pikmin, all of the player's Red Pikmin must be killed, or converted to Purple Pikmin. Lastly, the player must grow 100 Purple Pikmin in 1 day in order to collect [[Doomsday Apparatus]]. Doing this is not hard, it simply requires the player to visit [[Cavern of Chaos]] 20 times, which is tedious, but doable.

A full playthrough has been completed by "Grassdigger" in 7 in-game days.{{cite web|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}J5M2X900BIk&list{{=}}PLSM88llr5kvv6FGF2yJanJXFvfdMkzm-A&index{{=}}2|Playlist of an Onionless ''Pikmin 2'' playthrough|YouTube}} A handful of glitches were utilized in order to complete the challenge in just 7 days, including the "rest skip" glitch.{{cite youtube|ChcaITxJxJs|of the rest skip glitch}} Unfortunately, a [[6 day run]] does not seem possible under Onionless restrictions, as Awakening Wood simply takes too much time to complete. Note that the player who completed the challenge had 1 death during the playthrough. However, it is possible to do a deathless Onionless playthrough thanks to a different glitch.{{cite youtube|G8gKxF_ZpfE|of Day 1 Extinction with 0 deaths in ''Pikmin 2''}} Unfortunately, a deathless Onionless playthrough currently requires 8 days to complete, as 1 more day is needed in Valley of Repose in order to obtain enough Pikmin to crush the 35-weight bag. No one has completed a deathless Onionless playthrough of ''Pikmin 2'' yet.

In this game, a deathless Onionless run is impossible. There is no way to make progress in the [[Garden of Hope]] if there are Red Pikmin in the Onion. However, because "AshEevee" found a way to kill Pikmin on day 1,{{cite youtube|5Z7KuPo76I4|of killing Pikmin on day 1 in ''Pikmin 3''}} an Onionless playthrough is still possible. On day 1, the player can remove all obstacles to the ship, then kill all of their Pikmin. Unlike the 2 previous games, the Onion will make a sprout immediately, but the player must leave it behind so that they can have a red sprout in the Garden of Hope. Going forward, it's best to leave all Pikmin buried or left behind at the end of each day, so that the player can start each new area with 1 of each type of Pikmin sprout. The [[Formidable Oak]] proves to be a challenge, because the player starts with 5 Pikmin, and there is no way to grow more. However, if the player uses the Candypop Buds inside the oak, the player can cause extinctions for the different types of Pikmin, making the Onion produce more.

A full playthrough has been completed by "JHawk" in 10 in-game days.{{cite youtube|8vHA2-mKye0|of ''Pikmin 3'' Onionless all fruits in 10 days}} All fruits can still be collected in the optimal number of days under the Onionless restriction. "JHawk" uses various [[glitches]] to save time, mostly ones that also appear in speedruns of this game, such as clipping leaders through walls, or charging Winged Pikmin at fruits in high places. Regardless, [[Garden of Hope]] and [[Tropical Wilds]] were tight on time, he says. However, [[Formidable Oak]] was the most difficult day, as he only obtained 18 Pikmin from farming extinctions, and it takes about half of the day to even start the boss battle, leaving only the other half of the day to beat the boss with very few Pikmin. Technically, it's also possible to complete the game Onionless in 7 in-game days, though this follows from simply playing the first 6 days like in JHawk's playthrough, then completing [[Formidable Oak]] on day 7 in the same way as day 10 of the playthrough.

 

 

 

 

*''Pikmin 4'': 4 enemies total must be defeated, the 3 [[Bulborb Larva]]s to rescue [[Shepherd]], and the [[Fiery Blowhog]] to get access to more [[night expedition]]s.

*Full deaths: the opposite of [[#Pacifist|pacifist]]; a player attempts to kill every enemy they come across, and in the case of caves, every enemy of every sublevel.

*No [[gear]]: players do not obtain any optional upgrades.

*Low Piklopedia: players avoid filling up the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 2)|Piklopedia]] by minimizing encounters with the fauna and flora in ''Pikmin 2'', ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' and ''Pikmin 4''