Editing Dandori Challenge

'''Dandori Challenges''' ({{j|ダンドリチャレンジ|Dandori Charenji|Dandori Challenge}}) are special [[cave]]s in ''[[Pikmin 4]]''. While accessed from the [[area]]s in [[Story Mode]], they function more like an alternative game mode, similar to the [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] from {{p2}} and [[Mission Mode]] from {{p3}}. These challenges are directed by [[leafling]]s, and completing a Dandori Challenge allows the player to rescue that very same leafling [[castaway]]. Pikmin from outside the challenge cannot be taken inside, and the player will instead receive some Pikmin from the leafling directing the challenge. Once completed, a challenge cave is closed so that the leafling does not enter again, but the challenge can be replayed from the [[Rescue Command Post]] once [[Jin]] is saved.

Dandori Challenges are [[treasure]]-collecting missions, where the player is given a time limit to find and collect all objects around a special [[sublevel]]. These objects include [[treasure]]s and [[enemies]], which must all be carried back to the [[S.S. Beagle]] in order to gain points noted with a symbol resembling the letter D: {{icon|Dandori}}. Points are measured using the weight of everything collected, so that, for example, a [[Bulborb]] is worth 10 points while a pile of [[gold nugget]]s is worth as many points as its number of fragments. If everything is collected in time, each remaining second adds one bonus point. The player can earn medals based on their performance. Only a bronze is required to complete the challenge and bring back the leafling, which usually involves collecting only a handful of the treasures and enemies, but silver, gold, and platinum medals can also be earned, the latter being obtained by collecting everything. Because the goal is to collect treasures and enemy carcasses, the stage ends when there is nothing left to collect. If an enemy was killed while frozen by [[Ice Pikmin]], no corpse will be left, meaning the player loses out on some points. The point requirement for a platinum medal matches that of delivering everything to the S.S. Beagle, so while this can make the player miss a platinum medal at first, it is still possible to make up the difference with the time bonus when the stage ends. Each stage is ranked with a "Dandori Level" of 1 to 5, indicating the level of difficulty.

|[[Dandori Day Care]]

|[[Hotshock Canyon]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Rockaway Cellars.png|100px]]

|[[Rockaway Cellars]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Test Tubs.png|100px]]

|130 [[File:Dandori silver P4 icon.png|35px]]

|150 [[File:Dandori gold P4 icon.png|35px]]

|170 [[File:Dandori platinum P4 icon.png|35px]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Ice-Cross Course.png|100px]]

|[[Ice-Cross Course]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Hefty Haulway.png|100px]]

|[[Hefty Haulway]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Aerial Incinerator.png|100px]]

|280 [[File:Dandori gold P4 icon.png|35px]]

|[[Strategic Freezeway]]

|130 [[File:Dandori bronze P4 icon.png|35px]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Planning Pools.png|100px]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Toggle Training.png|100px]]

|[[Toggle Training]]

|240 [[File:Dandori platinum P4 icon.png|35px]]

|[[File:P4 Save File Cliff-Hanger's Hold.png|100px]]

|[[Oasis of Order]]

While Dandori Challenge caves are found in specific locations in [[area]]s, each of the 12 challenges is not assigned to a specific location – instead, the stages are encountered in a specific order, so that the first challenge the player enters will always be Dandori Day Care, the second will be Hotshock Canyon, etc. The stage assigned to a specific challenge cave is set when the cave is entered, so the player can walk up to and open multiple challenge caves and they will all be the same stage as long as one is not entered. Once a challenge cave is entered, that challenge will be set, even if the player exits the cave without completing the challenge. The [[Trial of the Sage Leaf]] does not follow these rules and is always found in a specific location in the [[Rescue Command Post]].

 

Below is a list of every Dandori Challenge cave entrance available and how to access them, listed in the order of their slot on the details screen of the [[area selection menu]]. Each slot will fill in accordingly with the name of the Dandori Challenge played via the respective cave entrance.

** Past a [[sprinkler]] on the plateau near the 1st base, Line of Logs.

** Near the entrance to the [[Dream Home]]; can be accessed either by pulling down a [[clipboard]] to bridge the gap above or by turning off a sprinkler below and using a fire starter to reach the alcove.

** On a plateau in the center of the area, a long bridge must first be built near the 3rd base, The Maple Bridge.

** By the mud pool with the [[Beckoning Mannequin]]. White Pikmin must be tossed up a ledge to destroy 3 [[poison]] geysers and move a cardboard box that becomes a bridge from a nearby ledge to access the cave.

If the player fails to earn a bronze medal on a challenge, [[Dingo]] will offer to complete the challenge for them if he has already been talked to beforehand. If the player selects "Get Help" from the following menu, he will proceed to do so (shown with a blank screen, text boxes, and random sound effects), and the victory cutscene will play like normal as if the player had completed it themselves.

|Jap = ダンドリチャレンジ

|JapR = Dandori Charenji

|JapM = Dandori Challenge

|ChiTrad = 當多慮挑戰

|ChiTradR =  

|ChiTradM =  

|ChiSimp = 当多虑挑战

|ChiSimpR =  

|ChiSimpM =  

|Dut = Dandori-test

|DutM =  

|FraA = Défi Dandori

|FraAM = Dandori challenge

|Ger = Dandori-Herausforderung

|GerM = Dandori challenge

|Ita = Sfida Dandori

|ItaM = Dandori Challenge

|ItaN =  

|Kor = 계획력 챌린지

|KorR =  

|KorM =  

|Por = Desafio Dandori

|PorM = Dandori challenge

|Spa  = Desafío Dandori

|SpaM = Dandori challenge