Editing Gate

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[[Image:Destroyingwall.jpg|thumb|200px|right|A simple white gate in Pikmin]]

'''Gates''' are found in a number of different forms in both [[Pikmin series|Pikmin games]], which require different strategies to overcome them. They are the most common type of obstacle in Pikmin.  Gates block paths to different areas and can be destroyed by [[Pikmin (species)|Pikmin]]; just swarm them onto the structure.  As time passes, the length of which depends on the number and type of Pikmin working on razing the gate and the type of gate, it will lower in three distinct stages, finally collapsing to the ground with the characteristic 'completion sound'.

==Variations==

There are four major variations in gate structure:

*White gates (also known as '''White Bramble Gates''') are the most basic, and take a relatively short amount of time to destroy. Two bomb rocks can also destroy a white gate in [[Pikmin 1]].

*Black gates (also known as '''Black Bramble Gates''') are made up of a lattice-like pattern, and are stronger than a white gate. However, all Pikmin types are still capable of removing them. Four bomb rocks will demolish a black gate in Pikmin 1.

*Electric fences consist of metal and have [[Hazards#Electricity|electricity]] running through them; as such, only [[Yellow Pikmin]] can help with clearing these out of the way. Unlike all other gate types, where each gate has an individual durability, all electric gates have exactly 16.000 hit points.

*Stone gates, found only in Pikmin 1, require the Yellow Pikmin again, this time due to their affinity for [[bomb-rocks]].  Each blast from a bomb-rock makes the wall fall to a lower stage. There are three colour variations here: white stone gates, which require only three bomb-rocks, gray ones, which require six, and black stone gates, which require nine bomb-rocks.

[[Image:Poison Gate.png|thumb|A black poison gate.]]

Ordinary black and white gates can also be found with pipes emitting [[Hazards#Poison|poison gas]] within, found only in [[Pikmin 2]].  These require the resistance of [[White Pikmin]].

===Pikmin===

'''[[The Impact Site]]:'''

*1 white gate

*1 white stone gate

'''[[The Forest of Hope]]:'''

*3 white stone gates

'''[[The Distant Spring]]:'''

*2 white gates

*1 black stone gate

===Pikmin 2===

'''[[Valley of Repose]]:'''

*2 white gates

'''[[Perplexing Pool]]:'''

*2 black gates

== Gate strength ==

The strength of both colors of normal gate varies greatly through both Pikmin games, though those above ground tend in general to be much sturdier than the randomly generated ones in [[cave]]s in Pikmin 2. The black gates in Pikmin 1 take twice the amount of bomb rocks as the white gates, the black gates take about twice as long with the same amount of Pikmin as said Pikmin demolishing a white gate. An exception to this is the white gates that enclose the [[Emperor Bulblax]] arena at the [[Final Trial]] in the first Pikmin game, which are exceptionally frail for above-ground gates.

== Minor Glitch ==

[[Image:Gate Glitch.JPG|thumb|100px|The submerged part is seen next to the "10"]]

A visual glitch that occurs with certain gates allows them still to be visible underground when parts are submerged. Once the entire gate has been torn down, everything appears normal again. This is best seen [[Cave|underground]] in Pikmin 2, and in [[The Forest Navel]] in Pikmin 1. In the latter case, it is a simple black gate near a [[Fiery Blowhog]] and a [[Pellet Posy]] growing in the pool.

[[Category:Obstacles]]