Editing Glitches in Pikmin

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Please read the [[Pikipedia:Glitch notes|glitch notes]] before attempting any of these glitches or before adding your own.

==Main==

===Counter glitch===

| effects = The Pikmin counter will display erroneous numbers, including a total of Pikmin on the field that doesn't correspond to the truth, and a number of Pikmin on the party superior to that of the field number.

| explanation = Some of the possible Pikmin deaths must override the standard "killing" procedure. When certain, as of now unknown circumstances happen, the code will not handle deaths the normal way, and the Pikmin counter won't be updated correctly.

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===Libra glitch===

| effects = The [[Libra]] will bounce off the map and be forever unobtainable, making the game impossible to complete (the Libra being one of the 25 required ship parts).

| prerequisites = Have the Libra uncollected.

| howto = This glitch happens at random, but cases of the glitch occurring are not uncommon, so you shouldn't assume it won't happen to you. The glitch happens when the Pikmin carrying the Libra from the ledge it sits on fall down, making the ship part bounce up and potentially land outside the area and into the [[Pit|abyss]].

| normal = The Libra should bounce a small bit, certainly not enough to make it go flying.

| explanation = The part is situated above high ground, on a very precarious and small ledge. When handling collisions with the ground, the game is programmed to make ship parts bounce off. Seeing as this is a rare scenario, though, that code wasn't optimized that much, resulting in the bouncing to be erratic given some circumstances.

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==Pikmin-related==

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| explanation = A Swooping Snitchbug that successfully grabs a Pikmin will keep it on its claws. However, while climbing unto an Onion, Pikmin are in an uninterruptible state, so they will actually continue climbing instead of being caught. This creates an extra Pikmin.

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===Controlling Mushroom Pikmin===

| effects = Makes it possible to partially control a [[Mushroom Pikmin]].

| prerequisites = Have a living [[Puffstool]] in the area.

| howto = The timing is important for this glitch. If Pikmin are left near the Puffstool and are called at the exact moment the creature lifts and inverts its cap (just before it blows its spores), the Pikmin may become glitched Mushroom Pikmin and rush to Olimar's side immediately after.

| explanation = When the player whistles a Pikmin, it attempts to join their party. If the Puffstool possesses the Pikmin while this is happening, the Pikmin will cancel its attempt to join the player, and become possessed. On the other hand, if a Pikmin is whistled while being possessed, the party joining attempt will be ignored altogether. If, however, both events happen simultaneously, the game will both turn the Pikmin into a Mushroom Pikmin and add it to the party. The partial ability to control a Mushroom Pikmin comes from the lack of code to handle the control of this type of Pikmin, as this was never intended.

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===Pikmin-eating bridge===

| effects = Makes Pikmin die by falling through the ground.

| prerequisites = Have built the [[bridge]] closest to the Blue Onion in [[The Forest Navel]].

| howto = Head to the bridge closest to the Blue Onion in The Forest Navel, and issue some Pikmin to go under it. [[Dismiss]] them, then go to the exit (lower part) of the bridge. Finally, whistle your Pikmin to come to you. Basically, you want the Pikmin to walk towards the acute angle of the bridge, while under it. Some Pikmin should disappear and die.

| explanation = The corner the bridge makes with the ground is just too sharp, making collision detection with the floor harder to do correctly. The bridge keeps pushing Pikmin down as they walk towards the angle, and because the floor's hitbox is just a plane, not a bulky prism, it gives in to letting Pikmin go through it more easily than the bridge does.

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===Pikmin out of bounds===

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| effects = Makes Pikmin go out of bounds, where they can slide back into the area, go far enough to be irretrievable, or slide the opposite direction, where they will fall off-screen and die.

| prerequisites = Have a living [[Goolix]] on [[The Impact Site]].

| normal = The Pikmin should be unable to go too far out of bounds.

| explanation = The collision between the Goolix' nuclei is meant to throw away all nearby Pikmin. If the creature is too close to the edges of the area, it's possible for the fighting Pikmin to be thrown off. Not much was done to manage Pikmin that go out of bounds, as that scenario was thought to be too unlikely.

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===Rebel Mushroom Pikmin===

| effects = Makes a Mushroom Pikmin attack the Puffstool rather than Captain Olimar.

| prerequisites = Have a living [[Puffstool]] on the area.

| explanation = A Pikmin is programmed to continue attacking an enemy after it's knocked down by it. Normally, the spores both stop the Pikmin from attacking the Puffstool and possess the Pikmin, but if it happens while a Pikmin is lying down, the possession will occur as normal, but the code that triggers when a Pikmin gets back up goes into place, making the Pikmin attack the Puffstool regardless of the possession.

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===Beady Long Legs escape===

===Blowhog stuck on skull===

|effects = Puts a [[Puffy Blowhog]] stuck on top of a skull, endlessly repeating its falling animation.

|howto = Go to [[The Distant Spring]], gather some Pikmin, and make it so that the Puffy Blowhog near the landing site hovers on top of a skull as it stops to inhale. While it is busy attacking, throw Pikmin at it. When it falls on the skull, it should permanently stay on it, in its fall animation.

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| howto = On The Final Trial, in Challenge Mode, there is a [[Yellow Wollywog]] near a pipe. If the Yellow Wollywog jumps on the hole in the pipe, it gets stuck there; it can be coerced into doing so by moving [[Olimar]] onto it.

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==Misc.==

===Cardboard box cutscene softlock===

| notes = Because the game expects the box to get to its final place until it ends the cutscene, it'll be waiting forever. The music will keep going, but nothing else will happen. The only thing left to do is to reset or shut down the console. In ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]'', the glitch cannot be performed, not even with [[frame]]-perfect timing via emulator.

| explanation = Instead of having the cutscene last for a fixed duration of time, the developers chose to have the cutscene end when the box reaches its destination; this would allow changing Pikmin pushing speeds without having to change the cutscene duration. When the cutscene starts, some parts of the gameplay still take effect for some frames, such as the final bits of the whistle's range. This allows the Pikmin to be called back while the cutscene is playing. Because the game must wait for the box to reach its destination, it remains waiting forever.

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===Embed glitch===

| howto = Occasionally, a ship part or a pellet can become partially embedded inside a wall or another object. It can be possible to move the object against the spot it's stuck in, though that can either set it free or burrow it deeper. Issuing Pikmin around these objects is sometimes pointless, as they'll be unable to distribute themselves correctly over it, and thus, be unable to carry it. For a stationary and partial example, there's the Blue 20-Pellet on [[The Final Trial]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]].

| explanation = Objects may become embedded for a variety of reasons, but mostly, it's due to them being pushed inside walls by other objects. This is because the game attempts to avoid having objects overlapping one another, and as a last resort, an object is embedded against a wall.

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===Falling through gates===

| effects = Makes a captain go inside a [[gate]].

| prerequisites = Have an unopened gate you can get on top of.

| explanation = Laying down puts Olimar in a state that lacks some form of solidity, this can be backed up by the fact that Olimar cannot be hurt while lying down. Likewise, Olimar mustn't be able to collide with the top of gates while lying down, which makes him fall through.

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===Inaccessible Onions===

| prerequisites = Have uncollected [[ship part]]s, besides the [[Secret Safe]].

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| effects = Makes the player able to go out of bounds.

| notes = You can use this glitch to get the [[Radiation Canopy]], [[Geiger Counter]] and [[Sagittarius]]. When you throw a Pikmin at it, the screen will go black and you will be falling.

| explanation = When two things are in the same spot, the game is programmed to push the movable ones apart. Seeing as both a Pellet Posy and a wall are unmovable, the game will attempt to push Olimar out if he's found to be crammed between both. The ejection will likely push Olimar through the wall, given that technically, Posies have more solid hitboxes than the thin line that makes up a wall.

===Pellet under bridge glitch===

| effects = Makes the Pikmin stop working on a bridge, and circle a pellet, eventually giving up and becoming idle.

| prerequisites = Have a [[pellet]] under the way of an unconstructed [[bridge]]. A good example would be the one with a [[Yellow Wollywog]] near the island with the [[Massage Machine]] in [[The Distant Spring]].

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| effects = Makes the explosion sound of a set of [[bomb-rock]]s not play.

| prerequisites = Play on a day where there are a lot of bomb-rocks.

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===Tilted objects===

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| effects = Makes some objects become tilted.

| howto = Have Pikmin carry an object from a high ledge. Given the object's physics, it may fall down at an angle, and the Pikmin will proceed to carry it in said angle. Some Pikmin might even be holding it in mid-air, while other times, the Pikmin may let the object fall.

| explanation = Because of the game's physics and enforcement of gravity on objects, if Pikmin carrying the front of an object fall from an edge before the ones at the back do, the piece will be tilted. This is normal, but given that pieces falling from high places isn't common, the game doesn't handle it too well. Occasionally, it'll leave the piece tilted as the Pikmin are carrying it.

===Two-sectioned bridge===

| effects = Makes a bridge have two sections, each with a rolled up bundle of sticks, one of them floating in mid-air.

| prerequisites = Have a built bridge.

| howto = There is no known way to cause this glitch purposely. Randomly, [[Female Sheargrub]]s will eat a bridge, but it'll be split, with the half opposite to the side being eaten float in mid-air.