Editing Glitches in Pikmin 2

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

==Main==

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| effects = Makes a non-Blue Pikmin swim for however long the glitch is done.

| prerequisites = Have Blue Pikmin.

| howto = Non-Blue Pikmin drown after swimming for a while. If you have an idle Blue Pikmin grab the swimming Pikmin, the latter's swimming time will reset. You can call the Blue Pikmin to you in order to avoid having it throw the swimming Pikmin onto land, and you can continue doing this to cross any body of water.

| explanation = To make sure that a Blue Pikmin's rescue attempt is successful, as to prevent the player from being robbed out of a life save that seemed guaranteed, and in order to avoid having to deal with the Blue Pikmin carrying a Pikmin that's dying, the game resets the time the swimming Pikmin has left the second the Blue Pikmin grabs it. This prevents the swimming Pikmin from dying. If the throw is canceled, the Blue Pikmin will not throw the swimming Pikmin, but the latter's swimming time will still have been reset.

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===High ledge trick===

===Instant bridge===

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===Sped up punching===

| effects = Makes a leader [[punch]] twice as fast.

| howto = Simply punch while moving. Rotating in place also works. You should attack roughly twice as fast as if you were standing still.

| explanation = Olimar/Louie's running animation speed depends on how fast he's moving. The punching animations get affected by this as well.

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===Cave death count glitch===

| effects = Increases the number of Pikmin deaths without killing the corresponding Pikmin.

| prerequisites = Be in a cave that has [[water]], [[poison]] or [[fire]] hazards, and have Pikmin that are not immune to those hazards.

| howto = When your Pikmin are choking or burning due to a water, poison or fire hazard, their deaths are accounted for exactly when they make their last scream. While they are too far gone to save by the [[whistle]] at this point, they aren't exactly dead yet. If you go into a [[geyser]] or hole, you can see them jump into it with the bubbles, gas, or flames on them, albeit alive. On the next sublevel, they'll be perfectly normal. However, when you complete the cave, you'll notice that their deaths were accounted for in the number of total deaths. If you do it several times throughout the sublevels, you can even have over 100 deaths in a single cave run.

| explanation = The game counts a death when a Pikmin makes its last cry, even though the creature's object still exists on the map. Normally, it's impossible to save it when it's doing its last cry, though. But when entering a hole or a geyser, the game forces all Pikmin objects to jump in, regardless of their state. When loading the next sublevel, the game creates new Pikmin objects, basing itself on the previous objects' maturity, color, etc., but not their state (choking/burning).

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| effects = Makes the game announce a Pikmin extinction, without any single Pikmin death.

| normal = The game should recognize that no Pikmin will enter, and claim it's too dangerous to go in without any Pikmin.

| explanation = For each [[frame]], the code to dismiss the Pikmin comes after the code that updates their counter. As such, when the game is paused by the cave entering confirmation dialog box, it processes only what happened on that frame. And on that frame, the game tried to update the counter: all Pikmin are still in the party, so the counter indicates over 0 Pikmin (and the message box uses this value as well). However, after the counter updater code comes the dismiss code. Because the dismiss button was pressed on that frame as well, the game runs the code that dismisses all Pikmin and turns them pale. Normally, the game would update the counter on the next frame, but because the game is paused by the message box, the counter is only updated when the game returns to normal, i.e. when the cave exploration starts. When this happens, the game realizes there are 0 Pikmin and the player is inside a cave, so it triggers a Pikmin extinction.

===Lifeguards through the bridge===

| effects = Makes a Blue Pikmin save a drowning non-Blue, through a bridge.

| prerequisites = Have a built bridge and Blue Pikmin.

| howto = Leave some Blue Pikmin idle on top of a bridge. Then, [[throw]] some non-Blues under the Blue Pikmin. After a bit, the Blues will grab the drowning Pikmin through the bridge, and throw them to safety.

| explanation = Normally, lifeguard Blue Pikmin that are close to drowning Pikmin don't have anything in between. As such, the check for whether a Blue Pikmin should rescue a drowning one doesn't take into account walls, objects or bridges. All that's needed is for the Blue and the drowning Pikmin to be close enough to one another.

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|effects = Makes non Blue Pikmin survive in water for a few seconds, allowing the player to retrieve treasures without Blues.

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===Pikmin stuck under bridge===

| effects = Makes a Pikmin become stuck under a bridge, without dying.

| prerequisites = Have a partially built bridge that's close to the water, such as the one in the [[Awakening Wood]] near the [[Unmarked Spectralids]] or the one in the [[Perplexing Pool]], near the [[Citadel of Spiders]].

| howto = There are two ways for the glitch to happen. One way is to throw Purple Pikmin on top of [[Sheargrub]]s (Awakening Wood) or a [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]] ([[Wistful Wild]]) that are chewing at a bridge that is not fully constructed. If you did it right, the Pikmin and carcass will fall through the bridge and onto the water, sometimes the former will stand on top of the latter, and not drown. Something similar can also happen with a [[Yellow Wollywog]], on the Perplexing Pool, though the creature will remain on top of the bridge. The second way to pull off the glitch is when a non-Blue Pikmin "swims" underneath a bridge, or if the bridge is constructed on top of them.

| explanation = Deconstructed bridge sections have collision data that's sub-optimal, because they're meant to be temporary things. As such, collisions that involve bridge sections sometimes fail. Pikmin can survive drowning because, again, the bridge section's poor collision makes the game consider them as being out of the water.

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===Pikmin vanish through the bridge===

| effects = Makes a Pikmin vanish, but not die, by going through a bridge.

| prerequisites = Have a built [[bridge]] being eaten by [[Mandiblard|Sheargrubs]].

| howto = Throw a Pikmin onto a bridge that's being deconstructed by Sheargrubs. If you're lucky, it might mysteriously disappear from the screen.

| explanation = As with other bridge-related glitches, bridges are objects, not level geometry, so their collision detection is inferior. In addition, by having the Sheargrubs eat the bridge, it's possible for ground that used to be under the Pikmin to suddenly stop existing, which makes the game behave erratically.

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==Enemy-related==

===Blowhog stuck above water===

|effects = Makes a [[Withering Blowhog]] stuck between the ground and water, endlessly repeating its falling animation.

|howto = Go to the [[Shower Room]], and make it so that the Withering Blowhog near the landing site hovers between the ground and water as it stops to inhale. Then, make it fall. It should permanently repeat its falling animation.

|notes = This can be used to defeat the enemy without it being able to shake the Pikmin off.

|explanation = The enemy only performs its landing animation when certain spots of its underside detect a ground.

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===Dud bomb-rocks===

|effects = Makes a [[bomb-rock]] thrown by a [[Careening Dirigibug]] stay in place without detonating, and eventually disappearing.

|howto = Go on sublevel 6 of the [[Subterranean Complex]] and lure a Careening Dirigibug to you. Walk to the exit [[geyser]], and stand between it and the ledge. With luck, the enemy will throw a bomb, but it will stay in place without exploding, between you and the geyser.

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===Invincible Wollywog===

| effects = Makes a Wollywog be stuck in the ground, and invincible. Helpful for those who want to avoid the creature, harmful for those who want the [[Poko]]s it yields.

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===Leader stuck in pipe===

| effects = Causes the active leader to be stuck on a pipe and makes the player unable to switch leaders or move, until the [[Bumbling Snitchbug]] frees them.

| prerequisites = Be in a sublevel with a Bumbling Snitchbug and fully-covered pipes (such as the corridor in the 6th sublevel of the [[Shower Room]]).

| howto = Walk into a fully-covered metal pipe where a Bumbling Snitchbug is flying under, and let the Bumbling Snitchbug catch you and throw you inside the pipe.

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===Petrified Volatile Dweevil suicide===

| effects = Makes a petrified Volatile Dweevil kill itself, yielding normal petrification death spoils.

| prerequisites = Have at least one [[ultra-bitter spray]].

| explanation = There's a point on the bomb-rock's explosion where it can no longer be petrified and has to explode; this happens a few [[frame]]s before a normal explosion. During this point, petrification attempts will only turn the Dweevil into stone, but not the bomb-rock. Seeing as the explosive destroys the Dweevil, and seeing as the Dweevil is considered to be petrified, even if its petrification animation has just barely started, the game gives out nectars or sprays.

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===Stuck Waterwraith===

| effects = Makes the Waterwraith's rollers unable to move, though the creature itself will still move.

| howto = Go on sublevel 4 of the [[Submerged Castle]]. Lure the Waterwraith into entering the large pipe area. It should get stuck fairly easily.

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===Titan Dweevil treasure glitch===

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| effects = Makes a treasure re-appear in the [[Titan Dweevil]]'s hands.

| howto = Beat up one of the Titan Dweevil's treasures until it's nearly detached. When the creature is just about to use that treasure, [[ultra-bitter spray|petrify it]]. Attack the treasure and detach it before the boss breaks free.

===Wollywog super-jump===

| effects = Makes a Wollywog or Yellow Wollywog jump very far.

| howto = Get two leaders next to a Wollywog or Yellow Wollywog. Place them close enough that the creature will notice them, but not so close that it will jump. Keep one leader in this spot, and with the other leader, walk up to the Wollywog and spray it with ultra-bitter spray as soon as possible. The glitch will work so long as you spray the enemy before it starts its jump, but after it chose a target to jump to. Then, quickly run away with that same leader, preferably in a straight line. After enough time has passed for the petrification to wear off, switch back to the leader that's still close to the enemy. It should reactivate and perform a massive jump in the direction of the first leader. It is possible for it to travel any distance this way, but if it hits an obstacle or wall, it might stop short.

===Zombie Dweevil===

| howto = You have to try to make a [[Dweevil]] run out of health just when it picks up an object. If successful, the creature will be alive and carry the object around, while supposedly dead.

| explanation = When the Dweevil is in the "carrying object" state, the game assumes it's alive, regardless of its health. Normally, it can only enter this state if it's alive, and while on this state, it cannot be hurt. However, with precise timing, it can pick up an object at the same time it loses its last bit of health. If so, the game doesn't kill it, because it's entering the "carrying object" state (it's crouching down to pick it up).

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===Boulder jump glitch===

| effects = Makes the leader jump quite high in the air.

| prerequisites = Have the [[Napsack]].

| explanation = The small bounce a leader makes must be programmed as an actual, physics-abiding jump, instead of a simple animation. This would explain why when something that's meant to cause knockback interferes with a jump makes a glitchy jump happen, as the game wasn't ready to handle that particular scenario. Alternately, it has to do with how the leader should've been knocked back, but the Napsack partially stops that, and blocks all damage, again, causing confusion in the physics engine.

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| effects = Makes Pikmin or a leader go through a bridge, and occasionally, through the ground surrounding the bridge. Leaders that fall off the level can teleport to helpful locations, but Pikmin die.

| prerequisites = Have one of the bridges where the glitch works fully built.

===Carrying Louie during a cutscene===

| effects = Makes Louie be carried during a cutscene.

| prerequisites = Have the [[King of Bugs]] uncollected.

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===Double gate===

| effects = Causes two [[gate]]s to appear in the same spot. If one gate is destroyed and Pikmin are thrown on the side where the other gate is, they will mysteriously land on the wall, and the other gate will come down.

| howto = Rarely, sublevel 7 of the [[Hole of Heroes]], where the [[Ranging Bloyster]] is, will have two gates inside one another. If it doesn't happen, you can keep resetting until it does, since reloading the [[Saved game|save file]] takes you to the same sublevel, but with a different layout.

===Embed glitch===

| effects = Some objects can get embedded inside walls and other objects, making retrieving them impossible in some cases.

| howto = Occasionally, a treasure 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. In addition, if a Pikmin is latched on to or grabbing an object as it becomes embedded with a wall, if the Pikmin is whistled, it'll fall through and die.

| 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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===Frozen leader glitch===

| effects = Makes a leader frozen or unusable.

| prerequisites = Have the [[Napsack]].

| notes = <br>

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===Idle Pikmin during leader switch===

|effects = Makes the Pikmin within a leader's group not come to the Onion at sunset.

|prerequisites = Be on day two or further.

|howto = Gather some Pikmin in your party, and whistle the other leader so that he's in your group as well. Move far away from the landing site, and wait until the day is about to end. Either time it so you switch leaders right when the sunset cutscene is about to start, or rapidly switch leaders and hope it happens. When the cutscene starts, some or all of the Pikmin in the group should count as left behind, despite being in the group.

|explanation = When switching leaders while the two are together, the game makes all Pikmin in the current leader's group idle, switches the current leader, and calls the Pikmin to the new leader right away. The fact that the Pikmin do the "got called" animation supports this. The Pikmin only count as belonging to the group when they finish that animation, so between that time, they are technically idle. If the day ends during this time, they're treated like any other idle Pikmin, and get left behind.

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===Leave boundaries===

| effects = Makes you go out of bounds on garden-type sublevels.

| notes = If you go far enough away from the main part of the level, you will hit a massive wall with blurry images of trees and foliage painted on it, or in other cases an invisible barrier. Throwing Pikmin at this barrier will make them float in place for a while before falling to the ground.{{cite youtube|MnYc8FzIF3A|with the boundaries glitch, showing what happens to Pikmin thrown at the invisible wall}}

| explanation = Same reason as to why the [[#Embed glitch|embed glitch]] happens.

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===Protruding gate===

| effects = Makes a gate able to be destroyed from the other side of a wall.

| howto = Occasionally, one of the posts that holds up a [[gate]] might protrude from an adjacent wall. You can issue your Pikmin to destroy the gate from the opposite side of the wall.

| explanation = The randomly generated mazes have complex algorithms, in order to create lively and balanced labyrinths. This complexity can sometimes cause minor problems, like having a gate protrude from a wall. Because from the other side of the wall, the gate is still a normal "gate" object, it can also be targeted and hit by Pikmin.

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===Tilted objects===

| 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.

| notes = This glitch can also happen in [[Glitches in Pikmin#Tilted objects|''Pikmin'']].

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==Minor==