Editing Glow Pikmin

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|size       = 200px

|icon       = Glow Pikmin P4 icon.png

|scientific = ''Pikminidae supravelum''

|family     = [[Unknown family|Unknown]], assumed [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]

|resistance = [[Fire]], [[electricity]], [[water]], [[poison]], [[ice]], [[confusion]], [[sprout|burial]], [[ink]], [[bubble]], [[abyss]]

|strength   = Average^{[[#Technical information|(?)]]}

|mobility   = Average

|throw       = Average

|carry       = 1

|digging     = Average

'''Glow Pikmin''' are a type of [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] found in {{P4}}. They are unlocked and mainly used during [[night expedition]]s, though they can also be summoned in caves and [[Dandori Battle]]s, the latter using the [[Quick Glow Pik]] item.

Glow Pikmin have bright lime-green, bioluminescent bodies. They have no legs; their bodies instead end in a tapered and ghost-like tail. Because of this, they have the ability to float. They have blue eyes, though one of them appears to be larger than the other and has a light blue pupil. They behave similarly to [[Bulbmin]] in that they have resistance to nearly all hazards, and remain the only Pikmin, as of ''Pikmin 4'', to not have an [[Onion]] or even a [[Candypop Bud]]. Rather, they cultivate in [[Lumiknoll]]s. Their flowers are also differently shaped, with five pointed petals (resembling a star) instead of the normal rounded ones. They also appear to be slightly smaller than other Pikmin types.

Glow Pikmin are the only Pikmin that are mainly active at night. They can be thrown and commanded like other Pikmin; however, they have a unique "charge" mechanic. The player is able to charge up their squad of Glow Pikmin, causing them to coalesce into a single glowing ball called a Glowmob, which then charges forward when the charge is released. If this glowing ball comes into contact with an enemy, or once it travels a set distance, it will burst and all nearby enemies will be stunned; this also causes the Glow Pikmin to de-merge from the glowing ball and float to the enemies, attacking them. This also causes them to revert back to having leaves. If the player is controlling Oatchi, however, they will be unable to cause the Glow Pikmin to form a Glowmob, instead charging up a Rush like they normally would. Similar to a Rush, the Glowmob must cool down in between uses.

Glow Pikmin automatically progress through the stages of Pikmin [[maturity]], and will not lose their flowers if they are shaken off; they cannot grow flowers by drinking [[nectar]].

Glow Pikmin are not [[pluck]]ed from the ground; instead, they appear to be created by the Lumiknolls the player is tasked with protecting. Rather than using [[Pellet Posy|Pellet Posies]] or dead creatures to produce more Glow Pikmin, the player must collect glowing rocks that resemble {{w|konpeitō}} called glow pellets. The Glow Pikmin will bring these to Lumiknolls, generating one Glow Pikmin for every three glow pellets gathered. Newly created Glow Pikmin and idle Glow Pikmin immediately join the player's squad via teleportation after a few seconds regardless of their distance from the Lumiknoll or the player. Switching from the player to [[Oatchi]] (or vice versa) will cause all Glow Pikmin in the squad to teleport to whichever one of them is active, allowing the player to focus on defending the Lumiknolls. If a Glow Pikmin [[Pikmin extinction|extinction]] occurs during a night expedition, the Lumiknoll will instantly propagate 5 Glow Pikmin.

After a night expedition has been completed, Glow Pikmin will revert into [[Glow Seed]]s to hibernate once the sun rises and are rewarded to the player. These seeds can be used to summon Glow Pikmin in caves and night expeditions, but upon summoning they cannot leave the cave, similar to Bulbmin. The number of seeds earned is based on the number of Glow Pikmin in the squad upon the expedition's completion with every five Glow Pikmin making one Glow Seed.

In terms of [[hazards]], Glow Pikmin are functionally immune to [[fire]], [[electricity]], [[water]], [[poison]], and [[ice]]. They are also immune to the [[Groovy Long Legs]]'s [[confusion|dancing gas]], ink from a [[Toady Bloyster]] or the [[Bewilder Bomb]] in Dandori Battles, and the [[Muckerskate]] shots' burying ability. They are however still subject to being eaten, [[crush]]ed, [[stab]]bed by needles, [[panic]], and [[wind]]. According to the Rescue Corps and the Piklopedia, Glow Pikmin transmute themselves into photons and reconstitute at the Lumiknoll upon "dying"; however, from a gameplay perspective, a Glow Pikmin is permanently gone upon "death" as with any other Pikmin. Glow Pikmin cannot become buried as sprouts, instead, they will simply be embedded into the ground before unearthing themselves after a short time, similar to Rock Pikmin that get crushed.

Despite their ability to float, they behave differently from [[Winged Pikmin]] in that they will not carry objects over gaps or other paths that only Winged Pikmin can traverse, but instead stay low to the ground and take the same path as typical walking Pikmin would. They also need to be level with any object they swarm and will not fly upward to the target like Winged Pikmin (such as when fighting a [[Baldy Long Legs]]). This may have been done to encourage the use of their Glowmob ability, which gives more height to their attacks. Despite their limited floating abilities, they cannot die from falling or being thrown into an [[abyss]]; they will only fall a short distance before teleporting back the player as if they had gone idle.

Glow Pikmin are discovered once the player has rescued [[Yonny]] and embarked on their first [[night expedition]]. In their introductory cutscene, they will enter the Lumiknoll behind them and pop their heads out in different spots of the Lumiknoll. After which they will teleport out of the mound curious about the player then teleport away, demonstrating their teleporting abilities.

 

Glow Pikmin are the only known Pikmin type not to be discovered and named by [[Captain Olimar]] before the other characters, because he never explored the planet at night.

What's even more surprising is that they exhibit no signs of life. When a Glow Pikmin "dies," if that word can even be used, it does not expire in the typical sense. Instead, it just becomes a form of light-or perhaps a photon-and returns to the Lumiknoll.

|jpname    = {{j|トコヨノヒカリピクミン|Tokoyo no Hikari Pikumin|Light Pikmin of the Underworld}}

|Jap = ヒカリピクミン

|JapR = Hikari Pikumin

|JapM = Light Pikmin

|ChiTrad = 發光皮克敏

|ChiTradR = Fāguāng Píkèmǐn

|ChiTradM = Glow Pikmin

|ChiSimpM = Glow Pikmin

|Dut = Gloei-Pikmin

|DutM = Glow Pikmin

|Fra = Pikmin luisant

|FraM = Glowing Pikmin

|Ger = Leucht-Pikmin

|GerM = Glow Pikmin

|Ita = Pikmin iridescente

|ItaM = Iridescent Pikmin

|Kor = 반짝피크민

|KorR = Banjjak-Pikeumin

|KorM = Sparkle Pikmin

|Spa = Pikmin luminoso

|SpaM = Luminous Pikmin

|Por = Pikmin pirilampo

|PorM = Firefly Pikmin

* Glow Pikmin are the only Pikmin type not to be in the Pikmin family, as their unusual characteristics make it uncertain if they can be called Pikmin or if they are even alive by any conventional definition of the term. In fact, if Olimar's speculation is correct they may actually be ghosts.