Editing Glow Pikmin

|image       = Glow Pikmin.png

|size       = 200px

|icon       = Glow Pikmin P4 icon.png

|scientific = ''Pikminidae supravelum''

|family     = [[Unknown family|Unknown]]

|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''' ({{j|ヒカリピクミン|Hikari Pikumin|Light 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 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 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.

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 burials caused by a [[Muckerskate]]'s shots or a [[Mamuta]]'s punches. 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.

 

=== Olimar's notes ===

 

 

=== Louie's notes ===

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

Glow Pikmin Trailer.png|thumb|The Glow Pikmin's introduction [[cutscene]].

Glow Pikmin feed.jpg|A Glow Pikmin throwing a Glow Pellet into a Lumiknoll.

* 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 Pikmin's ghosts.

* Glow Pikmin do not have the usual [[soul#Pikmin|souls]], instead, without face and a bit round and the ghost tail, making it the only Pikmin type to have a unique soul in ''Pikmin 4''.

* Glow Pikmin deaths are not tracked by the [[final results menu]]. However, they ''are'' tracked in the [[Piklopedia (Pikmin 4)|Piklopedia]]; Glow Pikmin deaths will be tracked and credited to the creature who killed them.

* The second sentence of Olimar's notes on the Glow Pikmin appears to reference the lyrics to ''[[Ai no Uta]]''. This is more noticeable in the Japanese version due to the shared word choices.

*[[Pikmin family]]