Editing Hocotate Freight

{{game icons|p2=y|p3=y}}
[[File:P2 Hocotate Freight logo.png|thumb|Hocotate Freight's logo in all non-Japanese versions.]]
{{todo|Add some more sources.}}
'''Hocotate Freight''' ({{j|ホコタテ運送|Hokotate unsou}}) is a "long-haul, deep-space shipping company" that [[Captain Olimar]] works for, based on the planet [[Hocotate]]. It's located in a remote countryside somewhere in the southern hemisphere of Hocotate. [[The President]] and [[The President's wife|his wife]] lead the company, and its only known employees are Olimar and [[Louie]]. The company also owns two ships, the [[S.S. Dolphin]] and the [[Hocotate ship]].

In some pieces of [[mail]], the President's wife claims that she is the real boss of the company and that she does all the hard work.{{cite quote|Your notification report was wrong again. How many times do I have to correct you? It's because of behavior like this that I, the REAL boss, have to work so hard.|The President's wife|a [[Mail|letter]]}}{{cite quote|Hey, you think you can loaf because I can't see you? The ship has been reporting everything to me! Are you surprised? That machine knows who the real boss is.|The President's wife|a [[Mail|letter]]}}

==History==
{{spoiler|the plot of ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]''}}
Hocotate Freight had no known financial difficulties until Louie lost his cargo of [[golden Pikpik carrot]]s, reportedly to a space bunny, while Olimar was on vacation, forcing Hocotate Freight to sell most of its possessions and take out a huge loan. Hocotate Freight sells Olimar's S.S. Dolphin to pay for the debt while he is away, but this still leaves them with a debt of 10,100 [[Poko]]s to repay.

As soon as Olimar returns from the [[PNF-404|planet of the Pikmin]], he is informed of the situation by [[the President]] of Hocotate Freight, and of his ship, the [[S.S. Dolphin]], being sold; it is confiscated as he arrives. In shock, Olimar drops the bottle cap he has been holding, which was meant as a souvenir for his son. It rolls to the ground, causing the sensors of an old ship behind the President to go wild. The [[Hocotate ship]] proceeds to announce that the bottle cap is worth 100 [[Poko]]s, after which the President orders Olimar to go back to the Pikmin planet with [[Louie]] to find enough [[treasure]] to cover the now 10,000-Poko debt.

With the debt repaid, the Hocotate ship is painted in a gold-colored material, and the President replaces Louie on the adventure to find the remaining treasures. Over time, the company starts turning around thanks to the President's wife,{{cite quote|It may interest you to know I've somehow been able to begin turning the company around in your absence. So, you just go on doing what you like for a bit longer, OK?|The President's wife|a [[Mail|letter]]}} until it eventually opens for business once more when all treasures are collected.{{cite quote|All of the treasures on the list have been found! I see you in a new light, honey. Hocotate Freight is open for business once again! Get right back to work tomorrow!|The President's wife|a [[Mail|letter]]}}

After ''Pikmin 2'', Hocotate Freight goes into debt once more following a failed business venture by the President,{{cite quote|Hocotate Freight is drowning in debt again. I'm not saying it's our company president's fault...because this is an official log.|Captain Olimar|a video log in [[Flower Garden]]}}{{cite quote|The company's new venture went down in flames, and it's dragged our yearly earnings down with it.|Captain Olimar|a video log in [[Tundra]]}} forcing Olimar and Louie to return to PNF-404 and gather even more treasure during {{p3}}. The duo goes missing, and [[Alph]], [[Britanny]] and [[Captain Charlie]] on an unrelated mission later find the Hocotate ship wrecked and lacking its gold paint near the [[Quaggled Mireclops]]' arena.

The Koppaite trio succeeds in rescuing Olimar and Louie, but upon their return to Hocotate, the President chastises his employees for leaving the company's ship behind. This leads to [[Olimar's Comeback]], in which the duo goes on a fourth trip to the planet to repair the Hocotate ship.

==Notes==
===''Pikmin 2'' Japanese website===
'''Text'''
{{transcript|
前回、オリマーが遭難し、今回再びルーイとともにやってきたこの星は、巨大生物がひしめく謎の惑星で、奇妙な生態系が発達し、地下には数々のお宝が埋没している。お宝はどうやら、過去にこの星に存在した文明の遺産と思われる。いや、過去と言い切っていいのかどうかは分からない。なぜなら、オリマーがこの星を離れてホコタテ星に戻った間に、同じ地域が大きく様変わりしているのだ。それは明らかに高度な分明の跡であり、今だ見ぬ巨大生命体の文明がこの星には現存する可能性もある…。
|block=y}}
'''Translation'''
{{transcript|
A shipping company that has been operating modestly in the countryside of Hocotate. In his youth, the current president roamed the universe, which led him to establish a shipping company. During Olimar's absence, the company received its first big job in years, but the president, blinded by money, asked Louie, a new employee, to take care of it, and that was the end of his luck. A space bunny stole the entire cargo of Pikpik carrots. All that was left was a huge debt, a battered spaceship, and broken junk.
|block=y}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hokotate.png|Japanese version of the logo.
Hocotate Freight Art.png|Artwork of a Hocotate Freight building, notice how Hocotate is written as Hokotate.
Hocotate Freight.png|A sign bearing Hocotate Freight's logo.
Hocotate surface.png|[[S.S. Dolphin|The Dolphin]] and [[Hocotate ship|the ship]] at Hocotate Freight.
The President alarmed face P2.png|A closer look at the company's building (and [[the President]]).
Hocotate ship angel.png|Texture used for the angel image the [[Hocotate ship]] (texture taken from {{ssbb}}).
Hocotate Freight Brawl texture.png|Texture used on [[Captain Olimar]]'s shoulder in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=ホコタテ運送
|JapR=Hokotate unsou
|JapM=Hocotate Shipping
|ChiTrad=荷克塔特運輸
|ChiTradR=
|ChiTradM=Hocotate Transport
|Dut=Hocotate Transport
|DutM=Hocotate Transport
|FraE=Hocatate Fret
|FraEM=Hocotate Freight
|Ger=Hocotate Freight
|GerM=Hocotate Freight
|Ita=Hocotate Transporti
|ItaM=Hocotate Transports
|Kor=호코타테 운송
|KorR=hokotate unsong
|KorM=Hocotate Transportation
|Spa=Hocotate, S. L.
|SpaM=Hocotate, Limited Society (Sociedad Limitada)
}}

==See also==
*[[Hocotate]]
*[[Poko]]
*[[Koppai]]

==References==
{{refs}}

[[Category:Hocotate]]