Editing Hocotate Freight

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[[File:Hocotate Freight logo.jpg|thumb|right|Hocotate Freight's logo.]]
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'''Hocotate Freight''' is a "long-haul, deep-space shipping company" that [[Captain Olimar]] works for, based on the planet [[Hocotate]]. It appears to be situated on the southern hemisphere of Hocotate. [[The President]] leads 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]], [[Minor characters#The President's wife|the President's wife]] claims that she is the real owner of the company, and 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]]}} Although it seems clear that she works alongside her husband, it is unknown whether she is the real boss or if she is merely writing the letters in a condescending and exaggerated tone.

==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 ship to pay for the debt while he is away, but still leaving 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, 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 the events of ''Pikmin 2'', the Hocotate ship is shown to be totaled near the [[Quaggled Mireclops]]' arena in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. One of Olimar's notes says that Hocotate Freight goes into debt once more after a failed business venture.

==Notes==
===''Pikmin 2'' Japanese website===
'''Text'''
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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…。
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'''Translation'''
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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.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Hocotate Freight Art.png|Official concept art for Hocotate Freight, notice how Hocotate is written as Hokotate.
Hokotate.png|Japanese version of the logo.
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.
GPVE01-31.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 {{sb}}).
Hocotate Freight Brawl texture.png|Texture used on [[Captain Olimar]]'s shoulder in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreignname
|Jap=
|JapR=
|JapM=
|Dut=Hocotate Transport
|DutM=Hocotate Transport
|FraE=Hocatate Fret
|FraEM=Hocotate Freight
|Ger=Hocotate Freight
|GerM=Hocotate Freight
|Ita=Hocotate Transporti
|ItaM=Hocotate Transports
|SpaE=Hocotate, S. L.
|SpaEM=Hocotate, Limited Society (Sociedad Limitada)
}}

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

==References==
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[[Category:Hocotate]]