Editing Interstellar Radio

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{{Infobox ship part
|name       = Interstellar Radio
|image      = InstellarRadioPikmin.jpg
|size       = 250x250px
|icon       = Interstellar Radio icon.png
|mandatory  = yes
|weight     = 20
|max_pikmin = 40
|location   = The Distant Spring
|noicons    = y
|pikmin1    = y
}}
{{Infobox ship part
|name       = Interstellar Radio
|image      = Interstellar Radio P4 icon.png
|size       = 250x250px
|icon       = Interstellar Radio P4 icon.png
|weight     = 10
|max_pikmin = 20
|location   = [[Hero's Hideaway]]
|pikmin4    = y
}}

The '''Interstellar Radio''' ({{j|宇宙ムセン|Uchu Musen|Space Radio}}) is one of the ship parts featured in {{p1}} and {{p4}}. The Interstellar Radio emits a constant S.O.S. signal, and emits voices to counteract the loneliness of space. Once found and brought back to the [[S.S. Dolphin]], it will float around the spaceship, to starboard of the nose (to the front and right of [[Captain Olimar]] when he is seated). During take-off, the Interstellar Radio moves around and latches on to the hull on the starboard side, next to the [[Number 1 Ionium Jet|#1 Ionium Jet]]. Olimar hints in his second monologue for this part that all parts may not be needed to fly the ship. Because Olimar says this, many players mistake this piece for an optional ship part, but it is mandatory.

== Collecting the part ==
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=== In ''Pikmin'' ===
{{location map | width = 350 | height = 595 | image = DS texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = The location of the Interstellar Radio in [[The Distant Spring]]. | icons =
{{map icon | Interstellar Radio | 203 | 519}}
}}
It is found inside the body of a [[Puffy Blowhog]] in the big lake, and may be near three [[Water Dumple]]s. On land, defeat the [[Spotty Bulbear]] to ensure the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin's]] safety.
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=== In ''Pikmin 4'' ===
{{location map | width = 350 | height = 494 | image = Hero's Hideaway OST map.png | caption = The location of the Automatic Gear in the [[Hero's Hideaway]]. | icons =
{{map icon | Interstellar Radio | v=P4 | 148 | 350}}
}}
The Interstellar Radio is the final objective of the game's prologue. Captain Olimar and [[Moss]] land in the [[Hero's Hideaway]] to search for it, and after gathering back his [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] that scattered out of the [[Onion]], he investigates the top of a coffee table. There he faces off against a [[Porquillion]] which releases the Interstellar Radio upon death, revealing it ate the part. As soon as he retrieves the ship part, he sends out an S.O.S. signal, which is received by the [[Rescue Corps]] and many [[castaway|civilians]]. This sequence is repeated in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].
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== Trivia ==
* Bizarrely, ''Pikmin 4'' redesigns the Interstellar Radio to look more like the [[Analog Computer]] in appearance, with its control panel and antenna replaced with that ship part's corresponding bits. It is unclear if this is to indicate that it now has the same functions as the Analog Computer (something of note is that the Analog Computer does not return as a collectable part in ''Pikmin 4'') or if this is the result of a mistake.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Radio.jpg|The Interstellar Radio, sitting near [[Olimar]] and many [[Blue Pikmin]].
File:S.S. Dolphin top.jpg|The S.S. Dolphin's nose. The Interstellar Radio is to the right.
File:Interstellar Radio.png|The ship part being delivered to the [[S.S. Dolphin]].
File:Radio P4.jpg|The Interstellar Radio as seen in {{p4}}.
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== Names in other languages ==
{{foreignname
|Jap  = 宇宙ムセン
|JapR = Uchu Musen
|JapM = Space Radio
|ChiTrad  = 宇宙無線電
|ChiTradR = Yǔzhòu Wúxiàndiàn
|ChiTradM = Space Radio
|ChiSimp  = 宇宙无线电
|ChiSimpR = Yǔzhòu Wúxiàndiàn
|ChiSimpM = Space Radio
|Dut  = Interstellaire radio
|DutM = Interstellar radio
|FraA = Radio interstellaire
|FraAM = Interstellar radio
|FraE = Radio Stellaire
|FraEM = Stellar Radio
|Ger  = Interstellar-Radio
|GerM = Interstellar Radio
|Ita  = Radio interstellare
|ItaM = Interstellar radio
|Kor  = 스페이스 무전기
|KorR = Seupeiseu Mujeon'gi
|KorM = Space Radio
|Spa  = Radio interestelar
|SpaM = Interstellar radio
|Por  = Rádio interestelar
|PorM = Interstellar radio
}}

{{The Distant Spring}}
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[[Category:Mandatory ship parts]]