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At times, when making a game, development members may commit a '''mistake'''. Most of the time, these errors are detected by the quality assurance team, whose job is to play-test the game in search for such mistakes, so that they can be corrected. However, it's possible for some errors to go by undetected, meaning the final game is released with them still in it. For the most part, these aren't enough to affect gameplay or the game's story. In popular culture, they are also known as '''goofs'''. In the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]], there are cases of typos, grammatical errors, [[glitches]], and inconsistencies.

For the sake of completion, debatable mistakes will be included on the article as well. Unless otherwise confirmed, every mistake listed here is speculative, and could in fact be purposefully made by the developers.

==''Pikmin''==
===Glitches===
{{see|Glitches in Pikmin|t1=Glitches in ''Pikmin''}}

===Carrying path oversights===
{{see|Path oversights#Pikmin|t1=Path oversights in ''Pikmin''}}

===Leftovers===
At points, leftovers from [[Prerelease information|previous versions of a game]] may make their way into the final product in some form. This generates a minor inconsistency in the game mechanics, locations or objects, given that what's presented is different from what happens in the actual game.

====Early enemy reel information====
[[File:Reel11 Goolix.png|thumb|left|The [[Goolix]] on [[The Forest Navel]].]]
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Some of the [[enemy reel]]'s footage was recorded in an earlier &ndash; or at least different &ndash; version of ''Pikmin'', and one can tell because several of the objects cannot be found in those locations in the final game. One of the most noteworthy examples would be the [[Goolix]] appearing on [[The Forest Navel]], despite never being encountered there during gameplay. In addition, the fact that all names are sorted alphabetically, besides the [[Swooping Snitchbug]]'s, gives a hint on what the creature's name was intended to be initially &ndash; possibly something beginning with "Flying".

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====Pellet carrying on the instruction manual====
On the instruction manual, the page that describes the Onions and pellets contains an image of three Pikmin [[carrying]] a 1 [[pellet]]. In the actual game, this is not possible &ndash; only up to two [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] may carry a 1 pellet at the same time. It is, however, possible that this is the result of [[Glitches in Pikmin#3 Pikmin carrying a 1 pellet|a reported glitch]].

====The Forest Navel geyser====
[[File:TFN useless geyser.jpg|thumb|right|The [[geyser]] at the south of [[The Forest Navel]]. It has no real purpose.]]
At the south of [[The Forest Navel]], there is a [[geyser]] on the platform where the [[Gravity Jumper]] can be found. This geyser merely shoots [[Olimar]] upward considerably high, and makes him land on the pond at the southwest. Because this does not aid the player in any way, and because there is a detailed path leading up specifically to the geyser, it is possible that this is the leftover of a previous version of the area, where that geyser actually had a purpose.

===Written mistakes===
*On the North American GameCube version's manual, in the page where Captain Olimar describes the game's plot, there is the typo {{transcript|I then felt a premonition that my short trip would soon be become an epic adventure.}}. "Be" is in one line, and "become" is in another, which could explain why this mistake was left undetected.
*On the Q&A section of the manual in the European GameCube version, there is a hint explaining how it is possible to slow down a [[Red Bulborb|Spotty Bulborb]] by holding onto its feet with Pikmin. "Holding" is spelled as "holdung", however; a trivial mistake to make on a {{w|QWERTY|QWERTY keyboard}}, given that the '''U''' and the '''I''' keys are quite close to one another.
*Andy Becraft was one of the engineers on Nintendo of America's debugging team, and is credited on ''Pikmin'''s [[credits]] sequence. In the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' version, however, his name is incorrectly written as "Beaucraft".
*If the player opens an [[Menu#Onion|Onion's menu]] and attempts to take out more Pikmin than the amount in the Onion, the message "There are no blues Pikmin to take out." appears. The correct message, "There are no blue Pikmin to take out.", has been added to the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|''New Play Control'' version]].

==''Pikmin 2''==
===Glitches===
{{see|Glitches in Pikmin 2|t1=Glitches in ''Pikmin 2''}}

===Carrying path oversights===
{{see|Path oversights#Pikmin 2|t1=Path oversights in ''Pikmin 2''}}

===General oversights===
[[File:The President white background mistake.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The white background of [[the President]]'s image was mistakenly left between his hair's curl.]]
*When entering a cave or sublevel in, the first leader to jump will always grunt like [[Olimar]], and the second will always grunt like [[Louie]]. This is true regardless of the leaders that are actually on the party and the order at which they jump in, but if the second leader is fallen, only the first leader's grunt will play (still with Olimar's voice).
*The entries for the [[Ravenous Whiskerpillar]] and the [[Volatile Dweevil]] on the [[Piklopedia]] point out that the creatures have an associated [[Poko]] value of 1 and 0, respectively. These values provide no useful information to the player, given that Ravenous Whiskerpillars cannot appear [[Cave|underground]], and Volatile Dweevils cannot be retrieved to the research pod. It is possible that they could at an earlier point in development, and that this value is a remnant of that time; other moot values, such as the Poko count of a [[Pellet Posy]] are displayed as "----", further confusing matters.
*Pikmin [[carrying]] an object while under the effects of an [[ultra-spicy spray]] will keep carrying the object at the same speed if the spray's boost ends while they're still carrying it.
*When the [[Justice Alloy]] is collected, the [[Hocotate ship]] claims that getting bitten or stepped on will produce less pain.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Justice Alloy/ship}}|the Hocotate ship|a [[Ship's dialogs|dialog]] about the [[Justice Alloy]]}} In reality, all damage suffered is reduced, not just from those two sources.
*In the ship's comment on the collection of the [[Brute Knuckles]], it calls the [[upgrade]] that gets unlocked the "Rocket Punch".{{cite quote|{{Notes:Brute Knuckles/ship}}|the Hocotate ship|the collection of the [[Brute Knuckles]]}} This was corrected for the ''New Play Control!'' remake.
*The game does not distinguish between leaving a cave and starting a new day for the purpose of some cutscenes. So some dialog that makes sense at the start of a new day won't make sense when exiting a cave.
**If the player loses all Pikmin of one type inside a cave and goes to the surface, the ship will state that there was a Pikmin extinction "yesterday".
**If on the day the player obtains Purple Pikmin, they leave some Purple Pikmin behind before entering the Emergence Cave again, the ship will explain how the Pikmin have been stored in its hull, but greet the leaders with "Good morning!"
*[[Olimar's journal]] on [[The Key]] has him describe the [[Beady Long Legs]] as a "Pikmin-'''devouring''' spider", despite the fact that the Beady Long Legs is one of the few enemies that does not eat [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] in any way.
*[[Louie's notes]] on some enemies make references to bodies or body parts that Louie couldn't possibly have collected for cooking, due to the fact that they are shown to disappear upon death, in-game. Examples include the [[Beady Long Legs]], which vanishes into dust, and the balloon-like sacs of the [[Careening Dirigibug]], which pop upon defeat.
*Buried [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]e cannot be stunned with [[Purple Pikmin]], although the game files specify that the enemy should have the same stun properties as the free-walking counterpart, which can be stunned.
*On the [[Menu#Title screen|title screen]]'s "Spring" theme, [[Anode Dweevil]]s can be seen running around the tree trunk. These dweevils have their feelers colored yellow, whereas the ones in game have red feelers.
*On the [[cutscene]] that plays when the player clears the debt, the [[Hocotate ship]] announces the return to [[Hocotate]] and the camera shifts to the sky, where a faint image of [[The President]] is seen. This image was likely cropped from an image with a white background, as it becomes clear that the area of the image between the President's curly hair was not cropped out: it remains white.
*If the first Pikmin to drink nectar in a playthrough is a [[Bulbmin]], the cutscene will play, but the sound of a regular Pikmin will be heard, instead of a Bulbmin sound.
*The tenth sublevel in the [[Cavern of Chaos]] becomes darker if the player has the [[Solar System]] as opposed to lighter. An explanation for it can be found [[Solar System#Cavern of Chaos 10|here]].
*The texture for the [[Geographic Projection]] is flipped horizontally. If one flips the treasure upright, Africa will be to the left of South America, which will be to the left of Europe, contrary to the real world. Whether this is a mistake or not is not known, since it could've been flipped on purpose to represent continents in a familiar manner to most people, considering that the treasure is only ever found upside-down.

===Written mistakes===
* It is possible to tell that the treasures [[:Category:Europe-only treasures|exclusive to the European version]] of ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' received less quality control, as quite a few typos managed to make their way into their English descriptions. This was not intended, as proven by the fact that most of the descriptions in the ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]'' variants have been fixed. A list of these typos can be found on '''[[:Category:European treasure notes with written mistakes|this category]]'''.
* Olimar's journal for the [[Memorable Gyro Block]] has the word "accidentally" misspelled as "accidently".{{cite quote|{{Notes:Memorable Gyro Block/journal}}|Olimar's journal|the [[Memorable Gyro Block]]}}
* Unlike all other treasures in ''Pikmin 2'', the [[Empty space container]] does not to have its name in title case.
* One of the [[2-Player Battle#Advisories|advisories for 2-Player Battle]] says that the player can hold up to four roulette spins. This is technically correct, but misleading, as the player can actually store five powers &ndash; the four queued ''spins'' plus the current power on standby.
* In the French version of [[Olimar's journal]] for the [[Five-man Napsack]], on the North American Wii port, it says the player must use {{button|wii|+}} to [[lie down]] instead of {{button|wii|c}}. This mistake only exists on this exact version of the journal.
* In ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'', with the language set to French, the pause menu incorrectly calls the [[Sphere Chart]] "Système Solaire", which is the name used for the [[Solar System]]. This does not happen in the ship's dialogs.
* The "Results Prior to Repaying Debt" screen on the North American and European GameCube versions says "Results Prior to Repaying Dept". The data files for this menu lack a texture for a lowercase "b" entirely, which hints at the menu data having been generated without the "b" being in the string in the first place, making this a simple typo. The Wii North American re-release has corrected the typo, and the European Wii version of ''Pikmin 2'' says "Results up to Debt Repayment" instead.

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Mistake-.jpg|A screenshot showing the written mistake "its" on the [[Open Architecture]].
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===Biological classifications inconsistencies===
{{w|Biological classification}} in the ''Pikmin'' games matches that of the real world, with the following exceptions:

*The scientific name for the [[Empress Bulblax]] (''Oculus matriarcha'') and the [[Bulborb Larva]] (''Oculus bambinii'') have a different species, even though the latter is offspring of the former and should have the same scientific name.
*Although the [[Iridescent Flint Beetle]], the [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]], and the [[Doodlebug]] are in different families, they are listed under the same genus. This is inaccurate to real world taxonomy because family is located above genus on the classification tree, so every member of a genus must share the same family.

===Infernal Vegetable===
The [[Infernal Vegetable]] is a [[treasure]] in ''Pikmin 2'', and is actually a real world {{w|bell pepper}}. Bell peppers are not vegetables, contrary to what is stated by both [[Olimar]] and [[Hocotate ship|the ship]], but are in fact [[fruit]]s. They can be considered vegetables for culinary purposes, but are botanically a fruit; this is actually a common misconception.

The same does not happen for the [[Love Nugget]], a real world {{w|tomato}}, in which [[Olimar's journal]] explains that it is both a fruit and a vegetable.

==''Pikmin 3''==
===Glitches===
{{see|Glitches in Pikmin 3|t1=Glitches in ''Pikmin 3''}}

===Carrying and Go Here! path oversights===
{{see|Path oversights#Pikmin 3|t1=Path oversights in ''Pikmin 3''}}

===Check in oversights===
{{see|Check in#Mistakes}}

In the US [[region|version]] of the game, some conversation scripts attempt to switch the character's icon on the text box, but use an invalid ID, resulting in a different (and wrong) icon being used altogether.

===General oversights===
*The unreleased [[Secret File]] has Louie mention that he is a crew member of the [[S.S. Dolphin]]. This is incorrect, as Louie never boarded the S.S. Dolphin. Instead, he is a member of the [[Hocotate ship]].
*On some of the Secret Files, Olimar looks to his left to find Louie in danger. Physically, it is not possible for Olimar to see Louie on his left from their positions, in some of the videos. A list of these mistakes can be found '''[[Secret File#Olimar looking at Louie|here]]'''.
*In the Secret Files, Olimar says he is on his third trip to [[PNF-404]]. Technically speaking, this is Olimar's fourth visit.

===Written mistakes===
*Until ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', [[Louie]] was always known by that name. In that game, he is still given the name Louie, but when under attack by an [[enemy]] in [[Mission Mode]], he refers to himself as "Louis".{{cite quote|Louis here... Waaah!|Louie|European [[region|version]] of [[Mission Mode]] while under attack}} It is currently not known if Louis is his real name and Louie is a nickname, or if this is the result of a mistranslation or typo.
*At a few times during the course of ''Pikmin 3'', characters may say the expression "now I think of it", when referring to something they have realized. The most common expression is actually "now '''that''' I think of it", leaving the existence of this version a mystery. There is no official stance on the fact that "now I think of it" is inept for these situations, so whether this is an alternate, but valid wording, or actually a mistake is up for debate.
*One of Alph's voyage logs in the European [[Region|version]] has him mention the [[Captain Charlie|Captain]]'s sleeping nightmares. In it, he writes "the Captain cried out "Elizabeth!" several times while his was sleeping." The "his" in the sentence should be a "he".
*On some of the [[Secret File]]s, the [[S.S. Dolphin]]'s name is written as such, but in others, it is written with the European ''Pikmin 3'' spelling, "SS Dolphin".
*When [[lock-on|locking-on]] to an enemy, its name appears in singular. Members of the [[flitterbie family]] have their name appear in plural, however. It is unknown if this was intentional, or the result of a mistake.

==Cross-game==
===Hocotate culture inconsistencies===
[[File:UVLampPikmin.jpg|thumb|right|The [[UV Lamp]] is a form of light bulb, even though [[Olimar]] claims that that technology is unknown to [[Hocotate|Hocotatians]].]]
There are some inconsistencies regarding the kind of materials and objects Hocotatians have and do not have on [[Hocotate|their home planet]]. At the very least, these constitute as mysteries, given that it is not known how comparable the objects and elements in Hocotate are to their real world counterparts.

*According to [[Olimar's journal]] for [[Child of the Earth]], Hocotatians do not know about potatoes.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Child of the Earth/journal}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's journal]] for the [[Child of the Earth]]}} However, [[Louie's notes]] for the [[Emperor Bulblax]] suggest cooking the beast with potatoes and [[Pikpik carrot|carrots]].{{cite quote|{{Notes:Emperor Bulblax/louie}}|Louie|[[Louie's notes]] for the [[Emperor Bulblax]]}}
*[[Olimar's journal]] on the [[Lustrous Element]] states that gold is unknown to Hocotatians.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Lustrous Element/journal}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's journal]] for the [[Lustrous Element]]}} However, it is clear that gold is quite normal to the people of Hocotate, judging from the following facts:
**[[Hocotate ship|The ship]] appears golden after repaying the debt in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''.
**[[Pikpik carrot#Golden pikpik carrots|Golden pikpik carrots]] are in fact golden.
**[[Olimar's Log (Exploration Notes)|Olimar's Log]] in ''Pikmin 3'' mentions gold several times, referring to the [[Plasm Wraith|final boss]]' look.
*According to [[Olimar's journal|Olimar's description]] of the [[Stellar Orb]], the technology used for a light bulb is "totally unknown" to the people of [[Hocotate]].{{cite quote|{{Notes:Stellar Orb/journal}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's journal]] for the [[Stellar Orb]]}} This description was exaggerated, given that Hocotatians are familiar to the likes of light bulbs, given the [[UV Lamp]]'s existence.

===Oxygen===
Oxygen is known to be poisonous to Hocotatians.{{cite quote|To make matters worse, my atmospheric sensors indicate this planet's environment contains high levels of poisonous oxygen.|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's monologs in Pikmin 1|a monologue]]}} There are times, however, where Hocotatians are known to interact with oxygen gas with no adverse effects.
*On [[Louie's notes]], he mentions several plants and vegetables on his cooking recipes, although most of these ingredients need to be cultivated with oxygen. It could, however, be the case that Louie is referring to using the treasures obtained on [[PNF-404]] as the ingredients.

===Burrowing Snagret's body===
Although several in-game sources claim the [[Burrowing Snagret]]'s body is lined in scales{{cite quote|{{Notes:Burrowing Snagret/voyage}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's voyage log]] for the [[Burrowing Snagret]]}}{{cite quote|{{Notes:Burrowing Snagret/louie}}|Louie|[[Louie's notes]] for the [[Burrowing Snagret]]}}, the [[enemy reel]] entry for the creature states that the creature is actually covered in feathers.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Burrowing Snagret/reel}}|Captain Olimar|the [[enemy reel]] entry for the [[Burrowing Snagret]]}} This could be referring to the feathers on its head, if not for the fact that it addresses ''blue'' feathers specifically.

==Non-canon mistakes==
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The following mistakes are directly related to the ''Pikmin'' franchise, but happen outside of the main ''Pikmin'' canon games. In addition to these mistakes, some of the ''Pikmin'' series' trophies also have other flaws that are not related to the ''Pikmin'' canon. A list of such mistakes can be found [[smashwiki:List of SSBB trophies (Pikmin series)#Notes|here]] for ''Brawl'' and [[smashwiki:List of SSB4 trophies (Pikmin series)#Notes|here]] for ''Smash 4''.

===''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' trophies===
* [[Captain Olimar]]'s main trophy is about his appearance as a fighter, which is actually a dual trophy for Olimar and Pikmin. The description starts off by calling the duo of Olimar and the Pikmin force "veteran spacefarers".{{cite quote|{{Notes:Captain Olimar/ssbb}}|trophy description for [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] & [[Olimar]]|''Brawl''}} The Pikmin have never traveled through space, meaning this title should only be applied to Olimar.
* The trophy for the [[Red Bulborb]] omits ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' from the list of relevant games{{cite quote|{{Notes:Red Bulborb/ssbb}}|trophy description for the [[Red Bulborb]]|''Brawl''}}, hence incorrectly claiming that the creature debuted in ''Pikmin 2''. In reality, the only part of the trophy's subject that did debut in ''Pikmin 2'' is solely the name of the creature, "Red Bulborb"; this enemy was known as "Spotty Bulborb" in ''Pikmin''.
* The [[Careening Dirigibug]]'s trophy states that these enemies have a chance of dropping a dud [[bomb-rock]].{{cite quote|{{Notes:Careening Dirigibug/ssbb}}|trophy description for the [[Careening Dirigibug]]|''Brawl''}} However, in the games, no bomb-rocks are ever dud, outside of [[Glitches in Pikmin 2#Dud bomb-rock|a rare glitch]].
* The [[pellet]] trophy states that pellets can be "harvested from pellet grass and flowers".{{cite quote|{{Notes:Pellet/ssbb}}|trophy description for the [[pellet]]|''Brawl''}} It is not elaborated what either of these two sources mean, either in ''Brawl'' or any ''Pikmin'' game, but it can only be assumed the flowers are actually the [[Pellet Posies]]. However, there are no grasses that can contain pellets in any ''Pikmin'' game. The only grasses that can provide anything similar are [[nectar weed]], which contain raw [[nectar]], not the crystallized pellets. The Japanese name for the Pellet Posies, {{j|ペレット草|Peretto Kusa}} does translate to "Pellet Grass", but the fact that there's a distinction between the "flowers" and the "grass" indicates it is a mistake nonetheless.
* The [[Burrowing Snagret]]'s trophy points out that nobody ever saw its tail.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Burrowing Snagret/ssbb}}|trophy description for the [[Burrowing Snagret]]|''Brawl''}} However, [[Olimar's notes]] on the creature finish with a statement in which Olimar compares the Burrowing Snagret and the [[Burrowing Snarrow]]'s tails and wing markings, implying Olimar has seen it. To confuse things further, if the boss is killed in ''Pikmin 3'' it pops out of the ground, and it can be seen there that it doesn't even have a tail or wings in the first place, having a foot instead.

===''Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U'' trophies===
* The [[Sunset|End of Day]] trophy on the European version of ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U]]'' states that Olimar jumps aboard the [[S.S. Dolphin]].{{cite quote|{{Notes:End of Day/ssb4wiiueu}}|trophy description for the [[Sunset|End of Day]] Final Smash|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''}} In reality, the spaceship Olimar uses in his Final Smash is the [[Hocotate ship]].
* The Hocotate Bomb is an explosive miniature item shaped like the [[Hocotate ship]]. Its trophy description states that it appears in ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2''.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Hocotate Bomb/ssb4wiiuus}}|trophy description for the [[Hocotate ship|Hocotate Bomb]]|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''}} Not only does the item itself not appear in any canon ''Pikmin'' game, the Hocotate ship also makes its debut in ''Pikmin 2'', being absent from ''Pikmin'' altogether.
* The trophy for the [[Iridescent Flint Beetle]] in the European version of ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' advises players to flip the creature onto its back with a [[Purple Pikmin]], and then sending other Pikmin to strike.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Iridescent Flint Beetle/ssb4wiiueu}}|trophy description for the [[Iridescent Flint Beetle]]|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''}} Although using Purple Pikmin is a good strategy due to their homing properties, the creature will not stay on its back, nor will charging at it with other Pikmin be beneficial. The trophy's tactic is valid for the [[Anode Beetle]], however.
* The [[Burrowing Snagret]]'s trophy in either region of ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' omits ''Pikmin 2'' from the list of games, instead listing ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 3''.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Burrowing Snagret/ssb4wiiuus}}|trophy description for the [[Burrowing Snagret]]|''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U''}} Although this does not make the list incorrect, it is likely an oversight, given that other subjects that appear in all three games list ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'' (the first appearances, omitting ''Pikmin 3'' as a result), in addition to the fact that this [[enemy]] is more common in ''Pikmin 2'' than in ''Pikmin 3''.
* Again on the Burrowing Snagret's trophy, the description on the US region of ''Super Smash Bros. for Wii U'' claims that it belongs to the "avian" family. In reality, the creature belongs to the [[Snavian family|''s''navian family]].
* The [[Plasm Wraith]]'s trophy shows a battle on muddy, damp terrain, with some puddles. This is not the terrain used in the ''Pikmin 3'' fight with the boss, but rather the [[Quaggled Mireclops]]'s fight, where the terrain plays a big role. The Quaggled Mireclops's trophy doesn't have any terrain whatsoever.

===Other===
*In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', there is a [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Stickers|sticker]] based on the [[Pellet Posy]], featuring a red-pellet Pellet Posy. However, its name is "Red Pellet Flower", tying in with a previously noted partial mistake in the [[pellet]] trophy (see the [[#Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophies|''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' trophies section]] above).

==See also==
*[[Glitches]]
*[[Unused content]]
*[[Easter eggs]]

==References==
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