Editing Nova Blaster

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|name       = Nova Blaster
|image      = NovaBlasterPikmin.jpg
|size       = 250x250px
|icon       = Nova Blaster icon.png
|mandatory  = no
|weight     = 30
|max_pikmin = 50
|location   = The Forest of Hope
|pikmin1    = y
}}
{{Infobox ship part
|image         = 
|size          = 
|icon          = Nova Blaster P3D icon.png
|pikmin3deluxe = y
|weight        = 20
|max_pikmin    = 30
|location      = The Ship Restored
}}

The '''Nova Blaster''' ({{j|ノヴァブラスター|Nova Burasuta|Nova Blaster}}) is a [[ship part]] of the [[S.S. Dolphin]] in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''. Its promotional brochure claims that it emits a powerful burst of light said to be able to destroy stellar objects as large as stars. It is unknown why a cargo ship like the Dolphin and Hocotate ship would have this weapon, however, it is assumed that its purpose is as a means of defense against space pirates. The brochure also says that the blasts could travel through the currents in space.

As pointed out by the game's instruction manual, the reason why [[Captain Olimar]] did not intercept the [[PNF-404's asteroid|incoming meteor]] from the beginning of the game with the Nova Blaster is because the route he was flying through was usually a safe one, therefore he had put the S.S. Dolphin on auto-pilot to get some tea, and failed to notice the meteor. However, this does not explain why the [[Guard Satellite]] had failed to warn the Captain of the meteor, despite having the means to destroy it with the Nova Blaster.

In {{p3d}}, another Nova Blaster with green paint appears as a part of the [[Hocotate ship]]. This Nova Blaster is worth {{pokos|700}}. The Nova Blaster reappears as a ship part in {{p4}}, where it is found in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]] in [[Olimar's Shipwreck Tale]].

After being collected, this ship part does not change the ship's appearance.

==Collecting the part==
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=== In ''Pikmin'' ===
{{location map | width = 350 | height = 480 | image = FoH texture.png | bg = #111 | caption = The location of the Nova Blaster in [[The Forest of Hope]]. | icons =
{{map icon | Nova Blaster | 269 | 170}}
}}

Destroy the [[Gate|stone wall]] next to the landing area with [[bomb-rock]]s. Next, defeat the [[Dwarf Bulborb]]s and a [[Bulborb|Spotty Bulborb]]. Destroy the black gate or go through a small opening in the tree stump's root. Continue down the path, beating more [[Grub-dog|Bulborbs]]. It is at the end, next to a rusted open tin can.
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=== In ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' ===
{{see also|Shaggy Long Legs#Strategy|t1=Shaggy Long Legs strategy}}
The Nova Blaster is held inside the golden Shaggy Long Legs found in the last mission of [[Olimar's Comeback]].  Defeating the creature allows retrieval of the part.

=== In ''Pikmin 4'' ===
{{location map | width = 350 | height = 252 | image = Sun-Speckled Terrace OST map.png | caption = The location of the Nova Blaster in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]]. | icons =
{{map icon | Nova Blaster | v=P4 | 241 | 200}}
}}

Ascend the hill near the Meandering Slope landing site and throw Pikmin to lower the bridge over the valley. Cross the bridge and use [[Moss]]' [[rush]] or a [[bomb rock]] to break a barricade of [[jar]]s to the left. Past a [[Puffy Blowhog]] is an [[Arachnode]] that is keeping the Nova Blaster in its web. Kill the Blowhog to prevent it from disrupting your Pikmin, then kill the Arachnode to recover the part.

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Nova Blaster P1 location.png|The Nova Blaster in the location where it is found.
Nova Blaster.png|The Nova Blaster being delivered to the S.S. Dolphin.
SideStories Nova Blaster.jpg|The [[Hocotate ship]]'s Nova Blaster in [[The Ship Restored]].
SideStories NovaBlaster2.jpg|The Hocotate ship's Nova Blaster being carried in [[The Ship Restored]].
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{Foreignname
|Jap=ノヴァブラスター
|JapR=Nova Burasuta
|JapM=Nova Blaster
|FraE=Missile Nova
|FraEM=Nova Missile
|Spa=Detonador Nova
|SpaM=Nova Detonator
|Ita=Polverizzatore
|ItaM=Atomizer
|Ger=Nova-Blaster
|GerM=Nova Blaster
|FraA=Missile nova
|FraAM=Nova missile
}}

{{The Forest of Hope}}
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