Editing Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

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The length of a day is shortened to 11 minutes from the main game's 15 minutes and there is a 15-day limit, forcing players to be efficient in gathering parts for the S.S. Dolphin. At the end of each day, Olimar holds a short monologue and an item, a piece of gear, or a skill for [[Moss]] is acquired for each ship part recovered during that day.

== Plot ==

He first lands in an area he names the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]]. With the help of the Pikmin, he collects enough parts to land in a new location: the [[Blossoming Arcadia]]. There, he meets a green dog who he names [[Moss]]. Feeding it a bone, Moss licks Olimar and joins him in collecting his ship parts. After collecting more parts, and finding two new types of Pikmin ([[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Blue Pikmin]]), Olimar can now land in an area he dubs the [[Serene Shores]].

After collecting even more of his ship parts, the final area is opened: [[Hero's Hideaway]]. Olimar notes that this area is stranger than the others, but before he can contemplate much, the Pikmin leave their Onion by themselves and hide throughout the area. Olimar rounds them up and defeats a [[Porquillion]] that has his [[Interstellar Radio]], which he uses to call for help (as was shown in the main story's opening and initial tutorial). He discovers a [[Gildemander]] as the source of the Pikmin's strange behavior, and defeats it as well.

If Olimar collects all 30 of his ship parts, the S.S. Dolphin successfully launches, and he leaves the planet. However, he notices Moss had snuck aboard the S.S. Dolphin with him. She seems distressed for reasons unknown to Olimar, who chooses to turn back around and try to help her. As he does, his life support systems fail mid-flight and he crashes again.

Either way, the Pikmin and Moss carry Olimar to the Onion, which sucks him up and spits him back out as a [[leafling]]. From here, [[Pikmin 4#Plot|''Pikmin 4''{{'s}} main story]] begins.

== Unlocking ==

== Ship parts ==

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== Trivia ==

* On the last 3 days of Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, Olimar will make a comment each time he lands at the beginning of the day. The "Days Left" text during each countdown and on the clock in gameplay will be yellow for 3 or 2 days remaining and then turn red on the final day remaining. An ominous sound effect will also play when counting down to these days, with the final day having the deepest sound.

** On the final day, the area music will be sped up, but the sunset variation of it will be slowed down.

* Although the Ionium Jets are considered duplicate items, they appear on set sides of the ship when collected. The one in Sun-Speckled Terrace appears on the starboard side, and the one in Blossoming Arcadia is on the port side. If this parallels ''Pikmin'', the Jet from the Sun-Speckled Terrace is the #1 Ionium Jet. Functionally, this does not matter, as both Ionium Jets are the same weight, and ship parts are not distinguished in their effect on gameplay.

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== See also ==

* [[Side Stories]]

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