Editing Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

[[File:ShipwreckTale.png|thumb|300px|Olimar in the [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]].]]

'''Olimar's Shipwreck Tale''' ({{j|オリマー遭難記|Orima- Sounan ki|Olimar's Shipwreck Record}}) is a game mode in {{p4}}. As the name implies, it involves the shipwreck of [[Captain Olimar]], and his quest to recover the [[S.S. Dolphin]]'s 30 ship parts. It features altered versions of the first four [[area]]s of the main campaign, no caves, and only [[Red Pikmin]], [[Yellow Pikmin]], and [[Blue Pikmin]].

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.

As described in the opening cutscene of the main story, Olimar crash lands on [[PNF-404|an unknown planet]]. This crash landing caused him to lose the 30 [[ship part]]s across 4 [[areas]]. His life support system is only capable of keeping him alive for 15 more days. Luckily, he meets [[Red Pikmin]], a species who seems eager to help him find his missing ship parts.

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.

To unlock this mode, the player must first rescue Olimar in the main campaign by completing [[Leafy Showdown]] (and the three other [[Dandori Battle]] stages before it). After the [[credits]], the player must return to the [[Rescue Command Post]] and talk to Olimar, who is next to the [[S.S. Dolphin]]. He will also award the player with Oatchi's [[Swallow]] ability for saving him, if Oatchi's [[Oatchi#Super Buff|Super Buff]] is maxed out. If it is not, Olimar will offer to teach the skill the first time he is talked to after Super Buff is maxed.

 

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* Most of the area [[Music in Pikmin 4|themes]] in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale have references to the ones from ''[[Pikmin (game)| Pikmin]]''.

** ''[[Music in Pikmin 4#Sun-Speckled Terrace (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)|Sun-Speckled Terrace]]'' resembles ''[[Music in Pikmin#The Impact Site|The Impact Site]]''.

** ''[[Music in Pikmin 4#Blossoming Arcadia (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)|Blossoming Arcadia]]'' resembles ''[[Music in Pikmin#The Forest of Hope|The Forest of Hope]]''.

** ''[[Music in Pikmin 4#Serene Shores (Olimar's Shipwreck Tale)|Serene Shores]]'' resembles ''[[Music in Pikmin#The Distant Spring|The Distant Spring]]''.

** None of the tracks reference ''[[Music in Pikmin#The Forest Navel|The Forest Navel]]'' likely because its theme is already referenced in ''[[Music in Pikmin 4#Giant's Hearth|Giant's Hearth]]''.

* Despite [[Pikpik carrots]] and [[Scrummy Bone]]s being unobtainable in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, using [[Co-op Mode]] allows the Pebble Pitcher to earn and throw them regardless.

* If Moss is never encountered in Blossoming Arcadia, she will not be present in the ending cutscene, but if the good ending is gotten, [[Olimar]] will still say she caused the crash landing.

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

* For an unknown reason, while playing with a horizontal joy-con in the main story, pressing {{button|switch|+|switch|-}} once will bring up the [[radar]] while pressing it twice will bring up the [[pause menu]]. In Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, pressing it once will bring up the pause menu, pressing it twice will bring up the radar and pressing it thrice will bring up the pause menu again.

 

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