Editing Pellet Posy

{{Infobox plant

|pikmin     = y

|pikmin2     = y

|pikmin4    = y

|plant       = y

|image       = Pellet Posy P4 icon.png

|size       = 210px

|name       = Amplus nutrio<br>Floribundi splendiferous ''(''Pikmin'' Player's Guide)'

|family     = Pellet weed

|areas       = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[Valley of Repose]], [[Awakening Wood]], [[Perplexing Pool]], [[Garden of Hope]], [[Distant Tundra]], [[Tropical Wilds]], [[Twilight River]], [[Rescue Command Post]], [[Sun-Speckled Terrace]], [[Blossoming Arcadia]], [[Serene Shores]], [[Hero's Hideaway]], [[Giant's Hearth]], [[Primordial Thicket]]

|challenge   = [[The Impact Site]], [[The Forest of Hope]], [[The Forest Navel]], [[The Distant Spring]]

|missionct  = [[Beastly Caverns]]

|missionbe  = [[Thirsty Desert]], [[Tropical Wilds Remix]], [[Distant Tundra Remix]], [[Twilight River Remix]], [[Beastly Caverns]], [[Forgotten Cove]]

|sidestories = [[Flower Garden]], [[Inside Forest]], [[Pikmin Reunion]], [[Big Fruit Carnival]]

|2p          = [[Battle Field]], [[War Path]], [[Carpet Plain]], [[Angle Maze]], [[Colloseum]], [[Rusty Gulch]], [[Brawl Yard]], [[Tile Lands]], [[Dim Labyrinth]], [[Hostile Territory]]

|bingo      = [[Shaded Garden]], [[Stagnant Sea]], [[Twisted Cavern]], [[Arid Metropolis]], [[Rusted Labyrinth]], [[Jigsaw Fortress]], [[Shaded Terrace]], [[Parched Brook]], [[Buried Pond]], [[Sandbox Kingdom]], [[Corroded Maze]], [[Jigsaw Colosseum]]

|dandori_b  = [[Trial Run]], [[Battle in a Box]], [[Dandori Castle]], [[Leafy Showdown]], [[Hot Sandy Duel]], [[Final Battle]]

'''Pellet Posies''' ({{j|ペレット草|Peretto Sō|Pellet Grass}}) are a species of [[plant]] that appear in all main-series [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. They possess a unique trait which allows them to crystallize their nectar into [[pellet]]s, which are dropped when the plant is broken down by a [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. Pikmin can be ordered to carry these back to their [[Onion]]s, and they are the main way Pikmin propagate.

The pellets come in different sizes (1, 5, 10, and 20) and colors (matching the colors of the [[Onion]]s). These differences determine the number of Pikmin produced when the pellet is collected. Some Posies' pellets change color at regular intervals, in a similar way to [[Queen Candypop Bud]]s; the color is fixed when the Posy is destroyed, making it possible for the player to choose which to collect. The order that the color cycles is always the chronological order that the Pikmin are discovered. In ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and {{p2}}, this cycle goes red, yellow, blue. In {{p3}}, the order is red, gray, yellow, pink, blue. Using [[glitch]]es or [[sequence break]]s to discover Onions in a different order in any game has no effect on the cycles. In {{p4}}, the order is not related to the order in which Pikmin are discovered. In this game, the pattern is red, blue, yellow, gray, pink, purple, white, cyan.

After a pellet posy is taken down, it disappears, but returns the next day as a small stub, which grows over time. They take four minutes to grow to full height and generate a new pellet, in ''Pikmin''.

 

In ''Pikmin 2'', all Posies have the same size and [[health]], but in ''Pikmin 3'', larger pellets need larger Pellet Posies, which in turn have more health.

 

In ''Pikmin'', Pikmin that are thrown at a Pellet Posy will knock it out, but return to the leader right away, if he's still nearby. In the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|Wii port]], the Pikmin stay idle after taking down the pellet, which leads to them [[carrying]] the object automatically.

 

In ''Pikmin 4'', Pellet Posies will only cycle through the three colors of Pikmin currently on the field, if they have pellets (i.e. when Red Pikmin, Blue Pikmin, and Ice Pikmin are out, no yellow Pellet Posies appear). Additionally, when Pikmin begin attacking a Pellet Posy, it will stop cycling colors as long as it's being attacked, making it easier for players to get the color of pellet they want.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[[File:Pellet Posies in Awakening Wood.jpg|thumb|250px|Different kinds of Pellet Posies in the Awakening Wood. Not pictured is a 5 pellet Pellet Posy, nor the posy that belonged to the now fallen 20 pellet.]]

===''Pikmin''===

Pellet Posies are rather common in the first ''Pikmin'' game, especially at [[The Impact Site]]. Although there are 5-, 10-, and 20-weight pellets, Posies which actually grow these are not found in ''Pikmin''. Pellet Posies are also absent from [[The Final Trial]].

===''Pikmin 2''===

10-weight Pellet Posies are rare: there is one in the Valley of Repose, which changes colors and can be found on a ledge in the vicinity of the [[Hocotate ship]], starting on day 4. In the Awakening Wood, there are three, located to the left of the landing site, near the location of the [[Pilgrim Bulb]]. The yellow one is near one of the [[Burgeoning Spiderwort]]s, located on a ledge, ideal for the use of [[Yellow Pikmin]] to attack and retrieve the pellet, and the other two (red and blue) are at ground level.

The only 20-weight pellet in the game is also in the Awakening Wood, situated on the ledge that is left around from where the [[Sunseed Berry]] is found. This pellet intermittently changes color, so careful timing is needed when cutting it down to get the desired color of pellet. It appears starting on day 11, and respawns five days after being collected.

Although the Pellet Posy is classified as a [[plant]] rather than an [[enemy]], it is still vulnerable to attacks and can be killed with ease by Pikmin or a [[leader]]. When hit, they make a "squeaking" sound. For an instant kill, [[throw]] your Pikmin at the pellet, not the stem. There are exceptions to this quick knockout: Posies larger than size "1" in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' will need to have Pikmin thrown on to it, so they can latch on and gradually detach it with attacks. Winged Pikmin can knock down the pellets right away, but only with specific aim{{cite youtube|oMe5bryGCko|showing how Winged Pikmin can take down Pellet Posies instantly}} or by throwing them from below, otherwise the Pikmin will just fly to the pellet, latch on, and pummel it, like if it were a bigger pellet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*[[Pikmin prerelease information|Early models]] of Pellet Posies in ''Pikmin'' have spiky stems, and when killed, instead of the petals falling off and the pellet falling flat on its back, the pellets remain sideways and the petals disappear in purple lights.

 

==References==

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[[Category:Pikmin 1 Challenge Mode]]

[[Category:Pikmin 2 Challenge Mode]]

[[Category:Super Smash Bros. series]]