Editing Pikmin 4 player character

The '''main character of ''[[Pikmin 4]]''''' (referred to by [[#Naming|various nouns]]) is a customizable character whose name and appearance can be changed in a character creator on each save file. They are the newest recruit to the [[Rescue Corps]], sent to rescue them from a crash landing after trying to rescue [[Captain Olimar]] for the same reason. They, along with [[Oatchi]], are the only playable [[leaders]] in the game's [[Story Mode]]. Their ID card mentions they are from the planet [[Karut]], which cannot be changed or customized. Their appearance can also be altered mid-story after rescuing the [[castaway]] [[Puddle]].

As this character is fully customizable, much of the game's promotional material as well as the game's own introduction addresses the character by addressing the viewer in second-person perspective (such as saying "you" or "you're"). Additionally, only gender-neutral pronouns and other terms are used when referring to them.

The default design that is shown in trailers, promotional art, and in game demonstrations is obtained by choosing the first option in all of the character creator's steps. In this style, they have a full head of unkempt red hair (reddish brown in official artwork), one long eyelash atop each eye, rosy cheeks, a small spherical nose, a small circular open mouth, an orange antenna light, as well as a full red [[spacesuit]] with white gloves and boots.

The player character of {{p4}} is the newest recruit of the [[Rescue Corps]], who is sent to [[PNF-404]] to rescue them from a crash landing while they were trying to rescue [[Captain Olimar]]. They must also find the rest of the rescue corps on this planet as well as finding as much castaways they can.

These are all the options available in the character creator. The choice of available faces and haircuts depends on the chosen body type.

!colspan="4"|Skin color

|[[File:P4 skin tone 1.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 skin tone 8.png|96px]]

!Body type

!colspan="5"|Face

!colspan="3"|Haircut

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Face Variation 6.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Face Variation 7.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Face Variation 8.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Face Variation 9.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Face Variation 10.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 2 Hair Variation 6.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 3.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 4.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 5.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Hair Variation 1.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Hair Variation 2.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Hair Variation 3.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 6.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 7.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 8.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 9.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Face Variation 10.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 3 Hair Variation 6.png|96px]]

|rowspan="2"|[[File:BodyTypeLarge.png|112px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 5 Face Variation 2.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 5 Face Variation 3.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 5 Face Variation 4.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 5 Face Variation 5.png|96px]]

|[[File:P4 Character 5 Face Variation 6.png|96px]]

!colspan="3"| Hair color

| [[File:P4 hair color red.png|96px]]

| [[File:P4 hair color pink.png|96px]]

!colspan="3"| [[Spacesuit]] color

| [[File:P4 suit color red.png|96px]]

| [[File:P4 suit color pink.png|96px]]

The other [[Rescue Corps]] members will wear uniforms in the same spacesuit color that the player selected. Additionally, the [[S.S. Shepherd]] , [[S.S. Beagle]] and [[Oatchi]]'s collar will also share the color. Additionally, if the spacesuit color is the same as a castaway's spacesuit color, the castaway's spacesuit color will change.

* '''Rookie''' by [[Dingo]], who also refers to them as "our star rookie". [[Captain Olimar]] also refers to the player character as "a rookie" in the prologue.

|Jap = 新人レスキュー隊員{{cite web|https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/pikmin/assets/doc/coloring_and_origami/coloring_sample_04.pdf|Crew members coloring page|the Japanese [[Pikmin Garden]] website}}<br>Shinjin Resukyū-Taiin<br>新米レスキュー{{cite web|https://www.nintendo.com/jp/character/pikmin/comic/index.html|[[Pikmin comic]] index page|the Japanese [[Pikmin Garden]] website}}<br>Shinmai Resukyū

|JapM = Newbie Rescue Corps member<br>Newbie Rescue

Swiperyou01.png|Some possible combinations from the character creator.

Swiperyou02.png|More combinations from the character creator.

* If the player customizes their character to look identical to another character, then that character will point this out in their first conversation.{{cite youtube|DxjxXNK65n0|showing the different dialog that appears when the player talks to a character when the two look identical.}} It should be noted that this interaction can only be seen once.

* The color of the spacesuit the player chooses directly affects the coloring of character and object textures such as the [[Rescue Corps]] spacesuits and [[Oatchi]]'s collar in-game and in menus and the ID Info Cards.