Editing Pikmin Park

'''Pikmin Park''' ({{j|広場|Hiroba|open space}}) is a feature in {{hp}}. It is a place where gathered [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] can play around and be safe, but it is also the source of some [[Sparklium]]. This Sparklium, be it in the form of [[treasure]]s or bundles of Sparklium Seeds, is hidden beneath clutter in the park, which can be cleaned up by the Pikmin in the park. Some of the rubble has a specific [[hazard]], meaning only certain types of Pikmin can clear it. The more Pikmin there are cleaning something, the faster it gets done, but progress is only made when an [[area]] is completed (whether it's the first time completing the area or not), even if that progress does not result in anything yet. The Park is also where the [[S.S. Dolphin II]] crash-lands and stays, meaning it is the rendezvous point for Olimar and the ship's pod after an [[area]] is completed.

During the opening [[cutscene]], Pikmin can be seen playing around in the Pikmin Park, next to the [[Onion]]. The [[S.S. Dolphin II]] crash-lands right next to the Onion. After [[Captain Olimar]] comes to, he and the ship's pod decide to head forward in the area to search for [[Sparklium]]. This is where he finds the [[Red Pikmin]] and the first few Sparklium Seeds. Following this, the pod takes him to the first main area, [[First Expedition]].

After that area is completed, the ship recommends that [[Olimar]] brings the Pikmin he's found so far to a safe place. This doesn't include the Pikmin found in the Pikmin Park at the start of the game, since those got left behind when the initial exploration of the park finished. It then proceeds to beam up both Olimar and the Pikmin. After this, the Pikmin Park opens, and the Pikmin found are placed there, being the first ones to populate the park from here on out. While discussing the park, the S.S. Dolphin II points out that it found Sparklium readings within the park, but does not know where it is. The gathered Pikmin prove themselves useful here, as Olimar orders them to clean out the middle part of the park. They start plucking away at the blades of grass there. After a short conversation, the ship points out that the Pikmin found something: the [[Distortion Chamber]]. Realizing that the Pikmin won't find anything else for a while, the ship tells Olimar to order the Pikmin to continue cleaning, as the duo heads off to a new area.

== Clutter ==

When the Pikmin Park is founded, it has a lot of clutter lying around. While most of it is just piles of unwanted natural things, like lake plants or pebbles, there are also [[electrical wire]]s in some places. The rewards in Pikmin Park are hidden underneath this clutter, so the Pikmin are in charge of clearing it out, piece by piece, until whatever reward is under it, if any, shows up. When a piece of clutter is cleared out, some mark will still remain on the ground indicating that there used to be something there, depending on the type of clutter, but these marks disappear after the entire section is cleared out. There is also no way of telling how close the Pikmin are to clearing out one piece of clutter – when it's cleared, the entire thing is gone (save for the aforementioned ground marks), and the Pikmin either move on to the next, or start celebrating next to the goodies they found. The following types exist:

| style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Pikmin Park grass.jpg|x64px]]

| A small patch of tall grass. Pikmin pluck and carry away one blade at a time. Any Pikmin type can take care of it.

| A group of leafs and underwater plants in a lake. Pikmin take a small bundle of plant matter at a time. Only [[Blue Pikmin]] will clear them.

| A piles of rocks on top of a tall ledge. Pikmin take one pebble at a time. Only [[Winged Pikmin]] will clear them.

Pikmin will only clean up grass if there is nothing else they can clean instead in that section. In addition, if the Onion and ship hangout section is empty, there is a chance that a [[Coppeller]] carrying a Sparklium Seed will appear there, as detailed [[#Central Pikmin Park|here]].

 

 

 

 

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This section is called "Central Pikmin Park" in the European [[region|version]] of the game, as explained [[#Sections|here]].

 

 

** Stash of [[Sparklium Seeds]] worth {{sparklium|hp|30}} – under the third patch of grass.

** {{icon|Single's Seesaw|y}} – under the last patch of grass.

 

 

The requirements to unlock Western Pikmin Park are not known, but it may happen when the second or third patch of grass in [[#Pikmin Park Entrance|Pikmin Park Entrance]] (called "Central Pikmin Park" in the European version) is cleared, or when [[The Shadow in the Brush]] is completed. When the player visits this section for the first time, the ship will point out the fireplaces, and recommend using Red Pikmin. Besides those, it has some [[crystal]]s and some plain patches of grass.

 

** {{icon|Starship Bones|y}} – under the last fireplace.

 

 

This section of Pikmin Park is unlocked at the same time as [[#Western Pikmin Park|Western Pikmin Park]]. It has a large pond, some [[electrical wire]]s, a vase with some pebbles, and two patches of grass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pikmin Park Fringe is the section at the southwest. It becomes available when all of the [[#Eastern Pikmin Park|eastern section]] has been cleaned up. This section has at least one piece of clutter of each type.

 

** Stash of [[Sparklium Seeds]] worth {{sparklium|hp|10}} – under the crystal.

** Stash of [[Sparklium Seeds]] worth {{sparklium|hp|10}} – under the first pile of pebbles.

 

{{game help|hp|Once the "sections" section is complete, use that to finish this section.}}

 

 

After the entire park is cleaned out, caches of Sparklium Seeds will sometimes appear in a random section of the park when the player completes an area. To collect these, the player simply needs to order a Pikmin group to that section. Each of these caches adds {{sparklium|hp|10}}, or {{sparklium|hp|30}}. You may also find a [[Coppeller]] with a random [[sparklium Seed]] in the main section, as explained [[#Central Pikmin Park|here]].

The Pikmin Park is accessed through the [[sector selection menu]], through the [[area selection menu]], or through the [[area results menu]].

The park is divided into sections, which become available with time. Tapping on a section on the bottom screen will show it on the top screen. Each section has its own clutter. The player does not order individual Pikmin, but orders an entire group instead, consisted of Pikmin of the same type. The player also does not directly order them to work on tasks, but instead, tells them where to go. If they enter an area with something to clean up, they will begin doing so, forming an orderly line, and, one by one, jumping into the clutter, taking part of it, and jumping back out. However, if there's nothing they can do, they just idle on that part of the park. Besides cleaning up clutter, they can also shoo away [[Coppeller]]s, when they appear on the [[#Central Pikmin Park|main section]] of the park.

On the bottom screen, there is a blue band on the left that lists the number of Pikmin of each type available in the park. The bottom-left corner has a button to return to the [[area selection menu]], and the button on the bottom-right allows the player to manage their [[Pikmin amiibo]]'s level. The rest of the bottom screen shows a top-down map of the park. The player can tap the different sections here to go there. Each Pikmin type has an icon, and its location represents where that type is in the park right now. Tapping the icon and then a section will make the Pikmin go there. If the Pikmin have to head to the section that is already on-camera, the player gets to see them come up one by one to start the task or to idle, but if not, when the player chooses that section, they'll already spot the Pikmin at work or relaxing.

Each section also has icons on it that represent what types of clutter are still there, but since all icons would not fit, it only shows the most prominent ones. A section will either show the starting set of icons, or no icons at all – for instance, Eastern Pikmin Park has lake plants, electrical wires, and pebbles in pots, but only icons for lake plants and electrical wires. If Pikmin clean out all lake plants and electrical wires, but there are still pebbles left to clean, the icons on the bottom screen will still be the same ones. When everything is cleaned in the section, all icons in that section vanish. Cleaned sections will also be tinted in blue.

Pikmin in the park frolic around when they're idle, by either jumping in place, walking around, or running left and right. If they're tasked to work, they try their hardest to form an orderly line, so they can do take apart an object one by one. They sometimes [[trip]] down, which slows down the line, but this is only aesthetic.

Pikmin Park 10 stash.jpg|Discovering a stash of [[Sparklium Seed]]s worth {{sparklium|hp|10}}.

Pikmin Park 30 stash.jpg|Discovering a stash of Sparklium Seeds worth {{sparklium|hp|30}}.

Pikmin Park 50 stash.jpg|Discovering a stash of Sparklium Seeds worth {{sparklium|hp|50}}.

Pikmin Park loose Sparklium.jpg|A random loose bundle of Sparklium that appears after the park is all clean.

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* If the player idles on the Pikmin Park for 3 minutes, the ship will eventually interrupt and say "Captain Olimar, why don't we leave this place to the Pikmin and go and explore somewhere else? The Pikmin know the drill when it comes to looking for Sparklium by now. We can leave them to their work." This helps players understand that waiting will not bring any progress, but exploring areas will. The timer resets upon performing an action (but just touching the screen does not count), and once the ship speaks, it won't do it again until the Pikmin Park is exited. After the park is all cleaned up, the message becomes "Captain Olimar, why don't we explore somewhere else for now? We can return here after a few expeditions." instead.

* The texture used for the floor in ''Pikmin''{{'s}} debug [[animtest|animation viewer]] coincidentally is a checkerboard pattern with the words "piki park" written all over.

|Jap=広場

|JapR=Hiroba

|JapM=Square

|Fra=Parc Pikmin

|Kor=광장

|SpaE=Parque Pikmin

|SpaEM=Pikmin Park

|RusN=Name taken from the ''Hey! Pikmin website'' and release trailer

|CzeN=Name taken from ''Hey! Pikmin'' launch trailer

* [[Hey! Pikmin logs|''Hey! Pikmin'' logs]]

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