Editing Spacesuit

[[File:Olimar walks Pikmin 1.png|thumb|Captain Olimar's spacesuit, as seen in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''.]]

The '''spacesuits''' are mandatory for the [[leader]]s to survive on [[PNF-404]], and are also their main defense against [[hazard]]s and [[enemy]] attacks. They function much like real-world spacesuits, but have some extra tools that assist the leaders on their exploration trips.

The suits are what protect the leaders from harm, but they have a set durability, or "[[health]]". They will temporarily spark when damage is taken from an [[enemy]] or [[hazard]], and the leader's health will decrease. Any damage taken can be regenerated by going to the next morning, entering or leaving a [[cave]], or by standing in the light of the [[S.S. Dolphin]] and pressing {{button|gc|a|wii|a}} in the first game. If a leader is damaged too much, they will become unconscious and the player can continue the day with the remaining leaders.  

In {{p1}}, Olimar mentions that his life is saved by a "crisis transport system" when his suit health is totally depleted. However, the details of how this system works are never shown; Olimar loses consciousness and wakes up in the beam of the Dolphin, and then struggles into the cockpit, forcing the "end of day" sequence to play as he and the Pikmin return to orbit around [[PNF-404]]. This system works even if Olimar is unaccompanied by Pikmin when his health reaches zero, and any Pikmin left in the field will be left behind, thus it can be deduced that this is not merely the work of nearby Pikmin bringing Olimar to safety, like in the [[lie down]] mechanic.

 

 

 

 

[[File:P2 Louie Left Behind.png|thumb|250px|Louie's backpack.]]

 

The suits can undergo some degree of customization, mostly color-wise. As was mentioned before, the helmets can come in different sizes, but the suits themselves also have different shapes; [[Brittany]]'s in particular has the bottom of the torso section include a flap that spreads out, making it look like a skirt. The light on top of the antenna, the gloves, the backpack and the feet's soles are normally colored the same as the leader's main color. Each leader's [[whistle]] can have a different sound; this both applies to regular whistling and [[group move|group moving]]. On top of this, other, minor physical customizations can be made, like the addition of an extra colored streak below the neck, or the inclusion of bracelets; again, this depends on the leader.

 

In {{p1}}, [[Captain Olimar]]'s spacesuit is quite basic. The suit itself is a rubbery full-body piece, colored in solid cream. It does not carry many details. In {{p2}}, Olimar's suit barely changed appearance with [[Louie]]'s looking quite similar, although the introduction of different colors and helmet sizes helped bring out some complexity in these basic suits. On the other hand, [[The President]] wears a vastly different-looking suit, instead seemingly being the based on the clothes he's seen wearing on [[Hocotate]] but with a helmet, gloves and a pack added.  

 

The characters' style in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' involve giving them a more realistic tone to what they are normally seen as in their own series. As a fighter, Captain Olimar received some drastic improvements to his spacesuit's look as a result. It was made to look more leather-based instead of rubbery, and visually, several flabs of tissue and leather-work byproducts, like stitches, can be seen. On top of this, the suit received a [[Hocotate Freight]]-related badge on the shoulder, some decorative red dots, and the backpack was also detailed further.

 

{{p3}} accompanied the complexity introduced in ''Brawl'', but to a lesser degree. Most graphical details were decreased in favor of a cleaner look, but the suits were made to look high-tech, flexible, and customizable to each leader's needs and tastes. One of the most noteworthy changes is that the [[whistle]] used by leaders was made visible on the helmet itself, as a regular silver pea whistle.

 

Since the [[Pikmin Short Movies|''Pikmin'' Short Movies]] are based off of ''Pikmin 2'', Olimar's spacesuit has a matching, simple style, but because the shorts are visually enticing and show the leaders and Pikmin from much closer than what is normal in the games, the suit doesn't look as bland as in the original [[GameCube]] games. It still looks rubbery, but flabs can be seen more clearly, it features the visible whistle from ''Pikmin 3'', and some of the dots introduced in ''Brawl'' were kept, with one of them being made turquoise.

 

 

At one point in [[Prerelease information|''Pikmin 2'''s development]], the lights on top of the helmets were considered to emit light colored according to the beacon, instead of regular white light. This can be deduced from some [[Unused content in Pikmin 2|unused]] lighting configuration files.

 

Three leaders P3 screenshot.png|A [[whistle]] can be clearly seen in the front of Captain Charlie's helmet.

Thepresident.jpg|[[The President]]'s spacesuit.

 

*In {{p3}} all of the leader spacesuits' shoe soles are dirty. This can be seen with the [[KopPad]]'s camera while a leader is sitting down as part of their idle animations.

*The geometry of the helmets in {{p3}} are actually two spheres, one slightly smaller than the other, to make the helmet look like it has thickness.

*In Charlie's tutorial sequence, it is possible to destroy his spacesuit (using [[Phosbat]] bites). If this happens, the cutscene with the [[Vehemoth Phosbat]] will trigger right away.

 

*[[Hocotate]]

 

 

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