Queen Candypop Bud

Queen Candypop Bud
Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Flora regina
Family	Candypop
Areas	None
Caves	Subterranean Complex, Snagret Hole, Citadel of Spiders, Glutton's Kitchen, Shower Room, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode levels	Hot House, Concrete Maze, Hidden Garden, Breeding Ground, Emperor's Realm
2-Player Battle levels	None
Pikmin produced	9 Red, Yellow or Blue Pikmin

Queen Candypop Buds (ポポガシグサ^?) are Candypop Buds found in Pikmin 2, quite different from the others in the game. They allow the player to gain up to 8 Pikmin if a single one of any type is thrown in. The flower's spots alternate between red, blue and yellow, presenting the player with an opportunity, with correct timing, to choose between receiving Blue, Red or Yellow Pikmin. Only as many more Pikmin as can exist on the field are produced; if there are already 100, the Pikmin thrown in just changes type. The plant withers after it has been used once.

These flowers are found only in certain sublevels of difficult caves, usually immediately before or after a particularly challenging boss battle. These areas are usually void of enemies, so they are sometimes referred to as "rest sublevels"; they contain other such useful things as eggs and other types of Candypop Bud.

Queen Candypop Buds are far more common in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode than in the main game, mostly appearing where the player starts off with very few Pikmin, such as Breeding Ground, Hot House and Hidden Garden.

Locations

Story mode

• Subterranean Complex: Two on sublevel 8.
• Snagret Hole: One on sublevel 6, and two on sublevel 7.
• Citadel of Spiders: One on sublevel 3.
• Glutton's Kitchen: One on sublevel 5.
• Shower Room: Two on sublevel 4.
• Cavern of Chaos: One on sublevel 4, and one on sublevel 5.
• Hole of Heroes: One on sublevel 5, one on sublevel 8 (Bulbmin available), and one on sublevel 12.

Challenge Mode

• Hot House: Three on sublevel 1, and one on sublevel 2.
• Concrete Maze: Two on sublevel 3.
• Hidden Garden: Six on sublevel 1.
• Breeding Ground: Five on sublevel 1, and seven on sublevel 2.
• Emperor's Realm: Three on sublevel 3.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This specimen constantly changes colors. When Pikmin are thrown into it, it shoots out seeds that match the flower's coloration the moment the Pikmin landed inside of it. The number of seeds shot out is always greater than the number of Pikmin thrown in. It can be said that this is a completely baffling plant, and many mysteries remain over precisely what sort of relationship it has with the Pikmin. It would appear that the Pikmin gain all of the benefit from the relationship... Perhaps it is simply a different variety of Pikmin to begin with?”

Louie's notes

“Eating this flower leads to spectacular, breathtaking indigestion.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“Throwing one Pikmin into a Queen Candypop Bud will let you raise the Pikmin population by as many as eight little troopers. Its petals cycle through Pikmin-corresponding colors.”

Technical information

See: Candypop Bud#Technical information

Color change interval

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays Pikmin 2. Particularly: Measure what the interval between colors is, and check all versions of the game.

Version	Time
US GCN	To be checked
EU GCN	To be checked
JP GCN	To be checked
US NPC	Around 2.6 seconds
EU NPC	2.5 seconds
JP NPC	To be checked

Gallery

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  Artwork for the Queen Candypop bud.

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  The Queen Candypop Bud when it's yellow.

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  The Queen Candypop Bud when it's blue.

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  Clay artwork of the Queen Candypop bud.

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  The plant's e-card, #49.

Naming

See more: Candypop family#Naming.

• Common name: Queen Candypop Bud. "Queen" refers to how it generates multiple seeds of several types of Pikmin, making it somewhat superior to the average Candypop Bud.
• Japanese nickname: ポポガシグサ^?, lit.: "White Puffed Grain Weed".
• Japanese name: ポポガシグサ^?. It is the same as the Japanese nickname.
• Scientific name: Flora regina. Regina is Latin for "queen".
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ポポガシグサ? Popogashi Gusa
French (NoA)	Fleur cracheuse royale	Royal spitting flower
French (NoE)	Fleur Cracheuse Royale	Royal Spitting Flower
German	Kaiserinblume	Empress Flower
Italian	Cromanvillea regina	From "bougainvillea", a genus of flowers that resemble Candypops, and the greek root "chromo" which means "color", and the word "regina", the Italian for queen.
Spanish (NoA)	Brote rebotador real	Royal sending-back sprout

See also

• Crimson Candypop Bud
• Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud
• Golden Candypop Bud