Golden Candypop Bud

Golden Candypop Bud
File:Golden Candypop Bud P3.jpg
Appears in	Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3
Scientific name	Flora aurumia
Family	Candypop
Areas	The Forest Navel, The Distant Spring, The Final Trial, Distant Tundra, Formidable Oak
Caves	Glutton's Kitchen
Challenge Mode levels	None
Collect treasure! levels	None
Battle enemies! levels	None
Side Story levels	Another Part Found
2-Player Battle levels	None
Bingo Battle levels	None
Pikmin produced	5 Yellow Pikmin

Golden Candypop Buds (キイロポンガシグサ^?, lit.: "Yellow Puffed Grain Weed") are yellow Candypop Buds found in the first three Pikmin games. They behave exactly like all other Candypop Buds, except when non-Yellow Pikmin are thrown in, they will change into Yellow Pikmin. If Yellows are thrown in, they will be reverted to leaf stages, and don't count against the 5 Pikmin limit per Candypop Bud; this only applies to Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3. In Pikmin, this bud can be used up to 50 times to get massive amounts of Yellow Pikmin, but Yellow Pikmin themselves do count against the limit.

This particular Candypop Bud is the rarest kind in Pikmin 2, as only one is found, inside the Glutton's Kitchen on sublevel 3. It is more common in Pikmin 3, as electrodes require Yellow Pikmin and some of them are mandatory to beat the game. However, it is also the only Candypop Bud never to appear in Mission Mode.

Locations

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Pikmin

Story mode

• The Forest Navel: One is on a plateau outside the Beady Long Legs arena.
• The Distant Spring: One on an island plateau near the Chronos Reactor.
• The Final Trial: One is near the landing site.

Pikmin 2

Story mode

• Glutton's Kitchen: One on sublevel 3.

Pikmin 3

Story mode

• Distant Tundra: Two in the Spotty Bulbear cave, and three in the Vehemoth Phosbat arena.
• Formidable Oak: One in the alcove with the Shearwigs, one near the first electrode, one near the second electrode, and one at the end of the cave.

Side Stories

• Another Part Found

Notes

Olimar's notes

“No matter what color Pikmin is tossed into the bosom of this flower, it spits out the same number of yellow Pikmin seeds. Current research has yet to produce any theories as to precisely what kind of interaction causes the Pikmin to change color to match the color of this flower's petals.”

Louie's notes

“This tart flower's acidic juices can burn a hole through a frying pan. Eating it would be unwise.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The rare Golden Candypop Bud transforms any Pikmin type into yellow Pikmin sprouts.”

Technical information

See: Candypop Bud technical information

Other information

• Size: length: 65mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #48

Gallery

Pikmin 2

• Goldencandypop.jpg

  Artwork of a Golden Candypop Bud.

• Goldenbud3.jpg

  Artwork of a Golden Candypop Bud.

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  A Golden Candypop Bud in the Piklopedia.

• Golden Candypop Bud.png

  Another image of the plant in the Piklopedia.

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  The plant's e-card, #54.

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  Golden Candypop Bud cards pack.

Pikmin 3

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Naming

See more: Candypop Bud#Naming.

• Common name: Golden Candypop Bud. Gold is a yellow metal.
• Japanese nickname: キイロポンガシグサ^?, lit.: "Yellow Puffed Grain Weed".
• Japanese name: キイロポンガシグサ^?. It is the same as the Japanese nickname.
• Scientific name: Flora aurumia. Aurumia is similar to aurum, the Latin word for "gold".
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	キイロポンガシグサ? Kiiro Pongashi Gusa	Yellow Puffed Grain Weed
French (NoA)	Fleur cracheuse dorée	Golden spitting flower
French (NoE)	Fleur Cracheuse Dorée	Golden Spitting Flower
German	Goldene Königinblume	Golden Queen Flower
Italian	Cromanvillea dorata
Spanish (NoA)	Brote rebotador dorado	Golden sending-back sprout

See also

• Yellow Pikmin