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{| class="wikitable"

| colspan="2" | {{p1}}<br>{{p2}}

| Hold {{button|gc|a}} to [[#Holding|hold]], release to throw

|-

| colspan="2" | {{npcp1}}<br>{{npcp2}}

| rowspan="2" | {{p3}}

| Classic controls

| Hold {{button|wiiu|a|wiiu|x|wii|a}} to hold, release to throw

| Stylus Mode

| Hold {{button|wiiu|stylus}} to hold, drag to move cursor, release to throw

| rowspan="2" | {{p3d}} <br>{{p4}}

| Combined Joy-Cons or Pro Controller

| Hold {{button|switch|a|}} to hold, release to throw

| Sideways Joy-Con

| Hold {{button|switch|facer}} to hold, release to throw

| colspan="2" | {{p1s}}<br>{{p2s}}

| Hold {{button|switch|a}} to hold, release to throw

| Hold {{button|3ds|stylus}} to hold, drag to move cursor, release to throw

 

{| class="wikitable"

| rowspan="2" | {{p3}}

| Classic controls

| {{button|wiiu|a|wiiu|x|wii|a}} + {{button|wiiu|b|wii|b}}

|-

| rowspan="2" | {{p3d}} <br>{{p4}}

| Combined Joy-Cons or Pro Controller

| {{button|switch|a|}} + {{button|switch|b}}

| colspan="2" | {{p1s}}<br>{{p2s}}

| {{button|switch|a}} + {{button|switch|b}}

 

{| class="wikitable"

 

{| class="wikitable"

| {{button|gc|a}} + {{button|gc|padud}}

**[[Albino Dwarf Bulborb]]: landing a Pikmin on its back deals half of its base health.

**[[Dwarf Bulbear]]: In the first game, throwing a Pikmin onto the creature's back deals a large amount of damage to it, but doesn't kill it; from ''Pikmin 2'' onward, it kills them instantly. In ''Pikmin 4'', landing a Pikmin on its back deals one third of its base health.

**[[Iridescent Flint Beetle]], [[Iridescent Glint Beetle]] and [[Doodlebug]]: makes it flip in the air and drop some spoils.

**[[Shearwig]]: if airborne, the creature dies right away in the first two games. in ''Pikmin 3'' and ''Pikmin 4'', it instead reduces them to ⅓ health and knocks them to the ground.

*When a [[Blue Pikmin]] is thrown at the [[Goolix]]'s larger core, while the creature is stretched, the two cores will slam against one another, and all Pikmin attacking the smaller core will scatter around.

*In ''Pikmin 3'', any kind of Pikmin thrown at a [[Grub-dog family|grub-dog]]'s eyes will cause it to recoil and spit out any Pikmin it may have started to eat.

*When Pikmin are thrown onto the [[Crusted Rumpup]] or [[Ancient Sirehound]]'s tail, it stuns them which exposes its weak point on the tip of the tail (Crusted Rumpup) or its stomach (Ancient Sirehound).

The method for the ''New Play Control!'' games is quite a lot harder than the GameCube way, as it is harder to position the fingers so that both {{button|wii|a}} and {{button|wii|padd}} can be pressed, especially without releasing the Nunchuk; it is also hard to maintain a steady cursor while two fingers are pressing on the Wii Remote repeatedly. Finally, it is hard to maintain two different button rhythms at once. As such, an alternate strategy is normally used instead. Because the leader can move independently of the cursor, the latter can be held on the target, and the player can focus on moving the leader through the group. Care should be taken in order to keep the cursor from deviating from its intended place, though. One way to stop the cursor from leaving its spot on the screen is to place the Nunchuk hand's wrist in front of the [[Wii]] Remote's sensor.{{cite youtube|Wi0SQHvNv6c|demonstrating how one can cover the infrared sensor on the Wii Remote to stop the cursor from shaking about}} A better method is to simply move in circles while throwing. It's not quite as effective, but it still increases throw speed.

In ''Pikmin 3'' and ''Pikmin 4'', a Pikmin of the standby type will instantly move towards the leader's hand.

In ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'' on the GameCube, if the leader is moving while throwing the Pikmin, the leader's speed is added to the Pikmin throw's speed. Hence, if a leader is running forward while throwing a Pikmin in the same direction, it will land much farther than normal. This trick can be used to throw Pikmin to places where they were not meant to reach. An example would be over the [[cardboard box]] at the southwest of [[The Forest of Hope]], throwing Pikmin from the western side over the box and onto the eastern side, where they can push it without the need for Blue Pikmin on the nearby lakes.

In the ''New Play Control!'' versions, this trick is not necessary, nor does it work: the leader's momentum is not carried over, otherwise the player would not be able to accurately throw Pikmin all around while moving, which is one of the new control scheme's biggest advantages. In these games, the throw distance limit has been raised, compared to the GameCube games, which allows for naturally longer throws that can permit the same exploits as those in the original games.

For unknown reasons, when the player tries to throw in {{p1}}, there is a chance that Olimar will simply twitch instead. This is not the case if the Pikmin to throw is in front of Olimar, or is far away from him. Every once in a while, the game will enter a state for {{frames|1|y}} frame where it will reject the throw if the player presses the button on that frame. In the GameCube game, this happens every {{frames|11|y}} frames, though sometimes it's every {{frames|10|y}} frames instead, and in the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' release, it's roughly every {{frames|3|y}} frames, with the periodic break of {{frames|20|y}} frames where the glitch won't happen.{{cite youtube|9uOnWMzhMh0|showing how Olimar can fail to throw, and how various actions like whistling do not fix the problem|published={{date|20|July|2020}}|retrieved={{date|22|July|2020}}}}

| [[Purple Pikmin]]

| 60.0

| Other Pikmin

| 72.5