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'''SPERO'''s <ref> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-7p9gBLBU&t=1m10s </ref> (pronounced as ''''spare-'''oh', or sparrow) are probes sent by the Koppaites to search for a planet with edible sustenance on it in order to save their planet [[Koppai]], as seen in the opening sequence of ''[[Pikmin 3]]. ''SPERO 3 is the last one searching and is the one that finds [[PNF-404]]'', ''a planet with bountiful food to sustain Koppai's population.
'''SPERO'''s <ref> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-7p9gBLBU&t=1m10s </ref> (pronounced as ''''spare-'''oh', or sparrow) are probes sent by the Koppaites to search for a planet with edible sustenance on it in order to save their planet [[Koppai]], as seen in the opening sequence of ''[[Pikmin 3]].  ''SPERO 3 is the last one searching and is the one that finds [[PNF-404]]'', ''a planet with bountiful food to sustain Koppai's population.


==Mission Mode==
==Mission Mode==
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The name SPERO may be an easter egg, as it is pronounced as "Sparrow" which is a common bird found in the real world.
*SPERO also means "I hope" in italian. Given the probe's mission, it seems fitting.
*SPERO also means "I hope" in italian. Given the probe's mission, it seems fitting.
*As SPERO is written in all caps, it probably is an acronym, but what SPERO stands for is never mentioned in the game. 
*As SPERO is written in all caps, it probably is an acronym, but what SPERO stands for is never mentioned in the game. 

Revision as of 21:59, June 6, 2014

The SPERO as shown in-game.

SPEROs [1] (pronounced as 'spare-oh', or sparrow) are probes sent by the Koppaites to search for a planet with edible sustenance on it in order to save their planet Koppai, as seen in the opening sequence of Pikmin 3.  SPERO 3 is the last one searching and is the one that finds PNF-404a planet with bountiful food to sustain Koppai's population.

Mission Mode

SPEROs are used as a storage device for the fruit collected in Pikmin 3's Mission Mode, comparable to the Ship's Research Pod in underground areas in Pikmin 2. 

Trivia

  • SPERO also means "I hope" in italian. Given the probe's mission, it seems fitting.
  • As SPERO is written in all caps, it probably is an acronym, but what SPERO stands for is never mentioned in the game. 

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