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(Noted that they follow a path if they're told to enter the Onion, but cannot make it in a straight line.) |
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*...that the '''[[Mission Mode]]''' medals have Pikmin with a leaf, bud, or flower, depending on the ranking? | |||
*...that '''[[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]''' in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' will follow a non-linear path if they can't enter the [[Onion]] by walking in a straight line? | *...that '''[[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]''' in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' will follow a non-linear path if they can't enter the [[Onion]] by walking in a straight line? | ||
*...that in ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]'', the players can pick which '''[[2-Player Battle#Layout selection|2-Player Battle stage layout]]''' to use, including a bizarre combination? | *...that in ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]'', the players can pick which '''[[2-Player Battle#Layout selection|2-Player Battle stage layout]]''' to use, including a bizarre combination? | ||
*...that the second sublevel of the [[Glutton's Kitchen]] contains an exclusive, unique object – a piece of '''[[Glutton's Kitchen#Chiyogami|chiyogami]]''' paper – and that it is internally designed like an [[enemy]]? | *...that the second sublevel of the [[Glutton's Kitchen]] contains an exclusive, unique object – a piece of '''[[Glutton's Kitchen#Chiyogami|chiyogami]]''' paper – and that it is internally designed like an [[enemy]]? | ||
*...that taking a [[Red Bulborb|Bulborb]]'s picture with the '''[[KopPad#Camera|camera]]''''s flash enabled will result in an [[Wikipedia:Tapetum lucidum#Eyeshine|eyeshine]] effect? | *...that taking a [[Red Bulborb|Bulborb]]'s picture with the '''[[KopPad#Camera|camera]]''''s flash enabled will result in an [[Wikipedia:Tapetum lucidum#Eyeshine|eyeshine]] effect? | ||
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*...that the names of the five '''[[areas]]''' in ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' all have the same number of characters – 14? | |||
*...that the [[Music|fanfare]] that plays when jumping into the first sublevel of a '''[[cave]]''' is actually different from the one in the following sublevels? | *...that the [[Music|fanfare]] that plays when jumping into the first sublevel of a '''[[cave]]''' is actually different from the one in the following sublevels? | ||
*...that ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' has some secret '''[[Pikmin drawings]]''' hidden throughout the game? | *...that ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' has some secret '''[[Pikmin drawings]]''' hidden throughout the game? |
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Latest tidbits
Only the latest five may be here. They're sorted from newest to oldest. To suggest a new tidbit, use the talk page.
- ...that the Mission Mode medals have Pikmin with a leaf, bud, or flower, depending on the ranking?
- ...that Pikmin in Pikmin will follow a non-linear path if they can't enter the Onion by walking in a straight line?
- ...that in New Play Control! Pikmin 2, the players can pick which 2-Player Battle stage layout to use, including a bizarre combination?
- ...that the second sublevel of the Glutton's Kitchen contains an exclusive, unique object – a piece of chiyogami paper – and that it is internally designed like an enemy?
- ...that taking a Bulborb's picture with the camera's flash enabled will result in an eyeshine effect?
Older facts
- ...that the names of the five areas in Pikmin 3 all have the same number of characters – 14?
- ...that the fanfare that plays when jumping into the first sublevel of a cave is actually different from the one in the following sublevels?
- ...that Pikmin 3 has some secret Pikmin drawings hidden throughout the game?
- ...that the Puffstool appears in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap?
- ...that Koppai is named after Nintendo's original name, Nintendo Koppai?
- ...that Pikmin contains an unused executable that allows testing the game on Windows?
- ...that files in the New Play Control! games imply that both remakes were initially meant to be in the same disc?
- ...that in Pikmin, the spots on the backs of Grub-dogs change size, and analogously, those on the back of Dwarf Red Bulborbs are static?
- ...that the behavior of Swooping Snitchbugs over held Pikmin is different in each game?
- ...that the gas pipes in Pikmin 2's overworld areas respawn after 99 days?
- ...that page 23 of the Pikmin instruction manual has a typo: "holdung" instead of "holding"?
- ...that the reflection of the leaves in water is actually just a black-and-white "bowl" under the ground?
- ...that Candypop Buds actually have a root?
- ...that by changing a single setting in Pikmin 2's files, it is possible to have pikpik carrots in the player's party?
- ...that the caves in Pikmin 2 have some mysterious technical discrepancies?
- ...that there are some development oversights in the way Pikmin carry objects?
- ...that Olimar, with the aid of Pikmin, is a veteran fighter in the newest Super Smash Bros. installment?
- ...that Blue Pikmin can save other types of Pikmin from drowning?
- ...that the scene used when viewing an item in the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard is the area selected on the map screen?
- ...that Pikmin carrying a bomb-rock drop it without detonating it when called back to the Onion?
- ...that some enemies heal over time and two of them can revive themselves after their defeat?
- ...that via an "Emergence Cave run", it is possible to repay the debt in 16 days without ever reaching the Awakening Wood?
- ...that in Pikmin 2, if 20 of each main type of Pikmin are on the field they will start singing parts of Ai no Uta?
- ...that the Pikmin type counter in the first game rolls back to 000 after the player gets 999 Pikmin?
- ...that it is possible for the Pikmin counters in Pikmin 2 to show more than four digits?
- ...that there is a glitch that lets the player absorb a spray twice?
- ...that the Empty space container is the only treasure to not follow a title case styled name?
- ...that the word "Pikmin" is derived from the two words "pick me"?
- ...that the Unspeakable Wonder closely resembles Princess Peach's crown?
- ...that when Pikmin 3 was announced all that was said was "We're making Pikmin"?
- ...that Ai no Uta, a song used to advertise Pikmin, actually outsold the game?
- ...that the total sales for the Pikmin series so far is over 4.3 million?
- ...that the games are not the only Pikmin merchandise?
- ...that the Bulbmin is a form of Pikmin caused by a parasitic Pikmin unseen in any Pikmin game?
- ...that the Water Dumple is actually a part of the Grub-dog family?
- ...that the Positron Generator is used to make "Instant Space Noodles"?
- ...that the Smoky Progg is thought to be a malformed larval Mamuta?