Crystal Tunnels

Crystal Tunnels Sector 3 – Area A
Treasures	3
Pikmin available	Red Pikmin, Rock Pikmin
Pikmin discovered	Rock Pikmin
Requirements	Complete The Keeper of the Lake
Next area	Echo Cavern (normal exit) The Hollow Sky (secret exit)
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Crystal Tunnels (すいしょうの どうくつ^?) is the first area in the Sparkling Labyrinth sector of Hey! Pikmin. It takes place mostly inside a cave filled with crystals. This is where Rock Pikmin are first found in the game, where they play an important role in destroying crystals in the way. After one of the final drops in the area, the player can break a crystal to the left to access the secret exit, and go to The Hollow Sky, or take the right path to the normal exit, which leads to the Echo Cavern. Crystal Tunnels is the second of the two areas available in the eShop demo.

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Description

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Right at the start, there are some blocks of sand that need to be destroyed using the Pikmin hiding in a nearby bush. After digging down, a very light puzzle element is shown, in the form of a pathway that can no longer be accessed if the player destroys too many of the sand blocks. After descending some more, the path splits into two ways. To the left is a small drop, with walls lined with crystals that can be slid off of. At the bottom is a room, with the only exit blocked off by a crystal. Rock Pikmin on the other side notice the now trapped captain, and rush to take out the crystal in the way.

A Bouncy Mushroom is then used to go back up, even though the path is blocked by crystals that get destroyed as the Rock Pikmin bounce on the mushroom. Moving ahead, an enemy similar to a Calcified Crushblat is encountered. The road after that goes forward, but by destroying a crystal that serves as a ramp to get here, a different path can be taken into a hole.

On the other side of this hole is a room with green spiky enemies and Bouncy Mushrooms. Rock Pikmin must be thrown at the mushrooms to break a crystal at the top, which allows some more Rock Pikmin to join the crew. Hitting the green enemies that walk back and forth will make them stand in place.

Back in the main path, there are more crystals and sand blocks, and after that, there is a treasure that can only be accessed if the ramp crystal is not destroyed, the Grown-Up Dynamo, which is actually a red battery. Further ahead, there are more block puzzles and enemies, until the second treasure is found, the Attention-Getting Logo, which is a cartridge of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX.

Further ahead, there are some more green spiky bugs that stand between a ledge where Olimar and the Pikmin end up at, and a ledge with the final treasure, the Snack Vault, which is an opened can of conserves. After some more crystals and enemies, the player comes across a split in the path. If they take the left, there's the pod waiting for Olimar, but if the player takes the right, they can through a path with more Sparklium, until they reach the pod in a different location. If the player takes the left exit, the pod will tell Olimar about how it detected Sparklium on the right, and tells Olimar to go check it out, but the stage forcefully ends right afterwards anyway.

For some reason, Rock Pikmin are likely to trip if the player walks back and forth on the section of the area where the cuscene where a Rock Pikmin that comes out of hiding bangs its head takes place. When the hole that leads to the Snack Vault is entered, a cutscene plays showing that the other side of the hole is blocked by a crystal. Two Rock Pikmin peek their heads from the hole and smash the crystal from inside, clearing the path. If the player does not have at least two Rock Pikmin, this cutscene just doesn't play at all, and the crystal there doesn't exist.

Cutscenes

Cutscene	Screenshot	Trigger	Description
Rock Pikmin introduction		The player falls down the shaft with crystals and approaches the crystal separating the shaft with the room to the right.	Four Rock Pikmin are idling inside the room. One of them turns around and notices Olimar on the other side of the crystal. They all turn to Olimar, and rush in his direction. One by one, they all jump into the crystal, until the last one breaks it.
Crystal headbutt		The player goes out in the open and whistles the nearby stone.	Four Rock Pikmin jump out from behind the stone. One of them smacks its head against a crystal directly on top of it. It falls to the floor lying down, but quickly gets back up, unharmed.
Doorway obstacle		The player heads right after the room with several Spearglubs, and enters the doorway with at least two Rock Pikmin.	There is a crystal in front of the doorway exit. Two Rock Pikmin poke out from either side, step back into the doorway, and start jumping into the crystal. Eventually, it shatters. The Pikmin step out and move aside, and then Olimar and the rest of the crew exit the doorway together.

Pikmin locations

Spot	Location	Pikmin	Requirements	Notes
In a bush	At the start of the area.	4 Red Pikmin	First time only	Mandatory to break the dirt blocks.
In a bush	After breaking the dirt blocks, and falling in the hole.	4 Red Pikmin	If the player has less than 4 Red Pikmin
In a small place blocked by crystals	In the bottom of a pit, accessible by a small hole on the left, next to the previous bush.	4 Rock Pikmin	First time only	Mandatory to break the crystals.
In a rock	Right next to the small room with the first 4 Rock Pikmin	4 Rock Pikmin	If the player has less than 4 Rock Pikmin
In a rock	In the room on the other side of a doorway. Can be reached by breaking a crystal after a Crystalline Crushblat	4 Rock Pikmin	Break the crystal.
In a room full of dirt blocks	Just after the doorway, when heading to the right.	2 Rock Pikmin	First time only
In a bush	After the room full of dirt blocks	4 Rock Pikmin	First time only
In a rock	At the bottom of the last pit	4 Rock Pikmin	If the player has less than 4 Rock Pikmin
In a room full of dirt blocks	After sliding on the crystals in the last pit, in the normal path.	2 Rock Pikmin	First time only
In a rock	Next to a mushroom, after the room full of dirt blocks	4 Rock Pikmin	If the player has less than 4 Rock Pikmin

Objects

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Treasures

•  Grown-Up Dynamo
•  Attention-Getting Logo
•  Snack Vault

Enemies

•  Crumbug × 8
•  Crystalline Crushblat × 2
•  Speargrub × 11

Obstacles

•  Large crystal
•  Dirt block

Others

•  Sparklium Seed × 98
•  Heart × 2

Guide

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Gallery

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  The first Crystalline Crushblat.

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  The room with Bouncy Mushrooms and Speargrubs.

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  The room with several dirt blocks.

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  Location of the Grown-Up Dynamo.

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  Location of the Attention-Getting Logo.

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  The room with several Speargrubs.

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  Location of the Snack Vault.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	すいしょうの どうくつ? Suishou no dō kutsu
Dutch	Glinstergangen	Spark Path
French	Mine cristalline	Crystalline mine
German	Die Kristallhöhle	The Crystal Cave
Italian	Miniera di cristalli	Crystal mine
Spanish (NoA)	Mina cristalina	Crystalline mine
Spanish (NoE)	Mina Cristalina	Crystalline Mine