Minor obstacles

There are many obstacles in the Pikmin series. This page lists the ones that are more rare and less notable. Because they are rarely acknowledged by the games, their names are usually conjectural.

Spiked pine cones

A spiked pine cone right next to Olimar, rolling in a hallway.

Spiked pine cones are obstacles found in Hey! Pikmin only. They are pine cones that resemble huge boulders covered with spikes. They roll around in the hallways that contain them, crushing anything in their way. They can kill any Pikmin they touch and harm Captain Olimar. Because there's no way to destroy them, the player has to be wary of them and try not to get caught by surprise. Some appear continuously from one point, fall down through the whole path, and disappear when they reach the bottom, while others roll back and forth in a confined space, never losing their momentum.

The name comes from the game files: the model for these objects is inside togebokkuri.bch.z, which is short for とげ 松ぼっくり^? (lit.: "spiked pine cone"). That said, the generator for these objects is internally called gimmick_spike_boulder_generator (as per /stage/map_0033.csv, which is the area's object generator file).

Locations

• Sweltering Parchlands
  • Terror Trench: Spiked pine cones are found in this area only. They very common here, acting as the "gimmick" of the level. There are many narrow pathways that the obstacles move through, not giving the player much space to avoid them. However, there are still some small sections where the player is protected.

See also

• Obstacle
• Vegetation