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The '''SPEROs''' are intergalactic probes built and launched by the [[Koppai]]tes. Their function is to search out planets that harbor edible matter; in the case of the Koppaites, this means fruit.
[[File:SPERO2.png|thumb]]


Many SPEROs were built, yet only one of the last few dispatched actually managed to find a planet with suitable food. This planet is named [[PNF-404]], and also happens to be the home planet of the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]].
'''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==
In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'''s [[Mission Mode]], a SPERO is used instead of the [[S.S. Drake]]. It picks up spoils brought to it just like every ship in the [[Pikmin series]], but does nothing else.


[[Category:Ships]]
 
 
SPEROs are used as a storage device for the fruit collected in ''Pikmin 3'''s [[Mission Mode]], comparable to the [[Hocotate Ship|Ship's]] Research Pod in underground areas in ''Pikmin 2. ''
 
==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.
*As SPERO is written in all caps, it probably is an acronym, but what SPERO stands for is never mentioned in the game. 
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
SPEROs.png|SPEROs searching for other planets with edible food for Koppai.
Pikmin 3 SPERO artwork.jpg|Official art of the SPERO from one of Nintendo's magazines.
SPERO.png|A Picture of a SPERO from Mission Mode.
</gallery>
 
==References==
 
<references/>
[[Category:Pikmin 3]]
[[Category:Mission Mode]]
[[Category:Koppai]]

Revision as of 10:19, June 5, 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-404, a 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

  • 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.
  • As SPERO is written in all caps, it probably is an acronym, but what SPERO stands for is never mentioned in the game. 

Gallery

  • SPEROs searching for other planets with edible food for Koppai.

    SPEROs searching for other planets with edible food for Koppai.

  • Official art of the SPERO from one of Nintendo's magazines.

    Official art of the SPERO from one of Nintendo's magazines.

  • SPERO.png

    A Picture of a SPERO from Mission Mode.

References

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-7p9gBLBU&t=1m10s
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