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• ...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?

Older facts

• ...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 your 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 Yellow 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 you get 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?