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| howto = Position Oatchi on the opposite side of a short wall and leave him idling there. Position the leader on the opposite side of the wall. When the prompt to ride Oatchi appears, press the button. The leader should perform a jump in Oatchi's direction to get on him, but if the wall is low enough they will jump on top of the wall instead.
| howto = Position Oatchi on the opposite side of a short wall and leave him idling there. Position the leader on the opposite side of the wall. When the prompt to ride Oatchi appears, press the button. The leader should perform a jump in Oatchi's direction to get on him, but if the wall is low enough they will jump on top of the wall instead.
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===Command post out-of-bounds===
{{glitch | reproducibility = Unknown | consequences = Harmless | demonstration = none | effects = Bypass invisible walls | prerequisites = have Command level 3, have about 50 Purple Pikmin and 50 White Pikmin, have enough [[Flarlic]] for 100 Pikmin on the field.
| howto = At the Rescue Command Post have 100 Pikmin on the field. These Pikmin supposedly have to be an uneven number of Purple and White Pikmin. Throw these Pikmin where the [[Path Creator]] was on the first day and throw some other Pikmin elsewhere. Command [[Oatchi]] to gather Pikmin. He will gather the in-bounds Pikmin normally but he will perform a leap to where the Path Creator was. This breaks the invisible walls and allows out-of-bounds acces with Oatchi.}}


== Pikmin-related ==
== Pikmin-related ==

Revision as of 21:12, December 7, 2023

Warning: the following article or section contains major spoilers.

This is a collection of glitches possible in Pikmin 4.

Please read the glitch notes before attempting any of these glitches or before adding your own.

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Main

Wayward Moon duplication

Reproducibility Consequences Demonstration
High Helpful YouTube video
  • Effects: Allows a collected Wayward Moon to respawn, making it possible to earn more Sparklium from it and increase the completion tracker over 100%.
  • Prerequisites: Have access to Cavern for a King and have collected the Wayward Moon on sublevel 10 of the cave.
  • How to: On sublevel 10 of Cavern for a King, allow the Smoky Progg to hatch, wait one minute, then use Rewind Time to go back to after the boss was activated. It will once again be carrying the Wayward Moon, and will drop it when defeated.
  • Notes: Increasing the completion tracker over 100% with this glitch will also trigger completion-related cutscenes. The Treasure Catalog will count the extras in the "Found/Total" field, but there will be no extras in the diorama for the Spring Crop Series.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Rush out-of-bounds

Reproducibility Consequences Other demonstrations
Low Helpful Discord video
  • Effects: Allows you to escape the intended play area.
  • Prerequisites: Be able to ride Oatchi.
  • How to: By standing on the very edge of a ledge while riding Oatchi, he will tilt as if he is standing on a sloped surface. By aiming up the incline and using rush, Oatchi will launch a distance into the air as he runs forwards. This can clear some otherwise impassable walls.
  • Notes: None.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Gameplay

Broken Go Here

Reproducibility Consequences Demonstration
Low Harmful Reddit post
  • Effects: Makes the "Go Here" function unusable.
  • Prerequisites: Have Oatchi's Command skill at level 2 or higher (have "Go Here" unlocked).
  • How to: Use Oatchi's charge while facing a wall, then open the radar the second he collides with the wall. The "Go Here" function should now become unusable, and placing your cursor at a location on the map will only bring up the "Face This Way" option. This will persist throughout the entirety of the stage, whether you are playing as Oatchi or the player character.
  • Notes: This currently has only been observed in Dandori Challenges, in which the only way to restore the "Go Here" function is to completely exit the challenge. Restarting the stage will not fix the glitch. Additionally, while this glitch is fairly hard to reproduce, multiple Dandori Challenge strategies involve performing "Go Here" right after ramming Oatchi into a wall to knock down an object as to save time, so the glitch does end up happening by accident.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Flying Oatchi

Reproducibility Consequences Demonstration Other demonstrations
Medium Depends YouTube video YouTube video
  • Effects: Makes Oatchi move quickly and erratically, and even fly around.
  • Prerequisites: Have learned swallow.
  • How to: Position Oatchi under an object that will fall when enough Pikmin are on it to knock it free. As the object is falling, press the A Button on the Switch to swallow it.
  • Notes: Oatchi can also do this and become tiny, but the method is not known. In this tiny state, any Pikmin that jump on his back will also be tiny.[1] The player's leader can also have this happen to them, though when dismounting Oatchi.[2] The method to this is also not known.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Item duplication

Reproducibility Consequences Demonstration Other demonstrations
Medium Helpful Twitter video 1, 2, 3
  • Effects: Makes it so the player can hold a duplicate of the pack item they had.
  • Prerequisites: Have a stock of only one of the item to duplicate. Assign a shortcut button to that item.
  • How to: Select the item you want to duplicate from your pack. Immediately after you use it, press its shortcut button. You will be holding a duplicate of that item, while the real last item you had in your pack will have been used. This is easiest to reproduce with the lightning shock, since the shortcut can be timed with the press of the button instead of its release, as is the case with something like a bomb rock.
  • Notes: This duplicate can only be held in your hands and used, and cannot be put into the pack. However, if this is used on an item that can be retrieved after being used, like a thrown pikpik carrot or mine, you can put that one back in your pack while still holding a duplicate ready to use. In addition, for something like a bomb rock, it can be thrown into a Candypop Bud – the bud will take it in and shortly after spit it back out, at which point it can be collected as a genuine item. Because the duplicate is not really recognized by the HUD, the game will say that you have as many as the Pikmin type or object type that was before on the HUD, even though this is only a visual quirk.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Leader jump glitch

Reproducibility Consequences Demonstration
High Helpful YouTube video
  • Effects: Makes the player character jump on top of a short wall.
  • Prerequisites: Be able to ride Oatchi.
  • How to: Position Oatchi on the opposite side of a short wall and leave him idling there. Position the leader on the opposite side of the wall. When the prompt to ride Oatchi appears, press the button. The leader should perform a jump in Oatchi's direction to get on him, but if the wall is low enough they will jump on top of the wall instead.
  • Notes: None.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Pikmin-related

Pikmin duplication (Candypop Bud)

Reproducibility Consequences Other demonstrations
Medium Helpful Discord video
  • Effects: Allows you to clone Pikmin, as well as go over the 100 Pikmin limit.
  • Prerequisites: Be in a cave sublevel with a Candypop Bud in it, and have Pikmin of that same type.
  • How to: Throw 5 Pikmin of the Candypop Bud's type into it. It will spit out the 5 seeds back and open up again to allow more Pikmin. During this opening sequence, throw more Pikmin at it. Eventually, some of them will be considered inside the Candypop Bud and ready for conversion, while in reality they actually slid off the flower and are in the sublevel with you. As a result, when the Candypop Bud spits out more seeds, it will include some extras because of the Pikmin it thinks it managed to take in. By repeating this over and over, the extras will eventually pile up and can break the Pikmin limit. This glitch is easiest to perform with Purple Pikmin.
  • Notes: Only 120 Pikmin will follow you/hop on Oatchi at a time. While performing the glitch the inverse can also happen, in that Pikmin that successfully went inside the Candypop Bud won't be accounted for, meaning you can lose Pikmin if your timing is off.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Pikmin duplication (Onion)

Reproducibility Consequences Other demonstrations
High Helpful Reddit post
  • Effects: Allows you to get infinite Pikmin.
  • Prerequisites: Have unlocked the type of Onion that you want the type of Pikmin to be duplicated, have saved Dalmo, Schnauz, or Puddle, is in the Rescue Command Post, and have not collected all pellets in the area.
  • How to: Open a cave menu but do not enter the cave. Talk to Dalmo, Schnauz, or Puddle to unload the area and go back afterward. Finally, bring a pellet to the Onion. The Onion will produce 4 seeds for each pellet if done correctly.
  • Notes: The types of Pikmin with the sprouts will not be produced if not put into the Onion. If you haven't unlocked the Purple Onion yet, you can take out 100 Purple Pikmin and wait. This trick can also be used to get infinite raw materials by talking to François.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Winged Pikmin crystal nodule glitch

Reproducibility Consequences Other demonstrations
High Harmful Discord video
  • Effects: Makes Winged Pikmin fly off without stopping. Also randomly makes a crystal nodule break for no reason.
  • Prerequisites: None.
  • How to: Throw or charge a few Winged Pikmin at a crystal nodule. If you use too many, the crystal might break by itself. Some of the Pikmin will hover above the obstacle, and some will fly off in whatever direction they were moving at a random moment. When the crystal breaks, those Pikmin will return to being idle like normal, but they may be too far out of bounds to be easily accessed.
  • Notes: None.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Aesthetic

Small object spit out

Reproducibility Consequences Other demonstrations
Low Harmless Discord image
  • Effects: Makes an object appear smaller than normal.
  • Prerequisites: Have Oatchi learn swallow.
  • How to: Let Oatchi carry an object, like an enemy corpse, and then get hit by an Arctic Cannon Beetle's snowball just as he's spitting it out. The animation will be interrupted and the object will stay at a small size.
  • Notes: None.
  • Possible explanation: None.

Minor

Gameplay

  • Oatchi can rush against something to make nearby Pikmin sprouts pop out of the ground. However, if he rushes against a Candypop Bud right after it ejects seeds, the seeds will be "plucked" in mid-air.
  • Rarely, Pikmin can get in odd positions while trying to carry something, and may need a few seconds before they start moving. After a while they'll instantly snap into the right orientation and position.[3]
  • It is possible for a Glow Pikmin to go partially underground when ordered to charge. The Pikmin will pop out when the player gets near.[4]
  • If, in the gameplay options, the horizontal rotation of the camera is inverted, holding the ZL Button on the Switch and walking will cause the camera to rotate to be in front of the player instead of behind. This may be due to the inversion option inverting all movement of the camera, instead of specifically rotation with the Right Stick on the Switch (dual Joy-Con).
  • If an object that's suspended in mid-air with a web is weighed down with Pikmin and is about to get free, and a cutscene begins during, the object will stay suspended in mid-air with no way to retrieve it.[5]
  • When ordering Oatchi to carry one of the Skitter Leaf carcasses from the group of 8 in Secluded Courtyard sublevel 1, he will try to go through the narrow opening on the railing and get temporarily stuck in an odd position.[6]
  • By moving the Buddy Display and immediately dropping it, then returning to it on a later day, it will be impossible to carry the treasure.[7]. Version 1.0.2 fixes this problem.

Aesthetic

  • By going to the Piklopedia, selecting an enemy that is active at night, leaving the Piklopedia, then going to the Treasure Catalog, the treasures will be displayed at night. Pressing the Y Button on the Switch to toggle to day will reload the scene and show night still. Pressing again will change to day as expected, however.
  • In the Piklopedia, if the player sees Olimar's or Louie's notes, chooses to engage, and then backs out, the game will return to the notes page, show the notes from the character in question, highlight their button accordingly, but the small triangle that makes the notes pop out from out of the character button will be on Dalmo instead. Selecting another character's notes will fix it.[8]
  • If the player highlights any treasure of the Ultra-Hyper-Technology Series in the Piklopedia and swaps to the page that shows where it was first seen and what series it belongs to, the series name is large enough to overlap with the "Series:" label.
  • The tracks of the music that plays in the Treasure Catalog sometimes desync.[9]
  • If the player completes the Trial Of The Sage Leaf stage Gimmick Gambit without lowering the gates by using the "Gimmickier Gambit" skip, there is a chance that the victory screen will just show a gray square and show 00:00 as the time remaining.[10]
  • If the player character helps a Winged Pikmin carry a 1 weight object, like a 1 pellet, the player will perform a "hanging on" animation but with the object at their waist and their arms upward hanging on to nothing. This happens whether the pellet is carried on the floor (the leader grabs first) or the pellet is carried in the air (Winged Pikmin carries first).
  • If a Flighty Joustmite is stabbing the floor when the night ends in a night expedition, it will walk away in mid-air.[11]
  • If the cutscene for a leader or Oatchi being knocked out takes place while the Ancient Sirehound's flame rings are on the field, they will turn invisible after the cutscene, though still active.[12]

Hard to reproduce

  • Hitting a Smoky Progg with a glowmob just as it is about to drop down from a ledge might make it fall through the floor and die when it touches the pit.[13]
  • It is possible for Louie to say a text string ID instead of a proper topic of conversation when talked to.[14]
  • By walking up against a wall of a short ledge and throwing a mine such that the leader is between the wall and mine when it lands, it's possible for the leader to walk up the ledge.[15]
  • It is possible for Oatchi's mouth to stay closed while he's barking after receiving a command.[16]
  • By opening the Survey Drone and charging it is possible to keep sliding forward if the game is unpaused within the Survey Drone. In this state, the leader bounces around when they hit walls.[17]
  • It is possible for Oatchi to go out of bounds when going through a tunnel. In this state, the player can take control of him and move out of bounds.[18]
  • It is possible for the standby Pikmin HUD elements to be misaligned.[19]
  • It is possible for some created Glow Pikmin to be invisible in the Piklopedia.[20]
  • When talking to Dalmo and getting him to give the player their reward for finding 75 creatures, it is possible for Dalmo to repeat the process when talked to again, and then afterwards softlock the game.[21] The same can happen with the reward for finding all creatures, but instead of softlocking, he constantly gives the player the reward every time they are talked to, and do not open the Piklopedia.[22]
  • Winged Pikmin that are carrying the White Onion can get snagged on a Mammoth Snootwhacker's carcass and drag it around in the air.[23]
  • If Oatchi is carrying a large treasure and the Waterwraith rolls against it, Oatchi might get crushed even if he is quite far away.[24]
  • It is possible for Tusked Blowhog corpses to spring very high in the air when the Pikmin begin carrying it.[25]
  • It is possible for a Red Pikmin to be in the squad, but not be recognized in the standby HUD icons, and to not be able to be thrown.[26]
  • It is possible for the game to suddenly declare a Pikmin extinction for no reason.[27]
  • It is possible for a carried treasure to suddenly be beamed into the S.S. Beagle despite not being close to it.[28][29][30]
  • It is possible for the screen to flash some elements in strong colors for a few frames.[31]
  • If a Pikmin idles near a Yellow Spectralids carcass that is on top of a defeated Pellet Posy, they can teleport up to it and then fail to carry it while slanted at an odd angle.[32]
  • When rewinding and plucking some sprouts afterwards, it is possible for the player to have one extra Pikmin, even reaching 101 Pikmin when the limit is 100.[33]
  • It is possible for the player's squad of Pikmin to line up for no apparent reason.[34]
  • It is possible for a Giant Breadbug to attach to an object to carry it, but be offset by a large distance.[35]
  • It is possible for the player character and Oatchi to continuously pluck Purple Pikmin that came out of a Candypop Bud without stopping. This continuously adds Pikmin to the squad.[36]
  • It is possible for a Winged Pikmin to stay in the cowering state when it comes out of hiding. In this state, it follows the leader by walking, and when it stops walking, it goes back to ducking.[37][38] They return to normal after hiding again.
  • If Oatchi is told to carry something while another Pikmin carrying an object is in the way, he may attach to the object wrong and start moving erratically for a while.[39]
  • If a Yellow Wollywog tries to jump, hits its head on a treasure being carried by Winged Pikmin, and gets hit by a Purple Pikmin's pound, it may freeze and start moving in a straight line, ignoring gravity.[40]
  • While carrying a Yellow Wollywog carcass, it is possible for it to suddenly croak and instantly become upright.[41]
  • If Oatchi gets up from being knocked down at the same time he's caught by a snowball from an Arctic Cannon Larva, he may get pushed into the wall and go out of bounds.[42]
  • If a Bogswallow dies just as it starts sucking, the sound may continue to play forever.[43]
  • It's possible for a dead Whiptongue Bulborb to stay upright in its walking animation as it is being carried, and then stay upright without walking while being beamed in to the Onion.[44]
  • If Oatchi touches the Foolix just as it is about to grow from being a small puddle, he may become stuck in place, unable to be controlled, but also immune to being caught by the Foolix.[45]
  • Sometimes, when defeating the Man-At-Legs in Cavern for a King, one of the Bright Swords will clip through the hill in the middle of the cavern, rendering it unobtainable until the sublevel is restarted.[46]

See also

References

  1. ^ YouTube video of Oatchi being small, moving quickly, and flying, published on July 31st, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  2. ^ Video of the leader moving fast and flying on reddit, published on August 8th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  3. ^ Twitter video of Pikmin in odd positions while carrying on Twitter, published on August 2nd, 2023, retrieved on August 2nd, 2023
  4. ^ Twitter video of a Glow Pikmin under the ground on Twitter, published on August 2nd, 2023, retrieved on August 2nd, 2023
  5. ^ Video of a treasure stuck in mid-air on Twitter, published on July 14th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  6. ^ Video of Oatchi stuck in Secluded Courtyard on Twitter, published on August 14th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  7. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  8. ^ Video of the Piklopedia notes menu's triangle being on the wrong character on Twitter, published on August 12th, 2023, retrieved on August 12th, 2023
  9. ^ Video of the music desynching on Twitter, published on August 2nd, 2023, retrieved on August 2nd, 2023
  10. ^ Broken Gimmick Gambit victory screen on Reddit, published on November 1st, 2023, retrieved on November 1st, 2023
  11. ^ Video of a Flighty Joustmite walking in mid-air on Discord
  12. ^ [Video of the Ancient Sirehound's flame rings being invisible Discord] on {{{3}}}, published on August 31st, 2023, retrieved on September 28th, 2023
  13. ^ Video of the Smoky Progg falling through the floor on reddit, published on August 8th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  14. ^ Screenshot of Louie saying a string ID on reddit, published on August 10th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  15. ^ Video of the leader being bumped up a ledge due to a mine on Discord
  16. ^ Video of Oatchi barking with his mouth closed on Discord
  17. ^ Video of the player character sliding after charging on Twitter, published on July 6th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  18. ^ Video of Oatchi out of bounds in a tunnel on Twitter, published on August 2nd, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  19. ^ Video of the standby Pikmin HUD elements misaligned on Twitter, published on July 8th, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  20. ^ Video of invisible Glow Pikmin on Twitter, published on July 23rd, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  21. ^ YouTube video of Dalmo softlocking the game, published on July 22nd, 2023, retrieved on August 11th, 2023
  22. ^ Video of Dalmo constantly giving the player rewards on Twitter, published on August 5th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  23. ^ Video of Winged Pikmin dragging a Mammoth Snootwhacker's carcass in the air on Twitter, published on August 14th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  24. ^ Video of Oatchi getting crushed while far from the Waterwraith on Twitter, published on August 17th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  25. ^ Video of Tusked Blowhog carcasses being flung to the air on Twitter, published on August 13th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  26. ^ Video of a Red Pikmin being in the squad but unavailable on Twitter, published on July 25th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  27. ^ Video of a sudden Pikmin extinction on Twitter, published on July 28th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  28. ^ Video of a Scaly Custard being beamed to the S.S. Beagle while far away on Twitter, published on July 24th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  29. ^ Video of a Divine Balloon being beamed to the S.S. Beagle while far away on Twitter, published on August 6th, 2023, retrieved on August 24th, 2023
  30. ^ [Video Discord] on {{{3}}}, published on September 25th, 2023, retrieved on September 28th, 2023
  31. ^ Video of some screen elements flashing (flashing lights warning) on Twitter, published on July 22nd, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  32. ^ Video of a Pikmin failing to carry a Yellow Spectralids on Twitter, published on July 22nd, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  33. ^ Video of the player rewinding and getting 101 Pikmin on Twitter, published on July 26th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  34. ^ Video of the player's Pikmin lining up for no reason on Twitter, published on August 12th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  35. ^ YouTube video where the Giant Breadbug drags something while offset (at 09:19), published on August 17th, 2023, retrieved on August 18th, 2023
  36. ^ YouTube video of the player plucking infinite Pikmin, published on August 21st, 2023, retrieved on August 23rd, 2023
  37. ^ Video of a Winged Pikmin stuck hiding on Discord, published on August 22nd, 2023, retrieved on August 23rd, 2023
  38. ^ Video of a Winged Pikmin stuck hiding on Discord, published on August 22nd, 2023, retrieved on August 23rd, 2023
  39. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  40. ^ YouTube video of a Yellow Wollywog flying in a straight line
  41. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  42. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  43. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  44. ^ Twitter video on Twitter
  45. ^ YouTube clip on YouTube
  46. ^ [ https://www.reddit.com/u/Twich8/s/YzkIY3ePPv Screenshot from a YouTube video, link to source video in title of post] on reddit, published on October 31st, 2023, retrieved on October 31st, 2023
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