Leafy Showdown

Leafy Showdown
Default Pikmin*	Rock Pikmin
Opponent*	Olimar
Dandori Level*
Time limit	7:00
Music	Leafy Showdown (in Story Mode) Dandori Battle 2 (sand) (in Dandori Battle mode)
*This can be changed in Dandori Battle mode.

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Leafy Showdown is the fourth Dandori Battle stage in Pikmin 4. It is a large irregularly-shaped arena with high ledges and a puddle of water in the center. In Story Mode, the opponent is the Olimar leafling, and it is the only Dandori Battle where Dingo can't be used to get help. In Dandori Battle mode it is unlocked by completing a match of Dandori Castle. It has a time limit of 7 minutes.

How to reach

First, the player must unlock the Hero's Hideaway by completing the three previous Dandori Battle caves: Trial Run, Battle in a Box, and Dandori Castle, and curing the three leaflings they save from each (the last of which is Bernard) by harvesting glow sap at night.

Once in the Hero's Hideaway, the cave's entrance can be found within a safe. To unlock it, you must find the three treasures that provide the safe's code: the Courage Emblem, the Power Emblem, and the Wisdom Emblem. The safe's code will be randomly generated on each playthrough.

Layout

The two bases in this symmetrical stage are in open sandy areas in the north and south of the stage. Between them in the center is a small lake where 2 treasures appear, guarded by a Hermit Crawmad in the middle. Northwest and southeast of the lake are small sandy plateaus where treasures spawn in the middle of the battle, either 4 Sunseed Berries or 1 Insect Condo. Between the lake and plateaus there are breakable pots that can be destroyed by Oatchi or Moss to provide a shortcut between the bases.

On the west and east sides of the stage there are open areas with nuggets, treasures, and pellets to collect, but enemies and water spouts make the area hazardous. These sections of the stage have open access from one base and are blocked from the other base by a crystal wall, which can be destroyed to allow quicker access to the objects there.

Starting objects

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• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 120 (6 piles of 20)
  •  Sunseed Berry × 2
  •  Zest Bomb × 2
• Enemies:
  •  Dwarf Orange Bulborb × 4
  •  Hermit Crawmad × 1
  •  Joustmite × 4
• Obstacles:
  •  Breakable pot × 4 (2 groups of 2)
  •  Crystal wall × 2
  •  Water spout × 4
• Other:
  •  Pellet Posy (1-pellet) × 20
  •  Pellet Posy (5-pellet) × 2
  •  Pellet Posy (10-pellet) × 2

Objects that spawn during the battle

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• 4:30 remaining:
  •  Insect Condo × 1
  •  Sunseed Berry × 4
• 2:00 remaining:
  •  Golden Sniffer × 1
  •  Insect Condo × 1

The Sneak Bomb will appear at 3:00 remaining.

The second Bonus Find will be selected at 4:00 remaining.

Strategy

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Send 2 Pikmin to the nearest Crystal Wall when the match starts, and send the rest to the Pellet Posies near base. Once all Pikmin are out of the Onion, send 2 more Pikmin onto the crystal wall, and head westward. From here, one should take out the water spout with Oatchi, and then either head toward the nearest Gold Nugget pile or the Zest Bomb (depending on what the current Bonus Find is, the Joustmite could also be a target if it is a Bonus Find.) Send about 3 Pikmin onto the Gold Nugget pile if available.

Break the pots surrounding the lake sometime within the first minute, in order to open the routes leading to your opponent's base allowing you to steal items they may be attempting to collect.

Return Oatchi to base, and round up any Pikmin left there to take them toward the Crystal Wall. Destroy it fully, and then defeat the Orange Bulborb with a Rush, before sending more Pikmin onto the Gold Nugget Pile behind it, and collecting its corpse with Oatchi. From there, based on the opponent's actions, it would be beneficial to either defeat the Orange Bulborb closest to their base, or fight the Hermit Crawmad and collect one of the Sunseed Berries with Oatchi.

Do not collect the Golden Sniffer once it spawns. Instead, focus on the current Bonus Find, and make routes and plans in your mind to collect the most of them efficiently. Remember to consult your Radar Map to keep track of object locations. If a Sunseed Berry or Insect Condo is selected as a Bonus Find, check above the two square tower-like structures by the lake. Each will contain either an Insect Condo or cluster of four Sunseed Berries. If a Bonus Find is on its way to the opponent's Onion and you have a decent amount of Pikmin in your squad (about 10-ish), attempt to re-route it toward your Onion. This will knock the opponent's Pikmin down until they cancel other tasks they may be doing to save them, score you a Bonus Find, and prevent the opponent from collecting a Bonus Find.

The Sneak Bomb will appear by the lake in the center. Its exact location is unimportant, as you should likely move it with Oatchi regardless. Keep track of its position with the Radar Map and plan around it, making sure you have enough Pikmin to carry a noteworthy quantity of the Dandorium weights at the opponent's base. Switch to Oatchi immediately after it's deposited, else he may be knocked out by any stray Pikmin the opponent left at base. Confirm that there is a safe route for your Pikmin to take and that the Hermit Crawmad is dead before you attempt to collect Dandorium weights.

Notes

Corgwin's menu

“Whoever gathers the most Gold Nuggets is the true Dandori master. But with Sneak Bombs, you won't know the true winner until the last second!”

Dandori Battle menu

“An exciting battle in wilderness oasis! Stock up on Gold Nuggets and watch your points pile in.”

Trivia

• In the music track for Leafy Showdown in Story Mode, melodies from both the Plasm Wraith and The Final Trial themes play over the course of the song. The former can be heard in the background very subtly, while the latter's is very noticeable and plays as the main melody of the song. In Dandori Battle mode, this arena instead uses the same music as Dandori Castle and Hot Sandy Duel, even if Olimar is chosen as the opponent.
• The entrance to Leafy Showdown is inside the same safe where Olimar finds the Pilot's Seat in his Shipwreck Tale.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	決戦のオアシス? Kessen no Oashisu	Decisive Battle Oasis
Chinese (traditional)	決戰的綠洲 Juézhàn de Lǜzhōu	Decisive Battle Oasis
Chinese (simplified)	决战的绿洲 Juézhàn de Lǜzhōu	Decisive Battle Oasis
Dutch	Bladrijke bonje	Leafy quarrel
French	Face-à-face feuillu	Leafy face-to-face
German	Blättrige Entscheidung	Leafy Decision
Italian	Sfida frondosa	Leafy challenge
Korean	결전의 오아시스 Gyeoljeon-ui Oasiseu	Decisive Battle Oasis
Portuguese	Confronto folhano	Leafy confrontation
Spanish	Duelo frondante	Leafling duel

See also

• Buried Pond
• Sandbox Kingdom
• Oasis of Order