Queen Candypop Bud

Queen Candypop Bud
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Appears in	Pikmin 2
Scientific name	Flora regina
Family	Candypop
Areas	None
Caves	Citadel of Spiders, Glutton's Kitchen, Snagret Hole, Shower Room, Subterranean Complex, Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes
Challenge Mode levels	None
2-Player Battle levels	None
Pikmin produced	9 Red, Yellow or Blue Pikmin

Queen Candypop Buds are Candypop Buds found in Pikmin 2, quite different from the others in the game. They allow the player to gain up to 8 Pikmin if a single one of any type is thrown in. The flower's spots alternate between red, blue and yellow, presenting the player with an opportunity, with correct timing, to choose between receiving Blue, Red or Yellow Pikmin. Only as many more Pikmin as can exist on the field are produced; if there are already 100, the Pikmin thrown in just changes type. The plant withers after it has been used once.

These flowers are found only in certain sublevels of difficult caves, usually immediately before or after a particularly challenging boss battle. These areas are usually void of enemies, so they are sometimes referred to as "rest sublevels"; they contain other such useful things as eggs and other types of Candypop Bud.

Queen Candypop Buds are far more common in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode than in the main game, mostly appearing where the player starts off with very few Pikmin, such as Breeding Ground, Hot House and Hidden Garden.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This specimen constantly changes colors. When Pikmin are thrown into it, it shoots out seeds that match the flower's coloration the moment the Pikmin landed inside of it. The number of seeds shot out is always greater than the number of Pikmin thrown in. It can be said that this is a completely baffling plant, and many mysteries remain over precisely what sort of relationship it has with the Pikmin. It would appear that the Pikmin gain all of the benefit from the relationship... Perhaps it is simply a different variety of Pikmin to begin with?”

Louie's notes

“Eating this flower leads to spectacular, breathtaking indigestion.”

Trivia

• Though Olimar's notes state that more pikmin will come than go in, if 100 pikmin are present, only one will come out when one goes in.

Artwork

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  Artwork for the Queen Candypop bud.

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  Clay artwork of the Queen Candypop bud.