Pikmin 2
Pikmin 4

Decorative Goo

Revision as of 14:03, September 6, 2023 by White Eye Pikmin (talk | contribs) (Rewrite the entire description to accommodate its appearance in Pikmin 4. My wording sucks, so feel free to modify it as much as you please.)
Decorative Goo Treasure Hoard icon.
The Decorative Goo.
Number 64 (US and Europe)
Series Tortured Artist Series
Value Poko × 80
Weight 10
Maximum carriers 20 Pikmin
Location Awakening Wood
Challenge Mode levels Lost Toy Box, Creator's Garden
Decorative Goo Treasure Hoard icon.
Decorative Goo in the Japanese version of Pikmin 2, seen in a model viewer.
Number 63 (Japan)
Series Tortured Artist Series
Value Poko × 80
Weight 10
Maximum carriers 20 Pikmin
Location Awakening Wood
Challenge Mode levels None
Decorative Goo
Pikmin 4 treasure
Icon for the Decorative Goo, from Pikmin 4's Treasure Catalog.
Series Soulful Artist Series
Value Sparklium × 80
Weight 3
Maximum carriers 6
Locations Secluded Courtyard
Dandori Challenge stages None
Dandori Battle stages None
Total amount 1

The Decorative Goo (オレの色?, lit.: "My Color") is a treasure found in Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 4. It is an used tube of a blue paint tube, found in the Awakening Wood, near the location of the Blue Onion, in Pikmin 2 and in the first sublevel of Secluded Courtyard, above a small ledge, in Pikmin 4.

In Pikmin 2, the label reads "あおいろ? (lit.: "blue color")" in the Japanese version of Pikmin 2, and "Mario Paint" in the American and European version, referencing the game Mario Paint.

In Pikmin 4, the label has a generic label with unreadable text, with a bold word that reads "Blue" alongside a yellow dot.

Collecting the treasure (Pikmin 2)

 
Location of the Decorative Goo.

The following article or section contains guides.
The strategies shown are just suggestions.

It can be easily achieved once Olimar obtains ten Blue Pikmin. This is also where the Radiation Canopy was found in Pikmin.

Collecting the treasure (Pikmin 4)

It is sitting atop a ledge at the top of Sublevel 1 of the Secluded Courtyard in the Blossoming Arcadia. To collect this treasure, you must throw 3 Pikmin at it. You can also knock it down with a Rush from Oatchi.

Notes

Olimar's journal

With the assistance of the blue Pikmin, we found a canister of paint today. I used it to give the ship a fresh coat of paint! But did it thank me? Noooo. As a space pilot, I've always treated my ship like a trusted companion (even if it is a smart aleck). Yet, this snobbish ship has the gall to complain about the color! There's no pleasing it! Forget this...I'm going to bed.

Sales pitch

Everyone enjoys decorating in favorite hues, but it's vital to utilize new colors now and then. This tube of goo will surely help you discover a new you!

Treasure Hoard appearance

 
The treasure floating in the Treasure Hoard.

Oddly, depending on the region and area, the treasure will appear differently when viewed in the Treasure Hoard. In the Japanese version, the treasure always appears correctly. In the US version, the treasure always appears to float above the floor. In the European version, in all areas except the Perplexing Pool, the treasure again appears at ground level, but it lacks a shadow; in the Perplexing Pool, it looks the same as in the US version. All of these differences can also be found in the respective Wii re-releases for each region.

The reason for this is because in the US version, something unknown changed in the treasure's geometry, making it appear slightly above its origin point, compared to the Japanese version. The US developers did not realize this, and so the treasure is visually floating in that version. For the European version, this oversight was caught, but instead of correcting the model's data, the developers altered the spawn position of the treasure to be five units below floor level.[1] While this does visually place the tube on the floor, it also means its shadow doesn't appear, since the object's Y coordinate is technically under the floor, and there is no floor below that to project a shadow onto. The coordinates for the Perplexing Pool have not been changed since it is very hard to even notice the problem, given that the treasure is underwater.

Gallery

Trivia

  • A blue stain can be found where this treasure is located, suggesting that part of the tube's contents was dumped out, likely by the Blue Pikmin found lurking near it.
  • The Decorative Goo is found near Blue Pikmin in both games it appears in, a trait carried over into the Soulful Artist Series with other colors.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
  Japanese オレの色?
Ore no Iro
My Color
  Chinese
(traditional)
我的顏色
Wǒ de Yánsè
My Color
  Chinese
(simplified)
我的颜色
Wǒ de Yánsè
My Color
  Dutch Decoratieve brij Decorative paste
  French Enduit Décoratif (Pikmin 2)
Enduit décoratif (Pikmin 4)
Decorative Coating
Decorative coating
  German Dekorative Schmiere Decorative Goo
  Italian Intruglio creativo Creative concoction
  Portuguese Gosma decorativa Decorative goo
  Spanish Plasta decorativa Decorative paste

See also

References

  1. ^ The coordinates for each Treasure Hoard area, bar the Perplexing Pool, are 0,-5,0, as seen in /user/Yamashita/zukan/pal/*/arc.szs/data/setting.ini.