Talisman of Life

Talisman of Life
Number	144 (US); 142 (Europe and Japan)
Series	Dream Series
Value	× 90
Weight	15
Maximum carriers	25 Pikmin
Location	Dream Den
Challenge Mode levels	Collector's Room

The Talisman of Life (人生花道^?, lit.: "Life on The Flowering Road") is a treasure in Pikmin 2. It is actually a case of Nintendo's Daitouryou variant of hanafuda playing cards, containing, as per the ship, Luck Wafers. It is found on the tenth floor of the Dream Den, inside a Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat. When transporting the treasure back to the pod, watch out for the Gatling Groink and other enemies.

On it, there is a portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, as well as the text "福大統領"^? (lit.: "(Fortune) President").

Notes

Olimar's journal

“Explorers strive, but fate decides. You can prepare and practice for an expedition, but there's only so much a person can do... Sometimes you have to put your life in fate's hands. I've come to understand this intergalactic truth while I've traveled to the fartheset reaches of the universe. Fate and I are pretty close.”

Sales pitch

“At the end of a long life, some beings wish to leave the world and stroll in a field of flowers. Does this desire ever come to fruition? I do not know... but this beautiful deck of luck wafers makes me wonder. Even we machines ponder the great power-down at the end of the trail.”

Pikmin 2 website

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“After a long life traveling the hard road, people want to experience the best years of their lives. These cards are a manifestation of that desire.”

Gallery

The Talisman of Life in the Dream Den.
The Talisman of Life being analyzed by the Hocotate ship.
Texture used in the game.
The Treasure Hoard icon of the Talisman of Life in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
Real world hanafuda cards.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	人生花道^? Jinsei Hanamichi	Life on The Flowering Road
French	Talisman de la Vie	Talisman of Life
German	Talisman des Lebens	Talisman of Life
Italian	Talismano vitale	Vital Talisman
Spanish	Talismán de vida	Talisman of life

Trivia

Despite containing several Luck Wafers, the Talisman of Life is worth fewer Pokos than the Luck Wafer treasure on its own.

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