Trial Run

Trial Run
Default Pikmin*	Red Pikmin
Opponent*	Olimar
Dandori Level*
Time limit	4:00
Music	Dandori Battle (Toy Box)
*This can be changed in Dandori Battle mode.

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Trial Run is the first Dandori Battle stage in Pikmin 4. It is a small stage with few enemies and treasures, set in a toybox-like environment with wooden blocks and foam mats. In Story Mode, the opponent is the Olimar leafling. As the first stage, it is unlocked automatically in Dandori Battle mode. It has a time limit of 4 minutes.

How to reach

See: Dandori Battle#Locations

It will be either in the Sun-Speckled Terrace, Blossoming Arcadia, or Serene Shores, depending on which Dandori Battle is entered first.

Layout

Trial Run is a very simple stage, consisting of only one rectangular space with four alcoves: two acting as each player's respective base and another two behind dirt walls housing piles of Gold Nuggets. There are also two small piles of sand that have one Portable Sunset each buried within them and two blocks that will have a Sunseed Berry on top of them. A Zest Bomb will be placed along the wall of each side that must be knocked down with the player's space dog.

There are only two types of enemies, Dwarf Bulborbs and Fiery Blowhogs, neither of which are difficult to fight with Red Pikmin.

Starting objects

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• Treasures:
  •  Gold Nugget × 50 (2 piles of 25)
  •  Portable Sunset × 2 (partially buried)
  •  Sunseed Berry × 2
  •  Zest Bomb × 2
• Enemies:
  •  Dwarf Bulborb × 6
• Obstacles:
  •  Dirt wall × 2
• Other:
  •  Pellet Posy (1-pellet) × 10
  •  Pellet Posy (5-pellet) × 2

Objects that spawn during the battle

• 2:30 remaining:
  •  Sunseed Berry × 2
• 2:00 remaining:
  •  Fiery Blowhog × 1
• 1:30 remaining:
  •  Fiery Blowhog × 2
  •  Insect Condo × 2 (sometimes 1 does not spawn)

The Sneak Bomb will appear at 1:30 remaining.

The second Bonus Find will be selected at 2:30 remaining.

Strategy

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

Before doing anything else, make sure to take down the nearby Pellet Posies so your Pikmin numbers can grow higher and allow you to do more things.

Due to the lack of enemies and obstacles, you can focus most of your efforts on preventing your opponent from getting any points directly. The confined area also allows you to quickly keep track of any treasure or corpses your opponent is collecting. Make sure that anything going to their Onion is redirected to yours by stealing each object, which can be accomplished by having 1 or more Pikmin carrying them. Your opponent moves slowly, and will almost never attempt to steal items your Pikmin are already carrying, so keeping them from scoring is nothing more than making sure nothing goes to their base.

When not doing that, be sure to use Oatchi to ram down the Zest Bomb on either side of the stage when possible. Nothing in the stage weighs more than 10, so if Oatchi's Buff skill as been upgraded to level 3, he will be able to carry any object to the Onion on his own, which helps keep you with the maximum Pikmin possible to carry back more things. In regards to the two dirt walls, try to have only one or two Pikmin working on it at a time instead of charging a whole group, as its very likely your opponent will break down the wall on their own while you're working anyway. From there, make sure to charge as many as possible onto the pile of gold to get it out of your opponent's hands quickly, since singular gold nuggets cannot be stolen like other treasures.

If you're struggling to keep up with your opponent, Moss should be easily weakened by a swarm of your Pikmin and knocked out for a large amount of time.

Notes

Corgwin's menu

“The more Pikmin you propagate, the more stuff you can collect! Use this stage to brush up on Dandori Battle basics.”

Dandori Battle menu

“With its compact size, this stage is perfect for some quick and easy Dandori Battles. Expect to go toe-to-toe with your opponent!”

Names in other languages

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Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	こてしらべの戦い? Koteshirabe no Tatakai	Trial Run Battle
Chinese (traditional)	小試牛刀之戰 Xiǎoshìniúdāo zhī Zhàn
Chinese (simplified)	小试牛刀之战 Xiǎoshìniúdāo zhī Zhàn
Dutch	Beginnersuitdaging	Beginner challenge
French	Terrain d'exercice	Training ground
German	Testduell	Test Duel
Italian	Battaglia di prova	Test battle
Korean	전초전 Jeonchojeon	Warm-Up
Portuguese	Batalha de teste	Test battle
Spanish (NoA)	Enfrentamiento recreativo	Recreational confronatation
Spanish (NoE)	Terreno de prácticas	Practice field

See also

• Dandori Day Care
• Shaded Terrace