Menus in video games allow the player to navigate outside the game world, and the Pikmin games have several of these menus. Some menus allow access to gameplay or other menus, while others allow the viewing of bonus content, while others change the settings of the game. Menus in the Pikmin games tend to have a consistent graphical style featuring prominent use of bubbles.

Hub menusEdit

These menus allow access to other menus or types of gameplay.

Title screenEdit

See: Title screen

The title screen or main menu allows the player to begin the game, start an alternative game mode, or open the options. This menu is presented upon booting up the game, but after some other minor screens.

The title screen in Pikmin.
The title screen in Pikmin 2.
The title screen in Pikmin 3.
The title screen in Pikmin 3 Deluxe.
The title screen in Pikmin 4.
An alternative Pikmin 4 title screen.

Story Mode menusEdit

These menus relate to Story Mode.

Saved game selectionEdit

See: Saved game selection menu

This menu allows the player to select which saved game to play on from the three available in Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, and Hey! Pikmin.

The saved game selection menu in Pikmin.
The saved game selection menu in Pikmin 2.
The saved game selection menu in Pikmin 3 Deluxe.
The saved game selection menu in Pikmin 4.
The saved game selection menu in Hey! Pikmin.

Day selectionEdit

See: Day selection menu

The day selection menu in Pikmin 3.

This menu allows the player to select which day to play from. It is incorporated into the saved game selection menu in Pikmin's rereleases.

Area selectionEdit

See: Area selection menu

This menu allows the player to choose which area to explore next, out of all the ones they have unlocked.

The area selection menu in Pikmin.
The area selection menu in Pikmin 2.
The area selection menu in Pikmin 3.
The area selection menu in Pikmin 4.
The sector selection menu in Hey! Pikmin.
One of the area selection menus in Hey! Pikmin.

Alternative game mode menusEdit

These menus relate to other game modes.

Challenge ModeEdit

See: Challenge Mode menu

The Challenge Mode menu allows a player to select a Challenge Mode level to play.

The Challenge Mode menu in Pikmin.
The Challenge Mode menu in Pikmin 2.

Mission ModeEdit

See: Mission Mode menu

The Mission Mode menu in Pikmin 3 allows a player to select a Mission Mode level to play.

The main Mission Mode menu.
The submenu for Collect Treasure!.
The submenu for Battle Enemies!.

Side StoriesEdit

See: Side Stories menu

The Side Stories menu allows a player to select a Side Stories day to play.

The story selection section of the menu.
The day selection section of the menu.

2-Player BattleEdit

See: 2-Player Battle menu

The 2-Player Battle menu in Pikmin 2.

This menu allows the players to select battle settings in the 2-Player Battle mode, including the battle stage and the number of starting Pikmin, as well as view detailed rules on the mode.

Bingo BattleEdit

See: Bingo Battle menu

The Bingo Battle menu in Pikmin 3.

This menu allows the players to select battle settings in the Bingo Battle mode, including the battle stage, the controllers, and the number of starting Pikmin.

In-game menusEdit

These menus are accessed during gameplay, and usually pause the game when they are visible.

PauseEdit

See: Pause menu

The pause menu appears in-game when the player presses a specific button, and allows them to do various actions.

The pause menu in Pikmin.
A section of the pause menu in Pikmin 2.
The pause menu in Pikmin 3.
The main page of the pause menu in Pikmin 3 Deluxe.
The pause screen menu in Pikmin 4.

OnionEdit

The Onion menu in Pikmin 3.

See: Onion menu

The Onion menu appears during gameplay to let the player take Pikmin out of an Onion or put them back in.

Olimar's monitorEdit

See: Olimar's monitor

Olimar's monitor, a menu in Pikmin, allows the usage of the radar.

Olimar's monitor in Pikmin, on the radar page.
The controls page in the original Pikmin.
The controls page in New Play Control! Pikmin.

KopPadEdit

See: KopPad

The KopPad, a menu in Pikmin 3, allows the use of the radar, as well as several other functions such as viewing data files.

The radar page.
The Fruit File page.
The Pikmin Info page.

TabletEdit

See: Tablet

The Tablet, similar to the KopPad, is a menu in Pikmin 4 which allows the usage of the radar. It also has a few more useful functions such as looking at any Missions.

The radar map screen.
The Status Report screen.
The History and Stats screen.

Information menusEdit

These menus allow the player to see additional content.

BonusesEdit

See: Bonuses menu

The bonuses menu in Pikmin 2 contains the game's pre-rendered cutscenes. In the Japanese version of Pikmin 2 for the GameCube, this menu also gives access to the e-Reader's games.

Olimar's voyage logEdit

The Olimar's voyage log menu in Pikmin.

See: Olimar's voyage log menu

This menu allows the player to read Olimar's voyage log.

Piklopedia and Treasure HoardEdit

See: Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard menu

The Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard in Pikmin 2 are viewed through similar menus accessed from the area selection menu.

The Piklopedia menu in Pikmin 2.
The Treasure Hoard menu in Pikmin 2.

Hey! Pikmin logsEdit

Viewing the Rocket Polish in the logs menu.

See: Hey! Pikmin logs menu

The logs menu in Hey! Pikmin lets the player see information about Pikmin types, treasures, enemies, and more.

Statistics menusEdit

Day resultsEdit

See: Day results menu

The day results menu in Pikmin.

At the end of each day, after the ship takes off, a screen appears containing an analysis of the day with various statistics. A similar menu appears when the player exits a cave, or when an area is completed in Hey! Pikmin.

First page of the day results menu in Pikmin 2.
Second page, detailing population changes.
Sub-page of the second page, detailing Pikmin deaths.
Final page, showing the day's mail.

Challenge resultsEdit

See: Challenge results menu

When a Challenge Mode level is over, either by being successfully completed or by ending in a failure (but not by manually quitting from the pause menu), a menu appears to detail the results of the run.

Final resultsEdit

See: Final results menu

This menu appears when the player completes the game, and gives statistics for the playthrough.

The Final Analysis menu in Pikmin.
The ship parts page of the Final Analysis menu in Pikmin.
The Final Report menu in Pikmin 3 Deluxe.
The Final Results menu in Pikmin 4.

High scoresEdit

See: High scores menu

This screen contains records and statistics for runs of the main story mode, and also Mission Mode in Pikmin 3.

The high scores menu in Pikmin.
The high scores menu in Pikmin 2.
The top 5 menu in Story Mode in Pikmin 3.

Other menusEdit

OptionsEdit

See: Options menu

The options menu allows the player to choose some of the game's options.

The options menu in Pikmin.
The options menu in Pikmin 2.
The options menu in Hey! Pikmin.

Minor menusEdit

See: Minor menus

Other menus also exist in the Pikmin games, but these are either very minor or non-interactive.

TriviaEdit

The dot on the top-left corner of a question box's screen, using Dolphin's free camera mode.

In Pikmin 2, whenever a question dialog box opens, like the one asking the player if they are sure they wish to go to the next sublevel, a dot appears on the top-left corner of the screen for a split second. Only the bottom-right corner of the dot is visible during normal gameplay.
The font used throughout many places in the series, most prominently the names of areas, is DF Mo Traditional Chinese.

External linksEdit

The Cutting Room Floor articles about Pikmin games – these contain information about miscellaneous elements hidden off-camera, in several menus.

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