Koppaite text

Throughout Pikmin 3, there are pieces of text written in Koppaite. The language used consists of unique symbols which, together, form words. A parallel between it and the English language can easily be made, given that characters in Koppaite can be mapped to Latin letters, and with that, a direct English message can be obtained. Although largely original, the characters used in the language are similar to Latin characters, but with some changes.

Character map

Each character in the Koppaite language can be mapped to one or two English letters. There are only characters for the 26 English letters plus an extra, unknown one.

These characters are obtained from the font file in the game's data.

By Koppaite symbol

Koppaite	Latin		Koppaite	Latin		Koppaite	Latin
	A or F			B or J			C or O
	D or Q			E			G
	H			I or Y			K or Z
	L			M or X			N
	P			R or V			S
	T			U			W
	Unknown

By Latin letter

Latin	Koppaite		Latin	Koppaite		Latin	Koppaite
A			B			C
D			E			F
G			H			I
J			K			L
M			N			O
P			Q			R
S			T			U
V			W			X
Y			Z			Unknown

List of Koppaite text

The following is a list of instances in which Koppaite text appears, and their translations.

Instance	Image	Koppaite	Translation	Notes
KopPad's frame	File:Charlie Communicating With Drake.png		GPAD	"GPAD" is the Japanese name for the KopPad.
SPERO's visor			Automatic Ultrascope
Radar			Camera type Aimed North Compass Radar mode Pause Play (Unknown) Centi Mask Monitor Life signal State good Planet Earth Atmosphere regular	Next to the compass button Next to the compass button (North orientation) Next to the compass button (camera orientation) Next to the pause button Next to the pause button (gameplay paused) Next to the pause button (gameplay going) Go Here! button Next to the slider at the left Top-left of the central frame Bottom-right of the central frame Bottom-left corner Bottom-left corner Bottom-right corner Bottom-right corner
Mission Mode platinum medals			Pikmin platinum
Bottles of juice			AJ	Possibly short for "apple juice"
Juice shelf screen			Cold drink
S.S. Drake exterior		3 -	WIU CAT PKM 3 (Unknown) Space Ship ANTEN	In orange; probably a reference to the Wii U In orange, below cat symbol In orange; short for Pikmin 3. Below #1; one possible translation is "NI - NB" Outer rim, in gray Outer rim, in gray Near the top; short for "antenna"

See also

• Koppai
• HUD