Nova Blaster

Nova Blaster (Pikmin)
This ship part is not required for the S.S. Dolphin to escape the planet.
Weight	30
Max. carriers	50 Pikmin
Location	The Forest of Hope

Nova Blaster (Pikmin 3 Deluxe)
Weight	20
Max. carriers	30 Pikmin
Mission	The Ship Restored

Nova Blaster (Pikmin 4)
Weight	20
Max. carriers	40 Pikmin
Location	Sun-Speckled Terrace

The Nova Blaster (ノヴァブラスター^?, lit.: "Nova Blaster") is a ship part of the S.S. Dolphin in Pikmin. Its promotional brochure claims that it emits a powerful burst of light said to be able to destroy stellar objects as large as stars. It is unknown why a cargo ship like the Dolphin and Hocotate ship would have this weapon, however, it is assumed that its purpose is as a means of defense against space pirates. The brochure also says that the blasts could travel through the currents in space.

As pointed out by the game's instruction manual, the reason why Captain Olimar did not intercept the incoming meteor from the beginning of the game with the Nova Blaster is because the route he was flying through was usually a safe one, therefore he had put the S.S. Dolphin on auto-pilot to get some tea, and failed to notice the meteor. However, this does not explain why the Guard Satellite had failed to warn the Captain of the meteor, despite having the means to destroy it with the Nova Blaster.

In Pikmin 3 Deluxe, another Nova Blaster with green paint appears as a part of the Hocotate ship. This Nova Blaster is worth  × 800. The Nova Blaster reappears as a ship part in Olimar's Shipwreck Tale in Pikmin 4.

After being collected, this ship part does not change the ship's appearance.

Collecting the part

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

In Pikmin

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Location of the Nova Blaster.

Destroy the stone wall next to the landing area with bomb-rocks. Next, defeat the Dwarf Bulborbs and a Spotty Bulborb. Destroy the black gate or go through a small opening in the tree stump's root. Continue down the path, beating more Bulborbs. It is at the end, next to a rusted open tin can.

In Pikmin 3 Deluxe

See also: Shaggy Long Legs strategy.

The Nova Blaster is held inside the golden Shaggy Long Legs found in the last mission of Olimar's Comeback. Defeating the creature allows retrieval of the part.

In Pikmin 4

Ascend the hill near the Meandering Slope landing site and throw Pikmin to lower the bridge over the valley. Cross the bridge and use Moss' rush or a bomb rock to break a barricade of jars to the left. Past a Puffy Blowhog is an Arachnode that is keeping the Nova Blaster in its web. Kill the Blowhog to prevent it from disrupting your Pikmin, then kill the Arachnode to recover the part.

Notes

Olimar's monologs

“I've found the Nova Blaster!

This emits a dazzling burst of light capable of destroying almost anything! I'm not exactly sure about this, but the promotional brochure claims that its blasts can travel in the currents of space-time, smashing through stars and into the rifts of space.

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This is a weapon of such incredible destructive force that it can blast stars into tiny pieces...

It has a strange allure.”

Gallery

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  The Nova Blaster in the location where it is found.

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  The Nova Blaster being delivered to the S.S. Dolphin.

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  The Hocotate ship's Nova Blaster in The Ship Restored.

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  The Hocotate ship's Nova Blaster being carried in The Ship Restored.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ノヴァブラスター? Nova Burasutā	Nova Blaster
Chinese (traditional)	超新星衝擊波 Chāoxīnxīng Chōngjībō	Supernova Blast Wave
Chinese (simplified)	超新星冲击波 Chāoxīnxīng Chōngjībō	Supernova Blast Wave
Dutch	Novakanon	Nova cannon
French (NoA)	Missile nova	Nova missile
French (NoE)	Missile Nova	Nova Missile
German	Nova-Blaster	Nova Blaster
Italian	Polverizzatore	Atomizer
Korean	노바 블래스터 Noba Beullaeseuteo	Nova Blaster
Portuguese	Pulverizador	Pulverizer
Spanish	Detonador Nova	Nova Detonator