Horsetail

Horsetail
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Equestrius vindico
Family	Horsetail
Areas	Awakening Wood, Sun-Speckled Terrace
Caves	Hole of Beasts
Challenge Mode levels	Explorer's Cave, Concrete Maze, Collector's Room, Emperor's Realm
Dandori Challenge levels	None
2-Player Battle levels	None
Dandori Battle levels	None

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The Horsetail (ツクシ^?, lit.: "Horsetail") is a plant found in Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 4. It has a brownish color and stiffly sticks out of the ground like a post. This hardy plant can survive in soil conditions with few nutrients, but is still very rarely seen, only appearing in two overworld locations, one cave, and four challenge mode levels. Horsetails, unlike most plants, have retained the primitive method of reproducing via spores.

Notes

Olimar's notes

“This variety of horsetail is prevalent in regions with low nutrient content in the soil. Unlike most other plants, this particular species propagates itself through the release of spores.”

Louie's notes

“Remove and discard the primitive, scaly leaves, then blanch the tender stock in a buttery broth.”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“Much like foxtails, horsetails are tall and majestic. They thrive in soil that doesn't have enough nutrients for other types of plants.”

Technical information

showPikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			tukushi
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	1100
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	30
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.5
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.5
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.1
fp06	速度	Move speed	50
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.2
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	55
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	20
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	110
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	90
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	500
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	120
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	200
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	0
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	30
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	80
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	50
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	80
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	50
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	90
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	8
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	30
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0.0001
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	55
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	30
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	40
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	N/A
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	N/A
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	N/A
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	6
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	12
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	17
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	20
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	22
Specific properties
None

Other information

• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #64

Naming

See more: Horsetail family#Naming.

• Common name: Horsetail.
• Japanese nickname: ツクシ^?, lit.: "Horsetail".
• Japanese name: スギナ^?. It is the Japanese name of Equisetum arvense, a real life species of horsetail commonly known as the field horsetail.
• Scientific name: Equestrius vindico.
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ツクシ? Tsukushi	Horsetail
French	Prêle	Horsetail
German	Schachtelhalm	Horsetail
Spanish (NoA)	Cola de caballo	Horsetail

Gallery

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  Artwork of some Pikmin climbing a horsetail from Pikmin.

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  Artwork of the Horsetail from Pikmin 2.

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  Alternate scan of the Horsetail's artwork.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Horsetail in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

• 

  A horsetail in real life.

Trivia

• Artwork of Pikmin climbing a horsetail was released for the first Pikmin game, despite the fact that the plant is not present in the game.

External links

• Equisetum genus (horsetail) article on Wikipedia