Radar

The radar as it appears in Pikmin 2.

The radar is a mechanic present in the three main Pikmin games. It can be unlocked in Pikmin by collecting the Whimsical Radar, is avaliable from the start in Pikmin 2, and unlocked when the KopPad is found by Alph in Pikmin 3. This feature allows the player to view the area's layout, as well as the location of several important objects, such as the Pikmin, the Onion(s), and ship parts.

The buttons needed to access the radar, pan it and zoom it vary from game to game:

Game	Open	Pan	Zoom
Pikmin	Y	Stick	C
Pikmin 2	Start	Stick	C
New Play Control! Pikmin and Pikmin 2			Padupdown
Pikmin 3	D-pad down	N/A	N/A

The screen that contains the radar also enumerates how many Pikmin are with the current captain, of each color, how many Pikmin there are in the Onions, of each color, and how many Pikmin are roaming through the area, of all colors. In addition, the screen also shows the total number of ship parts obtained, in Pikmin.

The radar is disabled during either game's Challenge Mode.

Legend

Besides the following icons, the radar also indicates two other things:

North, with a pink arrow in a fixed location pointing in that direction.
Water, with stripes that alternate between dark and light.

Meaning	Pikmin icon	Pikmin 2 icon
Ship part		N/A
Captain Olimar
Louie / The President	N/A
Pikmin
Burrowed Pikmin
Bulbmin	N/A
Onions
S.S. Dolphin / Hocotate ship	File:Pikmin radar ship.png	File:Pikmin 2 radar ship.png
Research Pod	N/A
Cave entrance / Sublevel hole	N/A	File:Pikmin 2 radar cave.png
Completed cave entrance	N/A	File:Pikmin 2 radar completed cave.png
Exit geyser	N/A

Map textures

These are the textures for the maps of each area as they're stored in-game (although cropped for convenience). They have a naturally low resolution, and, in-game, they are applied a purple tint. In all textures up corresponds to the North, except for The Final Trial one, in which the opposite is true.