Appearances in Other Media
Olimar is a playable character in the Wii title, Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He commands the Pikmin in battle, and is almost entirely dependent on them. Olimar is able to pluck new Pikmin from the ground at any time, and he can have up to six with him at once. The Pikmin, as in the original series, are fragile and can be defeated easily, but each of the five colors have special unique properties. His final smash shows him getting into his space ship and flying off into the sky, while Red Bulborbs damage the other players on the ground. The space ship then plummets to the ground and causes an explosion, dealing damage and knockback to enemy players. The game also features a playable stage called Distant Planet, based on the setting of the Pikmin series.
In the Nintendo 3DS built-in app AR Games, a red, yellow, and blue Pikmin appear on an AR card. When one transfers their downloadable content from DSi to 3DS, various types of Pikmin are seen "carrying" the data over. A similar animation occurs when one is transferring save data and other information from a Wii to an SD Card using the Wii U Transfer application, and a second animation, picking up where the first one leaves off, appears when completing the transfer from the SD Card to a Wii U.
Within Nintendo Land, Pikmin was given its own team attraction titled "Pikmin Adventure."
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