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[[File:Gamepad_Communicator.jpg|thumb|[[Alph]] communicating with [[Brittany]]]]
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The '''KopPad''' (GPAD in Japan) is a device used in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is very similar to the Wii U Gamepad. The device serves many purposes to help the characters through the game. The Wii U Gamepad functions as this device during the game.
[[File:Tablet_communicator.JPG|thumb|right|Alph communicating with Brittany via the KopPad.]]
The '''KopPad''' is the tablet-like communication device used by the captains in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It takes on a look similar to that of the [[Wii U]]'s GamePad. This serves to reinforce the connection between the fictional device and the real one, as most of the features used by the captains on the KopPad are accessed by the player using the GamePad, e.g. the map.
At the moment, the only things that are known about the KopPad are that every captain possesses one, and that it can be used to communicate between them, as well as to examine the [[area]]'s map. Scattered throughout the various areas in ''Pikmin 3'' are golden data files called "Exploration Notes", which provide information to the players on the GamePad about various subjects. Players can view at all the Exploration Notes they have collected using the GamePad.


[[File:Pikmin 3 GPad 26-06-2013.png|thumb|left|300px|Alph spots his missing KopPad.]]
The KopPad is personalized as their color matches that of their owner. Alph's is blue, Charlie's is green, and Brittany's is pink.
==Functionalities==
[[File:Pikmin3~KopPadDisplay.png|thumb|The Gamepad displaying the KopPad HUD.]]
The KopPad will be able to be used to better manage the captains and Pikmin. By touching an area on the map, the game will pause and the camera will shift into a bird's-eye veiw above the selected point. However, to prevent cheating, only areas that the captains have already explored will render. By touching a captain, the player can trace a path on the map to make the captain automatically move to that position. This tactic can be used to have multiple captains moving at once, and will allow for much more work to be accomplished in a single day.


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The KopPad's HUD also displays a set of 5 buttons. The buttons do as follows
==External links==
*The picture of the [[PNF-404|planet]] shows the birds-eye view of the currently explored area.
*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nintendo_direct/20130626/index.html The ''Pikmin 3'' Direct that shows the device's name]
*The picture of a [[Data File]] allows you to look at all currently collected Date Files
*The picture of a [[Pikmin]] shows the amount of Pikmin in the Onion, on the field, and how many are in your squad, working or idle.
*The picture featuring a [[Sunseed Berry|strawberry]] shows all fruit currently collected and allows you to see [[Brittany]]'s comments on each one.
*The left-most picture of the KopPad itself let's you take pictures.


==Gallery==
<gallery>
Movie09.jpg|Alph walking up to the KopPad.
Overview.jpg|The KopPad allows you to get an overview of an area.
Movie10.jpg
Charlie Communicating With Drake.png|Charlie using his KopPad to communicate with Drake
GPAD.PNG|What appears on the KopPad in Bingo Mode
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*The device's name is a portanemeau of [[Koppai]] (the home planet of [[Alph]], [[Brittany]], and [[Charlie]]) and Gamepad.
*The Japanese version is called the GPad, a parody on the WiiU's Gamepad.
*Oddly, when a captain uses their KopPad to contact another captain, that captain is seen without holding a KopPad.
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Revision as of 23:44, July 31, 2013

File:Gamepad Communicator.jpg
Alph communicating with Brittany

The KopPad (GPAD in Japan) is a device used in Pikmin 3. It is very similar to the Wii U Gamepad. The device serves many purposes to help the characters through the game. The Wii U Gamepad functions as this device during the game.

The KopPad is personalized as their color matches that of their owner. Alph's is blue, Charlie's is green, and Brittany's is pink.

Functionalities

File:Pikmin3~KopPadDisplay.png
The Gamepad displaying the KopPad HUD.

The KopPad will be able to be used to better manage the captains and Pikmin. By touching an area on the map, the game will pause and the camera will shift into a bird's-eye veiw above the selected point. However, to prevent cheating, only areas that the captains have already explored will render. By touching a captain, the player can trace a path on the map to make the captain automatically move to that position. This tactic can be used to have multiple captains moving at once, and will allow for much more work to be accomplished in a single day.

The KopPad's HUD also displays a set of 5 buttons. The buttons do as follows

  • The picture of the planet shows the birds-eye view of the currently explored area.
  • The picture of a Data File allows you to look at all currently collected Date Files
  • The picture of a Pikmin shows the amount of Pikmin in the Onion, on the field, and how many are in your squad, working or idle.
  • The picture featuring a strawberry shows all fruit currently collected and allows you to see Brittany's comments on each one.
  • The left-most picture of the KopPad itself let's you take pictures.

Gallery

  • Movie09.jpg

    Alph walking up to the KopPad.

  • The KopPad allows you to get an overview of an area.

    The KopPad allows you to get an overview of an area.

  • Movie10.jpg
  • Charlie Communicating With Drake.png

    Charlie using his KopPad to communicate with Drake

  • GPAD.PNG

    What appears on the KopPad in Bingo Mode

Trivia

  • The device's name is a portanemeau of Koppai (the home planet of Alph, Brittany, and Charlie) and Gamepad.
  • The Japanese version is called the GPad, a parody on the WiiU's Gamepad.
  • Oddly, when a captain uses their KopPad to contact another captain, that captain is seen without holding a KopPad.
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