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The planet as seen in Pikmin 1

5 pink Onions, 4 black, 2 light blue, an orange, a green, and a purple. They appeared as Olimar left the planet for the first time

The planet that Olimar lands on, in both Pikmin and Pikmin 2, is the habitat of Pikmin (species) and their many enemies. The planet is known as the planet of the Pikmin or the Pikmin planet. The planet is Earth (albeit an alternate version). Tin cans can be found lying around in the first game, and all the 'treasures' found in the second game are human made or Earth plants. Humans may have left the planet, however Olimar may simply have not encountered them yet.

The Ship's engine glows over Africa as it begins to land. Pikmin 2 Intro

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The planet as seen in the ending movie of Pikmin 2, Australasia, SE Asia and Japan are clearly visible.

Shigeru Miyamoto stated, that the setting is Africa, on a microscopic scale. (I think it was from a old issue of Nintendo Power, or Wikipedia). It was also seen on the second game when Olimar landed or left the planet that the ship was heading to or coming from Africa. Most of the planets geography has been shown and matches Earths, The Ship even states when they find the Spherical Atlas (the top half of an Earth globe) that it shows the planet's geography as seen from space.

Disputed info:

It may be stated that Olimar did not land on Earth, but instead another planet.

Reasons Olimar landed on Earth:

There is a variaty of earth foliage, aswell as some of the treasures, scenery and barricades seem man-made. Like in the Valley of Repose, There is a manhole cover and shopping bags that must be crushed.

Reasons Olimar may have landed somewhere else:

Aliens may have seen the Earth technolegy and copied it. Even though that is highly unlikely, it's just a theory.

Reasons Olimar didn't land in Africa:

In the first level, THERE'S SNOW! Come on, when does it snow in Egypt or Nigeria? Especially since global-warming would have really taken hold since frogs, bugs and spiders have not only evolved, but managed to merge with machines!