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'''Gates''' are found in a number of different forms in both [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]], which require different strategies to overcome them.  They are the most common type of obstacle in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''. Gates block paths to different areas and can be destroyed by [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]; one just needs to swarm them onto the structure. As time passes, the length of which depends on the number and type of Pikmin working on razing the gate and the type of gate, it will lower in three distinct stages, finally collapsing to the ground with the characteristic 'completion sound'.

*'''White gates''' (also known as '''White bramble gates''') are the most basic, and take a relatively short amount of time to destroy. Two bomb rocks can also destroy a white gate in ''Pikmin''.

*'''Black gates''' (also known as '''Black bramble gates''') are made up of a lattice-like pattern, and are stronger than a white gate. However, all Pikmin types are still capable of removing them. Four bomb rocks will demolish a black gate in ''Pikmin''.

*'''Electric fences''' consist of metal and have [[Hazards#Electricity|electricity]] running through them; as such, only [[Yellow Pikmin]] can help with clearing these out of the way. Unlike black and white gates, each of which has a varying durability above ground, all electric gates have exactly 16,000 hit-points. These gates are only found in ''Pikmin 2''.

Ordinary black and white gates can also be found with pipes emitting [[Hazards#Poison|poison gas]] within, found only in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. These require the resistance of [[White Pikmin]].

'''[[The Impact Site]]''':

*1 white gate

*1 white stone gate

'''[[The Forest of Hope]]''':

*3 white gates

*2 black gates

*3 white stone gates

*1 black stone gate

'''[[The Forest Navel]]''':

*1 white gate

*2 black gates

*3 gray stone gates

*2 black stone gates

'''[[The Distant Spring]]''':

*2 white gates

*1 black gate

*1 grey stone gate

*1 black stone gate

'''[[The Final Trial]]''':

*2 white gates

*1 white stone gate

'''The Impact Site''':

*1 white stone gate

'''The Forest of Hope''':

*2 white stone gates

'''The Forest Navel''':

*2 white gates

'''The Final Trial''':

*1 white gate

*2 white stone gates

'''[[Valley of Repose]]''':

*2 white gates

*1 poison white gate

'''[[Awakening Wood]]''':

*2 white gates

*1 black gate

*2 poison white gates

*2 electric fences

'''[[Perplexing Pool]]''':

*2 black gates

*1 poison white gate

*3 electric fences

'''[[Wistful Wild]]''':

*1 white gate

*2 poison black gates

*1 electric fence  

The strength of both colors of normal gate varies greatly through both ''Pikmin'' games, though those above ground tend in general to be much sturdier than the randomly generated ones in [[cave]]s in ''Pikmin 2''. The black gates in ''Pikmin'' take twice the amount of bomb-rocks as the white gates, the black gates take about twice as long with the same amount of Pikmin as said Pikmin demolishing a white gate. An exception to this is the white gates that enclose the [[Emperor Bulblax]] arena at the [[Final Trial]] in the first ''Pikmin'' game, which are exceptionally frail for above-ground gates.

A visual glitch that occurs with certain gates allows them still to be visible underground when parts are submerged. Once the entire gate has been torn down, everything appears normal again. This is best seen [[Cave|underground]] in ''Pikmin 2'', and in [[The Forest Navel]] in ''Pikmin''. In the latter case, it is a simple black gate near a [[Fiery Blowhog]] and a [[Pellet Posy]] growing in the pool.