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[[File:Photo.PNG|thumb|Koppai and its moon.]]{{Template:Stub}}'''Koppai''' is the planet [[Alph]],[[ Brittany]] and [[Charlie]] are from. The story of ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' revolves around the fact that the food supplies have begun to run out on their planet due to extreme population growth, and the brave astronauts leave in search of the needed food supplies.
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==Geography==
[[File:KoppaiandCoppaLee.png|thumbnail|Koppai, as depicted in the Japanese Pikmin Direct.]]
Koppai is a relatively small planet, especially in comparison to [[PNF-404]], and is orbited by an even smaller moon, which orbits very closely to it. Koppai's surface is never seen or described in-game, but the opening cutscene seems to imply that the planet has a very thick atmosphere, covered in large masses of clouds.
'''Koppai''' is the home planet of Alph, Brittany, and Charlie, the [[leader]]s in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''.


According to Brittany, the gravity on Koppai is roughly ten times stronger than on PNF-404, and the oxygen levels are about three times higher on PNF-404.
The growing population of Koppai lusts heavily for eatables, and sub-par planning of the production necessary to sustain such a lifestyle eventually leads to a food shortage. The premise of ''Pikmin 3'' revolves around the fact that the aforementioned leaders are sent out on a mission to retrieve food that can be found on [[PNF-404]]. The seeds of any aliment found on PNF-404 will be sent back to Koppai, in order to cultivate it there and stop the shortage.


Koppai and [[Hocotate]] are two very close planets, which suggests that they could even be in the same solar system.
Koppai is 279,000 light-years away from PNF-404, possibly being an extragalactic planet, and has only a third of PNF-404's oxygen percentage. Accordingly, if PNF-404 is assumed to be Earth, Koppai would have an atmosphere that consists of roughly 7% oxygen. Brittany hypothesizes that the higher oxygen ratio is what allows the life-forms of the Pikmin Planet to grow to such, comparatively, large sizes. It is assumed that the giant insects that lived in the [[wikipedia:Permian|Permian]] only grew to their size due to the greater amounts of oxygen in the air during that time, which would support her theory.


Another interesting feature about the planet is that it rotates on a tilted, vertical axis much like Earth does. Strangely, its moon revolves around the planet vertically.
A data file left by [[Olimar]] and later found by the leaders mentions [[Hocotate]]. Whichever leader is active at the moment the file is retrieved will then recall that Hocotate is a planet a few solar systems away from Koppai with a population that is interested in monetary gains rather than food. Olimar is simply referred to as a man that must love his family very much or has a lot of time to kill. While a vague description, the idea that the people of Hocotate and Koppai are unfamiliar with each other or even different species entirely seems unlikely. Given the leaders' equipment in-game, it seems that oxygen is as poisonous to them as it is to the Hocotatians, which, apart from the obvious physical similarities between the two peoples, shows a further common feature.
 
==Life==
The only known lifeform indigenous to Koppai is the [[Koppaite]], a sentient species similar to the [[Hocotatian]]s. Due to the fact that Koppai exhausted their food supply by the events of ''Pikmin 3'', it seems that most, if not all, other life on Koppai is extinct. Alph also mentions that the entire Koppaite population usually just migrates when they deplete the resources of their previous planet, so it is possible that Koppai was just a barren planet until the Koppaites arrived and named it.
 
==Government==
It seems that [[Poko]]s are a universal currency in the Pikmin universe, as Koppai also uses them. 
 
Due to the fact that Koppaites have it "written into their DNA to never stop eating and never stop to plan", it can be assumed that they have a very weak government, or one that may be consumed by Anarchy. However, Brittany mention elections when speaking to Alph, meaning there must be some sort of president or mayor on Koppai.
 
[[File:Captains_Pikmin_3.jpg|thumb|The 3 captains from Koppai.]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Koppai's name is derived from Nintendo's original name, "Nintendo Koppai."
*The name "Koppai" comes from Nintendo's founding name, "Nintendo Koppai", back when they were still a [[Luck Wafer|card]] company.
*The distance between Koppai and [[PNF-404]] is 279,000 Lightyears.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ-7p9gBLBU</ref>
*Originally, HTML on the ''Pikmin 3'' Japanese website could be decoded to reveal a line of text, "Brittany, botanist on behalf of Coppa Lee Star", whereas Alph and Charlie were both listed as "on behalf of Koppai Star". Because "star" can translate to any celestial body, many assumed this meant Brittanty was in fact from Koppai's moon, which was thought to be called "Coppa Lee/Koppali". However, it was later discovered to be a mistranslation.


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Revision as of 17:28, August 6, 2013

File:KoppaiandCoppaLee.png
Koppai, as depicted in the Japanese Pikmin Direct.

Koppai is the home planet of Alph, Brittany, and Charlie, the leaders in Pikmin 3.

The growing population of Koppai lusts heavily for eatables, and sub-par planning of the production necessary to sustain such a lifestyle eventually leads to a food shortage. The premise of Pikmin 3 revolves around the fact that the aforementioned leaders are sent out on a mission to retrieve food that can be found on PNF-404. The seeds of any aliment found on PNF-404 will be sent back to Koppai, in order to cultivate it there and stop the shortage.

Koppai is 279,000 light-years away from PNF-404, possibly being an extragalactic planet, and has only a third of PNF-404's oxygen percentage. Accordingly, if PNF-404 is assumed to be Earth, Koppai would have an atmosphere that consists of roughly 7% oxygen. Brittany hypothesizes that the higher oxygen ratio is what allows the life-forms of the Pikmin Planet to grow to such, comparatively, large sizes. It is assumed that the giant insects that lived in the Permian only grew to their size due to the greater amounts of oxygen in the air during that time, which would support her theory.

A data file left by Olimar and later found by the leaders mentions Hocotate. Whichever leader is active at the moment the file is retrieved will then recall that Hocotate is a planet a few solar systems away from Koppai with a population that is interested in monetary gains rather than food. Olimar is simply referred to as a man that must love his family very much or has a lot of time to kill. While a vague description, the idea that the people of Hocotate and Koppai are unfamiliar with each other or even different species entirely seems unlikely. Given the leaders' equipment in-game, it seems that oxygen is as poisonous to them as it is to the Hocotatians, which, apart from the obvious physical similarities between the two peoples, shows a further common feature.

Trivia

  • The name "Koppai" comes from Nintendo's founding name, "Nintendo Koppai", back when they were still a card company.


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