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''Here is the page about Pikmin Onions. If you were looking for the treasure in [[Perplexing Pool]], see [[Onion Replica]].''
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[[File:Red_Onion.png|thumb|182px|A Red Onion.]]'''Onions''' are the large, round life forms that act as nests of the [[Pikmin (Species)|Pikmin]]. There are three known types of Onion nests, each with unique coloration corresponding to either [[Red Pikmin|Red]], [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]], or [[Blue Pikmin|Blue]] Pikmin, and only one of each has ever been seen. As of ''Pikmin 2'', subterranean species such as [[Purple Pikmin]], [[White Pikmin]] and [[Bulbmin]] do not have Onions.
[[File:Normal 28 Pikmin2 GCN screen16.jpg|thumb|The three available Onions in ''Pikmin 2''.]]
The '''Onions''' are the nests of the [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]]. Olimar named them so because of their resemblance to a vegetable native to his [[Hocotate|home planet]]. These bulbous plant-hives have brightly colored bodies with a black and white band across the midsection. At the spots the Onions land at the start of each day, there are concentric circles on the ground, which are never referred to in-game. Three stilt-like legs suspend the Onions out of the reach of hungry predators, and provide access to the inside for Pikmin. In ''Pikmin'', Olimar states that he inspected the Onion's legs, and saw they were covered with tiny little hairs.


In ''Pikmin 3'', all Pikmin types share a single, "Master Onion".
During the daytime, Pikmin hunt and bring food, such as [[pellet]]s or slain beasts, to the Onion, which in turn produces new Pikmin seeds. If there are fewer than 100 Pikmin on the field, the seeds are ejected and take root in the ground; if not, they are stored inside the Onion, along with any other Pikmin not on the field. When night falls and all the Pikmin have returned, the Onion folds its legs and lifts off from the ground, presumably using its flower petals like rotor blades to propel itself into the low atmosphere, where it hovers until daybreak. If all Pikmin of the same color are lost, the corresponding Onion will produce a single seed the following day to prevent extinction.


[[Image:Dormant Onion.jpg|thumb|left|120px|A dormant Onion in [[Pikmin (game)|''Pikmin'']].]]
When the Onions are first discovered in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', they are dormant. They have a dark grayish color, are flowerless, and their legs are buried in the ground until Olimar comes upon them, at which point they spring to life and spit out a single seed. It is not known exactly what triggers this hibernation.


==Appearance==
In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', when each Onion is discovered it is already in an active state, and a few Pikmin of the same color can be found nearby.


''[[Pikmin 3]]'' features a mechanical spherical object with legs that looks and acts like the natural Onions in the first two games.
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===''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2''===
== Types ==
There are three known types of natural Onion, each with unique coloration corresponding to either [[Red Pikmin|Red]], [[Yellow Pikmin|Yellow]] or [[Blue Pikmin]], and only one of each has ever been seen at once. Subterranean Pikmin species such as [[Purple Pikmin]], [[White Pikmin]] and [[Bulbmin]] do not have Onions, or at least none that have yet been discovered.


These bulbous plant-hives have brightly-colored bodies with a black-and-white band across the midsection. On the top, there is a big flower, just like the ones that Pikmin have. At the spots the Onions land at the start of each day, there are concentric circles on the ground, which are never referred to in-game. Three stilt-like legs suspend the Onions out of the reach of hungry predators, and provide access to the inside for Pikmin. In ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', Olimar states that he inspected the Onion's legs, and saw they were covered with tiny little hairs, possibly to help the Pikmin climb out.
=== Red ===
[[Image:Normal redonion.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A Red Onion.]]
The Red Onion is the first Onion to be discovered in [[Pikmin series|both games]]. In ''Pikmin'', the Red Onion is found at [[The Impact Site]], dormant in the ground not far from where the [[S.S. Dolphin]] crashed. Once awakened, it will release a single Red Pikmin seed which [[Olimar]] can use to harvest nearby red [[Pellet Posy|Pellet Posies]] and spawn enough Pikmin to retrieve the [[Main Engine]]. In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', [[Louie]] finds this Onion in the [[Valley of Repose]] when he falls out of [[the Ship]]'s cockpit and gets lost.


Onions have different appearences before they are discovered. They are darker in coloration, have no flowers on top, and are partly buried. When Captain Olimar approaches them, they explode with color, and the flower blooms. The flower begins to spin rapidly, pulling out the legs.
=== Yellow ===
===''Pikmin 3''===
[[Image:Normal yellowonion.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A Yellow Onion.]]
The second Onion the player will come across in both games. In ''Pikmin'', it is found dormant in The Forest of Hope amidst several yellow Pellet Posies and free-standing yellow pellets. In ''Pikmin 2'', the Yellow Onion is located in the Perplexing Pool behind a poison gate protected by a [[Fiery Bulblax]], so White Pikmin and Red Pikmin are required to reach it. There are a few yellow Pellet Posies nearby which will not regrow once they've been harvested.


=== Blue ===
[[Image:Normal blueonion.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A Blue Onion.]]
In ''Pikmin'', it can be found in [[The Forest Navel]] in a pool near the landing site, and is the third Onion the player discovers. Several blue [[Pellet Posies]] are in the immediate vicinity, as well as a free-standing blue 5 [[pellet]]. In ''Pikmin 2'', the Blue Onion is located in the [[Awakening Wood]]; although it can be seen relatively early in the game, it lies behind an electric [[gate]], meaning that [[Yellow Pikmin]] from the [[Perplexing Pool]] are required to access it. A small pool blocks the only direct path up to the gate, so the Pikmin must be thrown onto a nearby ledge (while taking care not to disturb the [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]] lying in wait there).  The [[Captain]] can then walk around through some water to reach them, and order them to defeat the beast and demolish the gate, allowing him to find the game's first 5 Blue Pikmin.


In [[Pikmin 3]], Onions appear as small, berry-like objects with three black-metalic "joints". Out of these joints come 3, glowing root-like legs which allow the Onion to stand. At night, the legs completely retract blue flames come out of the "joints" that allow the Onion to lift off into the night sky.
For some unknown reason, when landing on an area, the Blue Onion seems to hover a bit before landing, therefore landing slower than the Red Onion and Yellow Onion.


When multiple Onions are discovered, they fuse together to become an even larger "Master Onion" that swirls different colors, depending on the type of Pikmin it holds. When all 5 Pikmin types in the game are discovered, the Onion swells up into a more traditional Onion-like shape. Standing underneath it brings up an "Onion GUI" that allows the player to pick which Onion's Pikmin they'd like to bring out onto the field.
=== Multicolor ===
[[File:WUPP Pikmin3 Ev05 scrn21.png|left|300px|thumb|The Onion-like object.]]
In a promotional video for ''Pikmin 3'' released in the May 17th Nintendo Direct, an apparently artificial multicolored onion was shown, changing between red and grey colors. Along with the existence of grey-colored [[pellet]]s, this confirms that the [[Rock Pikmin]] will have Onions. Further videos indicate that this "Onion" is used by every available Pikmin type.
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==Behavior==
=== Other ===
 
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During the daytime Pikmin hunt and bring food, such as [[pellet]]s or animal carcasses, to the Onion, which in turn produces new Pikmin seeds. If there are fewer than 100 Pikmin on the field, the seeds are ejected and take root in the ground, but if not they are stored inside the Onion, along with any other Pikmin not on the field. When night falls and all the Pikmin have returned, the Onion folds its legs and lifts off from the ground, presumably using its flower petals like rotor blades to propel itself into the low atmosphere, where it hovers until daybreak. If an Onion loses all of its Pikmin, or if no Pikmin are capable of returning, it will produce a single seed the following day to prevent extinction.
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When the Onions were first discovered in Pikmin, they were dormant. They had a dark grayish color, were flowerless, and their legs were buried in the ground until Olimar came upon them, at which point they sprang to life and spat out a single seed. It is not known exactly what triggers this hibernation, though it's possible that a loss of Pikmin or food shortage may prompt the Onion to become dormant until conditions improve.
 
 
 
==Types==
 
 
===Red Onion===
 
[[Image:Normal redonion.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A Red Onion.]] The Red Onion is the first Onion to be discovered in [[Pikmin series|both games]]. In Pikmin, the Red Onion is found at [[The Impact Site]], dormant in the ground not far from where the [[S.S. Dolphin]] crashed. Once awakened, it will release a single Red Pikmin seed which [[Olimar]] can use to harvest nearby red [[Pellet Posy|Pellet Posies]] and spawn enough Pikmin to retrieve the [[Main Engine]]. In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', [[Louie]] finds this Onion in the [[Valley of Repose]] when he falls out of [[The Ship]]'s cockpit and gets lost. Then when a Red Pikmin comes out, it scares Louie and chases him around. Although at first thought it would seem an onion could only hold 999 pikmin, an onion can hold more than a thousand pikmin at once.
 
 
 
===Yellow Onion===
 
[[Image:Normal yellowonion.jpg|thumb|right|100px|A Yellow Onion.]]The Yellow Onion is the second '''Onion''', where the player will come across in both games. In ''Pikmin'', it is found dormant in The Forest of Hope amidst several yellow Pellet Posies and free-standing yellow pellets. In ''Pikmin 2'', the Yellow Onion is located in the [[Perplexing Pool]] behind a poison gate protected by a Fiery Bulblax, so White Pikmin and Red Pikmin are required to reach it. There are a few yellow Pellet Posies nearby which will not regrow once they've been harvested.
 
 
 
===Blue Onion===
 
[[Image:Normal blueonion.jpg|thumb|left|100px|A Blue Onion.]] In ''Pikmin'', it can be found in [[The Forest Navel]] in a pool near the landing site, and is the third Onion the player discovers. Several blue [[Pellet Posie]]s are in the immediate vicinity, as well as a free-standing blue 5 [[pellet]]. In ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', the blue Onion is located in the [[Awakening Wood]]; although it can be seen relatively early in the game, it lies behind an electric [[gate]], meaning that [[Yellow Pikmin]] from the [[Perplexing Pool]] are required to access it. A small pool blocks the only direct path up to the gate, so the Pikmin must be thrown onto a nearby ledge (while taking care not to disturb the [[Cloaking Burrow-nit]] lying in wait there). The [[Captain]] can then walk around through some water to reach them, and order them to defeat the beast and demolish the gate, allowing him to find the game's first 5 Blue Pikmin.
 
 
For some unknown reason, when landing on an area, the blue onion seems to hover a bit before landing, therefore landing slower than the Red Onion and Yellow Onion.[[File:Pikmin3_MasterOnion.png|thumb|An example of the Master Onion, after discovering Red, Yellow, and Rock Pikmin.]]
 
 
===Master Onion===
 
In ''Pikmin 3'', Onions fuse together to form a larger "Master Onion" that holds all Pikmin types. The more Pikmin types it holds, the more colors it displays on its surface, along with a more elaborate striped pattern on its midsection. Aside from its appearance, it functions the same as a normal Onion from the previous two games.
 
 
 
 
 
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|[[Image:NewOnions.png|thumb|Four pink Onions, four black, two cyan, one orange, one blue, one green and one purple. They appear during the "good ending" in ''Pikmin''.]]
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[[File:Pikmin Secret Onions.png|thumb|Five pink Onions, four black, two cyan, one orange, one green and one blue. They appear during the "good ending" in ''Pikmin''.]] At the end of Pikmin, there is a rather confusing scene where fourteen Onions, of colors that have not appeared in a Pikmin game so far, fly above the [[Planet of the Pikmin]]. It is unknown whether they are trying to follow Captain Olimar or merely hovering for the night. This could mean that more colors may yet be introduced in a future Pikmin game.
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At the end of ''Pikmin'', there is a rather confusing part where fourteen Onions, of colors that have not appeared in a ''Pikmin'' game so far, fly above the [[Planet of the Pikmin]]. It is unknown whether they are trying to follow Captain Olimar or merely hovering for the night. This could mean that more colors may yet be introduced in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. Interestingly, one of the Onions seen is purple, and [[Purple Pikmin]] were indeed introduced in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', but without an Onion.
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== In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' ==
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', the three Onions appear as a trophy and on the "Distant Planet" stage. Here, when a [[pellet]] isthrown into one, an item is ejected. The number on the pellet thrown is the amount of items that will appear. More items will appear if the pellet and Onion have the same color, similar to the way it works in the [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]]. The Onions can also be hit, and will eventually fly away.


==In ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''==
===Trophy description===
 
"Items considered to be the places where Pikmin are born. As to the actual biology of the process, much is still unclear. Onions absorb the prey that Pikmin capture and use it to produce new Pikmin. In addition, Onions can take in Pikmin and later release them. These organisms are crowned with distinctive propeller-like sets of leaves that spin around, enabling them to fly."
In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Brawl]]'', the 3 original Onions appear as a trophy and on the "Distant Planet" stage. Here, when a [[pellet]] is thrown into one, an item is ejected. More items appear if the pellet and Onion have the same color, similar to the way it works in the [[Pikmin series|Pikmin games]]. The Onions can also be hit, and will eventually fly away swiftly if hit too much.
 
 
==2-P Battle==
 
In Pikmin 2 the red and blue onions appear as bases in 2-P battle. Here they act slightly different: They are under ground, they can't store extra Pikmin and captains cannot take pikmin out or put them in. It also spit out the same amount of Pikmin lost to enemy Pikmin without nutrients. In Pikmin 2, Player 1 gets a Red Onion, while Player 2 gets a Blue Onion. In Pikmin 3, Player 1 gets a Cyan-colored Onion that pulses yellow, and Player 2 gets a Pink-colored Onion that pulses orange.
 
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery columns="3" orientation="none">
Red Onion.png|A Red Onion
Yellow Onion.png|A Yellow Onion.
Blue Onion.png|A Blue Onion.
Red Onionp2.png|A Red Onion as seen in Pikmin 2.
Yellow Onionp2.png|A Yellow Onion as seen in Pikmin 2.
Blue Onionp2.png|A Blue Onion as seen in Pikmin 2.
Pikmin 3 OnionScrn.png|Pulling an Onion down from a vine in Pikmin 3.
increase_img2.jpg|Alph discovering the Red Onion in Pikmin 3.
winged onion.PNG|The newly designed onion with the main ship in Pikmin 3. Note the fluctuations of the surface colors.
Pikmin3 OnionMenu.png|The Onion's GUI in [[Pikmin 3]].
Pikmin3 BingoBattleOnions.png|The Bingo Battle Onions in Pikmin 3.
Pikmin3~5.jpg|The Master Onion from another angle.
</gallery>
 
 


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*For the music in the [[Forest of Hope]], at some points, the propeller petals of an Onion can be heard.
*When Olimar first came upon the Red Onion in ''Pikmin'', he was knocked over by one of the legs as it sprang out of the ground. When he finds the other two later on in the game, he is a little more cautious and backs away.
*If, on a day where Olimar or Louie finds an Onion, and enters a [[cave]] after whistling the wild Pikmin, the Onion will be at the landing site when the cave is left.


[[File:Pikmin 2 - Blue Onion Boot Up (Unused cutscene)|thumb|300px|right|The unused cutscene of the Blue Onion sprouting in Pikmin 2.]]
*When Captain Olimar first came upon the Red Onion in ''Pikmin'', he was knocked over by one of the legs as it sprang out of the ground. When he finds the other two later on in the game, he is a little more cautious and backs away.
*The coding in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' revealed that the Onions were originally planned to have a "booting up" cutscene, just as they did in the first game. The cutscene was complete with its own animation, music, and dialogue.
**The only mess-up is the light coming out is still visible even when the Onion is dormant.
*In the first ''Pikmin'' game, if you press down on the D-pad, (2 for ''New Play Control!'') Captain Olimar will lay down, and 4 Pikmin can carry him to their Onion. When Olimar is abducted by the Onion, he bounces off the Onion, and fireworks come out of the flower instead of Pikmin seeds.
*During story mode of ''Pikmin 3'', Onions are discovered as perfectly round and small, but when they fuse together, they swell up into a bulbous shape reminescent of the original Onion designs.
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The pink flower in the Challenge Mode of Pikmin 2. It represents courses that were finished, with no Pikmin lost.

This article is currently a featured article, as of 21st June 2013.

The pink flower in the Challenge Mode of Pikmin 2. It represents courses that were finished, with no Pikmin lost.
File:Normal 28 Pikmin2 GCN screen16.jpg
The three available Onions in Pikmin 2.

The Onions are the nests of the Pikmin. Olimar named them so because of their resemblance to a vegetable native to his home planet. These bulbous plant-hives have brightly colored bodies with a black and white band across the midsection. At the spots the Onions land at the start of each day, there are concentric circles on the ground, which are never referred to in-game. Three stilt-like legs suspend the Onions out of the reach of hungry predators, and provide access to the inside for Pikmin. In Pikmin, Olimar states that he inspected the Onion's legs, and saw they were covered with tiny little hairs.

During the daytime, Pikmin hunt and bring food, such as pellets or slain beasts, to the Onion, which in turn produces new Pikmin seeds. If there are fewer than 100 Pikmin on the field, the seeds are ejected and take root in the ground; if not, they are stored inside the Onion, along with any other Pikmin not on the field. When night falls and all the Pikmin have returned, the Onion folds its legs and lifts off from the ground, presumably using its flower petals like rotor blades to propel itself into the low atmosphere, where it hovers until daybreak. If all Pikmin of the same color are lost, the corresponding Onion will produce a single seed the following day to prevent extinction.

Captain Olimar finds the first dormant Red Onion.
A dormant Onion in Pikmin.

When the Onions are first discovered in Pikmin, they are dormant. They have a dark grayish color, are flowerless, and their legs are buried in the ground until Olimar comes upon them, at which point they spring to life and spit out a single seed. It is not known exactly what triggers this hibernation.

In Pikmin 2, when each Onion is discovered it is already in an active state, and a few Pikmin of the same color can be found nearby.

Pikmin 3 features a mechanical spherical object with legs that looks and acts like the natural Onions in the first two games.

Types

There are three known types of natural Onion, each with unique coloration corresponding to either Red, Yellow or Blue Pikmin, and only one of each has ever been seen at once. Subterranean Pikmin species such as Purple Pikmin, White Pikmin and Bulbmin do not have Onions, or at least none that have yet been discovered.

Red

File:Normal redonion.jpg
A Red Onion.

The Red Onion is the first Onion to be discovered in both games. In Pikmin, the Red Onion is found at The Impact Site, dormant in the ground not far from where the S.S. Dolphin crashed. Once awakened, it will release a single Red Pikmin seed which Olimar can use to harvest nearby red Pellet Posies and spawn enough Pikmin to retrieve the Main Engine. In Pikmin 2, Louie finds this Onion in the Valley of Repose when he falls out of the Ship's cockpit and gets lost.

Yellow

File:Normal yellowonion.jpg
A Yellow Onion.

The second Onion the player will come across in both games. In Pikmin, it is found dormant in The Forest of Hope amidst several yellow Pellet Posies and free-standing yellow pellets. In Pikmin 2, the Yellow Onion is located in the Perplexing Pool behind a poison gate protected by a Fiery Bulblax, so White Pikmin and Red Pikmin are required to reach it. There are a few yellow Pellet Posies nearby which will not regrow once they've been harvested.

Blue

File:Normal blueonion.jpg
A Blue Onion.

In Pikmin, it can be found in The Forest Navel in a pool near the landing site, and is the third Onion the player discovers. Several blue Pellet Posies are in the immediate vicinity, as well as a free-standing blue 5 pellet. In Pikmin 2, the Blue Onion is located in the Awakening Wood; although it can be seen relatively early in the game, it lies behind an electric gate, meaning that Yellow Pikmin from the Perplexing Pool are required to access it. A small pool blocks the only direct path up to the gate, so the Pikmin must be thrown onto a nearby ledge (while taking care not to disturb the Cloaking Burrow-nit lying in wait there). The Captain can then walk around through some water to reach them, and order them to defeat the beast and demolish the gate, allowing him to find the game's first 5 Blue Pikmin.

For some unknown reason, when landing on an area, the Blue Onion seems to hover a bit before landing, therefore landing slower than the Red Onion and Yellow Onion.

Multicolor

The Onion-like object.

In a promotional video for Pikmin 3 released in the May 17th Nintendo Direct, an apparently artificial multicolored onion was shown, changing between red and grey colors. Along with the existence of grey-colored pellets, this confirms that the Rock Pikmin will have Onions. Further videos indicate that this "Onion" is used by every available Pikmin type.

Other

Warning: the following article or section contains major spoilers.

At the end of Pikmin, there is a rather confusing part where fourteen Onions, of colors that have not appeared in a Pikmin game so far, fly above the Planet of the Pikmin. It is unknown whether they are trying to follow Captain Olimar or merely hovering for the night. This could mean that more colors may yet be introduced in Pikmin 3. Interestingly, one of the Onions seen is purple, and Purple Pikmin were indeed introduced in Pikmin 2, but without an Onion.

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In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In Brawl, the three Onions appear as a trophy and on the "Distant Planet" stage. Here, when a pellet isthrown into one, an item is ejected. The number on the pellet thrown is the amount of items that will appear. More items will appear if the pellet and Onion have the same color, similar to the way it works in the Pikmin games. The Onions can also be hit, and will eventually fly away.

Trophy description

"Items considered to be the places where Pikmin are born. As to the actual biology of the process, much is still unclear. Onions absorb the prey that Pikmin capture and use it to produce new Pikmin. In addition, Onions can take in Pikmin and later release them. These organisms are crowned with distinctive propeller-like sets of leaves that spin around, enabling them to fly."

Trivia

  • For the music in the Forest of Hope, at some points, the propeller petals of an Onion can be heard.
  • When Olimar first came upon the Red Onion in Pikmin, he was knocked over by one of the legs as it sprang out of the ground. When he finds the other two later on in the game, he is a little more cautious and backs away.
  • If, on a day where Olimar or Louie finds an Onion, and enters a cave after whistling the wild Pikmin, the Onion will be at the landing site when the cave is left.
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