Slide

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Slides are a stage element in a handful of areas of Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. When a captain or Pikmin steps onto a slide, they are speedily led down to a lower area automatically. It is impossible to carry large objects down slides, which means that alternative routes must be discovered in order to retrieve objects found near slides.

Pikmin 3

To travel down a slide in Pikmin 3, the leader or Pikmin must step onto it. If a leader steps onto a slide with a squad of Pikmin, all Pikmin will follow them down the slide. In this game, while large objects cannot be carried down slides, small ones, like fragments and nuggets, can, making them a convenient one-way shortcut for these objects.

Main Story

• Distant Tundra:
  • The iron ball that Brittany must push to escape the cave with Yellow Pikmin travels down a slide.
  • A long, curved slide is in the north area, near the 30 fragments needed to build the centre bridge. A data file can be collected while travelling down it.
  • A short slide is south of the Dapper Blob on top of a stump

Mission Mode

• Tropical Forest: A curved slide made of vines leads from the top of the area to the SPERO. This is the main route for nuggets to take before the bridge is built.
• Silver Lake: The large stump is surrounded by a slide, meaning Pikmin and leaders must use a geyser or be thrown to get on top of it.

Bingo Battle

• Rusted Labyrinth: A slide through rubber tubing is used to get from the top side to the bottom side through the side paths.

Pikmin 4

Slides in Pikmin 4 are given a proper associated object in slide rails, encountered mainly in human-constructed areas. To travel down a slide rail, a leader must press A to jump on. All Pikmin in their party will accompany them. Oatchi is unable to use slide rails. Pikmin are no longer able to carry small objects like raw material down slide rails.

• Hero's Hideaway:
  • A slide rail is located on the countertop, south of Frozen Inferno. Travelling down it leads to the Power Emblem and the top Burgeoning Spiderwort near the Foot of the Stairs.
  • A slide rail can be found on a high shelf north of Plunder Palace, accessed by pushing aside a cardboard box and going through a tunnel. It allows access to the central countertop before turning on the fan.
• Below-Grade Discotheque: A slide rail is part of the elaborate puzzle in sublevel 3. Pikmin will automatically jump on this slide rail if correctly navigated along the Moving walkways, allowing them to push the cardboard box required to progress.
• Trial of the Sage Leaf 6th Story Gimmick Gambit: A slide rail appears at the conclusion of the final puzzle. Pikmin will automatically jump on this slide rail after landing on a switch, where they will depress the next switch required to reach the Sage Leaf.

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Names in other languages

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See also

• Climbing rope
• Geyser
• Valley of Repose: Some of the snowy areas are slippery and slope downwards, but do not involve actually sliding.
• Over Wintry Mountains: A stage in Hey! Pikmin that involves sliding.