Vacuum Processor

Vacuum Processor
Number	89 (US) 88 (Europe) 87 (Japan)
Series	Hyper-technology Series
Value	× 100
Weight	10
Maximum carriers	18 Pikmin
Location	Subterranean Complex
Challenge Mode levels	Cave of Snarls

This article is about the vacuum tube in Subterranean Complex sublevel 6. For other uses, see vacuum tube.

The Vacuum Processor (バキューム・プロセッサー^?, lit.: "Vacuum Processor") is a treasure in Pikmin 2 based on a real-life vacuum tube. The text on its side reads:

FEE
Far Eastern
Electric
6N1P
Made in JAPAN

It is located in the Subterranean Complex, sublevel six. The main hazards there are poison, bomb-rocks, and electricity, all in the same room. Pick off enemies closest to where the leaders begin at first, gradually clearing the room to be able to collect the treasure. Purple Pikmin can be used to quickly overturn all the Anode Beetles so the Pikmin can attack the Careening Dirigibugs flying above.

Notes

Olimar's journal

“We recently found all sorts of mechanical parts scattered around a cave. The walls and floor were constructed of solid steel. Perhaps it was once a great military fortress? I decided to name it the Subterranean Complex.”

Sales pitch

“Harnessing the absence of air, this environmentally friendly computer is incredibly fast. A predisposition to implosion is a bit of a minus, however.”

Gallery

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  Concept art of the treasure.

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  The Vacuum Processor being analyzed.

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  Texture used in the game.

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  Real world diode tubes.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	バキューム・プロセッサー? Bakyuum Purosessar	Vacuum Processor
French	Processeur de Vide	Processor of Emptiness
German	Vakuum-Prozessor	Vacuum Processor
Italian	Processore aspirante
Spanish	Procesador de vacío	Processor of emptiness
Spanish (NoA)	Procesador de vacío	Processor of emptiness