Publications/Strategy guides

This is a list of strategy guides licensed by Nintendo that involve Pikmin in some way.

Prima Games
is the largest strategy guide publisher in the United States. They have made a number of Pikmin-related guides, with in-depth walkthroughs. On top of that, they also commonly include extra information about subjects in the series that isn't given anywhere else, like the scientific names of enemies in Pikmin. While they are deemed official by Nintendo, they do occasionally contain errors, so how canon their content is is debatable.

Mistakes
Much like the games themselves, the strategy guides sometimes contain mistakes. This is likely the result of Nintendo accidentally giving the strategy guide company an outdated version of the game, as Nintendo has been known to have done this with Prima Games and Super Mario Galaxy.

Pikmin Nintendo Player's Guide

 * In the section on Challenge Mode, the guide claims that the length of days are longer than normal. This is only mostly true; The Final Trial's time limit is the same as the normal length, and The Impact Site's time limit is actually shorter.
 * The guide claims that Pikmin are able to attack and defeat Iridescent Flint Beetles, which is impossible.
 * The Anti-Dioxin Filter is referred to as the "Non-Dioxin", which is a more direct translation of the original Japanese name. This name is also used in the Final results menu of.

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

 * In the section on the Hole of Beasts, the guide claims that Sheargrubs may come out of eggs, instead of Mitites.
 * The "Two-Week Walk-Through" calls Emergence Cave the "Cave of Emergence". It is named properly everywhere else in the guide. It is worth noting that the name "Cave of Emergence" is used for the Emergence Cave in an unused early script inside Pikmin 2's files, which may point to the Player's Guide's copy being of an outdated version as noted above.
 * Ravenous Whiskerpillars are misspelled as "Ravenous Whiskerpillers".
 * The Treasure Hoard section features screenshots of the Piklopedia instead.