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|carry = 10 units|height = 33}}'''Purple Pikmin''' are a species of Pikmin found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. They are first found in the [[Emergence Cave]]. They have six hairs, used as feelers rooted in their heads.
|carry = 10 units|height = 33}}'''Purple Pikmin''' are a species of Pikmin found in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. They are first found in the [[Emergence Cave]]. They have six hairs, used a feelers rooted in their heads.


These Pikmin are very strong due to their weight and are the most durable out of all Pikmin Types. They are specifically required to obtain a number of treasures, two of which are needed to gain access to new areas, making them necessary to complete the game. While it is possible to clear the debt in the first area, this takes a substantial amount of time to finish, as eventually the only form of income that remains are enemy corpses.
These Pikmin are very strong due to their weight and are the most durable out of all Pikmin Types. They are specifically required to obtain a number of treasures, two of which are needed to gain access to new areas, making them necessary to complete the game. While it is possible to clear the debt in the first area, this takes a substantial amount of time to finish, as eventually the only form of income that remains are enemy corpses.
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*Reggie Fils-Aime (the COO of Nintendo of America), after the announcement of ''Pikmin 3 ''in E3 2012, said "I feel just like a Purple Pikmin." The phrase went viral shortly after.
*Reggie Fils-Aime (the COO of Nintendo of America), after the announcement of ''Pikmin 3 ''in E3 2012, said "I feel just like a Purple Pikmin." The phrase went viral shortly after.
*On the official ''Pikmin 2'' website that was released shortly after the game's original release, there was a page that had Pikmin sprouts that, when moused over, would pop out of the ground and display info on that Pikmin type. When the Purple Pikmin sprout was chosen, it would pop out of the ground and for a single frame, reveal it has a mouth that resemblies a [[Blue Pikmin]]'s gills.
*On the official ''Pikmin 2'' website that was released shortly after the game's original release, there was a page that had Pikmin sprouts that, when moused over, would pop out of the ground and display info on that Pikmin type. When the Purple Pikmin sprout was chosen, it would pop out of the ground and for a single frame, reveal it has a mouth that resemblies a [[Blue Pikmin]]'s gills.
*Purple Pikmin were immune to knock backs as well as panic and wind attacks in Pikmin 2.
*Purple Pikmin were immune to panic and wind attacks in Pikmin 2.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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screen-5.jpg|Purple Pikmin as they appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS]]''
screen-5.jpg|Purple Pikmin as they appear in ''[[Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS]]''
Purple Pikmin with his friends.jpg|A Purple Pikmin with a Red Pikmin, a Yellow Pikmin, a White Pikmin, and a Blue pikmin
Pikmin 2 box.jpg|A close-up of a Purple Pikmin as seen on the original Pikmin 2 box art
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