Hocotate ship: Difference between revisions

The ship itself is only given any sort of official name after ''Pikmin 2''. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', a non-[[canon]] game, the trophy for the rocket calls it "Hocotate Ship", but the only name given in canon media is in ''Pikmin 3'', and even then it is only on the American [[Region|version]] of the game. [[Olimar's Log (Exploration Notes)|Olimar's log]]'s first entry has him refer to the vessel as "Hocotate ship"<ref>{{transcript|Curse that Hocotate ship. It may once have been a top-of-the-line vessel, but it's now an insult to my piloting. I can't wait to pay off that debt and get back in my beloved S.S. Dolphin. But that means I need to find something really valuable before I return home...|Olimar on [[Olimar's Log (Exploration Notes)|his log]] in the American version of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''}}</ref>, the same as the ''Brawl'' name, but with a lowercase "s" in "ship". In ''Pikmin 2'' and in the European version of ''Pikmin 3'', the crew members only address the rocket using references instead of a proper noun, such as "the ship"<ref>{{transcript|{{Notes:Insect Condo/journal}}|[[Olimar's journal]] on the [[Insect Condo]]}}</ref>, "my ship"<ref>{{transcript|{{Notes:Diet Doomer/journal}}|[[Olimar's journal]] on the [[Diet Doomer]]}}</ref> or "our ship"<ref>{{transcript|{{Notes:Toxic Toadstool/journal}}|[[Olimar's journal]] on the [[Toxic Toadstool]]}}</ref>. On the [[Menu#Pause|pause menu]] in ''Pikmin 2'', the numbers of stored [[White Pikmin|White]] and [[Purple Pikmin]] are listed in a section called "Rocket". Fans mostly call the ship "Hocotate ship", "Hocotate Freight ship", or "the ship", depending on the game, the version, and their own preferences.

As a [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl#Stickers|sticker]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', the vessel is referred to as "Olimar and Louie's Ship". In ''[[Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U]]'', the ship is made into an item, but is called "Hocotate Bomb" instead. This is naturally just the name of the item itself, and not the ship in the ''Pikmin'' games. The ship is also identified as "Dolphin 1" in the prototype version of ''Pikmin 2''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s script.<ref>{{transcript|According to my research, this is an acoustic-interference motherboard. I should install this on the Dolphin 1. It might shut him up for a while. Then again, if it learned to override the hardware, it could become more annoying than ever!|[[Olimar's notes]] on the [[Network Mainbrain]], in a prototype version of ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', from [http://tcrf.net/Proto:Pikmin_2/Treasure_Hoard_Entries#091_-_Network_Mainbrain The Cutting Room Floor]}}</ref> Similarly, its internal name in ''[[Day#In Super Smash Bros. Brawl|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'''s files is "Dolfin".