Assets used in the Pikmin series: Difference between revisions

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The [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]] and its world is built with distinct pieces of imagery, audio, and typefaces. A large portion of the assets used in the games are made from scratch and are proprietary to [[Nintendo]], though occasionally, some of these assets may be taken or contain elements from external sources. This can include commercially-available software libraries, or real-life objects and hardware.

=== ''Sozaijiten'' ===

On [http://www.sozaijiten.com/cdrom/lineup.asp?pt=0 ''Sozaijiten'''s website], low-resolution previews of every image are available for browsing. The previews come with descriptions; these reveal the original shooting location of certain photos, or some miscellaneous information about the photographed material.

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| The mountains in the [[area selection menu]]. It is a photograph of {{w|Mount Kamui (Lake Mashū caldera)|Mount Kamui}} and {{w|Lake Mashū}}.  

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=== ''Bakku no Oni'' ===

[[File:Bakku no Oni SABI 2 Front.png|thumb|250px|An image of ''Bakku no Oni SABI 2''.]]

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! SampleCell II CD-ROM Library

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! Supreme Beats

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===Kurzweil K2500===

[[File:Kurzweil K2500R.png|thumb|350px|The Kurzweil K2500R.]]

[[File:F-Zero X OST Booklet crop.png|thumb|335px|Hajime Wakai and his powered-on K2500R behind him.]]

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The {{w|Roland Sound Canvas|Roland SC-88}} is a General MIDI-based synthesizer, manufactured by Roland in 1994. An entry in the Roland Sound Canvas series, it has 654 default instrument presets and 22 drumset presets that are designed to perfectly conform to the General MIDI standard, making it excellent for the playback of MIDI songs. It is still useful as a compositional tool; the sounds from the Roland Sound Canvas line of synthesizers are very common in video games. Compressed samples of audio from a SC-55 are even utilized for the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth, the default "soundfont" for MIDI playback on most computers.{{cite youtube|vqlnV4ukreg|of a live comparison between the SC-55 (via the virtual SCVA plugin) and the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth}}

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Most of the fonts used in the ''Pikmin'' games are commercially-available fonts created by Dynacomware or Fontworks. Originally, they were sold bundled together with many other typefaces and distributed on CD-ROMs, but the individual fonts are still available online. Because of their availability, usage of these fonts in other media may be mistaken as a [[Pikmin in other media#Pikmin_font|reference]] to the ''Pikmin series.

[[File:DFCraftSumi Std W9 fontpreview.png|thumb|right|450px|DFCraftSumi Std W9.]]

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[[File:DFPOP1 Std W3 fontpreview.png|thumb|right|450px|DFPOP1 Std W3.]]

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Pikmin high scores.jpg|The high scores menu in ''Pikmin''.

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[[File:Seurat Pro DB fontpreview.png|thumb|right|450px|Seurat Pro DB.]]

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== Proprietary fonts ==

=== ''Pikmin 3'' bubble-like font ===

[[File:DFCraftSumi font comparison.gif|thumb|left|500px|A comparison between DFCraftSumi Std W9, and its smoother look-alike in ''Pikmin 3''.]]

{{main|Koppaite text|t1=Koppaite text}}

In {{P3}} and {{P4}}, an in-universe written language appears very frequently on technology and as a background element throughout various in-game menus. The text appears as an assortment of illegible alien symbols, but these characters are actually translatable into the 26 letters in the English alphabet, which reveal some small secrets when various instances of the text are deciphered.

== References ==