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In each game, the [[leader]]s will only be able to access a single area initially, but over the course of the game, more areas will be unlocked. For example, to access to the [[Perplexing Pool]] in ''Pikmin 2'', a specific treasure, the [[Geographic Projection]], must be collected. Gaining access to new areas is a major form of progression through the games.

==List==

===''Pikmin''===

The Impact Site preview.png|[[The Impact Site]]|link=The Impact Site

The Forest of Hope preview.png|[[The Forest of Hope]]|link=The Forest of Hope

===''Pikmin 2''===

Valley of Repose preview.png|[[Valley of Repose]]|link=Valley of Repose

Awakening Wood preview.png|[[Awakening Wood]]|link=Awakening Wood

===''Pikmin 3''===

Tropical Wilds preview.png|[[Tropical Wilds]]|link=Tropical Wilds

Garden of Hope preview.png|[[Garden of Hope]]|link=Garden of Hope

Twilight River preview.png|[[Twilight River]]|link=Twilight River

Formidable Oak preview.png|[[Formidable Oak]]|link=Formidable Oak

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| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Brilliant Garden]]'''

| 1-A

| [[First Expedition]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Leafswirl Lagoon]]'''

| 5-A

| [[Fragrant Forest]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Verdant Waterfront]]'''

| 2-A

| [[Foaming Lake]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Sweltering Parchlands]]'''

| 6-A

| [[Scorched Earth]] / Charred Plains

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Sparkling Labyrinth]]'''

| 3-A

| [[Crystal Tunnels]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Snowfall Field]]'''

| 7-A

| [[Freezing Wasteland]]

| rowspan="7" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Ravaged Rustworks]]'''

| 4-A

| [[The Lonely Tower]]

| rowspan="6" style="text-align: center" | '''[[Lushlife Murk]]'''

| 8-A

| [[Scourge of the Skies]]

==Unlocking==

The method used to unlock areas in each game differs. One area is unlocked from the start, but the others can only be accessed after certain conditions are met.

In {{p2}}, the [[Awakening Wood]] and the [[Perplexing Pool]] are unlocked by collecting the [[Spherical Atlas]] and [[Geographic Projection]] respectively, while the [[Wistful Wild]] is unlocked by collecting {{pokos|10000}} worth of treasure (after the previous areas have been unlocked).

In {{p3}}, unlocking each area is tied to collecting a specific item. The [[Garden of Hope]] is unlocked by finding the [[S.S. Drake]] and completing [[day 1]], the [[Distant Tundra]] is unlocked by collecting the [[Data Glutton]], the [[Twilight River]] is unlocked by collecting the [[Folded Data Glutton]], and the [[Formidable Oak]] is unlocked by collecting [[Louie]] for the second time. (To note is that although the [[Tropical Wilds]] is unlocked from the start, it cannot be landed in after day 1 before rescuing [[Brittany]].)

==Features==

[[File:Mezame snap.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A map of the Awakening Wood, an area in ''Pikmin 2''.]]

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==Segment==

In ''Pikmin 3'', areas are split into multiple segments. When a leader, Pikmin, or an object carried by Pikmin touch a portal<ref>In the game files, the object's data is in <code>/content/CMCmn/object/portal.szs</code>.</ref>, they are transported to the equivalent portal, in another segment of the area. For the most part, these segments separate the outdoors parts of an area from the tunnels and small caverns that can be explored, though some segments also exist for small enclosures, interesting plateaus, or corridors leading into [[boss]] arenas, among other things. The act of being transported in a portal saves the player some otherwise uninteresting travel time, but besides that, segmenting the area allows the game to only focus on the segment the player or Pikmin are on, and can save on processing and rendering segments that are irrelevant. Via the use of [[Glitches in Pikmin 3|glitches]], one can make the game show parts of a segment that aren't loaded entirely, or are missing geometry.

==Terrain==

Terrain varies between games, areas, and sections of areas. It has no real impact on gameplay, but it does change the atmosphere and the sounds of footsteps on the ground. Some enemies are associated with particular types of terrain.

===''Pikmin''===

Most areas in ''Pikmin'' have natural surfaces such as sand, soil and wood.

===''Pikmin 2''===

In ''Pikmin 2'', the player will find a vast array of different types of terrain.

===''Pikmin 3''===

*Natural

**'''Glass''': Shards of glass and large [[crystal]] formations are present and can serve as obstacles or have valuable items encased inside of them. They can be shattered by being continuously hit with [[Rock Pikmin]].

**'''Lily pads''': [[Lily pad]]s drift along rivers in the [[Twilight River]], allowing leaders and Pikmin to travel across it and find more [[segment]]s.

*Man-made

**'''Tile''': Simple tiling that has sand filled between the cracks. Similar to that in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', but it is only present in very few places.

**'''Buckets''': A large bucket serves as a bridge to the Quaggled Mireclops' arena. In some [[Bingo Battle]] stages, plastic buckets can be found under the Onions.

==Relations==

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Twilight River map.png|A map of the [[Twilight River]].

Formidable Oak map.png|A map of the [[Formidable Oak]].

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==Trivia==

*The names of the areas in ''Pikmin 3'' all have the same number of characters (including spaces) &ndash; 14.

*In ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', some meteors occasionally appear on the [[area selection menu]]'s sky. A large cluster of them temporarily appears when the last area of each game is unlocked.

==Names in other languages==

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|- style="vertical-align:top"

{{foreignname

|Jap=エリア

|Kor=지역

|KorR=jiyeog

|Spa=Sector

|SpaM=Sector

}}

{{foreignname

|Jap=ブロック

{{P2 areas}}

{{P3 areas}}

{{HP sectors}}

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