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These Pikmin are very strong due to their weight and are the most durable out of all the Pikmin. 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 the Pikmin. 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. | ||
Purple Pikmin share a number of similarities with [[White Pikmin]]. Firstly, they can only be obtained via certain [[Candypop Bud]]s, in this case [[Violet Candypop Bud]] | Purple Pikmin share a number of similarities with [[White Pikmin]]. Firstly, they can only be obtained via certain [[Candypop Bud]]s, in this case [[Candypop Bud|Violet Candypop Bud]], and have magenta flowers rather than white, due to the variety of [[Sutera cordata|Sutera Cordata]]. In addition, at the [[End of Day|end of each day]], they are stored in the ship; as opposed to an [[Onion]]. Purple Pikmin are the heaviest Pikmin known, as well as the slowest and strongest. | ||
In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', Purple Pikmin only appear in [[Mission Mode]] and [[Bingo Battle]] and they can be obtained the same way as in the previous game as well as sprouts already being there. Their stunning and impact damage have been removed. | In ''[[Pikmin 3]]'', Purple Pikmin only appear in [[Mission Mode]] and [[Bingo Battle]] and they can be obtained the same way as in the previous game as well as sprouts already being there. Their stunning and impact damage have been removed. | ||
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==Obtaining Purple Pikmin== | ==Obtaining Purple Pikmin== | ||
Retrieval of the [[Doomsday Apparatus]] treasure in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' requires the use of one-hundred Purple Pikmin. The best place to get so many would be the [[Subterranean Complex]]. Take a single Pikmin into that cave and skip sublevels until you reach the eighth one, with an exit geyser, Candypop Buds and some [[egg]]s. Use the [[Queen Candypop | Retrieval of the [[Doomsday Apparatus]] treasure in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' requires the use of one-hundred Purple Pikmin. The best place to get so many would be the [[Subterranean Complex]]. Take a single Pikmin into that cave and skip sublevels until you reach the eighth one, with an exit geyser, Candypop Buds and some [[egg]]s. Use the[[Candypop Buds| Queen Candypop Buds]] first and the Violet Candypop Buds after to produce fifteen Purple Pikmin and two [[Red Pikmin|Red]], [[Blue Pikmin|Blue]] or [[Yellow Pikmin]]. Or, if you are also going for [[White Pikmin]], bring sixteen Pikmin and throw fifteen of them into the three[[Candypop Bud| Ivory Candypop Buds]] to gain fifteen. When you reach the seventh floor, throw the last non-white Pikmin into a Queen Candypop Bud first and the Violet Candypop Buds after to produce fifteen Purple Pikmin and two [[Red Pikmin|Red]], [[Blue Pikmin|Blue]] or [[Yellow Pikmin]]. | ||
==Trophy description in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''== | ==Trophy description in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''== | ||