Glitches in Pikmin: Difference between revisions

===Crushing glitch===

| effects = Compresses a Pikmin through the ground, killing it when it touches the [[pit]].

| explanation = During combat, Pikmin get pushed around by the enemy and its hitboxes in various directions. At times, some Pikmin might be pushed downward and outwards, but there is more force driving them downwards than forwards (for instance, if other Pikmin are keeping them from sliding off). If the force is too great, the Pikmin is pushed through the ground, where it falls and dies.

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===Cloning Pikmin with a Mamuta===

| effects = Makes a [[Mamuta]] clone a Pikmin by creating a sprout out of nowhere.

| prereq = Have [[The Distant Spring]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]].

===Cloning Pikmin with a Swooping Snitchbug===

| effects = Makes a [[Swooping Snitchbug]] clone one or two Pikmin.

| howto = Go to an area with a Swooping Snitchbug and lure it to the landing site. Get any type of Pikmin out. Put the Pikmin in the Onion when the Swooping Snitchbug swoops for them. If done correctly all of the amount of Pikmin will go in and the Swooping Snitchbug will have one or two in its hands.

===Converting 11 Pikmin===

| effects = Makes a [[Candypop Bud]] convert 11 Pikmin instead of 10.

| howto = Throw 9 Pikmin onto a Candypop Bud. Then, throw a 10th Pikmin as a Yellow Pikmin, and a fraction of a second after, a 11th Pikmin as either a Red Pikmin or a Blue Pikmin. With the right timing, the 11th Pikmin will land on the Candypop Bud at the same time as the 10th. The 11th Pikmin will cling to the side of the Candypop Bud, begin attacking it, and after a bit, it will also squeal and disappear. The plant will then spit out 11 converted Pikmin.

===Ship part whistle glitch===

| prerequisites = Have at least one ship part uncollected in the area (besides the [[Secret Safe]]).

| effects = Prevents Pikmin from being called, but only for about 15-20 seconds.

===Blowhog stuck on skull===

|effects = Puts a [[Puffy Blowhog]] stuck on top of a skull, endlessly repeating its falling animation.

|howto = Go to [[The Distant Spring]], gather some Pikmin, and make it so that the Puffy Blowhog near the landing site hovers on top of a skull as it stops to inhale. While it is busy attacking, throw Pikmin at it. When it falls on the skull, it should permanently stay on it, in its fall animation.

===Smoky Progg crash===

| effects = Makes the game [[crash]].

| prerequisites = Be on day 15 or lower. In [[The Distant Spring]], have the [[Gate#Reinforced wall|black stone gate]] near base destroyed, and have the [[bridge]] to the [[Armored Cannon Beetle]] arena built.

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| prerequisites = Be on day 15 or lower.

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===Sunset while knocked out===

|effects = Breaks the sunset cutscene.

|howto = Let [[Captain Olimar]] take enough damage to be knocked out, but right when the final hit connects, pause the game and choose to go to sunset. The sunset cutscene will play, but Olimar's antenna won't have any light, the Pikmin will not gather up and will instead become invisible, all bundled in one spot (only visible because their idle glow is still there), the [[S.S. Dolphin]] and the [[Onion]]s will not have any lights or effects, and finally, the Onions will stay there instead of lifting off. The sunset sequence plays out like normal besides that. The [[Olimar's voyage log|voyage log]] entry for Olimar's first knockout can still happen with this glitch.

==Misc.==

===Bouncing on a pellet===

| effects = Makes Olimar go [[out of bounds]].

| howto = Go to [[The Forest Navel]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]]. At the north of the area, there is a [[geyser]] in one of the pools of water. Go to the very northernmost pool, issue Pikmin to start carrying the 20 blue pellet, stay behind, and whistle them when the pellet is in that geyser's landing spot. Go back to the pool with said geyser and ride it. Olimar will bounce on it and go out of bounds.

===Embed glitch===

| effects = Some objects can get embedded inside walls, the floor, or other objects, making retrieving them impossible in some cases.

| howto = Occasionally, a ship part or a pellet can become partially embedded inside a wall or another object. It can be possible to move the object against the spot it's stuck in, though that can either set it free or burrow it deeper. Issuing Pikmin around these objects is sometimes pointless, as they'll be unable to distribute themselves correctly over it, and thus, be unable to carry it. For a stationary and partial example, there's the Blue 20-Pellet on [[The Final Trial]] in [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]].

===Disappearing pellet===

|effects = Causes a red 10 [[pellet]] in [[The Distant Spring]]'s [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]] to get pushed underground and respawn a few seconds later.

|prerequisites = Unlock The Distant Spring in Challenge Mode.

===Falling through gates===

| effects = Makes a captain go inside a [[gate]].

| prerequisites = Have an unopened gate you can get on top of.

===Inaccessible Onions===

| effects = The Onions won't have their rings of light out, and won't be able to be interacted with.

| prerequisites = Have uncollected [[ship part]]s, besides the [[Secret Safe]].

===Invisible duplicate bomb-rock===

| effects = Makes Pikmin hold a second, invisible [[bomb-rock]], after the first one had blown up.

| prerequisites = Have Yellow Pikmin.

===Pellet Posy squeeze===

| effects = Makes the player able to go out of bounds.

| howto = Go to an area near the [[Nova Blaster]] on [[The Forest of Hope]] with [[Pellet Posy|Pellet Posies]]. If there is no Posy next to a wall, try another day. Once you find a Pellet Posy very close to a wall, try to go in between to fly out of bounds.

===Pellet under bridge glitch===

| effects = Makes the Pikmin stop working on a bridge, and circle a pellet, eventually giving up and becoming idle.

| prerequisites = Have a [[pellet]] under the way of an unconstructed [[bridge]]. A good example would be the one with a [[Yellow Wollywog]] near the island with the [[Massage Machine]] in [[The Distant Spring]].

===Silent bomb-rock explosions===

| effects = Makes the explosion sound of a set of [[bomb-rock]]s not play.

| prerequisites = Play on a day where there are a lot of bomb-rocks.

===Sunset cutscene softlock===

| effects = Makes the game [[softlock]]ed by not progressing the [[sunset]] cutscene.

| prerequisites = Be on [[day]] 2 or later.