Rock Pikmin

Rock Pikmin
Resistance	Blunt force. Being crushed by enemy's/projectiles . Being sucked up .
Attack strength	Above Average. Can break hard materials, such as Glass.
Mobility	Average
Throw	Normal
Digging speed	Unknown
Carrying capacity	1

Rock Pikmin are a species of Pikmin featured in Pikmin 3. They take on the form of small polished rocks with Pikmin's eyes, limbs, and lavender flowers, just like the Winged Pikmin. The main part of their body seems to be a grey texture of graphite that reflects light, while the 'skin' on their arms and legs appears smooth and grey. When Rock Pikmin are dismissed, their sprouts glow gray. Their ghosts are also shaped like small grey rocks with eyes. Just like all other types of Pikmin in Pikmin 3, Rock Pikmin share an onion and are reproduced through collecting nutrients.

Rock Pikmin are the second type of Pikmin you discover in Pikmin 3, the first being Red Pikmin.

Abilities

Rock Pikmin, like most Pikmin types, are immune to some kind of hazard. These Pikmin, in particular, are immune to brute force; when a heavy object lands or rolls onto them, they are simply driven back into the ground and become sprouts again. Rock Pikmin are also resistant to being impailed by enemies such as Cloaking Burrownits due to their hard rock-like texture. And they can't being sucked up by UE10 and possibly other enemies too.

Rock Pikmin also have very dense exteriors, which allow them to smash through glass, crystals, ice, and even the armor of larger animals(like the Armored Mawdad and UE8 claw) . However, they are internally lighter, which prevents them from sinking, should they happen to fall into water.

While Rock Pikmin are stronger in terms of density, they weigh the same as a normal pikmin, which means that, while they can be thrown normally, each one only counts for a single pikmin while carrying items, although they carry objects faster than the average Pikmin due to their strength, much like White Pikmin..

Despite their increased strength, they do have a setback; Rock Pikmin cannot latch onto their targets like other Pikmin, and will instead bounce off and roll back. Instead, if left unoccupied, they will repeatedly attack enemies and obstacles by charging headlong into them. Rock Pikmin also occasionally unleash a more powerful attack to targets they hit by causing a visual and audible "thump", which causes extra damage. This "thump", however, unlike "Purple Pikmin", does not stun enemies, but it can cause certain enemies to recoil.

File:Pikmin 3 Demo Testing Properties of Rock Pikmin.

Video depicting Rock Pikmin's reactions to being crushed and drowning.

Trivia

• In the Happy Ending of the first Pikmin game, there were four Black/Grey Pikmin onions flying above the planet's atmosphere.
• This Pikmin type will share an Onion with other Pikmin types in Pikmin 3.

Gallery

• Rock Pikmins.jpg

  The cut scene in the demo that played when Rock Pikmin were encountered for the first time.

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  Rock Pikmin being ordered to break a glass wall. Note how only the side which the Pikmin are being thrown at appears to be taking damage.

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  Rock Pikmin breaking a Crystal Nodule.

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  Rock Pikmin with the new leader

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  Miyamoto describing the Rock Pikmin.

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  Art of the Rock Pikmin from the Official Nintendo Magazine.

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  Official Art of the Rock Pikmin for Pikmin 3.

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  Rock Pikmin after being squashed by a boulder. Notice how they become planted instead of being killed.

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  Leaf, Bud, and Flower Rock Pikmin.

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