Blue Pikmin
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Resistance Water
Attack strength Average (10 Damage)
Mobility Average
Throw Average
Digging speed Unknown
Carrying capacity 1 unit

Blue Pikmin are distinguishable from other Pikmin by their pink mouthes used to take in water which will filter oxygen through the gills located on their cheeks. Producing more can be done by returning objects to the Blue Onion or using Lapis Lazuli Candypop Buds.

Only they, Mushroom Pikmin (former Blue Pikmin), and Bulbmin are able to safely traverse watery areas; any other color will only flail around in panic before drowning. They are able to perform any action in water that they can on land. If they are idle and see a nearby fellow Pikmin drowning in water, they will quickly run to them, pick them up, and throw them to shore. However, be sure to know when to call the Pikmin, and when to let the blues go for them; often whistling to them will suffice, but if they fell off a ledge, then the blues will carry them to the other, more shallow shore, which might be too far away for the drowning Pikmin to "swim". Blue Pikmin seem to have a well balanced attack power, durability, mobility and throw.


Artwork of a Blue Pikmin in Pikmin 3.
Blue Pikmin being re-discovered in Pikmin 2.

Blue Pikmin are the last color of Pikmin discovered in the first two games. In Pikmin, their Onion is found in the Forest Navel, and in Pikmin 2, 5 blues can be found near their Onion in Awakening Wood, near where the Radiation Canopy was in Pikmin 1, by the use of Yellow Pikmin. Yellow Pikmin are required to break down the electrified gate : throw them up onto the ledge from, then run around to whistle them. There is a Cloaking Burrow-nit buried outside of the arena that the Blue Pikmin reside in. They are often considered the most useful Pikmin, especially in Pikmin, because they can go in water, which takes up a large amount of the terrain.



Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Blue Pikmin appear in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as kinds of Pikmin that Olimar can pull from the ground via Pikmin Pluck, his standard special move. They are the only Pikmin that don't drown in the water. Blue Pikmin have good mobility, throw, and durability compared to other types of Pikmin ( Purple Pikmin are very durable, but lack mobility, and throw), and withstand water moves like Mario's F.L.U.D.D., or Squirtle's water gun. Olimar is most likely to pull up a Blue Pikmin if he is on a water-based surface, such as a cloud or ice.

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Trophy for Blue Pikmin in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Blue Pikmin also make an appearance as a trophy in the game:

Trophy Description

"A type of Pikmin, which are curious creatures that follow and obey the person who picks them. If you take advantage of this trait, you can get them to help Capt. Olimar and Louie. The blue Pikmin are at home in water and cannot drown. Need to retrieve an object underwater or cross a water hazard to disarm a trap? Blue Pikmin are just the allies you need."

Trivia

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    The Blue Pikmin hat being worn.
    In the 3DS app called "StreetPass Mii plaza" there is a game called Find Mii where you can unlock a Blue Pikmin hat for your StreetPass Mii.
  • In the Beta for Pikmin, Blue Pikmin were the first Pikmin type you got.
  • In the beta game's code for Pikmin, the Blue Pikmin, along with the Red Pikmin, could use bomb rocks.
  • The Blue onion had a reboot up scene which was cut from the final game
  • In the assorted footage (E3 June 11, 2013), Blue Pikmin were seen holding bomb rocks to defeat a Peckish Aristocrab.

Gallery

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