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Latest tidbits

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...that Pikmin 3 has some secret Pikmin drawings hidden throughout the game?
...that the Puffstool appears in The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap?
...that Koppai is named after Nintendo's original name, Nintendo Koppai?
...that Pikmin contains an unused executable that allows testing the game on Windows?
...that files in the New Play Control! games imply that both remakes were initially meant to be in the same disc?

Older facts

...that in Pikmin, the spots on the backs of Grub-dogs change size, and analogously, those on the back of Dwarf Red Bulborbs are static?
...that the behavior of Swooping Snitchbugs over held Pikmin is different in each game?
...that the gas pipes in Pikmin 2's overworld areas respawn after 99 days?
...that page 23 of the Pikmin instruction manual has a typo: "holdung" instead of "holding"?
...that the reflection of the leaves in water is actually just a black-and-white "bowl" under the ground?
...that Candypop Buds actually have a root?
...that by changing a single setting in Pikmin 2's files, it is possible to have pikpik carrots in your party?
...that the caves in Pikmin 2 have some mysterious technical discrepancies?
...that there are some development oversights in the way Pikmin carry objects?
...that Olimar, with the aid of Pikmin, is a veteran fighter in the newest Super Smash Bros. installment?
...that Blue Pikmin can save other types of Pikmin from drowning?
...that the scene used when viewing an item in the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard is the area selected on the map screen?
...that Yellow Pikmin carrying a bomb-rock drop it without detonating it when called back to the Onion?
...that some enemies heal over time and two of them can revive themselves after their defeat?
...that via an "Emergence Cave run", it is possible to repay the debt in 16 days without ever reaching the Awakening Wood?
...that in Pikmin 2, if 20 of each main type of Pikmin, are on the field they will start singing parts of Ai no Uta?
...that the Pikmin type counter in the first game rolls back to 000 after you get 999 Pikmin?
...that it is possible for the Pikmin counters in Pikmin 2 to show more than four digits?
...that there is a glitch that lets the player absorb a spray twice?
...that the Empty space container is the only treasure to not follow a Title Case styled name?
...that the word "Pikmin" is derived from the two words "pick me"?
...that the Unspeakable Wonder closely resembles Princess Peach's crown?
...that when Pikmin 3 was announced all that was said was "We're making Pikmin"?
...that Ai no Uta, a song used to advertise Pikmin, actually outsold the game?
...that the total sales for the Pikmin series so far is over 4.3 million?
...that the games are not the only Pikmin merchandise?
...that the Bulbmin is a form of Pikmin caused by a parasitic Pikmin unseen in any Pikmin game?
...that the Water Dumple is actually a part of the Grub-dog family?
...that the Positron Generator is used to make "Instant Space Noodles"?
...that the Smoky Progg is thought to be a malformed larval Mamuta?