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'''Canon''' is any information that is considered to be "real", "official", or "true" in a fictional universe. The following is a | '''Canon''' is any information that is considered to be "real", "official", or "true" in a fictional universe. For the most part, it is trivial to understand what constitutes as canon and what doesn't, as one needs to simply follow the storyline of a main ''Pikmin'' game. But there are some aspects outside of the [[story mode]]s that could count as either canon or not. | ||
==Levels== | |||
===Pure canon=== | |||
Pure canon is all information that is undoubtedly canon; events that "really happened" in the ''Pikmin'' universe. This is mostly decided by the parties that develop the games and media related to the ''Pikmin'' franchise, meaning {{w|Nintendo EAD}} and [[Shigeru Miyamoto]]. | |||
Currently, the [[story mode]]s of the main ''Pikmin'' games – {{p1}}, {{p2}} and {{p3}} – are considered canon. {{hp}} is a spin-off game due to being a different genre and using some different mechanics from the main games, but since the story doesn't contradict the other games besides some small inconsistencies, ''Hey! Pikmin'' is generally considered canon. Bonus content, such as the [[Cutscenes#Louie's Dark Secret|reward]] obtained by completing all [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|''Pikmin 2'' Challenge Mode]] levels with a pink flower, can vary in canon, but whenever it does not contradict with – and makes sense within the context of – the main story mode, it is considered canon. | |||
===Debatable canon=== | |||
Some content in some games could be considered canon or not. This could be because there is not enough information to accept or reject it as "real", or it could simply be a matter of opinion. | |||
Trophies, stickers, and other side content in the [[Super Smash Bros. series|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] feature canonical information from various games and often add extra information as well. For the most part, this extra information is created and approved by [[Nintendo]], but its position in a non-canonical piece of media makes its status ambiguous. There have also been times where things like trophy descriptions contain information that directly contradicts the canon in the games. (For a list of such cases, see '''[[Mistake#Non-canon mistakes|Mistake]]'''.) In general, though, anything said in these games can be considered canon, unless contradicted by a higher-priority source. | |||
Some external content like the [[e-Reader|e-cards]] or the [[Pikmin Short Movies|''Pikmin'' Short Movies]] have information that matches up with the existing canon and makes sense in the ''Pikmin'' universe. However, no official word has been given on their canon, and because they do not belong to the main ''Pikmin'' series of games, their content is left as ambiguously canonical. | |||
The amiibo compatibility in ''Hey! Pikmin'' is generally considered canon, assuming that Nintendo is believed to have existed inside the ''Pikmin'' universe. However, the Olimar and Pikmin amiibo existing in the game world sprout some paradoxes and overall don't make sense, so it's unlikely this feature is actually canon. | |||
''Pikmin 2'''s [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 2)|Challenge Mode]] is referenced in Story Mode through the collection of [[The Key]]. However, Challenge Mode also references the Story Mode, with the ship claiming to recognize The Key when you find it for the first time in Challenge Mode. However, the canonicity of this mode does not matter, as it is limited to Challenge Mode, and outside of unlocking it, it doesn't have any relevancy to the plot. | |||
{{p3d}}'s [[Side Stories]] mode gives Olimar's perspective before, during, and after the events of ''Pikmin 3''{{'s}} canon Story Mode. [[Olimar's Assignment]], the first of these side stories, overlaps in time with Story Mode, as Olimar describes finding the cosmic-drive key at the end of the second day. In addition, the fact that the [[Distant Tundra]] is visited after the [[Twilight River]] means that for it to make sense, the Koppaites could not have cleared the first part of the [[Garden of Hope]] story in one day. While the events do line up with what's said in Olimar's [[data file]]s from the Story Mode, the locations in Side Story missions are drastically different from the Story Mode versions, much like in Mission Mode. So while the story events in Side Stories could be considered canonical to the main story, the map alterations, signposts blocking off locations, and possibly the use of SPEROs are likely non-canon. However, it can be thought that the signposts and barriers simply represent the limits of what Olimar and Louie explore and that the SPEROs could simply be placeholders for some other device used to collect items. | |||
[[Olimar's Comeback]], the second of the Side Stories, further complicates this, as at the start of the Side Story, [[Louie]] is with Olimar. ''Pikmin 3'' has four [[Pikmin 3 voyage log|voyage logs]] that can apply to the final day depending on how much fruit is collected, and in two of these, it's heavily implied that Louie was left on the planet, meaning he couldn't be with Olimar at the start of Olimar's Comeback. Whether this means that Olimar's Comeback is non-canonical, or Olimar's Comeback only occurs if the Koppaites get specific numbers of fruits, or whether this is a [[mistake]], is unknown, further complicating the canon. | |||
[[Prima Games]] is a company that makes official strategy guides for various games, including ''Pikmin''. On top of containing walkthroughs and tips, some guides include some extra information about aspects of a franchise; in the ''Pikmin'' series' case, this could be extra descriptions of enemies, for instance. It's clear that these guides are produced in collaboration with the developers, seeing that their guides usually contain maps and charts that were rendered using 3D models or in-game images, but in some cases, the extra information presented in the guides is not backed up by the canon game, and there have been times where the guides have contained incorrect information, like the time requirements for all of the [[Defeat Bosses!]] missions. Regardless, Prima Guides are deemed official by Nintendo. | |||
===Non-canon=== | |||
[[File:Pikmin3 battle.png|thumb|Amongst other things, [[Bingo Battle]] is not canon. It would not make sense for [[Alph]] and [[Olimar]] to gather [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and fight against one another by filling up a bingo card.]] | |||
Some aspects in the games are not canon whatsoever. They belong to the game, but are considered to "not have happened" in the ''Pikmin'' universe. | |||
The [[Super Smash Bros. series|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] feature games that are considered non-canon for the franchises that take place in them. This is clear due to the fact that, naturally, ''Pikmin'' does not share a universe with the likes of ''Mario'' or ''The Legend of Zelda''. It is also implied multiple times throughout the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series that the fighters are not their original characters, but rather toys brought to life by Master Hand. | |||
''[[Pikmin Adventure]]'', despite being directly related to the ''Pikmin'' franchise, is not canon. It does not, in any way, relate to [[PNF-404]] or the actual [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], but rather, it is an attraction in the ''[[Nintendo Land]]'' theme park, themed around the ''Pikmin'' franchise. | |||
{{pb}} is not canon, due to having no connection to the story or characters of the other ''Pikmin'' games. | |||
Activities that happen on an alternative game mode in a ''Pikmin'' game are not considered canon. Said game modes were created for the purpose of entertaining the player, and for the most part, they do not follow the main Story Mode's canon. For instance, it is canon that Captain Olimar landed on [[PNF-404]] and had to gather his missing [[ship part]]s, not that he chose to begin a [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|challenge]] where he had to cultivate the most Pikmin possible in one day. | |||
[[Unused content]], [[prerelease information]], [[mistake]]s, [[sequence break]]s, and [[glitch]]es are not canon. They are content that the game developers did not intend to provide to the players in a finalized game, and should not count as such for the purpose of deciding the canon. | |||
==Gameplay== | |||
Some media, like movies, have a specifically defined canon, in which what happens in the movie is objective truth in the movie's universe, and cannot be altered. Games, however, vary according to each player's experience, so some aspects of the gameplay cannot be correctly considered canon or non-canon. | |||
For instance, it is no truer that "Captain Olimar first recovered the [[UV Lamp]] and then the [[Massage Machine]]" as it is the other way around. For this, common sense dictates that varying truths are not accounted for in the lore. Following the previous example, it is canon that Captain Olimar recovered his [[ship part]]s, but their order of collection is not confirmed. There are times where such events are confirmed in a different game, however, normally in the form of a [[leader]] outright saying it (e.g. in [[Olimar's notes|his notes]] in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''). Naturally, this does not change what a player might have actually done in their playthrough, but it does define the "standard", canon-wise. | |||
The ending obtained in a game is also not relevant to the decision of the canon. Rather, the events that unfold in a following game decide which ending is the canon one. | |||
==Endings== | |||
So far, only two ''Pikmin'' games have multiple endings. | |||
===''Pikmin''=== | |||
There are three endings in ''Pikmin'', depending on how many ship parts the player collected and whether the player recovered the 25 mandatory parts. The canon ending is the "good" ending, where Captain Olimar successfully recovers all 30 ship parts. Evidence for this is in ''Pikmin 2'', where Olimar has brought a souvenir home for his [[Minor characters#Olimar's son|son]], something that only likely happened after the collection of the Secret Safe, which is even implied by Olimar himself.{{cite quote|{{Notes:Secret Safe/monolog}}|Captain Olimar|[[Olimar's monologs|a monolog]] about finding the [[Secret Safe]]}} In addition, it's revealed that Olimar's wife eventually finds a "secret cash stash"{{cite quote|Today, as I cleaned the bedroom, I found your secret cash stash. With thanks, I'll accept it gladly. I'll just pretend I didn't see that journal of yours...|[[Olimar's wife]]|a piece of [[mail]]}}, which can be assumed to be the Secret Safe. The ship's appearance in ''Pikmin 2'' also supports this, as the antenna on the top of the Dolphin isn't bent and the lights on the sides are purple, which is only possible if Olimar collected the Secret Safe. The manual for ''Pikmin 2'' also confirms that Captain Olimar did succeed in completely repairing the S.S. Dolphin. | |||
===''Pikmin 3''=== | |||
There are four endings in ''Pikmin 3'', and a game over state, depending on how much fruit the player obtains and if they ran out of juice or not, as explained [[Pikmin 3#Endings|here]]. At this point, none of the endings have been confirmed or denied to be canon. However, [[Olimar's Comeback]] complicates this, as Louie and Captain Olimar are together at the beginning of the Side Story. Two of the voyage logs on the final day imply that Louie was left behind on the planet.{{cite quote|Our mission is over, and we're returning with all the edible matter available in this planet's explorable areas! We shall return to Koppai with our heads held high! The other Hocotatian we rescued, Louie, has vanished, which is troubling. I thought he'd boarded the S.S. Drake with us, but maybe we left without him? Still, from what we've seen, I'm sure he'll be OK wherever he is...|[[Alph]]| the [[Pikmin 3 voyage log|voyage log]] if all 66 fruits are collected}}{{cite quote|We've done pretty well! We're all still alive, and we've got _ pieces of yummy edible matter to take back to Koppai with us. We've also picked up a stray Hocotatian, and we're on our way to drop him home. He tells me that if you add a sauce called 'mayonnaise' to vegetables it makes them taste good... I hate veggies, so it'll take another food crisis to get me to try that!|[[Brittany]]|the [[Pikmin 3 voyage log|voyage log]] if between 33 and 53 fruits are collected}} If these voyage logs are trusted, this could imply that either Olimar's Comeback is not canon, or these two endings are not canon. | |||
==Overview of the canon== | ==Overview of the canon== | ||
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[[File:Main Engine retrieval.png|thumb|200px|Retrieving the first ship part.]] | [[File:Main Engine retrieval.png|thumb|200px|Retrieving the first ship part.]] | ||
[[Captain Olimar]] decides that he has been overworking himself at his job at Hocotate Freight and that he needs to go on a vacation. With no destination in mind, he lets his ship, the S.S. Dolphin, make its own way through space. He switches his ship to autopilot and gets up to make a cup of tea, when suddenly his ship malfunctions and hits a meteor. Captain Olimar was then thrown against the control panel and blacked out, while his ship crash-lands on a nearby uncharted planet. He wakes up to discover that he lost thirty parts of his ship. He also discovers that he has only thirty days of remaining battery power in his life support systems, and without it he will die due to oxygen being present on the planet, which is an element that is extremely lethal to Hocotatians. After exploring the [[The Impact Site|area]], Olimar finds a dormant [[Onion]]. When Olimar approaches the Onion, it seems to awaken, and spits out a seed. Olimar plucks the seed, discovers [[Red Pikmin]], and utilizes their abilities to get back the [[Main Engine]], which allows him to pilot the S.S. Dolphin once again. During his expedition on the planet, Olimar comes across [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Blue Pikmin]], in that order. After defeating the [[Emperor Bulblax]] and obtaining his last ship part, the [[Secret Safe]], he manages to fully repair his ship. Captain Olimar grabs a "[[Shizakipiki Soda|shiny alien platter]]" as a souvenir for his kids, before blasting off back to [[Hocotate]]. | [[Captain Olimar]] decides that he has been overworking himself at his job at Hocotate Freight and that he needs to go on a vacation. With no destination in mind, he lets his ship, the S.S. Dolphin, make its own way through space. He switches his ship to autopilot and gets up to make a cup of tea, when suddenly his ship malfunctions and hits a meteor. Captain Olimar was then thrown against the control panel and blacked out, while his ship crash-lands on a nearby uncharted planet. He wakes up to discover that he lost thirty parts of his ship. He also discovers that he has only thirty days of remaining battery power in his life support systems, and without it he will die due to oxygen being present on the planet, which is an element that is extremely lethal to Hocotatians. After exploring the [[The Impact Site|area]], Olimar finds a dormant [[Onion]]. When Olimar approaches the Onion, it seems to awaken, and spits out a seed. Olimar plucks the seed, discovers [[Red Pikmin]], and utilizes their abilities to get back the [[Main Engine]], which allows him to pilot the S.S. Dolphin once again. During his expedition on the planet, Olimar comes across [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Blue Pikmin]], in that order. After defeating the [[Emperor Bulblax]] and obtaining his last ship part, the [[Secret Safe]], he manages to fully repair his ship. Captain Olimar grabs a "[[Shizakipiki Soda|shiny alien platter]]" as a souvenir for his kids, before blasting off back to [[Hocotate]]. | ||
''Pikmin 4'' suggests an alternate interpretation of these events. The overview of the incident is largely the same; Olimar is overworked and goes on a lone vacation, the S.S. Dolphin gets hit by a meteor and crashes on an uncharted planet, meets the red, yellow, and blue Pikmin in that order, and has a limited number of days to collect all 30 parts of his ship; even including fighting an Emperor Bulblax to obtain the Secret Safe. The difference, however, is that Olimar lands on a different part of the planet to where he crashes in ''Pikmin 1''; resulting in his meeting with a plant-space dog hybrid whom he names [[Moss]]. Once he sets off to escape the planet, Moss stows away inside the S.S. Dolphin, resulting in her coming down with an extreme sickness due to a strange connection she has with the planet. The ensuing struggle to return Moss to the planet coincides with Olimar's life-support system finally giving out, crashing Olimar back on the planet in a similar instance to the "Bad ending" of ''Pikmin 1''. In an act that ultimately revives him, Olimar is brought to the Onion by Moss and his own Pikmin, and is transformed into a [[leafling]]; after which he is brainwashed with the teachings of [[Dandori]] and has his ID scrambled and replaced with a simple [http://HTTP%20404 Error 404 Page not Found] message. | |||
Before his takeoff and ensuing crash, Olimar was able to release a distress signal including his notes about the planet across the universe, resulting in the [[Rescue Corps]] flying to the planet to make contact. This also, however, results in many other unrelated parties attempting to land on the planet for their own motives. Every single one of them fails; all crash-landing. [[Pikmin 4 player character|One particular member of the Rescue Corps]] is eventually able to make a successful landing, and sets to work saving the other Rescue Corps members, the many castaways (including those who have been transformed into Leaflings), and Olimar himself. | |||
Eventually, Olimar is found and cured, but the space dog of the Rescue Corps, [[Oatchi]] comes down with a similar condition to that of Moss, preventing them from leaving the planet. They are informed that a veterinarian from the planet [[Koppai]] has also crash-landed on the planet. Arriving in a new area, they find a Koppaite with [[Louie]], who was sent by the President to find Olimar despite not even knowing what he looked like but ended up being distracted by the prospect of creatures to eat; he and Moss abduct the Koppaite and run away. In spite of his interference, they are able to rescue her. She informs them that they will need DNA from an unaffected space dog, and they recall that Louie's voyage log mentioned that there was one in the deepest part of a cave in the area. The Rescue Corps finds both Louie and the [[Ancient Sirehound]] in the cave, and are attacked by them. They are victorious, and while the Sirehound itself escapes it leaves behind its collar, which has enough fur on it for a cure to be made. | |||
With everyone cured and rescued, they all manage to escape the planet, leaving Moss and the Pikmin behind. | |||
[[File:TheDebt.png|thumb|left|200px|The 10000 Poko debt.]] | [[File:TheDebt.png|thumb|left|200px|The 10000 Poko debt.]] | ||
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[[File:P2 Louie missing.jpg|thumb|200px|Louie is missing from his cockpit.]] | [[File:P2 Louie missing.jpg|thumb|200px|Louie is missing from his cockpit.]] | ||
While landing, they fly through a small blizzard in the [[Valley of Repose]], and try to maneuver through some tree branches. Unfortunately, Olimar hits one of the branches, and Louie falls out of his cockpit, into the snow below. The Hocotate ship barely manages to land, and ejects Olimar out of his cockpit. He gets up and rediscovers Red Pikmin. After a while, the duo are able to reunite and salvage a [[Courage Reactor|piece of treasure]]. During their search for treasure the following days, Olimar and crew discover [[Purple Pikmin]] and [[White Pikmin]], and rediscover [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Blue Pikmin]], in that order. Meanwhile back on Hocotate, the president realizes he bought the loan from [[All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]] instead of Happy Hocotate Savings & Loan. After being constantly harassed by debt collectors over the phone, he goes into hiding, living under a bridge with animals for a short time until he is kicked out by a group from the government offices. He then goes on the run, while eating grass to survive. The president is finally caught however, and is seemingly tortured and threatened to be buried in Hocotate Swamp if Olimar and Louie don't repay the loan soon. Luckily, they collect enough treasure to repay the debt and return to Hocotate, but during the trip back to their home planet, Louie gets left behind. After arriving at Hocotate Freight and emptying the Hocotate ship of all its treasure, Olimar informs the president that there is more treasure left on the planet. The president then orders Olimar and Louie to go back to the planet, but then realizes that Louie was actually left behind. The president decides to join Captain Olimar, and the two return to the strange planet. They recover Louie from the [[Titan Dweevil]], and after collecting the rest of the treasure on the planet, they soon go back to Hocotate. | While landing, they fly through a small blizzard in the [[Valley of Repose]], and try to maneuver through some tree branches. Unfortunately, Olimar hits one of the branches, and Louie falls out of his cockpit, into the snow below. The Hocotate ship barely manages to land, and ejects Olimar out of his cockpit. He gets up and rediscovers Red Pikmin. After a while, the duo are able to reunite and salvage a [[Courage Reactor|piece of treasure]]. During their search for treasure the following days, Olimar and crew discover [[Purple Pikmin]] and [[White Pikmin]], and rediscover [[Yellow Pikmin]] and [[Blue Pikmin]], in that order. Meanwhile back on Hocotate, the president realizes he bought the loan from [[All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks]] instead of Happy Hocotate Savings & Loan. After being constantly harassed by debt collectors over the phone, he goes into hiding, living under a bridge with animals for a short time until he is kicked out by a group from the government offices. He then goes on the run, while eating grass to survive. The president is finally caught however, and is seemingly tortured and threatened to be buried in Hocotate Swamp if Olimar and Louie don't repay the loan soon. Luckily, they collect enough treasure to repay the debt and return to Hocotate, but during the trip back to their home planet, Louie gets left behind. After arriving at Hocotate Freight and emptying the Hocotate ship of all its treasure, Olimar informs the president that there is more treasure left on the planet. The president then orders Olimar and Louie to go back to the planet, but then realizes that Louie was actually left behind. The president decides to join Captain Olimar, and the two return to the strange planet. They recover Louie from the [[Titan Dweevil]], and after collecting the rest of the treasure on the planet, they soon go back to Hocotate. | ||
[[File:P3DX Promo Screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Alph sees a Red Pikmin for the first time.]] | [[File:P3DX Promo Screenshot 2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Alph sees a Red Pikmin for the first time.]] | ||
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*[[Story Mode]] | *[[Story Mode]] | ||
*[[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]] | *[[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' series]] | ||
*[[Olimar's voyage log]] | |||
*[[Data file]] | |||
*[[Side Stories]] | *[[Side Stories]] | ||
==References== | |||
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