Challenge Mode (Pikmin): Difference between revisions

{{page title|Challenge Mode (''Pikmin'')}}

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[[File:P1 Challenge Mode Impact Site Plucking Pikmin.jpg|thumb|250px|Olimar [[pluck]]ing some Pikmin in Challenge Mode.]]

'''Challenge Mode''' is an alternative game mode in {{p1}} that challenges the player to grow as many [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] as they can in a single [[day]]. The mode has 5 stages, with a stage set in each [[area]], but the areas are modified from how they are in [[Story Mode]], with [[pellet]]s, [[Enemy|enemies]], and [[obstacle]]s in different locations, and [[ship part]]s not appearing. In addition, the [[S.S. Dolphin]] is not present during play, meaning [[Captain Olimar|Olimar]] cannot replenish his spacesuit's [[health]]. In Challenge Mode, the areas are slightly darker than their Story Mode counterparts, and the tempo of each area's [[Music in Pikmin#Areas|music]] is increased slightly.<ref>Each song receives a 20% tempo increase in Challenge Mode, as concluded by [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Tempo change|this brief study]]</ref> When the time is up, the number of Pikmin that have been raised is displayed, and the top 5 scores for each stage are [[Saved game|persistently recorded]].

Because there are only so many enemies and pellets within a stage, there is a maximum number of Pikmin that can be grown in each of them. This number is very high and difficult to reach, but the maximum score has been achieved for all stages.

*[[The Distant Spring]]: 752

Pikminlast1.jpg|A [[Dwarf Bulborb]] being carried to an [[Onion]] in [[The Final Trial]].

File:P1 Challenge Mode Final Trial Burrowing Snagret.jpg|Encountering a [[Burrowing Snagret]] in The Final Trial.