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[[File:Gamepad_Communicator.jpg|thumb|[[Alph]] communicating with [[Brittany]]]]
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The '''KopPad''' (GPAD in Japan) is a device used in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is very similar to the Wii U Gamepad. The device serves many purposes to help the characters through the game. The Wii U Gamepad functions as this device during the game.
[[File:Tablet_communicator.JPG|thumb|right|Alph communicating with Brittany via the GPad.]]
The '''GPad''' is the tablet-like communication device used by the captains in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It takes on a look similar to that of the [[Wii U]]'s GamePad. This serves to reinforce the connection between the fictional device and the real one, as most of the features used by the captains on the GPad are accessed by the player using the GamePad, e.g. the map.
At the moment, the only things that are known about the GPad are that every captain possesses one, and that it can be used to communicate between them, as well as to examine the [[area]]'s map.


The KopPad seems to be personalized to there owner as their color matches that of their owner. Alph's is blue, Chalie's is green, Brittany's is pink.
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==Functionalities==
==Name==
[[File:Pikmin3~KopPadDisplay.png|thumb|The Gamepad displaying the KopPad HUD.]]
[[File:Pikmin 3 GPad 26-06-2013.png|thumb|left|300px|Alph spots his missing GPad.]]
The KopPad will be able to be used to better manage the captains and Pikmin. By touching an area on the map, the game will pause and the camera will shift into a bird's-eye veiw above the selected point. However, to prevent cheating, only areas that the captains have already explored will render. By touching a captain, the player can trace a path on the map to make the captain automatically move to that position. This tactic can be used to have multiple captains moving at once, and will allow for much more work to be accomplished in a single day.
The name "GPad" is slightly speculative: on the Japanese ''Pikmin 3'' Direct on June 26th 2013, Alph can be seen finding his lost GPad, to which a dialog box shows up, with the device's name in English. Despite the Japanese name being in all-caps, it's safe to assume that that won't be the case in the English releases. This name seems like an obvious choice, as Nintendo is known to affiliate in-game items to real-world game devices; an example would be the [[mario:Game Boy Horror|Game Boy Horror]], as a twist on the Game Boy Color's name.


The KopPad's HUD also displays a set of 5 buttons. Although it is currently unknown what these buttons do, they have images on them that hint to their purposes. From left to right: a planet, a gold SD card-like object that are often seen spread around the planet, a Pikmin, a fruit, and a camera.
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==Trivia==
* The GPad was originally called the Koppad.


==Gallery==
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==External links==
Movie09.jpg|Alph walking up to the KopPad.
*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nintendo_direct/20130626/index.html The ''Pikmin 3'' Direct that shows the device's name]
Overview.jpg|The KopPad allows you to get an overview of an area.
Movie10.jpg
Charlie Communicating With Drake.png|Charlie using his KopPad to communicate with Drake
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==Trivia==


*The device's name is a portanemeau of [[Koppai]] (the home planet of [[Alph]], [[Brittany]], and [[Charlie]]) and Gamepad.
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Revision as of 17:04, June 26, 2013

Since this subject has no official name, the name "KopPad" is conjectural.

File:Tablet communicator.JPG
Alph communicating with Brittany via the GPad.

The GPad is the tablet-like communication device used by the captains in Pikmin 3. It takes on a look similar to that of the Wii U's GamePad. This serves to reinforce the connection between the fictional device and the real one, as most of the features used by the captains on the GPad are accessed by the player using the GamePad, e.g. the map. At the moment, the only things that are known about the GPad are that every captain possesses one, and that it can be used to communicate between them, as well as to examine the area's map.

Name

Alph spots his missing GPad.

The name "GPad" is slightly speculative: on the Japanese Pikmin 3 Direct on June 26th 2013, Alph can be seen finding his lost GPad, to which a dialog box shows up, with the device's name in English. Despite the Japanese name being in all-caps, it's safe to assume that that won't be the case in the English releases. This name seems like an obvious choice, as Nintendo is known to affiliate in-game items to real-world game devices; an example would be the Game Boy Horror, as a twist on the Game Boy Color's name.

Trivia

  • The GPad was originally called the Koppad.

External links