Lily pad: Difference between revisions

'''Lily pads''' are useful plants in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. Much like {{w|Nymphaeaceae|lily pads in real life}}, they float on the surface of [[water]]. Their structure supports the weight of [[leader]]s and [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], meaning they can be rode on. The water they are found on is normally a stream or a river, so they move along the current. In closed bodies of water, the same lily pads perform a circuit, but otherwise, they go from the top of the stream to the end, where they disappear; new ones keep appearing at the top of the river, so there is always a constant stream of lily pads.

Pier-like structures near the shore of a river serve as stops for the lily pads. When a lily pad approaches one of these spots, it gets close and slows down momentarily. This allows the explorers and their followers to hop on the plant to ride it, and likewise, to get off and back to solid ground. If the path crosses a branch or another structure that makes it impossible for the leaders and Pikmin to continue to be on top of the lily pad, they will automatically jump out and onto the piece of land that stood in their way. In this way, they function a bit like {{w|Gonsola lift|gondola lifts in real life}}.

** On the northern river. Stops are near the [[Dwarf Orange Bulborb]]s, the electric gate, the [[Flighty Joustmite]] before breaking near the [[bomb rocks]].

** On the southern river. Stops are near the Winged Onion discovery, the [[Flighty Joustmite]], before going through a pipe to the next area. Continues to the [[Arachnode]], [[Scornet Maestro]] stump, [[Scornet]]s, electric gate, before breaking above the [[Crunchy Deluge]]. The [[dam]] must first be lifted.