Radar: Difference between revisions

The buttons needed to access the radar, pan it and zoom it vary from game to game:

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In the first two games and their remakes, the screen that contains the radar also enumerates how many Pikmin are with the current leader, of each type, how many Pikmin there are in the Onions, of each type, and how many Pikmin are roaming through the area, of all types. In addition, the screen also shows the total number of ship parts obtained, in ''Pikmin''.

Touching the GamePad in this state will pause gameplay, if it is not already paused. With Off-TV Play disabled, the [[camera]] on the TV screen will also move upwards and point down in a birds-eye view. The player can drag their finger or stylus on the touchscreen in order to pan around; the TV screen camera will also pan accordingly. Effectively, this feature allows the player to view all around the area from a birds-eye view, either with the stylized KopPad map, or from the actual in-game camera.

If Off-TV Play is on and the player has the screen showing the KopPad, attempting to disable Off-TV Play with {{button|wiiu|-}} will merely show a message saying that it is impossible to switch. Several bits of decorative [[Koppaite text]] can also be found next to icons and buttons.

Initially, the radar only shows the explored parts of the current [[area]]. Once that area is completed (regardless of whether the player got all [[treasure]]s), its entire map is revealed for subsequent times the player enters the area. Boss areas do not have the radar function.

{{todo|Get images of these symbols and add them to the main legend table.}}

The planned path is always the shortest one required in order to reach the destination. This path-finding system also takes into account insurmountable [[obstacles]] and water, disallowing the travel if the player tries to enter a body of water with non-[[Blue Pikmin|Blue]] or non-[[Winged Pikmin]] in their party. [[Hazard]]s and [[Enemy|enemies]] are ignored when deciding the path, but uncharted terrain is considered and not allowed. If the player places the destination point in an uncharted or invalid location (like a body of water, as stated above), the pyramid marker will turn pink, and the "Go Here!" button will be grayed out. If the path to a certain location is blocked off by an uncleared obstacle or any other feature that can't be overcome, the shown path will still trace to the point of the obstacle, where it then displays a pink ❌ sign, and the rest of the path with pink arrows, meaning the leader can only reach the point marked by the ❌ sign. To note is that the Go Here! feature will not work while the leader is [[pluck]]ing, [[dodging]], [[spray]]ing, in pain from being hurt, lying down on the ground (for instance, from getting [[electricity|zapped]]), captured by an [[enemy]], on top of a [[lily pad]], and strangely, on the first two ledges in the Tropical Wilds where the [[Armored Cannon Larva]] is.

If the leader reaches their destination successfully, a dialog message will appear on-screen with their icon, and a message stating that they reached their target spot. If not, they'll explain why the path didn't work. They'll also give up if they get stuck on something for a few seconds, like a wall or enemy carcass. If the leader is [[Health|damaged]] during their walk, they will cancel their task altogether.

Leaders under the Go Here! function move at a speed slower than manual running, and the exact speed depends on what Pikmin are on their group. In order to make sure no Pikmin lags behind, the leaders walk at the same pace as the slowest Pikmin in the group (given that [[Maturity|leaf]] Pikmin are at the slowest maturity, and that [[Purple Pikmin]] are slower than other Pikmin types). However, they have a maximum speed cap that stops them from going faster than what a player-controlled leader would run. This speed controlling mechanic has the pro of allowing any Pikmin to follow the leader without fear of lagging behind, but also the con of being slower than if the player were to take the leader there on their own. If a leader's destination ends in a buried Pikmin, they will automatically begin [[pluck]]ing just after saying the arrival message.

The radar can show the following icons:

In ''Pikmin 3'', multi-part fruits also have different icons, and grapes have icons that represent different levels of individual grape collection. Upon collecting 10 different types of fruit, the Fruit Finder will be unlocked. Fruits will be then shown on the KopPad whether the area has been discovered yet or not.

These are the textures used by the games to represent the areas on the radar.

For the first two games, these are the raw textures, without any tinting or resizing applied. They do have some empty space for in-game icon alignment purposes, but the following images have that space cropped for convenience. In all textures up corresponds to the North, except for The Final Trial one, in which the opposite is true.

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IS texture.png|[[The Impact Site]].

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VoR texture.png|[[Valley of Repose]].

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{{todo|Add all radar map textures of cave sublevels that never change.}}

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Tropical Wilds map.png|[[Tropical Wilds]].

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{{todo|Get info for the Japanese instruction manuals.}}

The instruction manuals for ''Pikmin 2'' and ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' have a section explaining how the radar works, and in most versions, a legend of its symbols. The legend for the dots that represent the Pikmin is different between all types of manual, and all of them have some quirks to point out.

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The radar in ''Pikmin 3'' has a number of peculiarities and [[mistake]]s to it.

With [[Off-TV Play]] disabled, if the map app's orientation is set to be the same as the camera's angle, there is a desynchronization between the angle shown on the KopPad and the TV screen's angle, on certain places. This can make it quite difficult to pan while looking at the TV screen. The following locations are affected, and the angles provided here are estimates:

Other oddities exist with the TV screen:

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Pikmin radar.png|The radar in ''Pikmin''.

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*[[KopPad]]

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