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[[Alph]] was first leaked by a leaker a week prior to the 3DS version's release in Japan. At the time, it was not known if Alph was a new character or an alternate costume.
[[Alph]] was first leaked by a leaker a week prior to the 3DS version's release in Japan. At the time, it was not known if Alph was a new character or an alternate costume.


A few days later, on {{date|11|September|2014}}, Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that Alph was an alternate costume for Olimar.{{cite web|quote=Pic of the day. The hero from Pikmin 3, Alph joins the battle!! He has pretty much the same set skills as Olimar since he's basically just his variation. He can't use Rock Pikmin either.|author=Masahiro Sakurai|https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKmA_UkTgA|published={{date|11|September|2014}}|Pic of the Day post|Miiverse}}{{cite web|quote=They are different characters, so they each get their own title treatment on the character-selection screen. See? It says Alph.|author=Masahiro Sakurai|https://miiverse.nintendo.net/replies/AYMHAAACAABnUYoKV2y9aQ|published={{date|11|September|2014}}|Pic of the Day post replies|Miiverse}} He functions exactly the same as Olimar, even when it comes to the stage introduction and Final Smash. He, like Olimar, is unable to use Rock Pikmin. Alph's model is slightly scaled-up, making him slightly larger than he was in ''Pikmin 3'' in order to match Olimar's proportions, so that the two costume choices wouldn't impact gameplay.
A few days later, on {{date|11|September|2014}}, Masahiro Sakurai confirmed that Alph was an alternate costume for Olimar.{{cite web|quote=Pic of the day. The hero from Pikmin 3, Alph joins the battle!! He has pretty much the same set skills as Olimar since he's basically just his variation. He can't use Rock Pikmin either.|author=Masahiro Sakurai|https://web.archive.org/web/20171017180515/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADMUKmA_UkTgA|published={{date|11|September|2014}}|Pic of the Day post|Wayback Machine}}{{cite web|quote=They are different characters, so they each get their own title treatment on the character-selection screen. See? It says Alph.|author=Masahiro Sakurai|https://web.archive.org/web/20171105180154/https://miiverse.nintendo.net/replies/AYMHAAACAABnUYoKV2y9aQ|published={{date|11|September|2014}}|Pic of the Day post replies|Wayback Machine}} He functions exactly the same as Olimar, even when it comes to the stage introduction and Final Smash. He, like Olimar, is unable to use Rock Pikmin. Alph's model is slightly scaled-up, making him slightly larger than he was in ''Pikmin 3'' in order to match Olimar's proportions, so that the two costume choices wouldn't impact gameplay.


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