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|name=Winged Pikmin
|name=Winged Pikmin
|image=WingedPikminHD.png|180px]] 
|image=WingedPikmin.png
|resistance=Ground hazards
|size=225px
|strength=Weak (7.5 Damage)
|resistance=Ground attacks
|mobility=Constantly in flight.
|strength=Below average
|throw=Normal
|mobility=Constantly in flight
|carry=1|height = 20}}'''Winged Pikmin '''are a species of Pikmin featured in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. Their bodies are a vivid pink color with bee-like markings. They also have very large heads, small arms and legs, two large blue compound eyes, and small transparent wings. Upon maturing, they sport the lavender [[Sutera cordata|Sutera Cordata]].
|throw=Average
==Abilities==
|carry=1
As their name implies, Winged Pikmin are capable of flying, and are naturally airborne. They can carry items above the ground and can cut through entire levels to get back to base quickly. Winged Pikmin are small and fast, allowing them to keep up with the captains at a steady pace. Due to their constant airborne status, they can follow captains even if they're walking in an area inaccessible to most Pikmin types, such as a small pond or other body of water.
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[[File:Pikmin-3-2.jpg|thumb|Winged Pikmin carrying pellets over a body of water. ]]
'''Winged Pikmin''' or '''Pink Pikmin''' are a Pikmin species that first appears in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''; they were revealed in a Nintendo Direct broadcast on 17th April 2013<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/archive/04-17-2013/ Winged Pikmin - Nintendo Direct]</ref> as the eighth Pikmin type. They are pink with large blue eyes, their bodies are striped in darker pink, and they have indigo flowers like [[Rock Pikmin]].  
When carrying something, Winged Pikmin fly higher into the air, making it difficult to call them back with the ground whistle. Instead, they must be called by holding the whistle button, which will summon a cylindrical beam of light that will call the Winged Pikmin.


Because these Pikmin can fly, they home in on targets when thrown as to not miss. This is extremely useful when battling a highly-mobile creature. There are drawbacks to this though. Because they fly and home in on their target, they can't flatten an enemy (such as a Dwarf Red Bulbord) by landing on the back. The time they need to home in on the enemy can also be liability, especially if the enemy is attacking or if an obstacle needs to be destroyed quickly.
==Abilities==
 
Winged Pikmin have insect-like wings, meaning they can fly and carry objects over water. They are immune to attacks close to the ground. Their ability to fly allows them to attack flying enemies easily and lift gates and [[Flukeweed]]s out of the ground. However, they cannot instantly take down a [[Pellet Posy]] when tossed onto its pellet, and if their [[leader]] is underwater they cannot be thrown.
Winged Pikmin seem to be the weakest Pikmin in terms of attack power.
 
==Obtaining==
Winged Pikmin are discovered in the game's fourth area, the [[Twilight River]]. Across the landing site, the captains will notice the Pink [[Onion]] trapped in the web of an [[Arachnode]] on the other side of the river. To get to it, the captains must multitask to construct a bridge out of '''4 '''different piles of fragments scattered across the level. Once the captains finally finish the bridge, they can cross to the other side of the river, kill the Arachnode, and free the Onion.
 
Using a sequence-break, it is possible to get them early by glitching a captain through the ground at the bottom of the river, and completely bypass the bridge.
 
[[File:Pikmin 3 Day Twelve - Pink Onion and Winged Pikmin|thumb|right|335 px|Pikmin 3 | Day Twelve - Pink Onion and Winged Pikmin]]
 
==Trivia==
* In the early days following ''Pikmin 3'''s formal introduction, speculation was thrown around as to what the pink-colored Pikmin were, or if they were even Pikmin. It took 9 whole months before they were finally revealed to be Winged Pikmin in Nintendo's April edition of Nintendo Direct.
*In the happy ending of the first [[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]] game, there are fourteen multicolored onions flying above the planet's atmosphere. Five of these onions were pink.
*The Winged Pikmin are the second Pikmin type, the first being [[White Pikmin]], to feature compound eyes. 
*Winged Pikmin are the first Pikmin species to have a skin pattern.
*Winged Pikmin carry objects from the top rather than the bottom in order to fly with it.
*If there are more Winged Pikmin in ratio to all other Pikmin on an item, they will lift the item up carrying both the object and the Pikmin, who will eventually fall off.
*If there are less Winged Pikmin carrying an object than ground based Pikmin, then the object will be carried normally across the ground, the Winged Pikmin adding to number carrying it.
*Winged Pikmin have two different death sounds.
*On Nintendo's website for ''Pikmin 3'', Winged Pikmin are called ''Flying Pikmin.  ''
*When underwater, Winged Pikmin cannot be seen above the water when using the Koppad's camera function.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
File:PIKMIN3LOGO.jpg|Winged Pikmin seen in the ''Pikmin 3'' E3 2012 trailer.
File:WingPikIntro.jpg|Finding the first Winged Pikmin.
File:Pink-Pikmin-in-Pikmin-3.jpg|An image of the Winged Pikmin, photoshopped to have increased brightness and more organized pixels to slightly increase resolution.
File:WingedFlying.jpg|A group of Winged Pikmin flying over a body of water.
File:Pikmin3PinkPikmin.png|Art for Winged Pikmin for Official Nintendo Magazine.
File:PinkPellets.jpg|Winged Pikmin carrying some pink [[Pellet]]s over water.
File:Pink Pikmin Sprouts.png|Winged Pikmin sprouts seen in the Nintendo Direct 12.5.12.
File:PinkPikminFight.jpg|Winged Pikmin fighting a [[Swooping Snitchbug]] under the direction of a [[captain]].
Pikmin-3-1.jpg|Winged Pikmin hovering over water.
Pikmin-3-3.jpg|Winged Pikmin attacking a [[Swooping Snitchbug]].
tumblr_mles4tGsiz1qb75euo1_1280.jpg|A high quality screenshot of a Winged Pikmin.
Flying Fruit.jpg|Winged Pikmin carrying fruit.
Winged Pikmin.png|Leaf, Bud, and Flower Winged Pikmin.
Winged pikmin gif.gif|Winged Pikmin animation.
movie02.jpg|Winged Pikmin being discovered.
Pikmin3 PinkOnion.jpeg|Their onion when it is first seen.
giantflyingpikmin.jpg|Quoted from the Nintendo facebook page: ''"Check out our Winged Pikmin! Inspired by the new character in Pikmin 3, this flying machine will launch off of the dock at Red Bull's Flugtag event on July 27 in Ottawa-Gatineau"''
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Revision as of 19:03, August 27, 2013

Winged Pikmin
File:WingedPikmin.png
Resistance Ground attacks
Attack strength Below average
Mobility Constantly in flight
Throw Average
Digging speed Unknown
Carrying capacity 1

Winged Pikmin or Pink Pikmin are a Pikmin species that first appears in Pikmin 3; they were revealed in a Nintendo Direct broadcast on 17th April 2013[1] as the eighth Pikmin type. They are pink with large blue eyes, their bodies are striped in darker pink, and they have indigo flowers like Rock Pikmin.

Abilities

Winged Pikmin have insect-like wings, meaning they can fly and carry objects over water. They are immune to attacks close to the ground. Their ability to fly allows them to attack flying enemies easily and lift gates and Flukeweeds out of the ground. However, they cannot instantly take down a Pellet Posy when tossed onto its pellet, and if their leader is underwater they cannot be thrown.

Gallery

References