Enemy

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Enemies (原生生物 "Primitive Creature") are the many species present in PNF-404 that pose a hazard to Pikmin as well as captains. There are many types of enemies in the Pikmin series, with varying appearances, behaviors, and levels of hostility. Combat against enemies constitutes a major part of gameplay in all Pikmin games.

Enemies have varied attacks, and some take advantage of hazards to cause damage to Pikmin who are not immune to them. Offensively, enemies either eat Pikmin or hurt them with attacks, both melee and projectile-based, and with effects that range from pushing the Pikmin off to outright killing them. A few enemies are incapable of directly killing Pikmin, for example the Puffy Blowhog.

Killed enemies may drop pellets, which can be brought to an Onion to create more Pikmin seeds. Defeated enemies that leave a corpse can also be returned to an Onion, the Research Pod, the SPERO, or the S.S. Beagle in caves, being exchanged for Pikmin seeds for the Onion and Pokos for the rest. An enemy under the effect of ultra-bitter spray will vanish when its health drops to zero; nectar or sprays will have a chance of dropping instead.

Some enemies contain important items like ship parts, treasures, or fruit, which they drop when defeated; these will still be dropped even if the creature was petrified. Most downed enemies will also safely release any Pikmin in their grasp, regardless of any apparently fatal damage caused when the Pikmin was trapped (like the Cloaking Burrow-nit's impalement). This allows otherwise doomed Pikmin to be saved.

It is unconfirmed how most of the enemies are named, but it is known in most games that Olimar names them, as he bases the Bulborb's name after his dog, Bulbie. The Nintendo Power Player's Guide for Pikmin and the Prima Guide for New Play Control! Pikmin both confirm that Olimar named every enemy from Pikmin. Pikmin 3 is more confusing, however, since the names of enemies are only seen through locking-on. It is possible the Koppaites name them immediately after they see each enemy, but its more likely the lock-on is just for the player and is not what the Koppaites actually see. For repeating enemies, it could be the KopPad has the names Olimar created stored inside it.

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Trivia[]

When the player first delivers an enemy to the Research Pod, a cutscene plays with the Hocotate ship complaining that it's not a treasure, although it's still good for some Pokos. However, if an enemy of this species has already been delivered to an Onion before on the current playthrough, the Research Pod will just accept the enemy like normal without a cutscene. The cutscene can later be played by delivering a new species of enemy that has never been delivered to an Onion.
It is implied by Alph that enemy corpses disappear after some amount of days because larger enemies eat them. If this is true, there must be unknown nocturnal enemies capable of consuming creatures up to the size of the Sandbelching Meerslug, as even it disappears after some time.
There are 15 enemies that have been present in all 4 main Pikmin games: the Burrowing Snagret, Dwarf Bulbear, Dwarf Bulborb, Female Sheargrub, Fiery Blowhog, Iridescent Flint Beetle, Male Sheargrub, Puffy Blowhog, Red Bulborb, Shearwig, Spotty Bulbear, Swooping Snitchbug, Water Dumple, Wolpole, and Yellow Wollyhop.
- Including Hey! Pikmin, only 6 enemies have been present in all the games: the Fiery Blowhog, Male Sheargrub, Red Bulborb, Shearwig, Swooping Snitchbug, and Yellow Wollyhop.
3 enemies have had different names between games. The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva was renamed to the Armored Cannon Larva in Pikmin 3, the Spotty Bulborb was renamed to the Red Bulborb in Pikmin 2 and again to the Bulborb in Pikmin 3, and the Dwarf Bulborb was renamed to the Dwarf Red Bulborb in Pikmin 2 and back to the Dwarf Bulborb in Pikmin 3.