History Trivia / Pikmin

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Back during the early days of the franchise when ''Pikmin 1'' was still new,[[note]][[TropeBreaker and dumping ROMs online and looking at the code]] was still in the very early stages[[/note] there were ''hundreds upon hundreds'' of supposed "cheats" that would net you colors of Pikmin that weren't in the game. The most infamous were possible "Rainbow" Pikmin, who's appearance was either striped with multiple colors, Pikmin that changed color at random similar to Hyper Sonic from ''VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles'', or Pikmin that had red, blue, and yellow on their body in some way. The only thing most of the "rumor"s shared was that they had all the other Pikmin facial features and possessed all Pikmin powers too. Exactly ''how'' to get them, however, varied from source to source, from beating the game in an impossible amount of days which would unlock a NewGamePlus you can use them into one source that said you had to throw Yellow Pikmin holding bomb rocks into the spring at the Impact Site then immediately end the day as soon as they hit, and the Rainbow Pikmin would be there the very next day. Naturally, they were all fake, but this hasn't stopped people from wanting ''actual'' Rainbow Pikmin in a future game, even if it ends up being a BraggingRightsReward.

** Originally more than 100 pikmin can be on the field, but they changed it due to limitation on the gamecube.
*** Yellows weren't the only ones to carry bomb rocks in the first game. Red and Blue pikmin would of carried it. In Pikmin 3 all types can now carry bomb rocks.
** In Pikmin 3 there was an [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120714070149/pikmin/images/9/9f/Pikmin_3characters.png unused character]]. He was scrapped due to complications with using 4 captains.

* DuelingGames: ''{{Overlord}}'' is considered ''Pikmin'''s EvilCounterpart.

* {{Vaporware}}: It took ''eight years'' before anything solid was revealed about ''Pikmin 3'', despite Miyamoto hinting about it since ''Pikmin 2'' was released. At most, all Miyamoto would say is "we're making Pikmin" and [[TrollingCreator even tease about it at some E3s by specifically asking people not to ask about it.]] Eventually, it was released in 2013, a little over a whole ''nine years'' after ''Pikmin 2'' was released in 2004.

** Rock Pikmin were suppose to have more varied designs, with each one having a subtle difference like one being wider, another being thinner, one being more jagged edged, and so on and so forth, like the original idea for the Pikmin. This could [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pikmin/images/7/7f/Rockpikmindemo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140418013357 even be noted in their E3 debut, albeit it ever so slightly.]] Like the original idea for the Pikmin having more varied designs, this was scrapped for some unknown reasons, with all Rock Pikmin looking identical to one another in the final version of the game.

** A lot of people tend to refer to Rock Pikmin as simply 'Rockmin'. May or may not have to do with a [[Franchise/MegaMan certain blue robot's Japanese name]]. People also tend to call Winged Pikmin 'Pink Pikmin' simply out of tradition.

* {{Vaporware}}: It took ''eight years'' before anything solid was revealed about ''Pikmin 3'', despite Miyamoto hinting about it since ''Pikmin 2'' was released. At most, all Miyamoto would say is "we're making Pikmin" and [[TrollingCreator even tease about it at some E3s by specifically asking people not to ask about it.]] Eventually, it was released in 2013, a near whole ''nine years'' after ''Pikmin 2'' was released in 2004.

** Rock Pikmin were suppose to have more varied designs, with each one having a subtle difference like one being wider, another being thinner, one being more jagged edged, and so on and so forth, like the original idea for the Pikmin. This could [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pikmin/images/7/7f/Rockpikmindemo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140418013357 even be noted in their E3 debut, albeit it ever so slightly.]] Like the original idea for the Pikmin having more varied designs, this was scrapped for some unknown reasons, with all Rock Pikmin looking identical to one another.

** Rock Pikmin were suppose to have more varied designs, with each one having a subtle difference like one being wider, another being thinner, one being more jagged edged, and so on and so forth, like the original idea for the Pikmin. This could even [[http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/pikmin/images/7/7f/Rockpikmindemo.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140418013357 even be noted in their E3 debut, albeit it ever so slightly.]] Like the original idea for the Pikmin having more varied designs, this was scrapped for some unknown reasons, with all Rock Pikmin looking identical to one another.

** Early media pertaining to the captain's in ''Pikmin 3'' stated that Charlie was an AbhorrentAdmirer to Brittany. This was completely absent in the game itself when it was released, with the two having a more professional relationship, albeit Brittany does tend to treat him as a ButtMonkey pretty frequently. Rumor has it this is still present in the Japanese version of the games, but there has been no solid confirmation on that yet.

** Brittany's captain color was originally suppose to be yellow, as seem in some early ''E3 Pikmin 3'' videos, but was later changed to pink/light red.

* HeyItsThatVoice: All the voices in the game are done by Nintendo musician KazumiTotaka, who also voices [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]], [[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Professor E. Gadd]], and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing K.K. Slider]].

** In Pikmin 3 there was an [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120714070149/pikmin/images/9/9f/Pikmin_3characters.png unused character]]. He was scrapped due to complications with using 4 captains.

* {{Vaporware}}: It took ''eight years'' before anything solid was revealed about Pikmin 3, despite Miyamoto hinting about it since Pikmin 2 was released. At most, all Miyamoto would say is "we're making Pikmin" and [[TrollingCreator even tease about it at some E3s by specifically asking people not to ask about it.]] Eventually, it was released in 2013, a near whole ''nine years'' after Pikmin 2 was released in 2004.

** The Red Pikmin is forever known as [[LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}} Steve the Trooper]].

** The Red Pikmin is forever known as [[LetsPlay/Chuggaaconroy Steve the Trooper]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: All the voices in the game are done by Nintendo musician KazumiTotaka, who also voices [[SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] and [[LuigisMansion Professor E. Gadd]].
* NamesTheSame: The treasure known as the Crystal King may bring RPG fans back to [[PaperMario64 the end of the Nintendo 64 era.]]

** The game started out as a game called "Adam and Eve" which focused on their lives. The game was set in a prehistoric environment (mammoths and all) where you would watch the life of two characters unfold and eventually the amount of characters would expand. You were originally in a "God" role, mainly watching the characters and making them either fight or giving them love. The idea was scrapped because they couldn't figure out an objective for the game.

** In Pikmin 3 there was an [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120714070149/pikmin/images/9/9f/Pikmin_3characters.png unused character]]. He was scrapped due to complications with using 4captains.

* NamesTheSame: The treasure known as the Crystal King may bring RPG fans back to [[PaperMario64 the end of the Nintendo 64 era...]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game started out as a game called "Adam and Eve" which focused on their lives. The game was set in a prehistoric environment (mammoths and all) where you would watch the life of two characters unfold and eventually the amount of characters would expand. You were originally in a "God" role, mainly watching the characters and making them either fight or giving them love. The idea was scrapped because they couldn't figure out an objective for the game.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game started out as a game called "Adam and Eve". The Pikmin were only one type and all were black. Later on they opted to change them to one color but all in different sizes but that was too hard so they opted for them all being small but in different colors.

* NamesTheSame: The treasure known as the Crystal King may bring RPG fans back to [[PaperMario64 the end of the Nintendo 64 era...]]