Pikmin 360

Pikmin 360 is a game exclusive to the Xbox 360. It has a large array of achievements, holding up to 3,000 unlockable gamerscore.

Story
Louie was kidnapped by the mysterious pikmin, and the S.S Dolphin is in for repair due to it crashing in Pikmin: The Krowing. Meanwhile, a colony of white pikmin was wiped out with the exception of a sole survivor, Polk-a white pikmin still with a leaf. With help from the yellow Pikmin-Pikamin-he must rescue Louie and get her to Hocotate.

Gameplay
The gameplay is changed a major amount. You do not pluck pikmin, and you play as. The D-pad and analog stick are both usable. A is jump, B is tackle and X+C are special attacks.

Bosses
The game makes you encounter unusual bosses.

BOSS 1-Red Bulborb

 * Red Bulborb is a difficult boss fromm the very start, requiring you to be eaten. Inside his stomach you must, while avoiding stomach acid, hit the sides. This requires the flight power up found early in the game.

BOSS 2-Pikiqueen

 * Pikiqueen is the same size as you. Her strategy is simply... Send grey pikmin at you. The only way to defeat her is to get the grey pikmin on your side by using the item pikmin whistle found earlier in the game.

BOSS 3-Grey Pikamin

 * This takes 2 player into a new mode, as Pikamin is took over by the grey bug spread earlier by the Pikiqueen. Polk and Pikamin must battle.

BOSS 4-Hairy Bulborb

 * Hairy Bulborb acts much differently from Red Bulborb. He is much more aggresive and will charge at you. To defeat him you must make him charge into walls.

FINAL BOSS-Pikiking/3 Red Bulborbs/Infected Pikiqueen

 * At the start of this battle, the Pikiking will raise himself from his podium. He sends out 5 grey pikmin, which surround you. After they are defeated, he will jump down and send the Pikiqueen back out. She automatically defeats you, but is infected for making it too easy. This time you must get her to join you using the Pikiqueen whistle, so you have to run away and hit the Pikiking. He drops the whistle and you use it. Pikiqueen will team with you. Finally, as a last attempt before he dies, he sends out 3 red Bulborbs. Each character has to fight one, so on 2 player you are seperated. The Pikiking dies when you defeat the bulborbs. Louie will then be freed. The game is over.

Ending
Hocotate is shown with the Pikiking's spaceship heading down. It shows Olimar walking to the repair when the ship crashed in front of him. Polk and Pikamin bring Louie out, and since Olimar understands thmn, he listens to the story. Meanwhile, The Pikiqueen is seen talking to the white and yellow colonies. The grey pikmin are stood behind her. The white and red pikmin agree to team with the grey pikmin with a handshake. The screen fades out and returns you to the hub, which has been replaced by Hocotate.

2 player arena
Main Page: Pikmin 360: 2 Player Arena This game mode is a minigame mode. Player 1 is an unnamed grey pikmin, while Player 2 is an unnamed red pikmin.

Normal edition
The normal edition of the game comes hosted in a case the size of a CD case. It also holds a manual.

Pre-ordered edition
This is the normal game, but comes with a strategy guide.

Preultimate edition
The Preultimate edition comes with the contents of the Pre-ordered edition contents, a tin featuring figurines of the main characters and a poster featuring every playable character in the Official Pikmin fanon timeline.

Pikbox 360
The Pikbox 360 is a large crate exactly the same as a crate found in the repair at the ending. Inside is an Xbox 360 with a Pikmin Logo decal on the side, the game hosted in a replica of the blue boxes found in each level-this one being the one with the cheatcode scratched in-and a playable pikmin whistle.

Ultimate edition
this contains the contents of the Pikbox 360 and the Preultimate edition, as well as a memory stick replicating the memory stick found in one of the blue boxes. Once loaded, just like when you load it into your pod, a black and green matrix style screen pops up. From here you can do just what you do in the game-play the minigame where you must defend your pod from viruses. It also comes with a soundtrack cased in a plain black box, except for the title in plain white arial font.

Blue boxes
Blue boxes are a new feature. Each one contains a special item, usually holding a minigame.

Box 1
Box 1 contains a memory stick which can be plugged into your pod as an antivirus. In the minigame you play when you start it, you release your antivirus in a tower defense style game. You build green, neon-outline turrets to fight off red viruses. There are 5 levels and if you win, you gain a pod upgrade.

Box 2
Inside box 2 is simply a cheat code scratched onto the front. The cheatcode unlocks a helmet for all modes which adds 10 defense points.

Box 3
Inside the box is a bomb. It can be used in all modes. When used, hundreds of grey spores burst out and themselves explode. They take 5hp away from the victim.

The Hidden Equip quest

 * 10 nintendo items, 10 Microsoft items and 10 Valve items can be discovered and equipped within the game. A nintendo one, a valve one and a microsoft one are in each level, totalling to 10 levels featuring these items. These items can be used in the 2 Player Arena and equippable in the single player and co-op game.
 * The Nintendo items are:
 * Mario's Cap (Mario Bros, Arcade)
 * Luigi's Cap (Mario Bros, Arcade)
 * Dragon Claw (Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, GBA)
 * Triple Star (Kirby Squeak Squad, DS)
 * Zero Suit (Metroid: Zero Mission, GBA)
 * Arm Cannon (Metroid, NES)
 * Golden Slingshot (Animal Crossing: Wild World, DS)
 * Wooden Bat (Mother, Famicom)
 * Master Sword (Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past, SNES)
 * Deku Mask (Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, N64)
 * The Microsoft items are as follows:
 * Mark VI MJOLNIR armour (Halo: Combat Evolved, Xbox)
 * The Arbiter's Helmet (Halo 2, Xbox)
 * EVA Helmet (Halo 3, Xbox 360)
 * Military Police helmet (Halo Reach, Xbox 360)
 * Energy Sword (Halo: Combat Evolved, Xbox)
 * Simmons' helmet (Red VS Blue, Video)
 * Washington's helmet (Red VS Blue, Video)
 * M392DMR (Halo Reach, Xbox 360)
 * Shovel (Viva Pinata, Xbox 360)
 * Trick Stick (Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, Xbox 360)
 * The Valve items are as follows:
 * Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device (Portal, PC)
 * Crowbar (Half Life, PS2)
 * HEV Suit (Half Life, PS2)
 * Snark (Half Life, PS2)
 * Homewrecker (Team Fortress 2, PC)
 * Sasha (Team Fortress 2, PC)
 * Force-A-Nature (Team Fortress 2, PC)
 * .40 Dual Elites (Counter Strike, PC)
 * Leone 12 Gauge Super (Counter Strike, PC)
 * Chrome Shotgun (Left 4 Dead 2, PC)

Trivia

 * Both playable characters are named after Pokemon.
 * Polk is named after the Weird Al song "Polkamon", shortened down.
 * Pikamin is named after Pokemon. This was originally going to be Polk's name, but since the 2nd player was yellow and Pikachu was yellow, Pikamin was player 2.
 * This is the only Pikmin game where you play as a pikmin.
 * 21 unused models have been found, but only 3 have been recovered and decoded.
 * pilamon, which has the model of a red Pikmin. The script shows that it's model is meant to be a variant of a Bulborb with the stem like a red Pikmin meant to trap Olimar, but since Olimar wasn't there it wouldn't work against the Pikmin.
 * pilamon is in the first DLC pack which contains all the unused levels.
 * simp, a wall with graffiti on it with lines from the popular TV show, the Simpsons.
 * This is in the first DLC pack as well.
 * aaa, which comes up as an Error when browsed in a model viewer. From the script it is shown to be the 3 red bulborbs from the final boss fused, as it's first animation is called "bulbfuse", and was meant to be played during the final boss.
 * There are 4 unused maps, although they are now in the first DLC pack.
 * The game was announced to be coming on Steam.