Flying Pikmin

Flying Pikmin are sky blue Pikmin that possess the ability to fly, and are initially made using Sky Candypop Buds. Flying Pikmin have leaves for hands, and on the upper back of each Flying Pikmin are two leaves or flowers, depending on their maturity. Flying Pikmin cannot have buds, and they lack a stem. The appendages on the back of it allow it to become airborne and be able to fly over pits to reach treasures or other objects. Leaf-stage Flying Pikmin can only fly for five consecutive seconds, but flower-stage Flying Pikmin can fly twice that amount of time consecutively. Flying Pikmin are able to take to the air while carrying an object, but only if there are enough of them present to carry the object themselves. If there are too few Flying Pikmin carrying an object along with ground-based Pikmin, they will not take to the air. Once fifty Flying Pikmin are found, their Onion can be found and used to create more. Flying Pikmin are not immune to any hazard except pits, and should a Flying Pikmin fall into one, it will either fly back up to solid ground or wait on the next sublevel if it cannot recover.