Pikmin: Louie's Adventure

Pikmin: Louie's Adventure is a game that is being co-created by Peach Bulborb and 13pikmar.


 * Pikmin: Louie's Adventure Enemy List
 * Pikmin: Louie's Adventure Supercomputer Parts
 * Pikmin: Louie's Adventure/Producer Interviews

Story
Years have passed since the events of Pikmin 4, and Olimar has since retired from his job at Hocotate Freight. Since then, Louie has become a star employee, and even owns his own version of the S.S. Dolphin, the S.S. Porpoise.

Louie is traveling with a new employee, a young female named Violet. They are bringing a valuable shipment of parts for a super-computer. This super-computer will supposedly be able to calculate the answer to any question, and supposedly will be able to calculate the exact value of pi.

Louie is busy trying to keep Violet from hijacking the controls, as she is too enthusiastic and inexperienced to handle the job properly. Violet asks Louie to let her take the controls for, "just a second...", and Louie reluctantly agrees. After all, she would eventually get to the controls anyway.

Violet excitedly takes the controls, and slowly steers the ship around an asteroid. Suddenly, the radiation counter starts beeping, and Violet is so startled she puts the ship in a nosedive to the nearest planet...

The next part of the story is featured on the page Crash Site.

Gameplay/Controls
The controls are all the same as on the and Wii U, and the game itself was released for both consoles.

The goal is much like that of the first pikmin game, except the goal is to collect 70 ship parts in 70 days. Only 60 of them are mandatory and must be retrieved before the time runs out, but if that happens you see an angry president of some company saying, "IT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT PI IS!!!". You might want to collect all the ship parts so this doesn't happen.

Controls are the same as the controls in ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''. The map will only appear when Louie is active captain unless the players are in the circle of light by the ship. If this is the case, Violet can also access it from that point.

Gamemodes
Story mode is a general term used to designate a game mode that follows the main story. Often, collecting things in story mode will unlock other game mode types. Night Mode is an unlockable game mode in the game Pikmin: Louie's Adventure. Enter the Mecha World on (or after) day 60. Mysteriously, the land will be devoid of life. That is because the Colossal Bulk Legs will drop down from above. Defeat the enemy to gain a Black Pearl that is used to unlock Night Mode. After all the supercomputer parts have been gained in an area, Night Mode will be unlocked for that area. If that area is played during Night Mode, the sky will be pitch black and it will be difficult to see distances. There are quite a few differences in this mode as compared to story mode. One, you cannot put Pikmin back into Onions if they have been taken out. However, you can take out as many Pikmin as you want. Handle them carefully, as you have only 25 of each type and Onions will not release any more seeds to make into Pikmin. The enemies have changed as well. Enemies that sleep during the day (Red Bulborbs, Creeping Chrysanthemums, Cloaking Burrow-Nits, etc.) will all be active and a bit more fierce in battle. Thus, all enemies in the area will be awake and active. Unfortunately, these enemies have no boundaries and may even enter the landing site. The only new enemies are Black Bulborbs. These creatures are not to be confused with the underground variant. The goal is simple: survive the night with as many Pikmin as possible to get within the top five high scores for that area!
 * Story Mode
 * Night Mode
 * Challenge Mode
 * Ultimus Hole
 * Pikmode
 * 2P Battle

Story Mode 2P Battle Pikmode* Challenge Mode* Night Mode* Ultimus Hole*

Pikmin Types
A large amount of Pikmin debuted in Pikmin: Louie's Adventure. To compensate for the large amount, the S.S. Porpoise and Louie each have a database. In addition (and partly due to the superior capabilities of the Wii U), the maximum amount of Pikmin has been upped to a total of 500 at one time. Despite this, the general community has stated that 500 is "too much" to maneuver effectively. Most players state that anywhere between 200 and 300 is the best amount to use effectively.
 * Red Pikmin
 * Yellow Pikmin
 * Blue Pikmin
 * Brown Pikmin
 * Rock Pikmin
 * Green Pikmin
 * Black Pikmin
 * Pink Pikmin
 * White Pikmin
 * Purple Pikmin
 * Orange Pikmin
 * Cyan Pikmin
 * Lime Pikmin
 * Jelly Pikmin
 * Gray Pikmin

Areas
One of the main sources of praise for Pikmin: Louie's Adventure is the enormous size of the maps. Peach Bulborb explained this when he said, "The maps are enormous. This is because maps the size of Pikmin or Pikmin 2 would be just too small to effectively hide all ten pieces while still presenting a challenge."
 * Crash Site
 * Rocky Ravine
 * Peaceable Woodland
 * Despicable Desert
 * Babbling Brook
 * Mecha World
 * Last Chance

Captains

 * Louie- Primary captain. Louie has a mobile map and database (instead of having to check the scanner at the rocket) which he can activate at any time.
 * Violet- Secondary captain. Violet has a "sixth sense" which will sometimes warn her of imminent danger. Whenever an enemy that has premiered as a boss gets near, a beep will sound. The game will pause for a moment and a camera will move and show where the danger is. The warning will only show once for each enemy. Note that if the player is actively moving as Louie, the warning will not sound.
 * Olimar- Unlockable captain. Olimar has no special ability, and only appears if the player is playing the Ultimus Hole. No other captains accompany him.

MPlayer
If you buy the wii u bonus pack that comes with a wii u and Pikmin: Louie's Adventure, you will also receive a "MPlayer" extension, which can be plugged into the gamepad.

If this occurs, the S.S. Porpoise will bleep and send out a message: "MPlayer Software Enabled. Violet, please connect wii remote with nunchuck."

If this is done, the player will be able to connect and join in as Violet. If this occurs, switching between captains is disabled. Due to Louie being connected to the gamepad, he has a "map" that may show him things that would not normally be seen. Due to only having a Wii remote and nunchuck, the second player will not have this ability.

A special line of "Golden MPlayer" packs was produced (only 100, so they are quite rare). If the Golden MPlayer is activated, the second player will be given a choice: Violet or opponents. If the player chooses Violet, playing will proceed exactly how it does with the regular MPlayer extension.

If the player chooses "Opponents" they will take control of a small wisp of "mist" that has no abilities on its own. However, the wisp (player) will be capable of taking control of enemies and driving them around. Various abilities are unlocked with each character!

Note: This wisp may be a reference to The Intelligence, a character from an ongoing story serial. However, this has not been proven and when questioned publicly, Peach Bulborb said, "No comment."

Second Note: Although users cannot play multiplayer story mode without MPlayer, 2P Battle and Challenge Mode can be played with two players without having MPlayer.