Yellow Pikmin

The Yellow Pikmin is the second Pikmin found in Pikmin and the Fourth in Pikmin 2. It has the ability to be thrown higher and farther than any other pikmin due to its light weight and glider-like ears. In Olimar's first foray to the Pikmin Planet this Pikmin could lift Bomb-Rocks and throw them at enemies and walls to cause great damage. However, the Bomb Rocks have seemed to grow in size between the first and second games, as Yellow Pikmin can no longer lift them. The Yellow Pikmin also appeared to evolve an immunity to electrical shocks and again became a great help to Olimar in repaying his company's massive debt.

In Other Games
Yellow Pikmin appear in the Pikmin 1 Card Set. As this is before they forgot how to use bomb-rocks, they have a similar card to Bomb-Rock Pikmin (explosion damage; a counter; high attack). In other sets, they are more like red and blue pikmin, with just a resistance to electricity.

In Pikmin 4, yellow pikmin reappear along with every other original type of pikmin

Pikmin 3 (Flish addition)

They are now immune to acids, making them perfect for fighting acid using enemies such as the Vomiting Blowhog.

Yellow Pikmin can still be thrown high, carry Bomb-Rocks, and are immune to electric.

Pikmin 1
The Yellow Pikmin in Pikmin 1 are the ancestors of the Yellow Pikmin in Pikmin 2 and the. They have large ears which allow them to be thrown farther, also they have the ability to carry bomb-rocks and are immune to elecricity. Besides its two sub-species, this species of Pikmin is extinct.

Pikmin 2
When the Yellow Pikmin evolved some stayed yellow, lost the ability to carry bomb-rocks, but gained the resistance to electricity. These are the yellow Pikmin that Olimar and Louie encounter in Pikmin 2.

Pikmin SP
They are the same as the Yellow Pikmin from Pikmin 2. In Pikmin SP, they are found in Bramble Woods behind a Sticky Gate that is guarded by 2 Fiery Cannon Beetle Larva. They are found with an onion and they can still be obtained with golden candypops or queen candypops.



In Pikmin Kart, Yellow Pikmin are items that are found in item boxes commonly. You can throw them in front of your kart and they'll hitch on to a random kart in their range. They're range, instead of being a 120º angle like the rest of the Pikmin, is a 180º one, so you can hit karts to your side as well. The driver who gets hit with one has to swerver wildly to shake it off. They also won't fall of if the driver drives into an electrical nodule. As with all Pikmin items, the Whistle item can protect a player from Pikmin attacks but with Yellow Pikmin, they can't steal them!

Pikmin: Advanced Trilogy
Yellow Pikmin appear as NPCs in all the three games in the trilogy. Also, according to legend, one of the Three Generals was a Yellow Pikmin.

Pikmin: Invasion of the Giants
Powers, weaknesses, methods of obtaining, etc. are the same as in Pikmin 2. However, one add-on is that you can obtain later in the game by having your Pikmin break glass jars.