Pikmin 5: Apex Predator

Pikmin 5: Apex Predator is a fanon game created by Green Crawbster. What makes this game unique is the presence of very large creatures, named apex predators, some the same size as or bigger than the Quaggled Mireclops. The game also features a difficulty system.

Plot
Decades have passed since the events of. The castaways and people from other planets have begun colonizing PNF-404 with minimal disruption. But one day...

The story begins with the player being woken up from their bed as they need to attend their final exams. As they get out of bed, the player is taught basic captain controls. Once they walk into the final exam area, a teacher explains that to become full cadets, they need to prove their mastery of Pikmin skills in a test. The player is a junior cadet in cadet school on a PNF-404 settlement. The player is given all of the types of Pikmin and is given a proper tutorial on how to use the different Pikmin and what each one has immunities to. They can select the easy, medium, or hard exam, which serves as difficulty selection and gives the player a basic idea of what each difficulty is like. Difficulties can be changed in this tutorial if the player is unsatisfied and wants to try another one. Each difficulty should be carefully considered because it can not be changed after completing the tutorial. Upon completing the exam difficulty of their choice, the player has passed the final exams. The teacher prepares to press a button to set off fireworks at the graduation ceremony to a massive earthquake. One student comments that the fireworks were incredibly loud, but the teacher comments that they never pressed the button. A massive shadow overtakes the sky to the panicked screams of everyone and the screen fades to black.

Immediately, the player is moved to a character customization screen to set the player they will be using for the whole game. Upon finishing customization, the story continues. The character works for emergency rescue services, visiting the city of Olimar after hearing of a major catastrophe there. The city serves as the main hub and was founded by and named after Olimar himself, with his family having moved there to be with him. Buildings are destroyed and people are missing. The main goal is to rescue the people and raise funds to rebuild the city by selling treasures encountered in the wild. A gray-haired Olimar is the mayor of his namesake city, and he explains the situation to the player in his office. The city is in ruins and he is concerned that the citizens of Olimar have taken shelter in the Underground Bunker, the cave under the city. The player's task is to take an emergency crew and explore the cave to rescue the people. At the end of the explanation, Olimar opens the emergency vault in his office, containing a Red Onion occupied by 100 Red Pikmin. Then, the player enters the Underground Bunker. Upon completing the Underground Bunker and rescuing the citizens, Rhea, a member of the rescue crew talks with Olimar, asking him if he knows what could have caused so much destruction. Olimar's educated guess is that an aggressive male of some kind from the Lover's Spring. It is a common mating ground for the fauna of the planet which makes males of all species very aggressive as they are competing for females. Thusly, the first location of the game is open, and the character visits to look for the aggressive male. As the story progresses, more buildings in the city and repaired or built, and in the city's center lies a statue of Captain Olimar, and the Rescue Crew's ship.

At the Lover's Spring, the rescue crew starts collecting DNA samples of all of the creatures to see that most closely resembles the DNA left by the beast. In addition, the Blue and Purple Onions are reunited with the central Red Onion.

=Contents= Pikmin Types

All nine Pikmin Types from Pikmin 4 return for Pikmin 5, plus the New Edition of Orange Pikmin.

Returning Types


 * Red Pikmin
 * Yellow Pikmin
 * Blue Pikmin
 * Purple Pikmin
 * White Pikmin
 * Rock Pikmin
 * Winged Pikmin
 * Ice Pikmin
 * Green Pikmin

Orange Pikmin

Orange Pikmin are a new type of Pikmin introduced in Pikmin 5: Apex Predator. They are orange and look as if they have molten shells on their backs. They move at 0.8 speed due to the heavy shells and have orange flowers. They are immune to explosions, as they dig their heavy shells into the ground which absorb the shockwaves. They can take non-Orange Pikmin and wrap them in their arms, using their shells to shield them as well and prevent said Pikmin from dying in an explosion.

Areas
Areas are listed in order of discovery.
 * Lover's Spring: a giant lake surrounded by sandy beaches and densely populated by a variety of enemies. The player character visits this area to search for the aggressive male creature that destroyed Olimar City in its hormone-induced rage. The Blue and Purple Onions are located here, and given that many smaller enemies and Pellet Posies are also found here, it is recommended to come here to replenish Pikmin populations. The name Lover's Spring has two meanings, as the world is a spring, and the season represented is Spring.

Caves
Caves return in Pikmin 5:Apex Predator. They are found in all areas, and contain most of the needed treasures in the game.

Buildings
Buildings are a new concept in Pikmin 5: Apex Predator. They get rebuilt as the game progresses and more Building Treasures are found. Buildings create goods that can be of major help to the player if they choose to utilize them.


 * Louie's Grub & Hub: An establishment that can turn collected beasts into tasty goods to help the player on their journey. It requires the Bakery Oven, eaten by the Pauperesque Squallard in Lover's Spring.

Apex Predators
Apex Predators are the namesake of Pikmin 5: Apex Predator. They are massive beasts that terrorized the city of Olimar and need to be vanquished for the safety of people and Pikmin alike. Apex Predators introduce the Trigger Number and the Stomach Number. The Trigger Number is the collective weight of the Pikmin in your whole squad. All Pikmin count for one except for Purple Pikmin, which count for ten. Apex Predators are big animals that need a large amount of food each day, so their Trigger Number is in the hundreds of Pikmin. If the player's squad has a higher trigger number than the Apex Predator, going to certain locations on the map will cause them to attack! Once an Apex Predator decides to attack, it has a Stomach Number. The Stomach Number is the minimum number of Pikmin it needs to eat to be satisfied for the day and leave the player alone. The fight between the Apex Predator player lasts until the Apex Predator is killed, all Pikmin in the squad have been killed, the day runs out, or only White Pikmin remain in the player's squad, after the Apex Predator has eaten one and knows they are unsafe to eat. Each Apex Predator contains a Building Treasure, a treasure that rebuilds a building in the city of Olimar, plus their corpses weigh hundreds of Pikmin. Because of this, they should be considered high investment, high reward enemies.

Apex Predators


 * Pauperesque Squallard
 * Bullwog