Hocotate ship

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Hocotate ship
Vehicle
Pikmin 2 concept art.

The Hocotate ship, usually called simply the ship, is an aging spaceship that was part of Hocotate Freight since it first opened. It sports two cockpits used by Olimar and Louie and a speaker it uses to talk. It has a pompous and quirky personality, is highly greedy, lies about treasures in its sales pitches to entice potential buyers into spending money, and has an extreme hatred for bugs. It laments that it is a machine and lacks organic bodily functions and has no friends, and regularly criticizes Olimar for failing to perform his duties properly. As stated by Olimar, the ship used to be a top-of-the-line vessel.

In Pikmin 2, the ship is integral in collecting treasures and corpses and therefore accruing Pokos. The Hocotate ship can store Pikmin and treasures, and will house both White Pikmin and Purple Pikmin once they are found. The ship is capable of deep-space communication, sending a report each night to Hocotate and receiving mail, but must be in orbit around PNF-404 to do so. When the leaders go into a cave, the ship dispatches its nose cone, known as the Research Pod, and sends it down to support them. Anything that the Pikmin carry will be delivered to the Pod and stored in its hull. After the debt is repaid, the ship is upgraded with gold plating.

In Pikmin 3, the ship is wrecked, presumably from the nearby Quaggled Mireclops, and is shown without its golden hull, indicating it was sold off. After returning to Hocotate from Olimar's Assignment, Olimar and Louie are sent back to PNF-404 by the President to retrieve the ship. With the Pikmin's help, its parts are recovered, allowing it to be repaired and brought back to Hocotate.

In Pikmin Adventure, reaching the ship is the goal of every level.

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  The Research Pod.

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  Appearance in Pikmin 3.

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  Appearance in Pikmin Adventure.

In fanon games

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In Pikmin 2... Again?

What if it was another story...? This article or section pertains to Pikmin 2... Again?, a fanon game created by Blower Pot.

Hocotate ship
Gender	Genderless
Age	Unspecified (very old)
Eye color	None
Hair color	None
Home planet	Hocotate
Related characters	Hocotate Freight employees and owners

The Hocotate Ship is a returning character appearing in Pikmin 2... Again?. It is the oldest ship of the Hocotate Freight being created from its very begin, and the ship that Olimar and Louie use on their mission to collect treasures to repay the company's debt. The Hocotate Ship is a spaceship, being colored magenta and white, its nose cone has a golden propeller and megaphone it uses to talk, it has three fins, two exhaust pipes like things, and on its end a rocket engine and three pistons. Due to upgrades it gained before the events of Pikmin 2... Again?, its rusty and old appearance was removed, making it look newer, being also larger, its two cockpits were removed, in exchange of a larger interior, there is also a screen on its outside, displaying the Pikmin selection menu. The Hocotate Ship is piloted by Olimar, however, due to a Chompdactyl colliding with the Hocotate Ship, it crash lands, also dropping Olimar and Louie, the Hocotate Ship later falls into another place, which its rocket engine is damaged, however, Olimar laters finds the Repair Key, which with this the Hocotate Ship fix its engine. The Hocotate Ship will get on the landing site alongside the Onion, if any Pikmin is carrying a treasure or other objects as Burgeoning Spiderwort berries, they'll carry it to the Hocotate Ship, which it'll beam the object up, giving a amount of Pokos, or collecting the berries, enough berries making a nectar, and intro a spray. The Hocotate Ship says many things depending on what is happening, more commonly in caves, such as when the leaders are at a critical health or if a boss or miniboss appears. In caves, the Hocotate Ship's nose cone will detach from its body, called "Research Pod", the Reseach Pod works similar to in land, however, due to the lack of the Onions, if any Pikmin collects a enemy corpse, they'll bring it to the Hocotate Ship, but it'll won't give a high amount of Pokos due to their low value, also resulting into a cutscene when for the first time. While the Research Pod never moves place, it'll actually move toward to hole to the next sublevel in the Unknown Cavern, escaping from the Plasm Wraith, this is due to there would be no way to bring treasures to the Reseach Pod due to the Plasm Wraith being almost in movement, and the sublevels usually having no way back. After the Mastery Command is obtained, the leaders can command Pikmin carrying items to deliver to the Hocotate Ship, which it'll collect the item, when in the selection menu, the player can switch the selecting items, which they can choose how many items to bring and what Pikmin type on the squad will hold the item, which the items can be also selected before entering caves. The Hocotate Ship also displays many of the Explorer's files, but some she got itself.

The Hocotate Ship is shown to be quirky and greedy, similar to as in Pikmin 2, however, it is also shown to hate disgusting and ugly creatures, even making a list of the ugliest creatures and even freaking out in its Piklopedia notes for the Mitite, however, if it isn't disgusting for the Hocotate Ship, it'll only say thoughts about them. The Hocotate Ship also dislikes to having to store dirty objects, such as the 20-Sided Dice, which it says how it is glad that Olimar cleaned it up, fearing it had the saliva of what spit it out.

In Pikmin Forever

Pikmin Forever This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Forever, a fanon game created by Scruffy.

The Hocotate ship, specifically the research pod, provides an important role in Pikmin Forever. After Captain Olimar's rescue ship is compromised, he finds the research pod on the first day, at Daybreak Glade. With Olimar's rescue ship's damaged battery installed, it serves as a makeshift spaceship, carrying him to a low altitude each night as long as its battery is charged using two hundred fifty metal units of fuel. Eventually, Loucap shows Olimar that the remainder of the ship still exists in sixteen parts that must be collected if the Hocotate ship is to reach the Forbidding Precipice. In this area, the previously crashed KHA Lander is found, after which it becomes the primary ship. The KHA Lander's scanners need two thousand five hundred metal units of repairs to find Edward, however. With one hundred Purple Pikmin, as it weighs one thousand units, the explorers can salvage the entire Hocotate ship as a metal object called the Saluted Sourpuss for all the required metal units. It is the heaviest and most valuable metal object that can be carried. Of all metal objects, it is second in value only to the SOGNO.

In Pikmin Galaxy Adventure

Pikmin Galaxy Adventure This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Galaxy Adventure, a fanon game created by Legendlink.

In Pikmin Galaxy Adventure'', the Ship is redesigned and renamed the Hocophin. It is a combination of the Hocotate ship and the S.S. Dolphin, thus giving it its name.

In Pikmin Kart

Pikmin Kart This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin Kart, a fanon game created by Blueflower999.

The Ship is an item in Pikmin Kart. Upon use, the user's kart transforms into a replica of the ship and automatically navigates through the course for a limited time, though it can be slightly steered left or right, before returning to normal. Any karts hit by the ship will be flipped over. The Ship is more common for karts that are behind.

In Pikmin: Infection in Progress

Pikmin: Infection in Progress This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: Infection in Progress, a fanon game created by Cheepy-Cheepy.

The Ship appears in Pikmin: Infection in Progress as the the President's gold-plated rocket. It speaks very little, doing so only when providing hints, suggestions, or lessons. It also warns what an environmental hazard does whenever one is encountered and interacted with for the first time.

In Pikmin: The Rising Darkness

The Rising Darkness This article or section presents information pertaining to Pikmin: The Rising Darkness, a fanon game created by BeatOli.

In Pikmin: The Rising Darkness, the Ship has an upgrade called the Sub, which allows it to accompany Olimar underwater.

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