Pikmin 251

Pikmin 251 This article or section pertains to Pikmin 251, a Pikmin 2 ROM hack created by PikHacker.

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Pikmin 251
The game's title screen.
Rating	E 10+
Genre	Real-time strategy
Platforms	Computer, Nintendo GameCube
Media	Digital download
Publisher	PikHacker
Release dates	September 25th, 2019
Prequel	Pikmin 2
Creator	PikHacker
Collaborators	Yoshifirebird Sharker Da Shark Yoshi2 Jimble Minty Meeo Poochy Untitled-1 Sponge KIRBYMIMI Mr Brocoli Quesadilla Xain

Pikmin 251 is a Pikmin 2 ROM hack released on September 25^th, 2019 by PikHacker and was developed by them with the help of a development team. It is playable on computers and the Nintendo GameCube. It takes place sometime after the events of Pikmin 2 and includes the standard game's features, but features new music and cutscenes, altered versions of the standard areas, one entirely new area, new caves and cave themes, new 2-Player Battle and Challenge Mode stages, a number of new enemies and enemies that have had their parameters tweaked, one new candypop bud, one new Pikmin type, new obstacles, and a titular 251 new treasures. Notably, Pikmin 251 has a custom patching program to apply the necessary files to a ROM of Pikmin 2.

Below is the official trailer for Pikmin 251.

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In addition to a gameplay trailer, Pikmin 251 has a soundtrack available to listen to on YouTube. It can be found here in the form of a playlist.

Plot

After the events of Pikmin 2, Captain Olimar returned home to his family until one day, the President of Hocotate Freight called him into work for a meeting where he revealed that the company was once again in debt. The President believes that the All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks dumped the treasures that Olimar and Louie worked to collect back onto PNF-404. Instead of the debt being  × 10,100, however, the debt is instead  × 20,000. The President then reveals that Louie told him about Olimar's "dark secret" and how it was a cover-up story for having eaten the golden Pikpik carrots. Because the company is in such deep debt, he is unable to fire Olimar; he instead promotes Louie and makes Olimar his subordinate. Louie and his new subordinate, Olimar, board the Hocotate ship and blast off towards the Pikmin Planet.

Whilst searching for a spot to land in Wistful Wild, Louie collides with a branch, which knocks Olimar out of his cockpit and sends him plummeting to the ground below. Louie successfully lands the ship, which ejects him out of the spacecraft. Louie looks up to see a group of Yellow Pikmin fighting a Dwarf Painted Bulborb. He whistles them to his side and uses them to kill the creature. Olimar and Louie work together to reunite and continue their quest to pay off the company's debt once again.

When enough Pokos have been collected to pay the debt, Louie returns to Hocotate, not having realized he left Olimar behind. The President refuses to return to PNF-404 and makes the ship transform into a playable character. The S.S. Dolphin is used to return to the Distant Planet, and the final area, Foreboding Forest, is discovered. In it, Louie and the ship rescue Olimar from the Scrambled Titan Dweevil in the Doom Den. Eventually, Louie and the ship clear the entire planet of valuables.

Endings

Just like Pikmin 2, Pikmin 251 has two endings that can both be obtained in the same playthrough. One occurs when the debt is repaid, and the other happens when all two-hundred-fifty-two treasures have been collected.

Content

Areas and caves

The area selection screen after having unlocked all areas.

The following are the four areas, each having four custom caves.

• Wistful Wild: the final area of Pikmin 2, now the first in Pikmin 251. It contains six treasures.
  • Abandoned Toybox: has two sublevels and three treasures.
  • Ivory Metalworks: has six sublevels and eleven treasures.
  • Aquatic Depths: has seven sublevels and thirteen treasures.
  • Gambler's Den: has six sublevels and nine treasures.
• Flooded Fields: a flooded and greener version of Awakening Wood that has seven treasures.
  • Flaming Trench: has five sublevels and nine treasures.
  • Wooden Fortress: has seven sublevels and fourteen treasures.
  • Grub-dog Domain: has eight sublevels and thirteen treasures.
  • Steel Catacombs: has seven sublevels and fifteen treasures.
• Mystical Beach: a version of Perplexing Pool where grass and sand are switched and seven treasures are located.
  • Arachnid Asylum: has six sublevels and ten treasures.
  • Subterranean Sands: has seven sublevels and twelve treasures.
  • Cryptic Kitchen: has seven sublevels and seventeen treasures.
  • Palace of the Wraith: has five sublevels and fifteen treasures.
• Foreboding Forest: a dangerous, lush forest that is populated by many tough enemies and has seven treasures.
  • Pit of Misfortune: has ten sublevels and twenty treasures.
  • Endless Abyss: has fifteen sublevels and twenty-seven treasures.
  • Doom Den: has thirteen sublevels and twenty-one treasures.
  • Perilous Pipeline: has seven sublevels and sixteen treasures.

The new cave themes consist of the following:

• Beach
• Casino
• Autumn

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  An example of the casino theme.
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  An example of the beach theme.
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  An example of the autumn theme.

2-Player Battle Mode stages

1. Iron Battlefield
2. Broken Bulbmin
3. Gambler's Fallacy
4. Rusted Ruins
5. Test Map Trickery
6. The Waterwraith
7. Valley of Repose
8. Awakening Wood
9. Perplexing Pool
10. Wistful Wild

Challenge Mode stages

1. Frigid Cavern
2. Purple Trials
3. Gambler's Den
4. Bulbmin Gardens
5. Shaded Cove
6. Valley of Repose
7. Awakening Wood
8. Perplexing Pool
9. Wistful Wild
10. Foreboding Forest
11. Beverage Hall
12. Metallic Maze
13. Mad Labyrinth
14. Orange Chasm
15. Candypop Plains
16. Brick Workshop
17. Snagret Sanctum
18. Secret Rage
19. Haunted Halls
20. Perilous Pipeline
21. Felt Den
22. Ceramic Cellar
23. Shrouded Field
24. Torture Trench
25. Variety Pit
26. Evil Den
27. Conveyor Chasm
28. Royal Realm
29. Titan's Trench
30. The Gauntlet

Pikmin

Every Pikmin that appears in the standard game returns in Pikmin 251, although some have been tweaked. One new Pikmin type is discovered: the Orange Pikmin.

Orange Pikmin

Main article: Orange Pikmin

Orange Pikmin are a subterranean species of Pikmin that are obtained by throwing Pikmin into a Scarlet Candypop Bud. They are resistant to explosions and are characterized by the small, turtle-like shells on their arms and back. Orange Pikmin appear overall similar to White Pikmin. Like Bulbmin, they cannot be brought out of caves.

Encyclopedias

Piklopedia

The following is a complete list of every enemy and plant appearing in Pikmin 251, listed in the order defined by the Piklopedia.

1.  Silver Bulborb
2.  Cyan Bulborb
3.  Painted Bulborb
4.  Dwarf Silver Bulborb
5.  Frost Bulborb
6.  Dwarf Painted Bulborb
7.  Spotty Bulbear
8.  Dwarf Bulbear
9.  Bulborb Larva
10.  Fiery Bulblax
11.  Gummed Dumple
12.  Bulbearmin
13.  Fiery Blowhog
14.  Toxic Blowhog
15.  Armored Cannon Beetle Larva
16.  Golden Cannon Beetle Larva
17.  Bubbling Blowhog
18.  Grounding Blowhog
19.  Gatling Groink
20.  Iridescent Flint Beetle
21.  Iridescent Glint Beetle
22.  Doodlebug
23.  Female Sheargrub
24.  Male Sheargrub
25.  Shearwig
26.  Yellow Spotted Burrow-nit
27.  Ravenous Whiskerpillar
28.  Anode Beetle
29.  Mitite
30.  Hermit Crawmad
31.  Swooping Snitchbug
32.  Bumbling Snitchbug
33.  Careening Dirigibug
34.  Antenna Beetle
35.  Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat
36.  Greater Spotted Jellyfloat
37.  Fiery Dweevil
38.  Anode Dweevil
39.  Caustic Dweevil
40.  Withering Dweevil
41.  Volatile Dweevil
42.  Toady Bloyster
43.  Pink Wollywog
44.  Turquoise Wollywog
45.  Wogpole
46.  Lapis Lazuli Candypop Bud
47.  Crimson Candypop Bud
48.  Scarlet Candypop Bud
49.  Violet Candypop Bud
50.  Ivory Candypop Bud
51.  Queen Candypop Bud
52.  Creeping Chrysanthemum
53.  Skitter Leaf
54.  Unmarked Spectralid
55.  Honeywisp
56.  Moss Mamuta
57.  Frosted Breadbug
58.  Pellet Posy
59.  Common Glowcap
60.  Clover
61.  Figwort
62.  Dandelion
63.  Seeding Dandelion
64.  Horsetail
65.  Foxtail
66.  Glowstem
67.  Margaret
68.  Fiddlehead
69.  Shoot
70.  Silver Empress Bulblax
71.  Burrowing Snarrow
72.  Beady Long Legs
73.  Emperor Bulblax
74.  Giant Frosted Breadbug
75.  Pileated Snagret
76.  Man-at-Legs
77.  Ranging Bloyster
78.  Waterwraith
79.  Segmented Crawbster
80.  Raging Long Legs
81.  Scrambled Titan Dweevil

Treasure Hoard

See: Pikmin 251's Treasure Hoard

Upgrades

See: Pikmin 251's Upgrades

Obstacles

Two new obstacles are introduced.

•  Blast pipe
•  Fire bramble gate

Gallery

• 
  The save select screen, showing a fully completed game.
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  The 2-Player Battle menu.
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  The Challenge Mode menu.
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  Olimar discovering Yellow Pikmin during the Day 1 tutorial.

Version history

Version history
Version	Changes	Date
1.0	Initial release.	September 25th, 2019

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