Update #200: Pikmin & Olimar: Special Moves

[parrothead]

Captain Olimar is among the most specialised characters within the cast of Smash Bros. Brawl.

In order to really unleash Olimar’s full potential, you’ve got to have a good knowledge of his helpful cohorts, the Pikmin!


<Standard Special Move: Pikmin Pluck>


Pluck, pluck, pluck up Pikmin.

First uproot a few Pikmin from the ground. You can have up to six Pikmin at one time. As long as there is ground beneath your feet, you can reach down and pull up a Pikmin, but be aware that certain Pikmin are more likely to appear in specific types of flooring.

There are 5 types of Pikmin to use!


- Red Pikmin -

• High attack power
  
• Attacks imbued with incendiary properties
  
• Immune to fire
  

- Yellow Pikmin -

• Range of attack slightly larger than usual;
  easy to hit enemies with
  
• Travel in slight arcs when thrown
  
• Attacks imbued with electrical properties
  

- Blue Pikmin -

• Strong when thrown
  
• Slightly more durable than average
  

- Purple Pikmin -

• Doesn’t fly far when thrown
  
• Slow
  
• High attack power
  
• Slams into enemies instead of
  latching on when thrown
  

- White Pikmin -

• Quick and light
  
• When latched onto opponent,
  poison does additional damage
  

You can figure out which Pikmin you will attack with next by looking at the order they are lined up in.


You’ll use a Red Pikmin in your next attack.

In order to perform a Smash Attack, certain midair attacks, and even throws, you’re going to need Pikmin!

Anyhow, just do your best to not kill off your platoon. Olimar doesn’t stand much of a chance by himself.


Pikmin don’t have graves, you know.


<Side Special Move: Pikmin Throw>
Throw Pikmin that latch on to your opponent!


They’ll cause an enemy’s damage percentage to slowly rise!


<Up Special Move: Pikmin Chain>
If you think you’re about to plunge to your doom, this right here is your best chance for survival.

The recovery distance for this technique is dependent upon the number of Pikmin currently in your troop!


Just imagine what would’ve happened
if you had had one less Pikmin!


<Down Special Move: Pikmin Order>
Call back Pikmin who have managed to separate from you. You can also use this technique to shift a new Pikmin to the front of the line.


Tweeet! Line up, everyone!

So there you have it. I bet you’re a little confused by his eccentric play style.

But don’t fret! It’s easier than it looks. Spend some time playing around with him. That’s key.


Whoa, the battlefield sure is crowded today.

[Snuka7]

This is GREAT! Man though he looks hard to control dosen't he. What if somebody uses debug to make 70 Captain Olimar and Pikiman on a small stage like Yoshi's Island...wouldn't that be hecktic!

[Johans Nidorino]

This character is really different than the rest. I think he deserved it, to have a strategy of his own inside the mechanics of the game.

[8bitretroshit]

B standard being pull means Kirby can have his own plant army to whack stuff with, whee

[mopinks]

but Kirby wouldn't be able to throw the Pikmin! I wonder how he'll use them.

[kirbychu]

He'll be able to Smash with them, like Olimar does.

I guess that last screenshot is the reason the Pikmin (and maybe Pokémon) models aren't so detailed.

[Da Robot]

Yes!!!! I was hoping this update would happen today!!!

P&O is going to be one very cool character to play as and the Pikmin ghosts are a great addition as well. P&O is staying pretty very close to his games.

It's also neat they gave the R and Y Pikmin their own elemental attacks.

Great, now I want to see some footage of P&O in action now.

[Goomba Joe]

That right there, just REEKS cuteness.

Olimar looks like an incredibly interesting character, and lotsa fun. Can't wait to try him out.

[Game Guru]

You know I do kinda like the idea that the move that is INTEGRAL for Olimar could be COMPLETELY useless to Kirby. =P

[Fryguy64]

I imagine a lot of Olimar's standard attacks are boosted by having Pikmin following him, and so Kirby can call up his Pikmin hoard, and his own attacks will get a little boost from it.

By the way... totally called this ;D

I thought the different Pikmin would have different effects as well. I like the idea of certain surfaces providing different Pikmin too. Norfair with Red Pikmin? Man, this game be crazy ;D

[Captain Walrus]

Kirby's move might be like Peach's vegetable toss but with Pikmin. I am pretty curious about how Kirby will work with Olimar's moves.

I love the concept behind Olimar. He's going to be a fun character to play around with. Unfortunately, I think he might end up like Ice Climbers in Melee in the sense that while original, I never really play as them.

[Smashchu]

I was right about Pikmin rope.

Pretty neat stuff. Defiantly cool. Also, Update 200 Monday (technically this is 199 for Japan).

[wanderingshadow]

I love Captain Olimar's crazy moves. His move set is truly unique and I can't wait to try it out.

[Deleted]

While not the ZOMG EPIC! update a few people were anticipating for #200, there's still a nice, sizeable amount of info in this one. Rarely do we see all four of a character's special moves in one update, but we've gotten to see them all in great detail - and as an added bonus we have a few Olimar color schemes to boot!

Olimar is going to be wicked fun to play as, methinks...and I can forgive the low-poly Pikmin models seeing that bottom screenshot. I just hope the next Nintendo console has a better graphics processing engine so we can move past this look.

[TV Eye]

This update is amazing! Olimar looks like a very unique, interesting, and fun character. Him and Pokemon Trainer might be my primary character choices.