Talk about lame characters, Captain Olimar can’t really fight on his own in Brawl. Sure, he’s got up to six minions that he can freely control at any time. But they’re plants. Friggin’ PLANTS. Or Pikmin, whatever.
As such, his special moves all involve using Pikmin. Yanking them from the ground, throwing them around, killing them off, what have you. You can check out more details and shots after the break.
- Standard Special Move: “Pikmin Pluck”
- Red Pikmin
- High attack power
- Attack 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
- Red Pikmin
- Side Special Move: “Pikmin Throw”
- Pikmin will latch on and cause your enemy’s damage to slowly rise
- Up Special Move: “Pikmin Chain”
- Pikmin form a lengthy recovery tether based on how many Pikmin you currently have
- Down Special Move: “Pikmin Order”
- Blow your whistle to call the von Trapp family into line.
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