Gold Pikmin
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A Gold Pikmin is a certan pikmin that can act as a captian in place of Olimar or Louie. It is the third phase in its life cycle which includes the Bronze Pikmin (Bud) Silver Pikmin (Leaf) and the Gold Pikmin (flower-duh)
Physical Description
It has a silver flower and has a bronze whistle (That it earns in its "Gathering of the Silver" ceremony when it is at the end of its Silver Stage) hanging around it's neck.
Activation
Olimar (or Louie) can activate the pikmin's "Leadership Mode" by throwing it on the ground. It cannot become activated until it becomes a Gold Pikmin. After being activated up to 15 pikmin will follow this substitute "captian". You can play as the gold pikmin by selecting the glowing button on the bottom left-hand side of the screen that appears when you activate the pikmin. Only one Gold Pikmin can be activated at any one time.