Pikmin: Distant Planet
Pikmin: Distant Planet is a non-canon game. The story happens long before Olimar ever met the Pikmin. At this time, the Pikmin are thriving. They established a certain dominance in areas around the Pikmin planet, forged areas where they could live safely in different colonies. However, another race of creatures views the rapidly-expanding Pikmin dominance as a threat and slowly begins not only retaliation, but general takeover of the Distant Planet. The different Pikmin colonies must unite against the threat, but unfortunately, each colony has been separated by a past of conflict and present egotistical motives.
Plot
A group of Yellow Pikmin attempted to take control of a distant desert island in the ocean far to the west of the Lightning Peninsula after their colony completed work on the first-ever water-traversing Pikmin vessel. It took them a few days to reach the island, but a storm at sea wrecked them on it. They spent many days repairing damages, and they were able to send no messages to their village, leading to doubts back home about whether or not the colonizers ever made it.
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