50 free Pikmin trivia questions with answers — technology quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
45 free Pikmin trivia questions with answers. Pikmin has quietly become one of Nintendo's strangest and most beloved series, and this quiz covers all of it. Forty-five questions run from the original 2001 GameCube game through Pikmin 2's treasure hunt, Pikmin 3's Koppaite captains, Hey! Pikmin on 3DS, Pikmin Bloom on phones and Pikmin 4 with Oatchi the rescue pup. Expect questions on every Pikmin colour and what it resists, the Onions, the S.S. Dolphin, Hocotate Freight's debt, the Titan Dweevil and the planet PNF-404. The easy questions ask who created the series and which Pikmin can swim; the hard ones want the Japanese counting word behind the name, the Tim Burton influence and the pop song that outsold the first game in Japan. Written for fans who know their Bulborbs from their Bulbmin. Every answer was checked against Wikipedia's articles on the series and each game, and every question carries the sentence that supports it.
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Q 01Who created the Pikmin series?
Shigeru Miyamoto
He said the Super Mario 128 tech demo from 2000 was effectively played by everyone 'in a game called Pikmin'.
Q 02On which console was the original Pikmin released in 2001?
GameCube
It was one of the first planned first-party titles for the system and later got a Wii port and a Switch remaster.
Q 03What is the name of the planet the Pikmin live on?
PNF-404
It is Earth-like and strongly implied to be Earth long after humans have gone.
Q 04Captain Olimar comes from which planet?
Hocotate
Its atmosphere lacks the oxygen that is poisonous to him on the Pikmin planet.
Q 05Olimar's rocket, the S.S. Dolphin, is named after what?
The console's development code name
Olimar's own name in Japanese is a syllabic anagram of Mario.
Q 06Olimar's Japanese name, Orimā, is a syllabic anagram of which other Miyamoto character?
Mario
Both characters were created by Shigeru Miyamoto.
Q 07Olimar names the creatures 'Pikmin' because they resemble what from his home planet?
Pikpik brand carrots
In Pikmin 2 Louie loses a shipment of golden Pikpik carrots, or so he claims.
Q 08In the first game, how many days does Olimar have to repair his ship before his life support fails?
30
Pikmin 2 removed the deadline entirely, letting players spend as many days as they liked.
Q 09Roughly how long does one in-game day last in Pikmin?
About 13 minutes
Everything left out at sunset is eaten by nocturnal predators, so the clock drives the whole design.
Q 10How many total ship parts must be reclaimed in the first game to earn the best ending?
30
Only 25 are required to escape; missing all of them turns Olimar into a Pikmin-Hocotatian hybrid.
Q 11In the worst ending of the first Pikmin, what happens to Olimar?
He is turned into a plant hybrid
The Pikmin carry his body to an Onion after the Dolphin fails to launch.
Q 12Which three Pikmin colours appear in the original game?
Red, Yellow and Blue
Later games added purple, white, rock, winged, ice and glow varieties.
Q 13Which Pikmin colour is immune to fire?
Red
They are also the strongest of the original trio in combat.
Thanks to their gills, which Pikmin can move through water?
Q 21Mushroom Pikmin, which attack other Pikmin, are created by spores from which enemy?
The Puffstool
They are the only Pikmin that turn on their own kind.
Q 22What are the Pikmin's mothership-like nests called?
Onions
Feed one and it produces seeds that grow into new Pikmin to be plucked from the ground.
Q 23What grows on a Pikmin's head to indicate its strength and speed?
A leaf, bud or flower
Feeding a Pikmin nectar or leaving it planted advances it up the stages.
According to the series lore, a Pikmin is roughly as tall as which object?
Blue
Everyone else drowns, which is why water is one of the series' most persistent hazards.
Q 15In Pikmin 2, Yellow Pikmin lost the ability to carry bomb rocks but gained immunity to what?
Electric shocks
From Pikmin 3 on they also became the fastest diggers alongside Rock Pikmin.
Q 16Purple Pikmin have the strength and weight of how many ordinary Pikmin?
Ten
They move slowly but can stun enemies with a shockwave when they land.
Q 17White Pikmin damage an enemy in what unusual way?
By being toxic when eaten
They are also the fastest runners and can spot treasure buried underground.
Q 18Bulbmin, found only in certain caves in Pikmin 2, are Pikmin that have parasitised which enemy?
Bulborbs
Adult Bulbmin are hostile, but the juveniles can be recruited and are immune to every hazard.
Q 19Which two Pikmin types were introduced in Pikmin 3?
Rock and Winged
Rock Pikmin smash crystal and cannot be crushed; Winged Pikmin fly over water and lift items through the air.
Q 20Which two Pikmin types were introduced in Pikmin 4?
Ice and Glow
Glow Pikmin are used on the new night expeditions and are immune to every element.
A US dime
Olimar himself is described as about one inch tall.
Q 25The name 'Pikmin' derives from which Japanese word used to count the creatures during development?
Ippiki
It became 'Piki', then 'Picky', and finally 'Pikmin'.
Q 26The art style of the first Pikmin was inspired by the work of which filmmaker?
Tim Burton
The theming drew on the film Fantastic Planet and Richard Dawkins's book The Selfish Gene.
Q 27Which 2000 tech demo did Miyamoto say people had 'already played' in the form of Pikmin?
Super Mario 128
The demo animated up to 128 Marios at once, showing off the crowd technology that became Pikmin.
Q 28Which song, used in the Japanese ads for Pikmin, became a hit that eclipsed the game's own sales?
Ai no Uta
It was recorded by Strawberry Flower and briefly boosted the game's weekly sales when it charted.
Q 29In Pikmin 2, why do Olimar and Louie return to the Pikmin planet?
To collect treasure to clear the company's debt
A bottle cap Olimar brought home as a souvenir turns out to be worth a fortune.
Q 30In Pikmin 2, Louie claims a shipment of luxury carrots was eaten by what?
A space rabbit
The epilogue reveals Louie ate them himself and falsified his report.