Q 01/05

Who created the Pikmin series?

A) Shigeru Miyamoto

B) Masahiro Sakurai

C) Eiji Aonuma

D) Satoru Iwata

Answer · why

A) Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's veteran designer, conceived Pikmin at Nintendo EAD and has cited his gardening hobby as an inspiration for the game.

Q 02/05

On which console was the original Pikmin released in 2001?

A) Nintendo 64

B) GameCube

C) Wii

D) Game Boy Advance

Answer · why

B) GameCube

Pikmin launched on the GameCube in late 2001, only weeks after the console itself, and was later ported to Nintendo's subsequent consoles.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the planet the Pikmin live on?

A) Hocotate

B) Koppai

C) PNF-404

D) Sirehound

Answer · why

C) PNF-404

PNF-404 is the name given to the Pikmin planet in Pikmin 3; its ruins and everyday objects strongly imply it is a far-future Earth.

Q 04/05

Captain Olimar comes from which planet?

A) Hocotate

B) Koppai

C) PNF-404

D) Corneria

Answer · why

A) Hocotate

Olimar is from Hocotate, where he works for Hocotate Freight; oxygen in the Pikmin planet's air is poisonous to him, hence his spacesuit.

Q 05/05

Olimar's rocket, the S.S. Dolphin, is named after what?

A) Miyamoto's childhood pet

B) The console's development code name

C) A Japanese sushi chain

D) The first Nintendo mascot

Answer · why

B) The console's development code name

Olimar's own name in Japanese is a syllabic anagram of Mario.