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Treasure! Treasure! Treasure! Money! Money! Money! Money!
—The Research Pod, Pikmin 2
The Research Pod.
The Research Pod is the detachable nose cone of the Hocotate Ship in Pikmin 2. While in caves, the Research Pod is detached from the Hocotate Ship and sent down to support Olimar and Louie/The President on their underground expedition. Anything that the Pikmin pick up will be carried to the Pod and stored in its hull until the player exits the cavern. On leaving a cave via a geyser, the treasure worth of these is added to the total.
If the player chooses to leave by selecting the option in the pause menu, the Pod will drop all treasures and creatures that were collected and return to the surface with the captains and Pikmin. This also happens automatically if all Pikmin die or both captains suffer too much damage, and cannot be stopped without resetting the game. The discarded treasures will be returned to the Sublevels they were found in.
The Research Pod makes an appearance in one of the Pikmin Short Movies, Occupational Hazards, where it can be seen taking in pieces of scrap metal sent by the Pikmin. It is also shown near the end of the short where it analyzes the remains of the wrecking machine and shows it's price.
Trivia[]
- The sounds made by the Research Pod are used by the S.S. Drake in Pikmin 3.
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