Up to 100 Pikmin can follow your crew at once (any others you’ve collected will wait safely in the Onion) and your Pikmin party can be a mix of Pikmin types. Once you’ve called Pikmin from the Onion you can use a whistle to call them to you, and they’ll happily follow your commands! Pikmin are intelligent creatures: throw them at something (they really don’t mind) and they’ll work out what they can do and start doing it!

At your command the Pikmin forces will carry heavy loads for you, break down barriers, build bridges, fight the local wildlife, and more! Of course, some items are very heavy indeed, so you may need to assign a certain number of Pikmin before they can do anything.

You can also split your crew into three squads and switch between them to explore in different directions at once. Using the touch screen on the KopPad you can pick a place on the map and send a squad to that location automatically, then choose another team and give them orders. Once you get the hang of switching commanders you’ll get a lot more done!