Pikmin 4

How to Get Captain Olimar

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Pikmin 4 - Olimar

Captain Olimar is the main character of the Pikmin series and drives the story in Pikmin 4 by needing a rescue. Read on to find out who is Captain Olimar, how to get him, what features he unlocks, and his role in Pikmin 4 and the rest of the game series.

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How to Get Captain Olimar

Complete Rescue Olimar Main Mission

Rescue Olimar is a main mission in Pikmin 4 and is what drives the game's story. It includes a series of objectives that will have the player explore several areas in succession. The mission is acquired from Shepherd at the beginning of the game, after the tutorials.

Rescue Olimar Main Mission Guide

Who is Captain Olimar?

Olimar's Roles



Captain of the SS Dolphin

Pikmin 4 - Olimar Olimar Hocotate Freight Employee
Home Planet: Hocotate
A hard worker and family man who often sacrifices his time off to support his family. He also seems to be a magnet for bad luck.

In Pikmin 4, Captain Olimar gets stranded on a mysterious planet with Pikmin and a dog-like creature called Moss. After sending a distress signal and retrieving all the parts of his spaceship, the SS Dolphin, Moss sneaks aboard and falls seriously ill.

Realizing Moss can't survive outside the planet, Olimar tries to return but crashes again, and it's up to the player to rescue him.

Provides Oatchi the Swallow Ability

After rescuing and curing Captain Olimar, you can find him next to his spaceship at the Rescue Command Post. Talk to him, and he will teach Oatchi the Swallow skill that allows our rescue pup to store an object in his belly to transport it on his own.

Swallow Effect and How to Unlock

Provides Olimar's Shipwreck Tale Side Story

Pikmin 4 - Shipwreck Tale

After rescuing Captain Olimar, you can talk to him at the Rescue Command Post to unlock Olimar's Shipwreck Tale. This is a post-game side story in Pikmin 4, where you relive Olimar's adventure after he crashes into PNF-404. The side story will have the player control Captain Olimar as he tries to find ship parts and repair the SS Dolphin.

Olimar's Shipwreck Tale Guide

Protagonist of Pikmin Series

Pikmin Series

Captain Olimar is the main protagonist of the Pikmin series and appears in all iterations of the game. He even represents the series as a character in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

Can You Play as Captain Olimar?

During Tutorial and Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

Tutorial Olimar's Shipwreck Tale

In Pikmin 4, you will be able to play as Captain Olimar at two points in the game. The first is during the tutorials, which also act as the game's prologue, setting up the story. The second is after completing the Rescue Olimar main mission. This unlocks Olimar's Shipwreck Tale, which retells Olimar's troubles repairing his ship and trying to get off the planet.

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Pikmin 4 - Characters

List of All Characters

Hocotate Freight Employees

Hocotate Freight Employees
Pikmin 4 - Captain Olimar Captain Olimar Pikmin 4 - Louie Louie

Rescue Corps Officers

Rescue Corps Officer
Pikmin 4 - Rescue Pup Oatchi Oatchi Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Captain Shepherd Shepherd Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Officer Collin Collin
Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Officer Russ Russ Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Officer Dingo Dingo Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Officer Yonny Yonny
Pikmin 4 - Rescue Corps Officer Bernard Bernard - -

Civilian Castaways

Civilian Castaways
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Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Francois Francois Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Pitunia Pitunia Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Puddle Puddle
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Mika Mika Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Sy Sy Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Dash Dash
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Corgwin Corgwin Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Jin Jin Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Chet Chet
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Sheeba Sheeba Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Muggs Muggs Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Keesh Keesh
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Osa Osa Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Frise Frise Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Kaia Kaia
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Vonda Vonda Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Patch Patch Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Chewy Chewy
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Twyla Twyla Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Don Bergman Don Bergman Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Bernise Bernise
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Yorke Yorke Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Horatio Horatio Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Nelle Nelle
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Molly Molly Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Santi Santi Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Kayz Kayz
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Kit Kit Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Komo Komo Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Alpin Alpin
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Chowder Chowder Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Lapi Lapi Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Sammy Sammy
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Wolfgang Wolfgang Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Ren Ren Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Boris Boris
Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Grace Grace Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Fawks Fawks Pikmin 4 - Civilian Castaway Beaux Beaux

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