- Koppai sent out probes called Sparrows to find other planets with resources
- the three-captain team has their ship crash on the new planet, having all 3 land in different places
- day 1 acts as a tutorial
- play first as Charlie
- he has crashed in a snow-filled area
- he'll find Yellow Pikmin that help him into a cave
- you then switch to Alph
- Alph lands in a tropical area where he finds red Pikmin
- he finds the callpad here, which is like the GamePad
- data entries you find scattered around are from Captain Olimar in previous Pikmin games
- GamePad can give you a status breakdown of your Pikmin to see how they're doing
- GamePad can also show you how much extract you can get from the fruit you find
- tap portions of the map on the GamePad to send Pikmin there right away
- regroup with Brittany on day 2 in the Garden of Hope
- your currently-selected Pikmin will stay selected, even when you pick up a new color
- pull multiple Pikmin from the same onion
- hold the Z button to pull out multiple Pikmin types
- playing Wiimote/Nunchuk doesn't allow for full camera control
- first-person camera mode via GamePad for snapping pics