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Captain Olimar

Artwork of Captain Olimar from Pikmin 4.

Captain Olimar is the main protagonist of the Pikmin series. He is the main playable character in Pikmin, Pikmin 2, and Hey! Pikmin, and a major supporting character in Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4. He is from the planet Hocotate, and while on several missions for his employer, Hocotate Freight, he discovered the planet PNF-404, and on it, the Pikmin.

In Pikmin and Pikmin 4, he owns and captains a spaceship called the S.S. Dolphin, and in Hey! Pikmin, he owns and captains the S.S. Dolphin II. He has a family back on Hocotate, which includes his wife, son, daughter, and dog. Olimar's writings in his end-of-day monologs, Piklopedia notes, and exploration logs are a major source of information about the world in each game.

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