Captain Olimar

Captain Olimar is the star of the video game franchise Pikmin, made by Shigeru Miyamoto, named after Mario himself (Olimar is an anagram of Mario, with an L added). In Super Smash Bros. Melee, he had a trophy which the player could only get when they used a memory card with a Pikmin savegame on it. He is also a new playable character in the Wii game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, fighting alongside the Pikmin. In fact, without the Pikmin, Olimar is helpless-He can't even use a Smash Attack. As such, Olimar has to constantly pick Pikmin out of the ground in order to fight.

The Pikmin may also scatter, which acts very problematic for Captain Olimar. It is unknown if they scatter by attacks from opponents or just naturally. However, Olimar can call the Pikmin back to his side, so as long as Olimar has even one Pikmin by his side, he can still fight. His other two specialties include throwing Pikmin and using them as a chain (as a Tether Recovery).

In his Final Smash he hops on his ship and takes off while lots of enemies come on the stage and start attacking the players. His "home" stage is the Distant Planet.

Solid Snake Codec Conversation

 * Mei Ling: Snake, have you ever heard of the ancient Chinese story, "The Vain Ocean of Wealth and Splendor" from the Zhen Zhong Ji?
 * Snake: I've been waiting for the movie.
 * Mei Ling: Basically, it's meant to express the impermanence of all things. You know, like even when Captain Olimar has lots of Pikmin with him, they could all be gone the next moment. Those poor little guys--they carry, they fight, they multiply...and they get eaten. Olimar might have lots of company one minute and be all alone the next. It's so sad.
 * Snake: But he can pluck out more Pikmin anytime he wants, right?
 * Mei Ling: Well, yeah, I suppose so.
 * Snake: No one truly fights alone. Not even me.
 * Mei Ling: ...You're absolutely right, Snake. Good luck. I'm rooting for you.

Role in the Subspace Emissary
Captain Olimar's Pikmin are attacking a huge R.O.B. however they are so weak they do no damage-the R.O.B. simply spins around and all the Pikmin that were on him fly in all directions and turn into ghosts and die. Captain Olimar starts shivering in fear at the huge robot. A red Pikmin walks up to Olimar and taps him on the side. Olimar turns around and the red Pikmin points out the Blue Falcon speeding through the forest.

Captain Falcon jumps out of the Blue Falcon and then Falcon Punches the huge Robot right in his face. The R.O.B. then falls back destroyed. Captain Falcon lands back on the ground while doing a slide similar to the Falcon Kick. However, while he is sliding on the ground, he accidentally hurts Pikmin that came in contact with him and killed them all. Captain Falcon just stands there striking a pose wile Captain Olimar just watches as the wind blows a leaf by. Olimar and Falcon decide to team up to fight the Primids.

Trophy Information from Super Smash Bros. Melee
''The main character of the game Pikmin, Captain Olimar crash-lands on a mysterious planet after his spaceship malfunctions. In order to get off the planet, he must gather the pieces of his broken ship, but the atmosphere of the planet is poisonous to Olimar. As a result, he has to enlist the help of the native Pikmin.''

Pikmin & Olimar
''Veteran spacefarers in the employ of Hocotate Freight. After crash-landing on an enigmatic planet, Olimar met the mysterious beings known as Pikmin. He enlisted their aid to find his spaceship parts and help him escape. Once home, he found his employer on the verge of bankruptcy. He was sent back to the Pikmin world with his partner, Louie, to repay the company debt.''

End of Day
''Olimar's Final Smash. Dusk falls, and his spaceship makes a landing. Olimar takes the Onion, with all his Pikmin aboard, and blasts off for the stars. In Pikmin, native life-forms grew active and violent at night, making it lethal to remain on the surface--this is why Olimar would take his Onions and leave at night. This technique breaks the framework of the game.''

Trivia



 * Olimar was planned to make an appearance in Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga as one of the characters that appear when creating new brews in the Starbeans Cafe. In this appearance, his dialogue was written in the type of text box that appears whenever Mario or Luigi get certain items, as though written in a log book like in the actual Pikmin games. He also names Mario "Marlio" (a complete anagram of "Olimar") and mistakes Luigi for a dangerous beast. Because Professor E. Gadd replaced all of the other characters (even Wario), Olimar wasn't able to interact with Mario until Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Olimar's symbol in Super Smash Bros. Brawl looks very similar to Princess Daisy's emblem.
 * One of Olimar's costume looks very similar to his sidekick, Louie as well as the President of Hocotate Frieght.
 * In Yoshi's Island DS, a baby that looks like Captain Olimar appears in a few scenes.
 * One of the sentences, Mei Ling says to Snake in the codec-conversation about Olimar ("they carry, they fight, they multiply...and they get eaten."), is a reference to the japanese theme-song of the Pikmin, "Ai no Uta", wich also apears as background music in Brawl.