I continued my game in Pikmin 3 today. I still needed to find the Captain, so I returned to the Distant Tundra level to resume my search. I made my way to a dark cave where a huge creature could be seen flying overhead. It was late in the day though, so I returned to my ship for the night. I had recovered two new pieces of fruit however, a citrus lump (orange) and dark pustules (grapes). After analyzing the new fruit, I was told that I have now recovered 10 types of fruit, and fruit will now show up on the radar. That will be definitely be helpful.
When I returned to the cave, that big ugly creature was still flying around. I would later find out that it’s called a Vehemoth Phosbat.
I saw that I needed to use yellow Pikmin to conduct electricity in order to turn on various light bulbs in the cave. The big flying creature did not enjoy the light, and it would temporarily stun it. This was my chance to attack!
It was a battle, but I eventually beat the Vehemoth Phosbat. With its last bit of life, it tried to fly away…but instead smacked its head on a huge light bulb and fell to the ground. Once it landed, there was a big surprise! Its mouth opened up and our captain, Charlie, came out!
He told me that, based on a data file he found, Olimar (from the first two Pikmin games) must have landed on this planet shortly before we did! And he apparently has our cosmic-drive key, which we’ll need to leave the planet. So it’s clear now that we have to find Olimar! A new signal appeared to be coming from the Tropical Wilds area; could it be Olimar? I’ll have to head that way next time to find out.