The Pikmin are a species of half-animal half-plant creatures, they are grown from seeds produced by another animal-plant species, called "onions". Once a Pikmin seed hits the ground, it grows in a matter of seconds, and if someone plucks it from the ground, it becomes mobile and gets attached to said person, who now can command their Pikmin to do a variety of tasks by throwing them at certain objectives.

Pikmin may be small, but they have strength in numbers, if you learn how to properly command them, you can survive and tribe together in this merciless cubic world.