Hocotate Freight

Hocotate Freight's logo in all non-Japanese versions.

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Hocotate Freight (ホコタテ運送^?) is a "long-haul, deep-space shipping company" that Captain Olimar works for, based on the planet Hocotate. It's located in a remote countryside somewhere in the southern hemisphere of Hocotate. The President and his wife lead the company, and its only known employees are Olimar and Louie. The company also owns two ships, the S.S. Dolphin and the Hocotate ship.

In some pieces of mail, the President's wife claims that she is the real boss of the company and that she does all the hard work.

History

Hocotate Freight had no known financial difficulties until Louie lost his cargo of golden Pikpik carrots, reportedly to a space bunny, while Olimar was stranded on PNF-404 trying to rebuild his spaceship, forcing Hocotate Freight to sell most of its possessions and take out a huge loan. Hocotate Freight sells Olimar's S.S. Dolphin to pay for the debt while he is away, but this still leaves them with a debt of 10,100 Pokos to repay.

As soon as Olimar returns from the planet of the Pikmin, he is informed of the situation by the President of Hocotate Freight, and of his ship, the S.S. Dolphin, being sold; it is confiscated as he arrives. In shock, Olimar drops the bottle cap he has been holding, which was meant as a souvenir for his son. It rolls to the ground, causing the sensors of an old ship behind the President to go wild. The Hocotate ship proceeds to announce that the bottle cap is worth 100 Pokos, after which the President orders Olimar to go back to the Pikmin planet with Louie to find enough treasure to cover the now 10,000-Poko debt.

With the debt repaid, the Hocotate ship is painted in a gold-colored material, and the President replaces Louie on the adventure to find the remaining treasures. Over time, the company starts turning around thanks to the President's wife, until it eventually opens for business once more when all treasures are collected.

After Pikmin 2, Hocotate Freight goes into debt once more following a failed business venture by the President, forcing Olimar and Louie to return to PNF-404 and gather even more treasure during Pikmin 3. The duo goes missing, and Alph, Britanny and Captain Charlie on an unrelated mission later find the Hocotate ship wrecked and lacking its gold paint near the Quaggled Mireclops' arena.

The Koppaite trio succeeds in rescuing Olimar and Louie, but upon their return to Hocotate, the President chastises his employees for leaving the company's ship behind. This leads to Olimar's Comeback, in which the duo goes on a fourth trip to the planet to repair the Hocotate ship.

Notes

Pikmin 2 Japanese website

Text

“前回、オリマーが遭難し、今回再びルーイとともにやってきたこの星は、巨大生物がひしめく謎の惑星で、奇妙な生態系が発達し、地下には数々のお宝が埋没している。お宝はどうやら、過去にこの星に存在した文明の遺産と思われる。いや、過去と言い切っていいのかどうかは分からない。なぜなら、オリマーがこの星を離れてホコタテ星に戻った間に、同じ地域が大きく様変わりしているのだ。それは明らかに高度な分明の跡であり、今だ見ぬ巨大生命体の文明がこの星には現存する可能性もある…。”

Translation

“A shipping company that has been operating modestly in the countryside of Hocotate. In his youth, the current president roamed the universe, which led him to establish a shipping company. During Olimar's absence, the company received its first big job in years, but the president, blinded by money, asked Louie, a new employee, to take care of it, and that was the end of his luck. A space bunny stole the entire cargo of Pikpik carrots. All that was left was a huge debt, a battered spaceship, and broken junk.”

Gallery

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  Japanese version of the logo.

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  Artwork of a Hocotate Freight building, notice how Hocotate is written as Hokotate.

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  A sign bearing Hocotate Freight's logo.

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  The Dolphin and the ship at Hocotate Freight.

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  A closer look at the company's building (and the President).

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  Texture used for the angel image the Hocotate ship (texture taken from Super Smash Bros. Brawl).

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  Texture used on Captain Olimar's shoulder in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ホコタテ運送? Hokotate unsou	Hocotate Shipping
Chinese (traditional)	荷克塔特運輸	Hocotate Transport
Dutch	Hocotate Transport	Hocotate Transport
French (NoE)	Hocatate Fret	Hocotate Freight
German	Hocotate Freight	Hocotate Freight
Italian	Hocotate Transporti	Hocotate Transports
Korean	호코타테 운송 hokotate unsong	Hocotate Transportation
Spanish	Hocotate, S. L.	Hocotate, Limited Society (Sociedad Limitada)

See also

• Hocotate
• Poko
• Koppai