Olimar, Louie and the President return to Hocotate shortly after the events of Pikmin: Mysterious Raiders . Upon their arrival, the President receives a message from a Government Pod which is apparently from Hocotate's Mayor. In the letter, the Mayor congratulates Hocotate Freight for their expeditions and offers for the crew to return to the planet and find "the rest of the treasures" with the promise of endless prosperity. But weren't they all salvaged in Pikmin 2? Apparently not, as the Government Pod implants a program in your ship which increases its capabilities to detect valuable artifacts. Without a second thought, the President boots Olimar and Louie back into the ship. They are launched back to the planet, where they discover that the new program stops their ship from leaving the