Between Olimar's second journey and the Koppaites' arrival, the Pikmin deal with the aftermath of their war with the Titan Dweevil and his minions alongside with the prospect of having to survive once more without outside assistance. This is a serie of individual scenes taking place during this time period of PNF-404's history.

Thirty days have passed since captain Olimar's crash on PNF-404 and he has failed to recover the necessary parts to escape. The pikmins watch as the incomplete ship climbs desesperately to the skies in a mad dash doomed to fail before it even begun. Pikmin 1's bad ending/game over sequence from the pikmins' perspective.