
Defeating a frozen enemy will make it shatter into chunks of ice without leaving a corpse, but it will drop nectar, similar to how ultra-bitter spray functions. Once the gauge is full, the enemy freezes entirely, can no longer act, and gains an ice-coated look. While attacks only increment the gauge slightly, when an Ice Pikmin is swallowed the gauge increases by a lot – around 40% when fighting a Bulborb. They freeze enemies by filling up a circular gauge around the enemy's health wheel via attacks or being consumed. They have the ability to freeze enemies and bodies of water. They leave small snow and water vapor particles around them as they move, and they have yellow flowers. They are cyan, with bodies that look like they are composed of two chunks of ice.

It is now up to their newest recruit to save Olimar and the castaway members of the Rescue Corps, and repair the Rescue Corps' ship.

However, the Rescue Corps also crash-land on the planet.

Having once again crash-landed on a distant planet, Captain Olimar sends out a distress signal to the Rescue Corps for aid.
