Inactive Pikmin?

[waveshinespike]

A friend and I was messing around on wi-fi the other day and he just started attacking and the pikmin wouldn't do anything.

here is a video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TDJjozXOrQ sorry for no sound

If this has already been discovered then just excuse me for making this, I don't come around the Olimar boards often.

 

[Barge]

Those are ghost pikmin.

 

[willgums]

I had this problem too, whenever i tried to grab olimar would just point and no pikmin would go out, but it stopped after a while.