If you want to know what the Parting Tape from Hey! Pikmin is, it is actually a microcassette. Not to be confused with a compact cassette, which appears in the game as the Sonic Relaxant.
Microcassettes are audio storage devices that are smaller than compact cassettes. They were created in 1969 as a smaller alternative to the compact cassette for audio recording. However, many factors, including new technology made the microcassette obsolete by the late 1990s, and by the time Hey! Pikmin was launched for the Nintendo 3DS, it would make sense for audio cassette tapes, including microcassettes, to be categorised as forgotten "treasures" that Olimar and his Pikmin encounter, because audio cassette tapes have become obsolete due to new technology.
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