General Pikmin Thread

I punched them all to death! It was rather tedious, but at least none of my pikmin were harmed.

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

I'm a compulsive corpse collector too. I go out of my way to gather corpses even after paying the debt. It's fine in the 8 day run as long as you don't collect extra corpses in return visits to caves. And even then there's quite a bit of wiggle room since the cavern doesn't suddenly end at 10,000 Pokos.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

The challenge stages were pretty cool, I do admit. The lack of Water power in earlier games presumably means the Water challenge stage will not be included... Thank all that is holy.

I genuinely enjoy the Sword, Bomb, and Hi-Jump ones, though.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

Wrong thread, I think. Though I did enjoy the Hi-Jump challenge you speak of.

edited 14th Jun '12 10:22:53 AM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

...This is what happens when you leave two response windows open at the same time.

Ssssso. Uh. Does anyone here have any knowledge of or experience with the Pikmin e-Reader game/puzzles?

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

I've played both pikmin 1 and 2 for play control (I'm British) I've fully completed both games. Yet I can't seem to do challange mode well in the final trail. Any tips?

I hope they improve the Pikmin AI in the new one. Because, when the girlfriend of my brother played the first Pikmin-game, her Pikmin got stuck very often, prompting my brother and myself to growl 'Pikmin AI...' very often.

To be fair, given how small their brains must be, and the fact that they're part plant, how intelligent can they truly be?

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada

Have you seen those ants in the Amazon? They can be pretty intelligent when they need to be. I've heard they build bridges or rafts if they need to get across something.

They build things with their own bodies, even. As in, the ants become living bricks for a while. It's a group intelligence, with the environment and the Queens commanding things. Pikmin are the same way for Olimar.

Been playing Pikmin 1 (for the first time in a couple years) this morning.

...People who get 0 deaths are insane. I understand that it is theoretically possible, but I just don't see how to avoid a few being killed by the frogs in the third area.

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!

It's actually not too tough. Wait for it to jump, and as soon as it hits the ground throw some Pikmin on top of it. Then right as it's about to jump up to get them off, whistle them off, wait for it to land, and repeat.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

I've been playing Pikmin 2 recently. The Submerged Castle is hell, I tell you.

I've never really been a professional Pikmin player—the fastest I've managed to get all the parts is 16 days, seven over the target for intermediate players. I have gotten all the no-death runs in Pikmin 2's Challenge Mode, though, and my brother thinks me insane for that, so I guess that's something.

Ninja'd. That's the one into which you can only bring blue Pikmin, right?

edited 21st Jun '12 9:57:39 AM by FinalStarman

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

Yes. Damn the Waterwraith. Damn it to hell.

I haven't done anything impressive in Pikmin 1, but I've done no-death runs and the 8 day run in Pikmin 2.

It's easier in Pikmin 2 to do those because of caves providing save pointsm mid-day, as well as areas with no time limit. Caves in the 8-day run are basically the same as in a standard no-death run aside from having to make certain decisions regarding Candypop Buds and defeated enemy corpses.

edited 21st Jun '12 9:59:56 AM by Anomalocaris20

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

I haven't read Pikipedia in a while—is the 8 day run for paying off the debt, or collecting all treasures?

BTW, I think my record time (by which I mean I've only done it once) for collecting all the treasures is twenty-something days. I think it was 24, but it was definitely less than 30. (Yeah, I kind of suck compared to most people here.)

edited 21st Jun '12 10:03:01 AM by FinalStarman

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

"right as it's about to jump"

Ah, there is where I am going wrong. I'm waiting a bit to long.

Though my comment still stands. There are a LOT of ways to lose 1 or 2 Pikmin with little-to-no warning. I lost a few when fighting the groups of little bugs that crawl out of the ground with no idea exactly why I lost them. Though that might be more because I zerged them than anything else.

Also, getting those 25 flower Pikmin on the first day took me a little while... kept pulling one too early or left the game running a bit too long and had to start over or wait again.

I've only played through the game once or twice. My one saved file has me at 29/30 at 24 days. I'm hoping to do a little better this time. (though, it being a few years, I do not remember where everything is. I had NO idea where the bomb rocks in the 3rd area were and am still not sure I have found all of them. Not to mention forgetting how hard it is to take a group of Pikmin around that area and which walls/bridges need to be dealt with.)

edited 21st Jun '12 10:08:31 AM by Belian

Yu hav nat sein bod speeling unntil know. (cacke four undersandig tis)the cake is a lie!

All treasures. Debt is paid off by the end of Day 6. Everything in the Wistful Wild is collected on Day 8.

"I've come to the conclusion that this is a very stupid idea."

that's before President Walter releases that he made the loan with All Devouring Black Hole lone sharks right?

With the power of a dragon I can make up for my inability to spill.

Day 1 and 2 are scripted as usual, Day 3 had you getting everything in Awakening Wood that doesn't require Yellows and Blues, Day 4 has you getting assorted items (Not everything, since that's pretty impossible) in Perplexing Pool, Day 5 is the return to Awakening Wood to finish it completely, Day 6 is finishing Perplexing Pool and paying off the debt, Day 7 is finishing Valley of Repose, and day 8 is all of Wistful Wild.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

Oh right, it would have to be all the treasure, what with it being possible to pay off the debt on day three because of Emergence Cave.

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

I don't think there's enough time in three days to gather 10,000 Pokos worth of dead Snow Bulborbs even if you were at some optimal running speed every time perfectly.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

That's good to hear.

I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!

I'm trying to remember when I had my debt paid off by in my second run of Pikmin 2. Day 10, I think? Not bad, but I see no need to rush.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada