General Pikmin Thread

Considering how things have been progressing, I think the third level of the original Pikmin should be the first of Pikmin 3.

Did the Forest Navel end up as anything in Pikmin 2? It didn't seem very similar to Valley of Repose.

edited 4th Sep '12 4:31:49 AM by hnd03

No. That's the only area map they didn't reuse. As a result the Valley of Repose is the only map made for that game.

edited 4th Sep '12 4:57:55 AM by Kostya

They reused Level maps? Huh. They all seemed so different.

They were different but if you look at the layout you can tell they reused them.

Take these two◊ for example.◊

edited 7th Sep '12 7:04:01 PM by Kostya

Forest of Hope and Awakening Wood are the same, Distant Spring and Perplexing Pool are the same, and Wistful Wild is both the Impact Site and the Final Trial

I believe the Dream Den is where the Engine used to be

edited 7th Sep '12 7:08:53 PM by hnd03

It seems like they just reused the outline of the level and added a bunch of new crap to it like hills and stuff.

Yeah they changed the specifics of what's in the level but the base model is practically identical in just about every scenario. That probably explains how they were able to make so many different dungeon layouts, the overworld was already designed.

edited 7th Sep '12 7:09:15 PM by Kostya

I liked how the levels were the same areas, especially with how the environmental puzzles are altered. For example, the Awakening wood has you going counterclockwise in the main circle to complete the loop (Building the bridge) while the original was the other way around (Destroying a stone wall). Or how Wistful Wild starts you off in Emperor Bulblax's arena, has you work your way backwards, and eventually reach the Impact Site's landing spot.

Also, the Yellow and Blue Onions are where the Armored Cannon Beetles were, the Dream Den is where the Engine used to be, and the Snagret Hole is where the Snagrets were.

I didn't even realize the last one until you pointed it out Anom.

Snagrets. ಠ_ಠ
HATE SNAGRETS.
The fucking pileated snagret...

Me: -Does a lot of back and forth running-

Pileated Snagret isn't hard for me to defeat with no deaths, but it takes forever.

I normally like collecting boss corpses, but for Pileated, I make an exception and go straight for the Bitter Spray.

I like collecting enemy corpses even after paying off the debt, inexplicably. I usually purple spray Fiery Bulblaxes and sometimes Bulbears, though, because they're really hard to beat with zero casualties.

Was the bit where you had to kill a Fiery Bulblax with only blues Submerged Castle or a Challenge Mode map?

Because that was shitty

Submerged Castle. I remember that being in Chuggaaconroy's LP and he didn't do the challenge mode.

There's also one in the Valley of Repose you have to fight like that, unless you're willing to drag Reds through water.

I'm pretty sure you can get reds there somehow, because I remember fighting that guys with reds, and I never take anything other than blues through water intentionally.

...Although I will sometimes throw the others over water. I'm going to assume that this Valley of Repose bit didn't have such a small area of water that you're talking about, however.

edited 8th Sep '12 5:03:45 PM by Sabbo

There's little stone islands around it, but there's also Water Dumples.

Eh, from a time-perspective it's much easier to fight it with blues, only real way to complete the extended Valley of Repose in one day. But otherwise it's still a hassle to bring reds, just less so.

Fiery Bulblaxes. Dem buggers.

If I don't spray them, I'll often just go toe-to-toe with them captainwise. Or start off with some captains and then finish it off with reds.

I usually just spray them.

I try to avoid them, and break out the Spray if that doesn't work.

I have a fight-everyone policy (Unless I'm speedrunning in the overworld and have to just run past everything, though even during speedruns in caves I fight and collect everything even when I have over 10000 Pokos.).

I only fight things when they're directly in my way. (Or I'm in a cave.)