General Pikmin Thread

I fight most everything in caves, but avoid more things aboveground. But who can resist the temptation to clear out the 50-Dwarf Bulblax floor? (Answer: Probably a lot of people, but not me.)

I'm not one of them either.

I show that floor my kung fu

I love-hate that floor. I'm compelled to kill and collect everything but it takes forever. It's funny though.

Is it me, or did Yellow Wollyhops/wogs become weaker in Pkmin 2?

They're definitely weaker than the cave variants, in terms of health, speed, and aggressiveness. I'd presume they're stronger in Pikmin 1 at least due to being encountered later, but I don't know for sure.

Brain Scratch Comms are doing an LP of Pikmin 1 if anyone's curious.

I feel like you see the yellow ones more often around water, though, which is its own flavor of "eeeuuurrg."

Pikmin 3 isn't coming til spring.

Quickly, to the cryogenic freezing chambers!

Oh? I thought it was a launch title.

It is a launch title, as in it's coming within the first few months of the Wii U's shelf life.

And that may extend all the way to Spring, then?

I'm actually okay with that. Means I won't have to wait for Christmas if it's released before Christmas, so I can buy it on release day. Also means I can "recover" from all the spending I'll likely do, and also gives me time to get acquainted with the Wii U itself before acquiring what will undoubtedly be the best game on it for a while.

edited 14th Sep '12 8:54:38 AM by Anomalocaris20

Hey, more time for the game to be almost perfect, right?

Yep!

Anyway, lately I feel like I want to play Pikmin 2 again, problem is I've already achieved the absolute pinnacle challenge (8-days-zero-deaths) and there's really nowhere left for me to go. And I did a non-challenge basic run not too long ago, so that's not really an option right now.

8 Day Zero Death no Purples run.

Do it.

You could just play for fun. All the deaths you want... as many days as you care to take... DO EEET.

Spring huh? Oh well. I just did a run of the hole of heroes a few days back, lost only 5 piks, but I didn't kill Man at legs.

I hope the sprays are still present in the 3rd one.

Am I the only one that gets a chuckle at how the Ultra Bitter Spray sounds like a belch? Also, Doodlebugs.

edited 15th Sep '12 2:36:12 AM by GreatT

But you can't beat the game without Purples. You need a hundred of them in fact. And without using Purples in combat the 8-day part is literally impossible.

Anyway, I already did a non-challenge run prior, taking my time and letting deaths be deaths.

No, you're not. Doodlebugs are funny AND useful!

edited 15th Sep '12 9:01:45 AM by Anomalocaris20

It's funny until they er..."release" the poison into the Pikmin. Then I freak out and try to save them.

I just squish them with Purples.

You could do a minimalist run with no purples, though. Or at least no more purples than the game foists upon you. Or just a minimalist run in general.

...I'm trying to figure out the Pikmin equivalent of a Nuzlocke. The problem is, the game doesn't give you many "free" Pikmin. But a run where you get a certain number of Pikmin, and don't allow yourself to grow any more, would be interesting...

You really can't do the 8-day run without an army of Purples. It's just not possible to flatten overworld enemies fast enough without them. And entering caverns with very small detachments of Pikmin is harder without Purples too.

By "minimalist run," I meant only getting enough treasure to get to Wistful Wild, doing as few caverns as possible with as few Pikmin as possible, and only doing Dream Den in WW... doing the bare minimum of what would be necessary to beat the game. Not necessarily a speed run.

Eh, I don't consider rescuing Louie to be beating the game. Besides, the completionist in me requires me to get every treasure.