My first ever playthrough of Pikmin 1, I arrived at the Final Trial on day 27, plenty of time to beat the game and get the good ending. But Emperor Bulbax scared the crap out of me and I was so scared of losing my Pikmin that I didn't even really give the last fight many attempts, I eventually decided to kill time for the last 3 days, getting the neutral ending with 29 ship parts. Even now, I find the final battle to be a bit daunting, although I can reliably beat the game on day 15 or so nowadays. Anyways, great series! I enjoyed watching your vids, I hope you continue with Pikmin 2!
I STILL get intimidated by the final fight and I'm pretty sure the first time I played Pikmin I was too scared to do much of anything and accidentally got the "bad" end where olimar gets turned into a Pikmin 🤣
It's actually possible to bomb the Emperor Bulblax here WITHOUT killing the yellow pikmin. Throwing yellows with bombs puts them in a "primed" state, which will cause them to throw the bomb at nearby eneimes. If a yellow throws a bomb rock at the Emperor Bulblax while its licking, the tongue will smack the Bublax in the face and then stun it. This not only saves the Pikmin from dying, but this stun actually lasts longer than the stun from eating the bomb rock!
My first ever playthrough of Pikmin 1, I arrived at the Final Trial on day 27, plenty of time to beat the game and get the good ending. But Emperor Bulbax scared the crap out of me and I was so scared of losing my Pikmin that I didn't even really give the last fight many attempts, I eventually decided to kill time for the last 3 days, getting the neutral ending with 29 ship parts. Even now, I find the final battle to be a bit daunting, although I can reliably beat the game on day 15 or so nowadays.
Anyways, great series! I enjoyed watching your vids, I hope you continue with Pikmin 2!
I STILL get intimidated by the final fight and I'm pretty sure the first time I played Pikmin I was too scared to do much of anything and accidentally got the "bad" end where olimar gets turned into a Pikmin 🤣
It's actually possible to bomb the Emperor Bulblax here WITHOUT killing the yellow pikmin. Throwing yellows with bombs puts them in a "primed" state, which will cause them to throw the bomb at nearby eneimes. If a yellow throws a bomb rock at the Emperor Bulblax while its licking, the tongue will smack the Bublax in the face and then stun it. This not only saves the Pikmin from dying, but this stun actually lasts longer than the stun from eating the bomb rock!
I genuinely had no idea... I've killed so many yellows for no reason 😭