A Big Fat Review of Pikmin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- This is a thorough exploration of Pikmin, originally for the Nintendo GameCube.
This video was edited by the exceptionally talented @KanesTheName!!!
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Intro art by Ciro!
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0:00 Introduction
6:11 Story and World
23:22 Gameplay
54:49 Meet the Pikmin
1:21:15 Emotional Connection and Difficulty
1:38:13 The Impact Site
2:01:07 The Forest of Hope
2:38:03 The Forest Navel
3:07:23 The Distant Spring
3:33:56 The Final Trial
3:47:33 The Stragglers
3:58:50 Final Analysis - เกม
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Humongous thanks to anyone who's watched this beast! I'm so glad everyone gets to enjoy this game on Switch now!
And quick note, I am now aware that the nose on a red Pikmin is a spike and that's why they deal more damage, and also that you can make the Bulblax eat bomb rocks without sacrificing Pikmin. Please comment something else lol
Arlo, a little disappointed how you clearly made this video to be just over 10 minutes in order to hit that ad revenue mark.
On a serious note, you should upload some of these longer ones on a podcast platform
I'm getting through this video but loving it, I don't even play Pikmin???
Something else lol
Where that pikmin 2 review
Thank *you* for making this video!
If you've been following Arlo for a while you might have noticed he's occasionally drops subtle hints that he might be a fan of Pikmin.
Really?!
I doubt it, that’s a stretch
Bruh yall conspiracy theorists are out there, there's nothing proving he likes pikmim
Believe it or not, I am actually a Pikmin fan myself!
Pikmin is a beautiful franchise
Already cant wait for the 40 hour, multi-part big fat review of Pikmin 4
You should at least wait until 2 or 3 are done first.
Why do I feel like your prediction is correct
He’s gonna pog on the first cardboard box
Assuming it’s good.
*Pikmin 2
I get why Arlo was so emotional during the Pikmin 4 reveal now. I knew he liked the game series but I didn’t know it went this deep.
Same thoughts for me too you are making me realize
As a pikmin fan , waiting ten years for every game which are usually 10-4 hours is very hard
Yeah
Same I didn’t know he was a Pikmin addict like me who also played pikmin 1&2
@westonsgenericchannel I hope the 4th game does really well so that, hopefully, if they decide to make another, we won't have to wait 10 years.
The only thing that makes the wait better is how repayable the games are.
Sorry, now I'm going to need a 6 hour video on Pikmin 2.
PLEASE I BEG YOU
You mean a 13 hour video?
@@Whispasta64yeah lmao
I love how this review is as long if not longer than a normal playthrough of pikmin 1
Yeah
😂Only one way to know for sure, Arlo can do a Pikmin 1 Let's Play to compare the times
@@inc3000 he did on his arlo plays channel
@@ScatLuigi and this video is longer than that let’s play
A normal playthrough is just 17 days?
"I never get tired of collecting enemy bodies. It never stops being satisfying to add to my numbers." -Arlo, 2022
Arlo channeling his inner Paradox Interactive player
truly a psycho puppet
Necromancers be like:
I remember I could never get into Pikmin as a kid because the notion of having a time limit to complete the game just scared the heck out of me. In contrast I played Pikmin 2 so dang much, but never actually beat it. Definitely one of my fave games though. I'll go back and play them both to completion eventually.
An experience nearly identical to my own! Good to know I'm not alone, hehe
Did you do it?
@@BenTheJMen Me? Not yet. Have a goddamn GIANT backlog, lol.
@@SymphoniaFly That's a pretty quick response to a reply on a 5 month old comment lol. 11 minutes! Wow! Gl on that backlog!
@@BenTheJMen I was on youtube and got a notification, lol. Thanks!
The concept that Olimar and Samus both have to deal with the same space pirates is just the greatest thing ever.
Imagine in a Prime game, she just comes across a tiny spaceship on the floor of the planet and scans it like,
"My translators indicate this is a freight ship from the planet Hococate. I'm not yet familiar with that area."
@@wingbeltcreations5455 I'd even rather it just say something like "better watch my step around here", implying she DOES know about Hocotate, lol
@@Vrikrar I must warn any Hocotations in the area in case anything... happens to the planet...
@@Vrikrar To be fair, given the size of the ship, it would be obvious the pilot would be small
That just conjured up the idea of a Kraid or Ridley boss fight in Pikmin - that'd be _terrifying!_
Arlo you can’t just drop a 4 hour masterpiece out of nowhere this is why I have trust issues
This comment was posted 2 hours ago. The video is over 4 hours long. It's presumptuous to call it a masterpiece
People watch videos of double speed. I do for most videos.
@@JRRALLS are you just like, comidifying entertainment?
(To be fair i do it too for big videos)
Is a good chance Wizarding World can't have this removed. Getting a review from Arlo, better than watching news videos.
@@JRRALLS If it were a masterpiece, watching at double speed would devalue it, because as a masterpiece it already has optimal speed.
Pikmin is such a great series. To this day the little squeals when they die still make me feel completely sad 😭
Man the first time I had a Pikmin die, and the Little Ghost came up with that pitiful cry, I think that might have been the first time I ever felt my heart dropped to the pit of my stomach. I didn't cry or anything, but it really caught me off guard
As a huge Pikmin fan, it is rare to find someone who can just rave about the games as much as I do. This video was a delight to watch.
Hard same
Pikmin fans when they see the number 4:
No other game can recreate the vibes Pikmin has. They are special.
@@XTheJenovaProjectX no other game can even be inspired by the concept of pikmin. Pikmin as helpers are literally irreplaceable.
Completely agree, nothing else holds the magic of Pikmin
The fact that there are captions on this FOUR HOUR video just blows my mind 😯 the care and attention to detail is out of this world
Are they not auto-generated?
@@joeybelasco no, auto-generated ones appear word-by-word and don’t have any punctuation or anything
@@benzenefire That's an easy way to identify it! Thanks for the heads up.
I think you can put your script into TH-cam and it syncs with the video through audio recognition
@@-aexc- hello fellow trans person
arlo has such a way of wording things that I wanna try this multi decade old game
You should there is no game or series quite like like Pikmin
It got me to pick the game back up again after a month and start a new file, and now I'm a really big fan.
Give it a try. Regardless of how you do it, even if it's the Pikmin 3 Demo or emulation or homebrew, it's always worth giving it a shot.
Play it! It's a great game
If you haven't already you should.
I beat it literally a half hour ago at the time of writing this and all I can say is play it! Go for the wii version though!
Finally finished this video after like 5 sessions of watching lmao. You and the art/editing team KILL these videos and although they definitely take so much work I'd love to see more from the "big fat review" series
It’s hard to imagine that Arlo was ever a tiny monster. I always think of him as this full grown, man-sized, hulking blue creature. But of course he was tiny once. A monster still (who loved video games) but small all the same.
He was always huge, just mentally he wasn’t there yet.
@@scottpeltier3977 Huh… you know, you might be right. Though that would bring up even more questions like… how do full sized monsters arrive here on earth. Are they carried by multiple ravens?
Hulking Arlo are two words that do not and should not combine
@@cianthompson966 haha, a fair point. How about “substantial”?
Huh, I guess I haven't ever put too much thought into how big is Arlo, what if he's like 15 ft tall?
1:07:43 I always felt like the reason red Pikmin have pointy noses is to help them attack. They attack by stabbing the enemy with the pointy nose, thus granting more damage than other Pikmin
Huh, pretty good headcanon
It’s cannon. Somewhere in dialogue it says that. I think in Pikmin 1
I don't recall where but yes. It's said that the Reds' noses are used for stabbing and increase their attack. Yellows' ears help them glide, allowing for higher throws and Blues don't have mouths. Those are gills allowing for them to breath in the water.
@@DrTimes99 I remember hearing about the blues having gills thing and that made sense. I guess I’ve just been having lucky guesses about why reds have noses lol. Neat little details
@@DrTimes99 yeah it kinda blew my mind when Arlo said he didn't know why the reds have noses. Granted I don't remember where this info came from and it may have been from Chuggaaconroy's LP way back in the day
Arlo should do more big fat reviews. They're stupidly long, and I could listen to him forever. Suggestions: Metroid Prime and, maybe, Pikmin 4.
Don't forget Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
Also, hell yeah on hearing him talk about Metroid Prime 1 for 4 hours!
A big fat review of every pikmin game (2,3, and 4 when its out), especially since now they're available on the switch and getting a bit more attention, would be great.
@@rin9130 Heck, yeah!
@@generalcjg That's what I'm talk'n'bout!
He'll review the entire series, 16 hours total
I know this video is a little bit old to be commenting on it, but I just wanted to point out that the Yellow Pikmin sacrifice to the final boss is not the best way to stun him, as that stun animation does not last long at all (as you described).
If you toss a bomb pikmin at him when he is awake and walking about, the yellow pikmin will toss the bomb at his face then run back to your party. If you manage to time it out right so that the bomb is tossed into his open mouth during his attack animation, his tongue will slap himself and he will be stunned long enough to get him down to half health if not lower.
I know this comment is a little bit old to be replying to, but I just wanted to point out that the better stun can also be achieved by making him eat a bomb rock that isn't being held by a pikmin. This is somewhat easily accomplished by setting them up early like he mentioned, then simply whistling them when the bulblax is about to eat them. This method was actually also shown in the video, though he didn't verbally mention it, and the clip was fairly brief so it's fair to have missed it.
@@Bawk_Bawk i know this reply is a little old to be replying to but im sleepy goodnight guys
@@scotty4421 i know this reply is a little old to be replying to but i hope you had a good night
I know this comment and the replies to it are a little bit old to be teaching the difference in proper etiquette on TH-cam and on a forum, but it’s frowned upon in forums because a comment in an old thread moves the entire old thread to the top of the forum where everyone opens it thinking it’s new or to chastise the asshat who made the comment and they have to read through a bunch of old, possibly outdated, and common knowledge to everyone but you content and it’s fine to do this on TH-cam because the fact that you moved back in with your ex 6 months ago and she doesn’t allow devices to be used when she is home so you have no idea where the rest of the world is or how things are going in the world so you were continually asking and finally able to convince your parents to let you move back in with them after “The incident” that involved human feces being used for “art” on their living room walls and you’ve rejoined to world and come here to comment on old shit and expect us to have empathy for your situation and none of these things you’ve done to ruin any chance at starting adulthood on a good note including the self loathing replies to “old” content cause the rest of the world to be punished for your mistakes like the forums do.
@@Booooi know your reply is way too old to be replying but i appreciate your kindness
Arlo has already outdone himself with this one
As did Master Miyamoto with the incredible reference to Nintendo's original next-Gen console Project @ about 3:23:22
My most traumatic childhood gaming experience was accidentally sending my whole army into a pool of water, hearing their cries and watching a mass of Pikmin spirits rising from the water, knowing they blindly followed me and the death of hundreds of Pikmin was solely my fault.
It couldn't have been more than 100 in that moment
@@VGLounge really man.
@@Saws.numb.1.fan. Yeh squad size limit bruh
But they wouldn't have existed without you. Easy come, easy go. The joy they had in their short lives was a gift you gave them, and nothing can erase the experiences they shared together.
Losing any Pikmin was and is a big deal for me too. They are cute little creatures, who look for guidance and safety in Olimar. Betraying that trust by killing them does make me feel pretty bad 😅
I never considered playing pinkmin before, but I always loved watching Arlo talk about how much he loved it. Watching this video and seeing the pinkmin 4 hype, I’d thought I’d try it out. I just can’t put it down. I am sucked into the world and its characters. There is so much more to these games than I ever thought. Just wow.
I actually quite liked all the detail you went in to, Arlo! I've always enjoyed hearing you talk about pikmin throughout the years, but I was astonished by the level of thought and effort you put into this retrospective. You even pointed things about the game play and the world I never noticed before!
Kudos to your artists friends for the lovely contributions as well!
Looking forward to A Big Fat Review of Pikman 2: This Time It's Pik-sonal.
I thought the paper mario review was long but you just made an entire movie. Kudos to you.
more like 4 movies
@@-khayri-4280 2 whole feature films worth of content
He gave the LOTR movies a run for their money.
He made a whole classic hollywood epic length film
The BotW review in its totality was close at about 3 and a half hours. He just broke it up at first and then put out a complete video.
The opening storybook art was really good! Ciro did a great job and so did Arlo. I can't imagine how much time and effort this review must have taken. But given how much he loves Pikmin, I'm sure it was worth it. Thank you and happy holidays.
After watching this review, it makes me develop an appreciation for the Wii version of this game that addressed many of these issues such as bomb rocks being an interference and the 100 Pikmin message! I had no idea the original Pikmin was this rough.
You've got to be the only youtuber who still gets significant viewership on extremely long videos aka, your reviews. That's very impressive and speaks for your works quality. I've been dealing with anxiety for the first time in my life the last 7 months and it's horrific. I'm learning to deal with it as we all do, I appreciate you sharing some of your personal struggles (sickness, insomnia etc.). And I hate that you have to deal with that. But it really does help me when you share that. It's like okay, people in my life struggle but they find a way, arlo too. It may sound silly and I'm not even talking about pikmin but idk just wanted to share some personal thoughts myself as a fan and fellow gamer lol.
Much love to you all ❤️
Lots of youtubers get millions of views on multi hour long retrospectives. There's a big market for it.
Nah, you've just never heard of Whitelight. One of his most watched videos is a 7 hour analysis of Death Stranding.
The problem with this youtuber is that he is doing only nintendo crap. For me nintendo games are shit for children with such a simple mechanics I feel like everytime I play their game they just calling me stupid. Try Whitelight, Joseph Anderson and Noah Caldwell-Gervais all of those have such a great writing they put Arlo in lower tier. Joseph Anderson have even a video on Mario Odyssey and the twist in his video is so fucking good that was the time I actually started to hate nintendo. Well apart for Pokemon. Gamefreak should be gunned down for what they are doing to that series.
@@budlikycz2445 Bruh are you ok
1:07:43 I thought their noses were used for stabbing the enemies because they deal a little extra damage when compared to the other types.
New headcanon unlocked
It makes sense. Yellow Pikmin, Blue Pikmin, and Hocotatians all use blunt natural weapons, but Reds have stabby nose.
I always thought it was just a small nod to the “See/Hear/Speak No Evil” monkeys. I mean, none of them share those three features with each other, the only commonality is the eyes (I do acknowledge that the nose is not part of that exact saying). Though they all make noise, somehow, despite only blue having an obvious orifice for it…
But why the game developers would include that specific philosophical reference, I haven’t the foggiest… lol
And yellow pikmin use their ears to glide higher. I'd imagine that in Pikmin 4, the Yellow pikmin will be able to glide down too.
@@zachvalzach2434 Its not headcanon. It is canon. There are logs that state the nose is what gives them extra edge in battle. The mouths on blue is not technically a mouth but gills and the yellows have earst that help them go higher while also just generally being lighter than the other two
This absolutely obsessive level of attention to detail and mechanics is just the sort of passion Pikmin engenders when it really clicks.
Rewatching for a 3rd or maybe even 4th time after I just beat this game on Switch. Loved it, t’was fantastic. I put it off so many years because I was scared of the day limit, Pikmin deaths, and multitasking. But, none of those are problems, they’re all vital to the game design. Very happy I bought it, looking forward to playing Pikmin 2 ❤️💛💙
I was in the same position but I'm going to get the game soon! Hope I enjoy it as much as you did
This was more than enjoyable to listen too/watch, please make more big fat reviews on games you're passionate about. I'm the kind of guy who LOVES analyzing things from every angle, and you are one of if not my most favorite "review/discussion" channel. It was a joy to hear you gush about every single minute detail. And because of you, maybe I'll give the Pikmin games a shot. I've really enjoyed 4's demo so far.
Stay awesome and never change, Arlo.
EDIT: Yesterday (mid January, 2024) I finally took the plunge and bought Pikmin 1 and 2, and I'm really enjoying I so far!! This series is criminally underrated for how poorly it's sold over the years. If you haven't played it, TRY IT NOW.
People talk about the Sonic drowning music being anxiety inducing, but that Pikmin end-of-day countdown timer is something else
As a kid, I always imagined that countdown playing every night before going to bed leading up to Christmas with me falling asleep as the number ticked lower!
Arlo has made a review of a game longer than it takes me to beat that game. I’m legitimately impressed and delighted
if you took the maximum amount of time on all 30 days to play pikmin 1, by the time this video ended you'd be on day 18 already
@@ilexdiapason you don’t need all days to beat it though, for example my record if I recall is 13 days
@@budderguy2128 and that isn't even very fast!
It shows how fucking great this game is
Pikmin (especially 3) taught me how to be a more effective manager in my real life job and also as a dad of 8 kids. Coordinating different captains to different goals and then assigning different Pikmin to separate activities within those goals... it really helped me wrap my head around multitasking & delegating responsibilities for maximum efficiency.
Sometimes games are just fun, but here, it actually benefited my life.
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Love how passionate you are about this game. Hearing your analysis was so fun
I've never even played any of the Pikmin games, but your passion for them is enough for me to watch these videos. And who knows maybe I'll end up playing it
playing each pikmin at least once is a must.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe has a GREAT demo on switch. It’s worth trying it out at least!
I recommend pikmin 1 over 2 and 3.
@@mzywica A valid opinion, as the first game is definitely the best laid out, though 1's control scheme is rather dated and it's harder to get a copy.
@@VantageEmblem it's hard as hell to get a pikmin 2 copy too. Pikmin 3 is good, and easy to get. I just prefer pikmin 1
I love Pikmin so much, this has become one of my comfort videos I can put on when I’m not feeling well
Arlo's love of Pikmin 1 is justified. I played it recently as an adult and going in completely blind it is such a blast.
Seeing the different colored onions in the perfect ending was so magical to experience as a kid. The atmosphere of these games is so mysterious and the implication that there are MANY more species of pikmin than the three used in the game is so damn cool.
Even better, every game explores more of those unseen onions!
2023 and we still have only seen:
Red
Yellow
Blue
Purple
White
Rock
Winged
Is rather interesting. We have only seen 5 (6 if you count the master onion) but there are clearly more than that on PNF-404.
@@MC-bo6ql and in pikmin4 we might see more!
That's why I was so disappointed with 3 and 4 just giving 1 multi colored onion. I really liked having a base camp with my ship and all he onions with their own colored Pikmin community inside
I'm always ecstatic to see new Arlo content, and seeing that it's a Big Fat Review makes me even happier to be able to just laze around and throw something on to listen to in my free time.
You could say it makes me feel just like a Purple Pikmin.
As someone who wasn't able to play Pikmin, learning about it via this long video full of love is honestly the ideal experience for me
and now its on switch, how you feeling? lol
You can play it now! I played it for the first time recently & beat it in under a week.
@@dooplon5083 genuinely happy about it, it's on my wishlist for when I have the money now. Soon, the joy of Pikmin will be mine
Best Arlo video in my mind and I’ve seen almost all of them (even the hey Pikmin one) Arlo I don’t even like most Nintendo stuff and I still watch your stuff because you’re relatable, funny, and have made me feel a lot better at not great moments. Keep making videos Arlo I’ll probably watch them no matter what as long as you’re you
ARLO YOUR BIG FAT REVIEWS GIVE ME LIFE!! Seriously I have rewatched/listened to your Paper Mario Origami King, Pokèmon Sword/Shield, and Arceus videos many times because they're just so cozy for the ears and interesting to listen to!! So excited for this!!
Pellet posies go even further by drawing your eyes up to the target like pellet, and being right in line with the natural arc of your throw, you learned that you can throw Pikmin up onto things to attack them. It also teaches about critical weaknesses, because if you throw up onto the pellet, your Pikmin will immediately defeat the flower, whereas charging into the stem they have to attack a few times. It really is a microcosm of great game design in a single element.
I think the Distant Spring might have been a bathhouse in the past, and not just because of all the water.
The bottle in the Forest Navel looks like a bottle of Ramune, which is a distinctly Japanese soft drink, and the walls of the Spring are mostly sharp and angular in design, much like the baths in a Japanese bathhouse, of which there are many.
Took me a bit to get to it but man was this a really wonderful, worthwhile experience Arlo. I love hearing you talking about the things you’re passionate about, not to mention talking in general. You’re articulate but never lose a fun and realistic manner of discussing things. Well done as always. I look forwards to whatever is next, especially a new Big Fat Review!
damn. the “alien but not quite alien” world of pikmin looks so enchanting. i should play this game
You should all 3 of them are so good
Its great! Pikmin 2 makes it more obvious just where exactly you are.
@@meatmobile afghanistan
@@tataladdd4251 Leaked location of Pikmin 4
okay not 1
A 4 hour long video for pikmin? Christmas really did come early this year.
This was Christmas eve a Singing news round-up would be the buffet
After 2 weeks of picking away at this video I can finally close the tab. This was truly an amazing feat of a video. Thank you!
lmao i'm on the same boat
This was one of the best Pikmin reviews ever thanks Arlo and the amazing team that worked on this video arlo keep
Up the amazing work
The Impact Site music to me always sounded like Olimar gaining confidence to start his journey. The first few notes being nervous foot steps, taking 2 pausing, then 4. Then maybe getting spooked by something but realizing it's not so bad and relaxing a bit. Taking more steps, then a glimmer of hope- maybe this isn't so bad and I can do this after all. Then the song truly starts, continuing the analogy, with Olimar starting to run through the environment to save himself.
The largest and most thorough review of Pikmin you'll find online. Well done, Arlo!
This was a fun watch, it was nice to see your passion for this series on full display! I loved the enemy breakdowns in particular.
I started watching this seeing the 4 hour time thinking “oh he’s going to go through all the games, neat!” I was shocked upon realising this is just the first game haha. Love all you have to say about it though, not disappointed at all! Would love to see videos like these for the other games in future :D
Man this was the big secret for so long, congrats on finishing this monster!
Just really want to say a huge thanks Arlo for making another one of these big reviews, I suffer quite badly from Anxiety and night terrors and your voice really helps me to relax and sleep at night, however I have listened to your BOTW review more times than I care to count now (on and off anyway) and I really appreciate having another long video to put on. If you ever get time to make another one, I would love to hear your extended thoughts on paper Mario the thousand year door!
I did the same thing ❤️his voice is perfect for listening and sleeping. But what also helped is water sounds and listening to the Bible app!
I adore Arlo's voice. It's just so friendly.
oh me too, the amount of times Ive gone to sleep to his botw review is crazy, I havent even watched the whole thing because Im not a zelda fan lol
I love how the tie is grafted directly to his skin it really ties the whole video together
It's good to see that you still see so many comments on an old video and I too am here to tell you how much of a treat your videos are. They are sprinkled with love and joy and they make for very good soulfood in the midst of even troubling days.
Thank you and your editor for taking the time making these! God bless you.
No better Christmas present than a 4 hour Arlo Pikmin review!
Oh crap I just realized it was 4 hours. I thought it was 40 minutes.
@@crinklyonion1410 I saw this comment and thought "lol there's no way it's 4 hours.... oh"
your name leads me to the conspiracy theory that matty b raps, all grown up, now enjoys commenting on arlo videos in his spare time
@@ilexdiapason Oh dang I've been found out!
@@crinklyonion1410 me, 1:48:00 in: oh frick, I have to homework
A 4 hour Pikmin review is the best Christmas gift I could have ever received. Thank you Arlo!
Edit: The painted story cards are an awesome style for Arlo, I would love for him to keep these moving forward!
I listened to this entire video and I cannot believe how much effort went into this, this is amazing
I have never played Pikmin before - always wanted to but I guess the timing was never right to start a new series - but hearing Arlo gush about it with so much love and passion… It makes me sad I will never be able to experience this intensity for it myself 😄
One of the things I adore most on life is listening to passionate people, which is why I adore your Big Fat Reviews. I am very excited to see more in the future!
I'm so excited for the possibility of more big fat reviews. Even if they are fewer and far between, they're some of my favorite style of videos.
2:26 it'a nice to have confirmation after all these years that Arlo apparently just chooses to be shirtless every video
God I loved this; getting a robust sense of your thoughts and feelings on the game's elements on such a detailed level is wonderful.
I'd love to see you tackle the Pikmin sequels and some Metroid titles like this!
This was an absolute joy to watch through. I loved watching all of it and it was funny and entertaining throughout the whole 4 hours. I hope to see this again with all the other Pikmin games :).
Just finished the whole video and I gotta say: What a beautiful piece of Pikmin lore. It has so much heart and passion put into it.
The minute I saw this I immediately clicked. 4 hours or not I'm so invested. Pikmin is my favorite video game of all time. I have great memories with the series and cannot wait for 4.
Arlo, I recently decided to replay through this and its sequel joyfully and saw this video pop up and have loved your commentary. EXACT same thoughts about everything! I always love coming back to these classics, cautiously excited for 4 coming out. Also can’t wait to see your review of Pikmin 2 and wondering if you will compare it to its surrounding games…
I'm literally covered in goosebumps while you describe playing it the first time
Okay so I haven’t finished watching yet, but I am at the 3:13:18 mark and Arlo has yet talk about this, but I have to say, the throwing mechanics in Pikmin 1 has to be my favourite. He mentioned that throwing can be slow, and yes it is, if you do it by just pressing A. By moving the Pikmin close to you with the C-stick you’re pretty much able to throw as fast as you’re able to push the A-button which is immensely satisfying!
Yeah, once i learned this it made throwing in succession waaay easier
A reason i did not like the wii version. Made the controls harder for me. Been a while tbh but I remember u cant really move ur pikmin and trow at the same time like u can do normally. Makes dealing with enemies easyer
When I saw how long this was, I assumed it would be an review of the ENTIRE Pikmin series. Imagine my surprise when 2 hours in, we're just getting started on the Forest of Hope.
But I love it
i love hearing about Arlo in his larval stage🥰 so cuute
Would love to see a big fat review of Pikmin 2 or Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
YES!
I think paper Mario is most definitely going to happen probably
Arlo! Thank you for this great vid! The intro was so full of love and it got me settled in completely for a 4 hour video I may or may not have been prepared for 😊
Pikmin rarely as much love as I think it deserves. But I can always count on you to give this beautiful series the recognition it deserves.
I loved this video. I especially loved the personal and nostalgic love for the series you have approach rather than a 'pro-Pikmin approach'. I love putting on long podcasts and stuff as I do things like folding laundry or doing dishes, and I used this video throughout the week in 30-minute chapters here and there.
I don't know about everybody else but I for one would LOVE to see this kind of video done on every pikmin game. Obviously you put a lot of time into this so I'd understand if we had to wait a while for each but this was so nice to watch.
Arlo, I'm so happy you're out here giving good content. I love these longer reviews! Your passion always shines through your work.
as a pikmin fan, 4 hours of pikmin content is a dream come true
Nothing I love more than seeing Arlo talking passionately about something he loves!
I always figured that the reason red pikmin had noses were because they were actually spikes they use to attack enemies, since they attack by headbutting things. Similar to how blue pikmin have "mouths" that are actually just gills they use to breathe underwater.
You are right about Olimar's thoughts in the good ending! There are 2 theme songs in the game, one for the Pikmin and one for Olimar.
Ai no Uta/Song of Love is the Pikmin's song and is about their gratitude toward him teaching them how to survive and thrive, although it's also a super sad song with dark lyrics about how no matter how they are used and die, they won't ask you/Olimar to love them back.
Olimar's song is Namida Ga Afureta/Tears Overflowing and expresses his affection and gratitude toward the Pikmin and his sadness that their language barrier prevents him from ever truly expressing how thankful he is.
I love the way you paint a picture and make me feel all of the warm and snuggly nostalgia. Even through a rough childhood, games were my escape. Can we all go back to GameCube days and our childhoods please?!
The first pikmin game gave me such a feeling of being alone (in a good way!). When I was a kid I would make a tiny step forward into the wilderness and immediately run back when I encountered something new I thought might be dangerous. The world of pikmin is pretty cold and cruel behind the cute little character designs 😢
Ahh me too with pikmin 2, exploring the second and third locations you unlock and encountering gigantic spiders or large beetles that wanted to gobble me up. I’d run back as fast as I could and collect myself
there will probably never be anyone other than arlo that i enjoy to just listen talk about video games. thank u for making this video i watched it during lunches and dinners and while i went to sleep over course of a couple of weeks and looked forward to and enjoyed every second of it i hope ur proud of ur ability to make such awesome stuff cause u should be :)
I watched this periodically over my commute to work throughout the week and it made me so much happier to wake up every morning. Thank you for everything that you do and for all the genuine love you share
When arlo starts pumping out his projects, that’s when things get real
Projects? It's just a review?
Thing is of all ironies, is it that even really? He doesn't even issue a score. Is it an 8/10? 6/10? I mean don't get me wrong, I appreciate his efforts but this sort of oceanic voyage to nowhere 'style' of reviewing is not my cuppa, sorry.
@netweed09 He's stated previously that he doesn't like giving scores because it can be taken the wrong way. Some people see a 6/10 as decent, others may see it as insulting, but either way it usually misses the point of a review. There's no complexity in a 10/10 - it doesn't tell you anything specific about the game, it just says that the reviewer loves it
@@ediblenebulas1164 Mm, Okay. That last line is really all I needed really but I guess I just grew up with the 'Traditional' style of reviewing and that's what is ingrained into me. I mean, I prefer that but it is interesting to see someone put so much time behind something with no Quantitative gauge, pretty Niche in this ever hectic day n age where what 99% of users do is flip straight to the score.
@netweed09 I know what you mean! I'm big on album reviews so I always used to be super judgemental on what I'd listen to as to whether it got perfect scores or not. I missed out on a lot of great material for a long while because of that. I think they both have their merits - long reviews and simple scores
@@netweed09 4 hours and you think it's not a project? That's a bit rude.
2:44:43 i think the wolliwog rant helped me realize that the “missing secondary feature” for blue pikmin should be like. a hardened carapace or some way to describe an inability to be crushed. if blue pikmin had this ability, they’d be like how red pikmin are for firey blowhogs
Maybe only while blue pikmin are in water for balancing purposes, but I like the pitch.
They did this with rock pikmin in Pikmin 3 and it's a definitely really strong ability given rocks are viewed as the MVPs of that game.
I mean, Winged Pikmin are resistant to crushing (not as much as Rocks, but they are) so why not make Blues crush resistant in water?
I avoided this video for a while because of its length, but once I started watching it was really enjoyable all the way through. Good work, Arlo, editor, artists, and friends!
As someone who's played Pikmin since my infancy, and grew up with it as well, this will be on my small list of videos I will continually return to whenever I need to have some background noise/something interesting to watch. Love the analysis, and I cannot wait for the inevitable Deep Dives on 2, 3, and eventually, 4!
I just watched you talk about a game I rented once twenty years ago and didn't care for for four hours and change and remained super interested the whole time because you introduced everything I needed to know about each topic before expanding upon it and that's extremely tough to do while remaining entertaining. Fabulous work as always.
Holy crap! This review has been 2 years in development going off that Did You Know Gaming segment!! Amazing dedication Arlo, I'm so happy you were able to get this project out finally!!
I loved listening to this at work. Makes me... wanna play Pikmin again.
Even after fully watching this video I found myself coming back to it this is definitely one of my favorite Reviews. I love videos that go in Insane detail on any topic.
can’t wait to finish my 12 hour shift and just binge this at home in my room with a nice bowl of soup, thank you arlo
For some reason this resonates strongly with me.
I cannot wait for Arlo to become a famous children’s author with those illustrations tho.
I’ve probably watched/listened to this review now more times than the BOTW one, and I cite it as a big reason why I got into pikmin. It got me to appreciate a series that I previously didn’t enjoy that much, and now I’m a pikmin fanatic. Thanks arlo. ❤
It’s interesting that the enemy reel shows the Goolix in the Forest Navel, possibly a leftover from early in development. Arlo, this is your best video yet, you were perfectly able to explain in depth everything we all love about Pikmin. I’d love to see you do a Big Fat Review on Pikmin 2 and 3 which let’s be honest will happen eventually. This review was so good that I actually went and played the first game when I was done. Great job