Maybe it's just nostalgia but there's something so perfect about the opening cutscene with the music used, the pacing, the way the characters are voiced, the simple to understand plot that has more going on beneath the surface. It's just so good.
@@istealpopularnamesforlikes3340 Might not be distinguishable words a lot of the time but they still have a voice lol. Its funny but still conveys emotion where necessary.
Honestly? Not a fan. I get why ppl like it and all but it abandoned what made pikmin 1's cutscenes so great and traded it for "Aren't we just so GOOFY?!!?! 🤪" and I guess it's just not my thing
@@Jay_Jay_Guy Interesting to see different opinions, for me I can't even remember Pikmin 1 cutscenes and I just played it. Getting hit by the meteor and the pikmin Waving/the bad ending are the only parts I remember clearly. I like both I just think Pikmin 2 improves on the formula. Playing 3 again so will see where that lies.
4:30 - 4:40 is so nostalgic to me. The fact the music cuts is so perfect and you actually don’t notice anything abnormal until Olimar notices that Louie is not there so the surprise is a very good in this scene.
I always wondered how they did the credits cutscene with louie, but seeing the raw HD footage it looks like they just filmed scenes outdoors and then composited louie into it. Neat to see, thanks so much for uploading these!
Looking at them side by side, especially the final moments of the credits with Louie looking at the camera, they really did a good job overhauling these cutscenes, they’re just how I remember them considering I replayed the GameCube version a week before playing the Switch version and the ones on Switch look like how I remember the GC ones but side by side the GC ones look really grainy and muddy
This whole video had me in complete bliss.. I remember how much I was obsessed with Pikmin 2.. Seeing everyone obsessed with it now like I was, making memes, art, videos.. And now being able to see the near dream-like cutscenes in HD???? On Switch???? It's crazy..
"hey, you! we're glad your back from your journey where you had to reassemble your entire beloved ship to go back home" "anyway, we're selling it off now because this dude got his cargo eaten by a creature i've never even heard of"
@@Ydrakarmost likely it just wasn't paying attention, the ship is shown to have a mind of it own...a rather arrogant ,self indulgent and one track mind....probably was to busy mouthing off about space traffic to realize what happened. Or It knew Louie did it the whole time but decided not to say anything out of spite because idk the president insulted his paint job or something
And then he deliberately stayed behind, eating the various animals to survive. Until he encounters the Titan Dweevil. Since the thing likes metal, Louie gathers weapons and juryriged them to his power supply on his back. This allowed the Titan to use them against you. Louie literally tried to kill you to avoid the secret being spilled.
2:25 I love that detail in that Louie is fuming over the idea that Olimar brought his son a souvenir from his near brush with death, but not for him. From just this scene, Louie is trouble before we even learn of his dark secret.
I was really surprised to see that they re-rendered the cutscenes for the remaster in higher-res. So many other devs would just reuse the old, compressed cutscenes instead. Which is not entirely their fault, its rare that studios would keep game assets around years after development finished to be able to do that sort of thing, especially for this era and earlier. The fact that they even still had them at all for Pikmin of all things amazes me.
Woah, is that how they did that? They just had the original project files for Pikmin 2's pre-rendered cutscenes lying around? I mean, I guess they did hold onto Luigi's unused Super Mario 64 model for two decades along with many, many more stuff so maybe it's not that surprising.
@Tokuto-kun They might've just originally rendered the scenes in HD, and kept those. I find it hard to believe they've kept the animation data for Pikmin and not Super Mario Sunshine.
My mind might be playing tricks on me, but I think they actually might have just straight up redone the cutscene for Louie exploring PNF-404 by himself. All the other cutscenes look pretty much like they did on the Gamecube, just now uncompressed/in hd, while Louie's model in the fake credits cutscene genuinely looks way more high quality then anything in any of the other cutscenes, especially how the reflection in his helmet. If I'm correct, I wonder if why they did that had something to do with the hybrid nature of the og cutscene.
i never played pikmin 2 but when i watched the cutscenes here on YT and saw the beginning i didnt believe the lie louie made up and had a feeling it was him who ate the carrots before i ever saw that secert bonus called Louie's dark secert
Now, I haven't played... MUCH, of the Pikmin games. (Cuz my child brain is too dumb to understand the concept of in-game times when Pikmin 3 came by, btw Happy 10th Anniversary Pikmin 3, Japan release date anyway) but I can safely say.. the cutscenes are as smooth as a baby's bum (Please don't think of that as something, guys...) and would consider going back to the series to actually play it and see how well I do now!
it's really a shame it's only AI upscaled. I was hoping to see the original cutscene playing without compression, but hey this is better than nothing. I just think it looks kinda smeary and ugly, the background especially. the credits FMV looks 100x better though. i think they partially remade it or something it looks wayy better
So, you want to expand really old deals for single game remaster? That's kinda sounds stupidly. Oh, and also, people still like there retextured treasures
Maybe it's just nostalgia but there's something so perfect about the opening cutscene with the music used, the pacing, the way the characters are voiced, the simple to understand plot that has more going on beneath the surface. It's just so good.
@@istealpopularnamesforlikes3340 Might not be distinguishable words a lot of the time but they still have a voice lol. Its funny but still conveys emotion where necessary.
It reminds me of early obscure CG movies
Honestly? Not a fan. I get why ppl like it and all but it abandoned what made pikmin 1's cutscenes so great and traded it for "Aren't we just so GOOFY?!!?! 🤪" and I guess it's just not my thing
@@Jay_Jay_Guy Interesting to see different opinions, for me I can't even remember Pikmin 1 cutscenes and I just played it. Getting hit by the meteor and the pikmin Waving/the bad ending are the only parts I remember clearly. I like both I just think Pikmin 2 improves on the formula. Playing 3 again so will see where that lies.
I like the part where they fly around the asteroid that hit Olimar in the first game.
4:01 i just realized the sun perfectly alligns so it looks like hes crying with happiness
Oh hey it's you. Sup man.
4:30 - 4:40 is so nostalgic to me. The fact the music cuts is so perfect and you actually don’t notice anything abnormal until Olimar notices that Louie is not there so the surprise is a very good in this scene.
I always wondered how they did the credits cutscene with louie, but seeing the raw HD footage it looks like they just filmed scenes outdoors and then composited louie into it. Neat to see, thanks so much for uploading these!
It’s stock footage with Louie plastered on top. It’s truly amazing, a complete masterpiece of technology.
You’ve gotta love how this entire games plot could have been avoided if Louie didn’t eat the golden carrot
And then again, we wouldn't have discovered the purple or white pikmin.
I love the credits scene with Louie
I love how Louie is just animated over footage of real life environments
It makes me want a Pikmin series in the style of Canimals. Where it's CGI over real life footage.
@@Stibly omg i remember that show
7:06
I love Shachou so much, ever scene he's in is gold
shachou
@@jailborb k
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Looking at them side by side, especially the final moments of the credits with Louie looking at the camera, they really did a good job overhauling these cutscenes, they’re just how I remember them considering I replayed the GameCube version a week before playing the Switch version and the ones on Switch look like how I remember the GC ones but side by side the GC ones look really grainy and muddy
even in hd it still looks like louie is flipping you off
I love how over exaggerated the expressions of everyone are in the cutscenes
I love the early 2000’s sci-fi aesthetic so much, so these cutscenes are super nostalgic and reminiscent of that. I love it so much!!
I love the treasure completion scene. It gives me sadness that oilmar is leaving the pikmin alone for 10 years.
What makes you think it's 10?
This whole video had me in complete bliss.. I remember how much I was obsessed with Pikmin 2.. Seeing everyone obsessed with it now like I was, making memes, art, videos.. And now being able to see the near dream-like cutscenes in HD???? On Switch???? It's crazy..
"hey, you! we're glad your back from your journey where you had to reassemble your entire beloved ship to go back home"
"anyway, we're selling it off now because this dude got his cargo eaten by a creature i've never even heard of"
Lmao🤣🤣🤣
Did anyone else think that Louie’s dark secret was funny but a real dark secret at the same time?
I wanna know how the ship didn’t convey the truth to the prez. Its fiercely loyal to the prez and hocotate freight at large…
@@Ydrakarmost likely it just wasn't paying attention, the ship is shown to have a mind of it own...a rather arrogant ,self indulgent and one track mind....probably was to busy mouthing off about space traffic to realize what happened.
Or
It knew Louie did it the whole time but decided not to say anything out of spite because idk the president insulted his paint job or something
he got his boss into MASSIVE debt dude really deserved getting stuck on earth
And then he deliberately stayed behind, eating the various animals to survive. Until he encounters the Titan Dweevil. Since the thing likes metal, Louie gathers weapons and juryriged them to his power supply on his back. This allowed the Titan to use them against you. Louie literally tried to kill you to avoid the secret being spilled.
@@elbunko_Honestly he'd probably take it like an all-you-can-eat buffet, he seems to prefer earth because nobody can stop him there
Thank you for making this! Great to see all the cutscenes in high quality
Hey I’m subscribed I didn’t expect you to be here
@@Sharkie_numbskull Yeah I recognise you by the profile picture lol, good to see you here! And yeah I sometimes comment on Pikmin videos.
2:27 why did Louie make that face? Was he hoping the company went under?
louie wanted to get out of work, so seeing it made him realize he's gonna have to work more than ever.
I think he just finds the trinket (bottle cap) very unconventional
4:38 i remember, when olimar turns back again an the ship starts diving, olimar screams someting like "Louie!!"
We could never have made it this far without those little guys huh Louie?
...
Louie?
*REALIZES*
These cutscenes look gorgeous holy crap 😍
The reminder that Louie is the reason why Pikmin 2 exist. 😂😂😂
2:25 I love that detail in that Louie is fuming over the idea that Olimar brought his son a souvenir from his near brush with death, but not for him.
From just this scene, Louie is trouble before we even learn of his dark secret.
Louie is the sole reason that pikmin 2 ever happened and I think that is hilarious.
One thing I wonder is; Why didn't the Ship just snitch on Louie?
(it seems like a very ship thing to do)
Even a ship isn't a rat
Honestly I think they're both a-holes
Maybe the ship can’t see inside its self
Devo: If 1UpBinge made a video about the series so far from Good-To-Evil, Louie definitely deserves the Gluttony Medal
I always liked the treasure completion scene the most. The Pikmin send out a light show like an aurora on the land to show their friendship to Olimar.
I was really surprised to see that they re-rendered the cutscenes for the remaster in higher-res. So many other devs would just reuse the old, compressed cutscenes instead.
Which is not entirely their fault, its rare that studios would keep game assets around years after development finished to be able to do that sort of thing, especially for this era and earlier. The fact that they even still had them at all for Pikmin of all things amazes me.
Woah, is that how they did that? They just had the original project files for Pikmin 2's pre-rendered cutscenes lying around? I mean, I guess they did hold onto Luigi's unused Super Mario 64 model for two decades along with many, many more stuff so maybe it's not that surprising.
@Tokuto-kun They might've just originally rendered the scenes in HD, and kept those. I find it hard to believe they've kept the animation data for Pikmin and not Super Mario Sunshine.
My mind might be playing tricks on me, but I think they actually might have just straight up redone the cutscene for Louie exploring PNF-404 by himself. All the other cutscenes look pretty much like they did on the Gamecube, just now uncompressed/in hd, while Louie's model in the fake credits cutscene genuinely looks way more high quality then anything in any of the other cutscenes, especially how the reflection in his helmet. If I'm correct, I wonder if why they did that had something to do with the hybrid nature of the og cutscene.
I looks so much better than on the Wii and GameCube, it’s like the cutscenes were made for HD
i never played pikmin 2 but when i watched the cutscenes here on YT and saw the beginning
i didnt believe the lie louie made up and had a feeling it was him who ate the carrots
before i ever saw that secert bonus called Louie's dark secert
Yeah... Louie is sneaky
Did they boost the quality of these cutscenes? Because these look REALLY good
The cutscenes on the Switch looked re-rendered rather than a video upscale
because they actually re-rendered them
Thanks!
Pikmin 2 has the best ending
Rerendered them? I thought they would only ai upscale or something, nice
Now, I haven't played... MUCH, of the Pikmin games. (Cuz my child brain is too dumb to understand the concept of in-game times when Pikmin 3 came by, btw Happy 10th Anniversary Pikmin 3, Japan release date anyway) but I can safely say.. the cutscenes are as smooth as a baby's bum (Please don't think of that as something, guys...) and would consider going back to the series to actually play it and see how well I do now!
Just in time for pikmin 3 to come out
My brother in Christ, Pikmin 3 is already on the Switch
@@bloodmuzzle i think he means pikmin 4.
@@TAmzid2872 I thought 3 was just announced
@@alexwright290Pikmin 3 was announced 11 years ago
@@wef6146 it's good they finally got around to releasing it, then
I’ve always hated Louie since I was a kid
i stilll loving this part 8:28
1:46 😂
I wanna say they re-rendered these out in HD but I'm not sure, it looks too clean for a simple Ai upscale
They 100% re-rendered them
9:29 So pnf-404 is really earth...
How did Louie eat if he can't breathe the air?
Why’s it look so much better?
These are the remastered cutscenes
I still never unlocked the Louie’s Dark Secret cutscene I finished the whole game but I just never got that cutscene
You have to finish all the levels in Challenge Mode without losing any Pikmin to unlock it.
Someone should do a comparison video
it's really a shame it's only AI upscaled. I was hoping to see the original cutscene playing without compression, but hey this is better than nothing. I just think it looks kinda smeary and ugly, the background especially. the credits FMV looks 100x better though. i think they partially remade it or something it looks wayy better
Is it ai generated? I've seen people say both it's re-rendered but also saying it's ai generated, neither having sources.
@@Tokuto-kunsome of the textures were Ai upscaled but the cutscenes were re-rendered
i mean is hd
lue
Wow
10:10
Sure its looks slightly polished but not on the levels of pikmin 3 or 4. So not worth buying plus there are no branded treasures in this one
No shit they aren't as "polished". They're Gamecube games.
No need to be aggressive
So, you want to expand really old deals for single game remaster? That's kinda sounds stupidly. Oh, and also, people still like there retextured treasures
I'd buy it just because the way companies have been with game preservation, I don't want to miss out on getting a physical copy for switch