they should make it where if you bring 100 flowered pikmin to the mamutas they just clap happily and give up their treasure without a fight so i dont have to murder them
@@lucian_is_realif you’re the type to spare an enemy are you really the type to not reset if Bill the rando blue min touched an electric gate and went zap? Not trying to start a fight either I’m just curious if those aren’t mutually inclusive groups. You can’t find above ground Mamutas in 2, So there should never be a scenario you can’t have 100 min.
The instinct to immediately kill the Snitchbug comes from the pre-existing knowledge that they not dangerous, but instead actively waste your time. Yes it is satisfying to pluck new pikmin sprouts... Old ones that got planted against your will, not so much
@@thatoneuberedsoldier4505 that has nothing to do with Snitchbugs or harmless enemies, that floor is full of hidden Doodlebugs which can poison your min
Another thing about the Creeping Chrysanthemum in Pikmin 4, they have a lot less noticeable disguise. In Pikmin 2 they had their eyes open all the time so it was extremely obvious to see him, but now in Pikmin 4 they have their eyes constantly closed and only really open them if a Spectralid steps on its eyes So now it really is a mimick enemy.
@@k90v85 it is because it blends in with the vegetation around. Either the margarets or fleabane flowers depending on Pikmin 2 or 4; just like how there are octoroks in zelda games that blend in with the folliage like bushes.
Wog is a slur in british english, but if the brits can still say the F slur because "it means cigarette" then we can still call the frog guys Wollywogs
I have never heard of that as an insult EDIT: Okay yeah done some research on it now So their original name was based on an alternative name for tadpoles which is pollywogs, and in that context the name is fine. But as said, the name sadly has some connections to an offensive racist term. It doesn’t help that their name is incredibly similar to Golliwog Dolls, which were racist caricatures designed to make fun of black people and basically it was a big thing that even further promoted racism. I don’t know the full story of them because it isn’t exactly pleasant to be looking up stuff about that, but I know this is the main part of it. I think they may have even been around in the 80s, but that might be misinformation so take that with a grain of salt. Fortunately nowadays stuff like that is far less common and I think the dolls were actually banned, so it makes sense that anyone under like 40 would not necessarily have heard this as an insult, which is fortunate, but knowing about it now there definitely is an incredibly unfortunate, but unintentional connection to something offensive in the past and I think it was a good decision to change the name knowing what I now know
It's weird to describe fighting enemies like Porquillion and Wollyhops with rocks as "cheesing" them, when you wouldn't say the same about Fiery Blowhogs and reds or Anode Beetles and yellows. Rocks have a hazard immunity, plain and simple. It's not cheesing to use it.
Think it's mostly because with stuff like blowhogs you can still whistle to save pikmin suffering, but for most pikmin once a wog crushes them they're dead forever
Mainly because wollywogs were created well before rock pikmin and didn't have a direct counter in first two games. Now you can literally throw a single rock at one and leave. It feels pretty cheesy
@@TheDarthWinner Maybe it does feel that way, but it's something the devs wanted players to be able to do. Sure, they're much easier enemies to fight now, even when they're in water. But Nintendo intended for them to be easier, and it's not cheese when it's intended. It's just natural for certain tasks to become easier as we are given more tools.
I really like that the Peckish is the only enemy to interact with the charge function. It'll stretch its legs to avoid the attack and stun most of your squad, leading to 3 deaths
The reason you didn't get sucked into the greater jellyfloat is probably because of one of the upgrades you buy preventing you from getting knocked off your feet. You can disable your gear in the menus.
Bulbmin and Spektralids in the same tier feels really off. Sure Bulbmin are helpful, but as an enemy they're usually pretty tough, especially in Submerged Castle where you don't have Purples
You can actually do the night missions without spawning the Smoky Proggs by finding their eggs and breaking them before they hatch. Fighting one or none is better than two or any.
Kinda weird that it took them that long to change it, though. Like the names were only change in the Switch port of 1 and 2, along with 4. Not even 3 Deluxe or Hey Pikmin. *Edit* Ok, so they did change the names in the U.K release of the wii ports of Pikmin 1 and 2 and every game afterward. It was just the U.S. versions that kept Wollywogs until the Switch ports and 4 which changes the name in all regions.
Foolix actually does appear a second time in Trial of the Sage Leaf! he's quite interesting there as the purples counter him well, but you also are forced to go as fast as possible. Titan Blowhog also appears in two places, Shipwreck tale as well as Cavern for a King.
New Players seeing Man-at-Legs: "Oh cool. Interesting scuffle." Veteran Pikmin Players seeing Man-at-Legs: "LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY BOY!" At least they didn't botch the Waterwraiths return. Sure they made WW easier but at least it still felt threatening.
nah I think waterwraith was nerfed more, manatlegs was just put under unfortunate circumstances (oatchi and moss letting you just circle around the boss) in terms of music though they were both buffed heavily
The wraith was thrown into a short dungeon with floors that barely outlast its timer with their layouts. I only saw it show up right before I went into the final floor in my first playthrough. Pikmin 4 is just really easy, no matter what part you're talking about.
as a lone anode beetle I'd like to thank you for acting to raise public awareness of the plight of anode beetles everywhere. it is time society learns to move beyond the stigma lone anode beetles have been forced to suffer under in the past
So that fight at 1:21:47 was literally the worst fight of the entire game for me, it always felt like I should've had enough time to get all my pikmin back and jump, but it never was. I reset that fight like 8 TIMES before I just chucked 3 bombs, popped a spicy spray and rushed to instakill. To whoever is responsible for that fight I hope you are minorly inconvenienced today.
is it literally just me that one-cycled it without using spicy spray? idk if i just had a good pikmin squad or what but it was honestly an easy fight. just charge at the head with oatchi and it dies in like 10 seconds before it can wake up
Yeah, likely a better squad. I also was down to about 75 as I was determined to do the whole dungeon in 1 go, and only reset on massive failures. I also learned that depending on exactly the angle you hit the head with Oatchi, the number of pikmin that actually land *on* the head vary significantly.
Ancient sire hound was infuriating the first time I didn’t buy the electric upgrades. Also the final phase will always be at least a little annoying. Though when I understood the boss it was satisfying I loved it.
Swarming Sheargrubs DO have the capability to kill Pikmin, or rather get Pikmin killed. If you have Pikmin idle and the Swarming Sheargrubs pass by, the Pikmin will attempt to chase after them. And they're so fast that they'll all too often lure the Pikmin in front of more dangerous enemies before the Pikmin kill them. Has happened to me more than a few times when I was focused on multitasking and forgot to find and kill the swarm
Kinda sucks that pikmin enemies have been nerfed in later titles. I wish they would release more dlcs like splatoon 2's octo expansion because that difficulty is what I want to be brought back in these nintendo game.
So I just replayed pikmin 1 recently and the Emperor Bulblax would not stop jumping during his second phase. Should've been called the Mario Bulblax considering how much he was jumping.
I feel bad for completely butchering the first few phases of Sirehound via full squad of glow pikmin (I had yet to use a single glowseed and thought the final cave was a fitting occasion)
I personally didnt want to use any glow seeds if i didnt have to, and i didnt, until the electricity phase of ancient sirehound. The thing is, i wanted to beat the cavern for a king in one shot, no returning to the surface, so i was stuck with purple, blue, and white pikmin the whole time. The thing is, if you don’t destroy the electric hairballs, they NEVER go away. I thought it was a fun challenge to dodge them while attacking at first, but then they became completely unavoidable. Thats when i used my first (and only) glow seeds of my entire run. Just so i could destroy the electric hairballs
Hard disagree on the careening derigibugs. Between how deadly the bomb rocks are, how small the openings to attack are, the fact they're often in groups, and the fact that they're almost always near pits, I'd put them in tier 6 at least. Also, IDK why you ranked the harmless ones before the helpful ones. Seems like it should be the other way around. Otherwise, great video. I'm glad you seperated the wollywogs and Emperor Bulblax into different groups, given how different they are in the later games
I was amazed to see them not right near the top of the list. If they wern't often positioned in such a way a missed throw sends your pikmin into a pit, they'd be fine though.
Very nice video, chief. I havent seen much on Pikmin 4, so to discover some of my favs made an HD return makes me excited to try and get it. Shame some enemies arent present like mr. Rolly Lobster and my boy Dirigibug but ya cant have everything! 😊
39:26, fun little tidbit about the Tusked Blowhog, is that if they get a hold of Pikmin with their jaws, which I noticed rarely happens in my playthrough of the game, they are an enemy that can actually crush rock pikmin in their jaws, I was so suprised the first time it happened to me
So in Pikmin 2 caves, once you get the fists upgrade, I usually just kill Cannon Bulborbs with Olimar/Louie and don't even bring Pikmin. Let their rocks kill other enemies then kill them with the Captains.
So I had a random group of red Pikmin kill a Creeping Chrysanthemum that respawned in Awakening Woods on Pikmin 2 (actually one in your picture) and I had forgot about respawn when group was carrying something. I came by and found enough Pikmin dead that they couldn't carry it anymore but saw the dead Creepy Chrysanthemum next to them.
Agree on Male Sheargrubs. They are very annoying. They are really only a threat if you don't pay attention to them (i.e. Pikmin carrying something out of sight) but there always seems to be that one time in a Pikmin game where they get you.
I go with the theory that the Submerged Castle is like that due to a mix of factors: First, the Waterwraith is implied to be connected to the Plasma Wraith somehow, second Olimar remarks in the Piklopedia that the Waterwraith didn't seem like a living being more like a weird dimensional being, third is the idea that the Submerged Castle happens once the captains are worn and tired from their expedition and are starting to hallucinate while in the caverns. So all those factors tied together makes the Submerged Castle feel more like an Eldritch horror than a standard cave.
5:25 ngl when I first saw this thing I was terrified of it since big beasts tend to be deadly, but after fighting one you realize they are barely a threat 6:02 This one I saw it, and instantly likened it to the female version, never saw it do anything other than run in terror from my Pikmin so when I first heard it actually did something I was surprised
About Honeywisps dropping Mitites, this only happens in Pikmin 2 because every egg has a 5% chance to contain 10 Mitites. Mitites are fixed spawns in 4 so Honeywisps can never drop them. (Source: Pikipedia)
@@capitanpastabase6342Actually He Can Eat Your Pikmin If They Get Trapped Around His Mandibles Then He Just Sticks His Tounge Out Then Eat Your Pikmin But This Also Happens Even If His Mandibles Are Broken
Of the numerous critters we've met over the years my favorites have to be the Snagrets, they fascinate me, and I'm sincerely hoping that a future entry formerly introduces us to the Snarrows.
I remember the fact that I actually avoided doing the Submerged Castle until after finishing the debt repayment, and even then I used cheats to give myself infinite bitter sprays to deal with the Waterwraith. I don't know why, but the first time I encountered it I just sprayed the hell out of it over and over again. It eventually just vanished for no apparent reason, following minutes of being unable to move. I think it got annoyed with being stunlocked, since it never showed up again until the obligatory boss fight on the last floor
@@cplegogame25 Spyro 1 was the first game I ever beat and hearing it being mentioned anywhere always makes me happy. Also yeah, those trees in Misty Bog always used to scare the crap out of me… Those and the big gnorc in the tunnel in Dark Hollow
38:22 you can chuck bombs into their mouth doing a one shot! I actually discovered that on my own and its how russ ran out of materials to make bombs every single time i went back to camp.
About this 43:30 in Pikmin you were able to save a Pikmin that was caught by a Male Sheargrub by hitting it directly with a throw. Same thing applied ti the Shearwigs, granted it’s hard to even get a direct aim (unless playing new play controls)
There’s one in Olimar’s shipwrecked tale next to a part where plunder palace (breadbug cave) is and moss can’t get up there so you pretty much have to use explosives
Oh yeah, I forgot the boots in Pikmin 4 prevent captains from being sucked up by enemies. I knew they weren’t blown back by wind though. I don’t think bubbles apply though
Greater spotted jellyflot can suck you up because you have a gear that makes you immune to geating blown away or suck up just go to gear and remove it and then they can suck you up
With skutterchucks, I’ve found out that by positioning yourself correctly against them, you can get them to throw the rocks at themselves and instantly die. I learned this back in 2015
Little trick with enemies: they always want to feast on Pikmin, but they can be tricked into eating something else: Bomb Rocks. I can’t speak for Pikmin 1, but in Pikmin 3, if an enemy tries to eat a Pikmin with a Bomb Rock, they will only manage to snag the Bomb Rock; the Pikmin dives out of the way. And when they swallow, BOOM! Guaranteed to instantly kill them.
29:22 The reason why your captain couldn’t be sucked in is because you probably had the brace boots equipped which makes you and oatchi immune to knockback effects. Hope this helps.
Thank you for validating my feelings on the auto-lock on and Oatchi. At best the auto lock on makes things too unnecessarily easy, and at worst it gets in the way if trying to throw pikmin at stuff when there's a bunch of targets. And Oatchi, of course, is just too strong. Enough that when I replay 4 I plan on refusing to use Oatchi for anything where he isnt explicitly required.
1:33:50 And those, right there, are my exact main problems with Pikmin 4. The auto lock-on, the enemies being too easy, and the fact that they don't respawn really stinks!
I categorized the creatures of the Pikmin franchise into 5 categories: 1. Eaters - Self explanatory. They hunger for your Pikmin and won't stop until they've consumed each and ever one. 2. Territorials - They don't eat Pikmin, but they view them as invaders to be squashed or destroyed. 3. Nuisances - Not dangerous in the traditional sense, but because of what they do which make them rather pesky, it can leave the Pikmin and their leader vulnerable to other more dangerous creatures. 4. Oddities - There are creatures that do odd things to Pikmin without harming or killing them...but they do everything from instantly planting them and having them sprout into flowers, or mind-controlling them to even attack you. 5. Ambiance - More background-like life-forms than threats.
Gatling Groink can damage enemies to with the shots. Man-at-Legs will shoot to a nearest captain and pikmin for bait. Wollywogs and Yellow Wollywogs are easily baitable by captain moving spots where it cannot be attacking pikmin. In pikmin 2 Wollywogs can be stunned by Purple pikmin if they are not in the water.
13:48 The Snootwhackers can be flipped over with bombs, and the younger Snootwhacker can’t kill pikmin directly 14:18 You Probably broke the crystal previously before you recorded it 38:28 Glow Pikmin can swim in mud 42:25 Don’t forget that fiery blowhogs did like a quarter of Olimar’s Health 48:10 there is a spot in pikmin 2 (I think it’s The Valley of repose or awakening wood) that mitites are guaranteed to spawn 48:15 you can kill them with other types but it’s unoptimal 58:27 The Roar always panicked pikmin 1:00:46 You can’t auto lock onto the legs 1:04:12 you can whistle your pikmin if you stun it 1:04:50 Plasm should be higher for the sole reason that it’s near impossible to beat deathless
That. Damned. Autolocking. I feel like I went through the five stages of grief with Pikmin 4's autolocking. At first I hated it, then I slowly grew used to it and didn't mind it so much, then I just fully accepted it. And then I regressed a bit once reaching the more difficult caves, mostly due to larger groups of enemies like you mentioned. And then the purple onion happened. The absolute HATRED of the autolock mechanic came back in full force during that mission alone. I had to restart that mission SO many times because the autolock would target the wrong thing and I had to basically turn the camera 180 degrees to get it to lock onto something else. By then the water wraith had crushed me and my pikmin. So much rage and anguish. I truly don't understand why it isn't an optional toggle in the settings. At the very least it's threshold needs to be SERIOUSLY turned down, because once I target something on screeen it seems like the lock won't leave that object until I literally can't see it anymore. It's so frustrating. If I didn't have so many issues with this one feature, Pikmin 4 would easily be my favorite in the series.
Just want to point out that in pikmin 1, if the sheargrubs grab a pikmin they arent immune to death. If you threw a pikmin on its head as it was eating a pikmin, then it would die instantly, at least in the switch version
I really feel like freezing should act like a weaker dance gas where it takes like a second or two for the pikmin to unfreeze when you whistle them. Feels really insignificant the way it is now
The Smoky Proggs weren't hard to deal with for me. I just found out where their eggs were and made sure to break them before they had a chance to hatch.
I cant help but think of crawfish, lobster, crab, and other shellfish when I see Bug-Eyed Crawmad and other pikmin crustacean creatures. Looking at them makes me hungry.
Honestly Pikmin 4 creeping chrysanthemums are way harder than the original due to the fact that the CC used to decide it’s attack WAY earlier than when it’d actually do it like it’d start turning to a Pikmin next to it and like two seconds after that guy is gone it’ll attack meaning if you know how to exploit that you can swarm with a chunky squad right after for an easy one cycle or repeat for around two. Honestly would’ve far preferred that instead of retconning one of the best guys ever they just had it be a new enemy or a different relative or something kinda like the bulborb breadbug thing.
About the jelly floats they can suck up captains, but not if you have the brace boots, because those make your immune to getting pulled or pushed by air
If you guys wanna make your own list you can use the one I made here
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I like bread bug
they should make it where if you bring 100 flowered pikmin to the mamutas they just clap happily and give up their treasure without a fight so i dont have to murder them
Definitely. I love the goofy eyes of the mamuta and hate that they have a treasure in them
Yeah i dont wanna kill mamuta
MLM mamuta lives matter
It would be better if your whole squad was flowered not necessarily 100
@@lucian_is_realif you’re the type to spare an enemy are you really the type to not reset if Bill the rando blue min touched an electric gate and went zap? Not trying to start a fight either I’m just curious if those aren’t mutually inclusive groups. You can’t find above ground Mamutas in 2, So there should never be a scenario you can’t have 100 min.
fun fact: according to Olimar's notes in the Pikmin 4 Piklopedia, the egg that the Smoky Progg hatches from is in fact a MAMUTA egg!
Thats consistent with the Pikmin 1 credits
@@2011supergameraaaand the original untranslated names
In Pikmin 2, I think the reason Wogpoles were ceiling traps was to emulate them being sucked into the cave after you opened it
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That's actually pretty clever!
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i'm pretty sure it's more based on how their eggs will be attached to higher places to then be dropped into water once they hatch.
The instinct to immediately kill the Snitchbug comes from the pre-existing knowledge that they not dangerous, but instead actively waste your time. Yes it is satisfying to pluck new pikmin sprouts... Old ones that got planted against your will, not so much
My instinct is dream den sublevel 9
@@thatoneuberedsoldier4505 that has nothing to do with Snitchbugs or harmless enemies, that floor is full of hidden Doodlebugs which can poison your min
BUTTTTT..... you can get flower pikmin :D
The swooping snitchbug is the only way to get bud bulbmin so there's that.
@@GoldenGrenadierthought it was only leaves
Another thing about the Creeping Chrysanthemum in Pikmin 4, they have a lot less noticeable disguise.
In Pikmin 2 they had their eyes open all the time so it was extremely obvious to see him, but now in Pikmin 4 they have their eyes constantly closed and only really open them if a Spectralid steps on its eyes
So now it really is a mimick enemy.
Number of flowers
except its not a mimic
@@k90v85 it is because it blends in with the vegetation around. Either the margarets or fleabane flowers depending on Pikmin 2 or 4; just like how there are octoroks in zelda games that blend in with the folliage like bushes.
@@ZombieChicken1310 it is foliage though, olimar points out this in the log in pikmin 2
@@k90v85 Ok and? It's still disguised as an ambience element therefore it is a mimick
Wog is a slur in british english, but if the brits can still say the F slur because "it means cigarette" then we can still call the frog guys Wollywogs
Honestly being a Brit I've gone 21 years of my life without hearing the word "Wog" 😂
I have never heard of that as an insult
EDIT: Okay yeah done some research on it now
So their original name was based on an alternative name for tadpoles which is pollywogs, and in that context the name is fine. But as said, the name sadly has some connections to an offensive racist term. It doesn’t help that their name is incredibly similar to Golliwog Dolls, which were racist caricatures designed to make fun of black people and basically it was a big thing that even further promoted racism. I don’t know the full story of them because it isn’t exactly pleasant to be looking up stuff about that, but I know this is the main part of it. I think they may have even been around in the 80s, but that might be misinformation so take that with a grain of salt.
Fortunately nowadays stuff like that is far less common and I think the dolls were actually banned, so it makes sense that anyone under like 40 would not necessarily have heard this as an insult, which is fortunate, but knowing about it now there definitely is an incredibly unfortunate, but unintentional connection to something offensive in the past and I think it was a good decision to change the name knowing what I now know
Guys if y'all have never heard of it then what the fuck was Nintendo smoking
i haver never heard someone say it but i do know its used as a racist slur toward black people so thats why they probably changed it
I have never heard anyone use the f slur to refer to a cigarette.
It's weird to describe fighting enemies like Porquillion and Wollyhops with rocks as "cheesing" them, when you wouldn't say the same about Fiery Blowhogs and reds or Anode Beetles and yellows. Rocks have a hazard immunity, plain and simple. It's not cheesing to use it.
it is pretty strange if you think about it
Think it's mostly because with stuff like blowhogs you can still whistle to save pikmin suffering, but for most pikmin once a wog crushes them they're dead forever
@@jerryhh2744 then shouldn't we say fighting electric enemies with yellows in Pikmin 2 is cheesing them?
Mainly because wollywogs were created well before rock pikmin and didn't have a direct counter in first two games. Now you can literally throw a single rock at one and leave. It feels pretty cheesy
@@TheDarthWinner Maybe it does feel that way, but it's something the devs wanted players to be able to do. Sure, they're much easier enemies to fight now, even when they're in water. But Nintendo intended for them to be easier, and it's not cheese when it's intended.
It's just natural for certain tasks to become easier as we are given more tools.
29:12 i think it’s because you have the brace boots equipped, they prevent the captain from being blown away and being “sucked” in a enemy
it is
I would love a nature documentary of how these things love their lives. No matter how good or bad they are, ya just gotta love em
I'd love an episode on the best boi. The Mamuta.
Tbh you could have added Louie after The smokey prog.
Dude single handedly harassed an entire ecosystem
I really like that the Peckish is the only enemy to interact with the charge function. It'll stretch its legs to avoid the attack and stun most of your squad, leading to 3 deaths
The reason you didn't get sucked into the greater jellyfloat is probably because of one of the upgrades you buy preventing you from getting knocked off your feet. You can disable your gear in the menus.
22:19
"Instead of pushing pikmin away,"
*shows footage of blowhog blowing pikmin away*
Another positive in pikmin 4 with the withering blow hog is that it runs in fear when you use ultra spicy spray and move towards it
Four really added great little details.
@Topdoggie7 It ruined my boy the Waterwraith though
@@twinzzlers Didn't ruin him at all.
@@Topdoggie7he was already weak
@@ThePikminCaptain🤦🏼♂️ replied to the wrong person
I was really sick today and watching this well-crafted and narrated video helped in me not thinking of the horrible pain I was in. Great job dude.
Thanks dude! Hope you feel better
Bulbmin and Spektralids in the same tier feels really off. Sure Bulbmin are helpful, but as an enemy they're usually pretty tough, especially in Submerged Castle where you don't have Purples
Yeah I mentioned they can be annoying. They’re like mini bulbears in some cases, but me personally thought of them more helpful than harmful
Hey at leasts its not fucking bullbears and dirigibugs in the same teir in the same teir as fucking breadbugs
You can actually do the night missions without spawning the Smoky Proggs by finding their eggs and breaking them before they hatch. Fighting one or none is better than two or any.
Take a shot every time you complain about the auto lock-on.
Cute fursona
the fact it can't be turned off is ridiculous.
Hello I'm Johnathon Auto-Lock and I cannot be turned off.
The reason why wollywogs were renamed is because wog is a slur.
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Ooooooooh that makes sense.
They outta change the term pollywog as well, which is obviously where the got the name wollywog.
Kinda weird that it took them that long to change it, though. Like the names were only change in the Switch port of 1 and 2, along with 4. Not even 3 Deluxe or Hey Pikmin.
*Edit*
Ok, so they did change the names in the U.K release of the wii ports of Pikmin 1 and 2 and every game afterward. It was just the U.S. versions that kept Wollywogs until the Switch ports and 4 which changes the name in all regions.
yeah you wog
really, wollywog was changed due to it being 1 letter off from a british slur against black people if i recall correctly
Foolix actually does appear a second time in Trial of the Sage Leaf! he's quite interesting there as the purples counter him well, but you also are forced to go as fast as possible. Titan Blowhog also appears in two places, Shipwreck tale as well as Cavern for a King.
New Players seeing Man-at-Legs: "Oh cool. Interesting scuffle."
Veteran Pikmin Players seeing Man-at-Legs: "LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO MY BOY!"
At least they didn't botch the Waterwraiths return. Sure they made WW easier but at least it still felt threatening.
nah I think waterwraith was nerfed more, manatlegs was just put under unfortunate circumstances (oatchi and moss letting you just circle around the boss)
in terms of music though they were both buffed heavily
The wraith was thrown into a short dungeon with floors that barely outlast its timer with their layouts. I only saw it show up right before I went into the final floor in my first playthrough. Pikmin 4 is just really easy, no matter what part you're talking about.
I only had to reset twice
as a lone anode beetle I'd like to thank you for acting to raise public awareness of the plight of anode beetles everywhere. it is time society learns to move beyond the stigma lone anode beetles have been forced to suffer under in the past
So that fight at 1:21:47 was literally the worst fight of the entire game for me, it always felt like I should've had enough time to get all my pikmin back and jump, but it never was. I reset that fight like 8 TIMES before I just chucked 3 bombs, popped a spicy spray and rushed to instakill. To whoever is responsible for that fight I hope you are minorly inconvenienced today.
is it literally just me that one-cycled it without using spicy spray? idk if i just had a good pikmin squad or what but it was honestly an easy fight. just charge at the head with oatchi and it dies in like 10 seconds before it can wake up
Yeah, likely a better squad. I also was down to about 75 as I was determined to do the whole dungeon in 1 go, and only reset on massive failures. I also learned that depending on exactly the angle you hit the head with Oatchi, the number of pikmin that actually land *on* the head vary significantly.
I just threw 10 purples to her head and as soon as she moved (before doing the shake off animation) I wisthled them back and jump. Pretty neat fight
One of my favorite things about this franchise is the sheer variety of enemies. Thanks for all the work you put into this video!
Ancient sire hound was infuriating the first time I didn’t buy the electric upgrades. Also the final phase will always be at least a little annoying. Though when I understood the boss it was satisfying I loved it.
Swarming Sheargrubs DO have the capability to kill Pikmin, or rather get Pikmin killed. If you have Pikmin idle and the Swarming Sheargrubs pass by, the Pikmin will attempt to chase after them. And they're so fast that they'll all too often lure the Pikmin in front of more dangerous enemies before the Pikmin kill them. Has happened to me more than a few times when I was focused on multitasking and forgot to find and kill the swarm
Kinda sucks that pikmin enemies have been nerfed in later titles. I wish they would release more dlcs like splatoon 2's octo expansion because that difficulty is what I want to be brought back in these nintendo game.
Love the video, well thought out and I love your calm voice. I agree with everything.
Anyone else accidentally think the 64 NSO updated at 27:34? XD
So I just replayed pikmin 1 recently and the Emperor Bulblax would not stop jumping during his second phase. Should've been called the Mario Bulblax considering how much he was jumping.
I feel bad for completely butchering the first few phases of Sirehound via full squad of glow pikmin
(I had yet to use a single glowseed and thought the final cave was a fitting occasion)
I personally didnt want to use any glow seeds if i didnt have to, and i didnt, until the electricity phase of ancient sirehound. The thing is, i wanted to beat the cavern for a king in one shot, no returning to the surface, so i was stuck with purple, blue, and white pikmin the whole time. The thing is, if you don’t destroy the electric hairballs, they NEVER go away. I thought it was a fun challenge to dodge them while attacking at first, but then they became completely unavoidable. Thats when i used my first (and only) glow seeds of my entire run. Just so i could destroy the electric hairballs
Granted, Titan Dweevil can also be humiliated with Yellows.
I want to add the fact that in Pikmin 3 you can destroy the Aristocrabs claw with a wollywog jumping on it. Always satisfying to pull off
Hard disagree on the careening derigibugs. Between how deadly the bomb rocks are, how small the openings to attack are, the fact they're often in groups, and the fact that they're almost always near pits, I'd put them in tier 6 at least.
Also, IDK why you ranked the harmless ones before the helpful ones. Seems like it should be the other way around.
Otherwise, great video. I'm glad you seperated the wollywogs and Emperor Bulblax into different groups, given how different they are in the later games
I was amazed to see them not right near the top of the list. If they wern't often positioned in such a way a missed throw sends your pikmin into a pit, they'd be fine though.
I love Gatling groinks I know that’s definitely a hot take but they should have been in pikmin 4
No....just no.
Go away tier: “I hate this so much but I kinda miss it”
The greater jellyfloat can suck up captains but you need the resistance to sucking or blowing gear off to see it
Very nice video, chief. I havent seen much on Pikmin 4, so to discover some of my favs made an HD return makes me excited to try and get it. Shame some enemies arent present like mr. Rolly Lobster and my boy Dirigibug but ya cant have everything! 😊
39:26, fun little tidbit about the Tusked Blowhog, is that if they get a hold of Pikmin with their jaws, which I noticed rarely happens in my playthrough of the game, they are an enemy that can actually crush rock pikmin in their jaws, I was so suprised the first time it happened to me
I would honestly love a spin off where you observe the creatures and maybe take photos of them.
So in Pikmin 2 caves, once you get the fists upgrade, I usually just kill Cannon Bulborbs with Olimar/Louie and don't even bring Pikmin. Let their rocks kill other enemies then kill them with the Captains.
So I had a random group of red Pikmin kill a Creeping Chrysanthemum that respawned in Awakening Woods on Pikmin 2 (actually one in your picture) and I had forgot about respawn when group was carrying something. I came by and found enough Pikmin dead that they couldn't carry it anymore but saw the dead Creepy Chrysanthemum next to them.
This is fantastic! Would love to see more great pikmin content in the future!
Agree on Male Sheargrubs. They are very annoying. They are really only a threat if you don't pay attention to them (i.e. Pikmin carrying something out of sight) but there always seems to be that one time in a Pikmin game where they get you.
30:11 “thankfully that never happens because I’m so good at this game*
Meanwhile the blue Pikmin in the background: 😑😧👻😑👻👻👻
You know he’s a chad when he includes the Ujadani. 7:38
Can’t wait to watch this all in one sitting
Update. Great watch
Now I now this video is going to be good
I go with the theory that the Submerged Castle is like that due to a mix of factors: First, the Waterwraith is implied to be connected to the Plasma Wraith somehow, second Olimar remarks in the Piklopedia that the Waterwraith didn't seem like a living being more like a weird dimensional being, third is the idea that the Submerged Castle happens once the captains are worn and tired from their expedition and are starting to hallucinate while in the caverns. So all those factors tied together makes the Submerged Castle feel more like an Eldritch horror than a standard cave.
5:25 ngl when I first saw this thing I was terrified of it since big beasts tend to be deadly, but after fighting one you realize they are barely a threat
6:02 This one I saw it, and instantly likened it to the female version, never saw it do anything other than run in terror from my Pikmin so when I first heard it actually did something I was surprised
I just love how the further the video progresses, he gets more and more aggressive when talking about the enemies 😂
About Honeywisps dropping Mitites, this only happens in Pikmin 2 because every egg has a 5% chance to contain 10 Mitites. Mitites are fixed spawns in 4 so Honeywisps can never drop them. (Source: Pikipedia)
The Armored Mawdad is even less threatening when you know that it instantly dies if you break both of it's mandibles
he doesn't? he just can't eat your pikmin. But noe that I think about, I've never played on normal difficulty.
@@capitanpastabase6342 you're right. I must've just gotten really lucky with the timing
@@capitanpastabase6342Actually He Can Eat Your Pikmin If They Get Trapped Around His Mandibles Then He Just Sticks His Tounge Out Then Eat Your Pikmin But This Also Happens Even If His Mandibles Are Broken
Of the numerous critters we've met over the years my favorites have to be the Snagrets, they fascinate me, and I'm sincerely hoping that a future entry formerly introduces us to the Snarrows.
Holy moly, the algorithm really blessed this video of yours!
I remember the fact that I actually avoided doing the Submerged Castle until after finishing the debt repayment, and even then I used cheats to give myself infinite bitter sprays to deal with the Waterwraith. I don't know why, but the first time I encountered it I just sprayed the hell out of it over and over again. It eventually just vanished for no apparent reason, following minutes of being unable to move. I think it got annoyed with being stunlocked, since it never showed up again until the obligatory boss fight on the last floor
33:53 AND HE’S STOLEN A DRAGON EGG! YOU’VE GOT TO TRACK HIM DOWN AND GET THAT EGG!! RUN!! RUN!!!!
Glad someone got that reference
@@cplegogame25 Spyro 1 was the first game I ever beat and hearing it being mentioned anywhere always makes me happy. Also yeah, those trees in Misty Bog always used to scare the crap out of me… Those and the big gnorc in the tunnel in Dark Hollow
(wheeze) I'm getting a little winded...
You forgot the 2 golden long legs at the end of olimar’s comeback (I forgive you because they are forgettable and disappointingly easy)
They don't even have a unique name i believe
@@CreamIc7I Call Them "Goldy Long Legs" And "Blondy Long Legs"
Because they couldn't have just brought back Beady
38:22 you can chuck bombs into their mouth doing a one shot! I actually discovered that on my own and its how russ ran out of materials to make bombs every single time i went back to camp.
About this 43:30 in Pikmin you were able to save a Pikmin that was caught by a Male Sheargrub by hitting it directly with a throw. Same thing applied ti the Shearwigs, granted it’s hard to even get a direct aim (unless playing new play controls)
I like the harmless and/or redundant enemies for worldbuilding. Feeling alive and real is a big part of Pikmin's appeal to me.
The snootwackers can knock back bombs, I tried exploding them with a bomb rock once, it didn’t go well
oof
There’s one in Olimar’s shipwrecked tale next to a part where plunder palace (breadbug cave) is and moss can’t get up there so you pretty much have to use explosives
0:17 auto aim is both a blessing and a curse. You can auto aim, but on the downside, you auto-aim.
I think he forgot that the brace boots stop bubbles and heavy winds from effecting him, every wind effect can effect the captain to my knowledge
Do brace boots count as a cheese tactic against enemies like jellyfloats like using purples cause they’re immune to winds as well?
Oh yeah, I forgot the boots in Pikmin 4 prevent captains from being sucked up by enemies. I knew they weren’t blown back by wind though. I don’t think bubbles apply though
Low key ranking, thnx for the soothing narration
Greater spotted jellyflot can suck you up because you have a gear that makes you immune to geating blown away or suck up just go to gear and remove it and then they can suck you up
With skutterchucks, I’ve found out that by positioning yourself correctly against them, you can get them to throw the rocks at themselves and instantly die. I learned this back in 2015
Little trick with enemies: they always want to feast on Pikmin, but they can be tricked into eating something else: Bomb Rocks. I can’t speak for Pikmin 1, but in Pikmin 3, if an enemy tries to eat a Pikmin with a Bomb Rock, they will only manage to snag the Bomb Rock; the Pikmin dives out of the way. And when they swallow, BOOM! Guaranteed to instantly kill them.
1:35:27
Waterwraith: "ARGH I am the main threat I'll kill all of your pikmin!!1!"
Anode dweevil: "I call this one a "Tier 7 Maneuver""
29:22 The reason why your captain couldn’t be sucked in is because you probably had the brace boots equipped which makes you and oatchi immune to knockback effects. Hope this helps.
Porquillon is annoying because you just have to sit and wait on it to shoot multiple quells before you attack. It just drags out the fight.
Thank you for validating my feelings on the auto-lock on and Oatchi.
At best the auto lock on makes things too unnecessarily easy, and at worst it gets in the way if trying to throw pikmin at stuff when there's a bunch of targets. And Oatchi, of course, is just too strong. Enough that when I replay 4 I plan on refusing to use Oatchi for anything where he isnt explicitly required.
"Crusted Rumpup sounds like a dog that wipes his ass on the carpet" 😂😂😂😂
1:33:50 And those, right there, are my exact main problems with Pikmin 4. The auto lock-on, the enemies being too easy, and the fact that they don't respawn really stinks!
I categorized the creatures of the Pikmin franchise into 5 categories:
1. Eaters - Self explanatory. They hunger for your Pikmin and won't stop until they've consumed each and ever one.
2. Territorials - They don't eat Pikmin, but they view them as invaders to be squashed or destroyed.
3. Nuisances - Not dangerous in the traditional sense, but because of what they do which make them rather pesky, it can leave the Pikmin and their leader vulnerable to other more dangerous creatures.
4. Oddities - There are creatures that do odd things to Pikmin without harming or killing them...but they do everything from instantly planting them and having them sprout into flowers, or mind-controlling them to even attack you.
5. Ambiance - More background-like life-forms than threats.
Thanks for ranking,I might add them to categories later
I really want the Grubchucker buffed. It's such a cool design and it could've been a fun challenge if the eating period wasn't so easily interrupted.
Gatling Groink can damage enemies to with the shots. Man-at-Legs will shoot to a nearest captain and pikmin for bait. Wollywogs and Yellow Wollywogs are easily baitable by captain moving spots where it cannot be attacking pikmin. In pikmin 2 Wollywogs can be stunned by Purple pikmin if they are not in the water.
Bruh your character in Pikmin 4 is the EXACT same as mine lol, even the double purple hair and spacesuit
IM GOING TO SAY IT THE PUFFSTOOL IN PIKMIN 1 LOOKS LIKE AN APPLE
13:48 The Snootwhackers can be flipped over with bombs, and the younger Snootwhacker can’t kill pikmin directly
14:18 You Probably broke the crystal previously before you recorded it
38:28 Glow Pikmin can swim in mud
42:25 Don’t forget that fiery blowhogs did like a quarter of Olimar’s Health
48:10 there is a spot in pikmin 2 (I think it’s The Valley of repose or awakening wood) that mitites are guaranteed to spawn
48:15 you can kill them with other types but it’s unoptimal
58:27 The Roar always panicked pikmin
1:00:46 You can’t auto lock onto the legs
1:04:12 you can whistle your pikmin if you stun it
1:04:50 Plasm should be higher for the sole reason that it’s near impossible to beat deathless
Moss in the annoying tier list 💀 I feel vilified
I literally read the thumbnail as "Homeless" before re reading it to realize it said harmless 😭
I remember enjoying fighting the bogswallows by absolutely *swarming* them with winged pikmin. Utterly helpless against my little fairies
That. Damned. Autolocking.
I feel like I went through the five stages of grief with Pikmin 4's autolocking. At first I hated it, then I slowly grew used to it and didn't mind it so much, then I just fully accepted it. And then I regressed a bit once reaching the more difficult caves, mostly due to larger groups of enemies like you mentioned.
And then the purple onion happened.
The absolute HATRED of the autolock mechanic came back in full force during that mission alone. I had to restart that mission SO many times because the autolock would target the wrong thing and I had to basically turn the camera 180 degrees to get it to lock onto something else. By then the water wraith had crushed me and my pikmin.
So much rage and anguish. I truly don't understand why it isn't an optional toggle in the settings. At the very least it's threshold needs to be SERIOUSLY turned down, because once I target something on screeen it seems like the lock won't leave that object until I literally can't see it anymore. It's so frustrating. If I didn't have so many issues with this one feature, Pikmin 4 would easily be my favorite in the series.
Im pretty sure you can turn it off in settings! If not, Uh. Oops.
Just want to point out that in pikmin 1, if the sheargrubs grab a pikmin they arent immune to death. If you threw a pikmin on its head as it was eating a pikmin, then it would die instantly, at least in the switch version
The titan isn’t the only final boss you kill the emperor in 1 gets killed
i'd like to see it as him barfing up Olimar's Safe and then burrowing back into the ground, waiting to emerge once again
the fact that you put the skeeterskates higher than FOUR pikmin 3 bosses is hilarious.
The Crusted Rumpup is called the Crusted Rumpup because its rump is up
The colored bud things that chamge your pikmin's type are considered bosses btw
I really feel like freezing should act like a weaker dance gas where it takes like a second or two for the pikmin to unfreeze when you whistle them. Feels really insignificant the way it is now
If you wanted to die of alcohol poisoning you could take a shot every time he complains about auto lock on
Do it, you won’t 😁
Hey guys, I’m starting to think this guy doesn’t like auto lock on
Also Pikmin 1 had dwarf bulbares that took 2 Pikmin throws on its back, so Pikmin 4 re-introduced that mechanic again
The Smoky Proggs weren't hard to deal with for me. I just found out where their eggs were and made sure to break them before they had a chance to hatch.
I cant help but think of crawfish, lobster, crab, and other shellfish when I see Bug-Eyed Crawmad and other pikmin crustacean creatures. Looking at them makes me hungry.
This video needs more attention from the pikmin community
Honestly Pikmin 4 creeping chrysanthemums are way harder than the original due to the fact that the CC used to decide it’s attack WAY earlier than when it’d actually do it like it’d start turning to a Pikmin next to it and like two seconds after that guy is gone it’ll attack meaning if you know how to exploit that you can swarm with a chunky squad right after for an easy one cycle or repeat for around two. Honestly would’ve far preferred that instead of retconning one of the best guys ever they just had it be a new enemy or a different relative or something kinda like the bulborb breadbug thing.
About the jelly floats they can suck up captains, but not if you have the brace boots, because those make your immune to getting pulled or pushed by air
Brain: Wollywogs form pikmin 3 & 4
Me: THE WOLLY WOGS ARE IN ALL PIKMIN GAMES
How dare you not record the giant bred bug I love me a good big slice of bread bug
The snagret is such a cool enemy, very cool design and they're neat to battle