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Pikmin 3 |OT| Starvation, Slavery, and Savage Creatures in a Cute, Colorful Package
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Now that I finished the story, I want to know too!
I'd apologise, but I mean... I did spoiler it.
The Librarian
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Dax, me and you, forever hyping, forever getting spoiled
Six more days!
Obviously your mileage may vary when you say a "little," but vagueness trumped that description for me. I thought he meant like a location or something. It's a cool Easter egg that should be a joy to find for anybody to discover on his/her own.
timcsavage
Member
Does anyone else get reminded of Phantasy Star Online in
the ship where you select where to go? It reminds me of the medical bay on the ship before going down to Ragol
It's amazing how some people on miiverse are oblivious to the mere idea of being able to revisit areas. They search for a way to get fruits they can't reach before doing the main objective.
I just saw one wasting days trying to get an unreachable fruit before attempting to find the captain.
I just saw one wasting days trying to get an unreachable fruit before attempting to find the captain.
It's his direct phone line at Nintendo to accept suggestions for a new hobby. So he can create a new IP from that
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Well, I finished the game in 16 hours. Well, I got all the fruits in 16 hours, I haven't gotten all the secret memos yet and I'm just getting into the mission mode.
Great game, the levels are really well designed, there are some great enemies and bosses in the game and they did some really cool environmental effects for some of the bosses, I like the meerslug and the quadra-whatever especially, they made me wish there were proper desert and marshland areas in the game.
I will say that I didn't like the fact that you get the blue Pikmin last.
I totally get the design choice though, they wanted you to be constantly seeing areas that you could properly explore yet throughout the game, but I love the water areas and the enemy designs for them that it would have been nice to have got them a bit earlier and got a more water-based level.
This game gives you that sad feeling that only a game you've waited literally years for can give you when it's over.
I really don't want to believe that it IS over though, I know we might be getting DLC missions sometime in the future but I hope there's going to be some form of a second campaign DLC like NSLU, either explaining how
or
, it seems like such a great idea to do, especially considering how Olimar and Louie are both playable in Bingo mode, they could have purple and white Pikmin to differentiate the level design.
I guess it all depends on what comes of this secret memo stuff, I'm really excited to find out what it means, it would be amazing if it turned out you actually could unlock a second campaign, but given the games file size, I doubt this will be what it's about.
I think I'm just going to start trying to beat the game in as few days as possible so I can get my fix for a bit longer, being able to go back and retry a day should really help with that, though having to create another account just to do this is a bit bothersome.
Also does anyone know if you get a cutscene in this game for platinum'ing all the missions yet?
Great game, the levels are really well designed, there are some great enemies and bosses in the game and they did some really cool environmental effects for some of the bosses, I like the meerslug and the quadra-whatever especially, they made me wish there were proper desert and marshland areas in the game.
I will say that I didn't like the fact that you get the blue Pikmin last.
I totally get the design choice though, they wanted you to be constantly seeing areas that you could properly explore yet throughout the game, but I love the water areas and the enemy designs for them that it would have been nice to have got them a bit earlier and got a more water-based level.
This game gives you that sad feeling that only a game you've waited literally years for can give you when it's over.
I really don't want to believe that it IS over though, I know we might be getting DLC missions sometime in the future but I hope there's going to be some form of a second campaign DLC like NSLU, either explaining how
the Drake crash wasn't an accident
Olimar going to rescue Louie after he gets left behind again
I guess it all depends on what comes of this secret memo stuff, I'm really excited to find out what it means, it would be amazing if it turned out you actually could unlock a second campaign, but given the games file size, I doubt this will be what it's about.
I think I'm just going to start trying to beat the game in as few days as possible so I can get my fix for a bit longer, being able to go back and retry a day should really help with that, though having to create another account just to do this is a bit bothersome.
Also does anyone know if you get a cutscene in this game for platinum'ing all the missions yet?
DeuceGamer
Member
Is there any pre-order bonus available for this game at any retailers in the US? I've waited and waited to see if anything was announced and still haven't heard of any.
I'm at the final level now.
Man, what's with the difficulty spike? Maybe I suck, but I've been trying this dungeon for 3 days now and I'm stuck . I'm trying to make electricity and get the fluffy flowers to pop, but I'm missing one or two and I have no idea where to activate the third lightbulb. Pikmin carrying Olimar are super slow as well. Maybe I should try having Brittany walk in circles at the beginning of the level while I try to finish the dungeon... I'm really frustrated . I can't handle these stressful things lol.
. I'm trying to make electricity and get the fluffy flowers to pop, but I'm missing one or two and I have no idea where to activate the third lightbulb. Pikmin carrying Olimar are super slow as well. Maybe I should try having Brittany walk in circles at the beginning of the level while I try to finish the dungeon... I'm really frustrated . I can't handle these stressful things lol.I'm at the final level now.
Man, what's with the difficulty spike? Maybe I suck, but I've been trying this dungeon for 3 days now and I'm stuck
I used 10 Flying Pikmin to carry Olimar, that way they don't get slowed down as badly by environmental obstacles. In the section you're in you need to build a bridge, walk across the flowers, and then throw a captain and some yellows across a gap to reach another bulb.
I'm at the final level now.
Man, what's with the difficulty spike? Maybe I suck, but I've been trying this dungeon for 3 days now and I'm stuck
Is there any other way than having Brittany stale the boss while doing the puzzles? I just assumed this was what I was supposed to do, and frankly I loved the idea.
For the last lightbulb you need two captains and launch one over a gap. Is is the one you're missing?
For the last lightbulb you need two captains and launch one over a gap. Is is the one you're missing?
OH WOW. I completely forgot that you can throw captains. I was searching all over the place for a different path. *headdesks*.
I actually got past that part just now... Without throwing a captain, haha. By throwing the yellow pikmin on the platform, then walk to the other side of the platform, call them so they walk towards the electric wires thingies and then disbanding them again so they activate the light bulb by themselves. I... I can't believe I did all of that while I could've just tossed a captain over there. This is what stress does to me, lol.
Got to the final boss but ran out of time! Next time, Gadget, next time...
I actually got past that part just now... Without throwing a captain, haha. By throwing the yellow pikmin on the platform, then walk to the other side of the platform, call them so they walk towards the electric wires thingies and then disbanding them again so they activate the light bulb by themselves. I... I can't believe I did all of that while I could've just tossed a captain over there. This is what stress does to me, lol.
Got to the final boss but ran out of time! Next time, Gadget, next time...
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
I'm at the final level now.
Man, what's with the difficulty spike? Maybe I suck, but I've been trying this dungeon for 3 days now and I'm stuck
That's basically what I did. Just made her walk round and around till I solved what I could.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
I only got all platinum medals in single player. I didn't unlock anything with that.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
They could do challenger packs like they did with NSMB2.
Would love some DLC.
I just want to go back and search every nook and cranny.
Would love some DLC.
I just want to go back and search every nook and cranny.
Such a big Wii U game yet it hardly uses the Wii U for gameplay. The one time it does (in my experience) is using it to painfully drag the map around to place the "move here" marker, really not sure why they didn't map the panning to the right stick.
It really takes me out of my game playing on Gamepad when I had to slowly pan the screen with a drag.
Ugh.
Otherwise great game, shouldn't force the Wii U features. I honestly thought my right thumbstick was broken, that's how misplace that control feels.
It really takes me out of my game playing on Gamepad when I had to slowly pan the screen with a drag.
Ugh.
Otherwise great game, shouldn't force the Wii U features. I honestly thought my right thumbstick was broken, that's how misplace that control feels.
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I take it you're talking about the gamepad? It could be integrated more, I agree. The photo-function is pretty neat, and I use go-to commands all the time. I play with wiimote though.
SEGAvangelist
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So I'm finally playing through Pikmin 1 and 2 in anticipation of Pikmin 3 (pre-ordered) and I'm just about done with the first one. I can't believe the relationship I have with these dudes. I didn't expect to have all these feels. Pikmin drowning and getting eaten is bad enough, but when they get lit on fire and start running, I start screaming at the TV, "NO!!! NO!!! STOP, DROP, AND ROLL DUDES!!! PLEASE DON'T DIE!!!" Is it even worse in the next two games? I don't know if I can handle it.
Heavy's Sandvich
Member
You sound like a sympathetic sadist.
SEGAvangelist
Member
I can handle guts and blood, but something about those terrified creatures. Worst moment was when I left two behind and a frog belly flopped them for fun as they were running away to get to the pods.
I got the NoE survey about Pikmin 3. It's a little off-topic, but still:
I noticed a huge change in their survey since a few months ago. Short story: They now know they are doing wrong with the Wii U and even ask if you are going to buy a ps4one.
They also are checking the popularity of their IPs, and will soon discover no one know Wii Party.
I noticed a huge change in their survey since a few months ago. Short story: They now know they are doing wrong with the Wii U and even ask if you are going to buy a ps4one.
They also are checking the popularity of their IPs, and will soon discover no one know Wii Party.
a thing that happened in Ottawa a couple days ago
Woah! Why did that happen?
Inspectah_Deck
Member
Regarding datafiles:
I´m missing 5 files.
3 for creatures and 2 for controlls.
I already replayed all levels and searched everywhere, but i can´t find them.
Here are the ones I have/miss:
https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzREW6jsnBm2al2
https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzREW7esafzKrxu
3 for creatures and 2 for controlls.
I already replayed all levels and searched everywhere, but i can´t find them.
Here are the ones I have/miss:
https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzREW6jsnBm2al2
https://d3esbfg30x759i.cloudfront.net/ss/zlCfzREW7esafzKrxu
Well, I just beat the game.
Ending spoilers:
Impressions: (no spoilers, but just in case)
I give it a 9/10, one of my favourite games this generation.
I have a desperate craving for more Pikmin now, though. I'll try the missions tomorrow and meanwhile I'm hoping Miyamoto is still busy with that Pikmin animation series.
Some pics I took:
Dat fruit.
Ending spoilers:
I cried during the credits . Best credits in a game EVER.
The whole ending stuff felt a little out of place, especially since nothing was really clarified. Why was Olimar being stalked by some creepy gold mutant thing? Where did that thing come from? Why did they show a glimpse of a second golden blob monsters when you left PNF-404? Why did they crash land on the planet in the first place? I guess it's all to warm us up for Pikmin 4 but I was hoping to find out why the thing wanted Olimar, at least.
. Best credits in a game EVER.The whole ending stuff felt a little out of place, especially since nothing was really clarified. Why was Olimar being stalked by some creepy gold mutant thing? Where did that thing come from? Why did they show a glimpse of a second golden blob monsters when you left PNF-404? Why did they crash land on the planet in the first place? I guess it's all to warm us up for Pikmin 4 but I was hoping to find out why the thing wanted Olimar, at least.
Impressions: (no spoilers, but just in case)
Loved the game. I took around 44 days and a little more than 10 hours. It did feel like there was less focus on battling enemies this time than in the previous games, and more focus on puzzling and planning your strategy for the day. Maps are huge, maybe 3x or 4x the size of some of the maps in Pikmin 1 so sometimes you really need a full day to get to some of the fruit pieces. I thought there would be a lot of focus on having to work together with the two other crew members, but there weren't many of these puzzles. It is nice to send one of your people back to the Onion to pick up some new Pikmin using the auto pilot. Very convenient.
There are plenty of bosses and mini-bosses and they're all well designed. Only complaint is that there is less variety in normal monsters than in Pikmin 2 and none of them are particulary hard to beat. I replayed Pikmin 1 last week and the last time I played Pikmin 2 is more than two years ago but the same monsters that destroyed my Pikmin armies in Pikmin 1 were easy as cake in Pikmin 3. Don't get me wrong, the game is still very challenging, but it feels like the difficulty has shifted somewhat from fighting monsters to puzzles and bosses.
Graphics are gorgeous, but I think everyone already knew that. The water effects in this game are amazing, and I love how the environment reacts to rain and snow. Photo Mode is maybe one of the best parts of the game, which is why it's a damn shame there is no photo album. You can actually take pictures while in auto pilot, so I loved watching the world in first person, "on rails". The sound is great too, there were a couple of old tunes that I recognized from Pikmin 1 in some of the new tracks. Also, a really cute easter egg makes its return.
Only real complaint is that I hated dismissing Pikmin with the nunchuk waggle (I played with GamePad + WiiMote and Nunchuk). I frequently move around while playing, so it happened way too often that I accidently dismissed all my Pikmin and then some of them died because it was an unfortunate place. Pikmin pathfinding is still pretty buggy too. I would often lose a few Pikmin at the end of the day because some got stuck where I couldn't call them back.
There are plenty of bosses and mini-bosses and they're all well designed. Only complaint is that there is less variety in normal monsters than in Pikmin 2 and none of them are particulary hard to beat. I replayed Pikmin 1 last week and the last time I played Pikmin 2 is more than two years ago but the same monsters that destroyed my Pikmin armies in Pikmin 1 were easy as cake in Pikmin 3. Don't get me wrong, the game is still very challenging, but it feels like the difficulty has shifted somewhat from fighting monsters to puzzles and bosses.
Graphics are gorgeous, but I think everyone already knew that. The water effects in this game are amazing, and I love how the environment reacts to rain and snow. Photo Mode is maybe one of the best parts of the game, which is why it's a damn shame there is no photo album. You can actually take pictures while in auto pilot, so I loved watching the world in first person, "on rails". The sound is great too, there were a couple of old tunes that I recognized from Pikmin 1 in some of the new tracks. Also, a really cute easter egg makes its return
.Only real complaint is that I hated dismissing Pikmin with the nunchuk waggle (I played with GamePad + WiiMote and Nunchuk). I frequently move around while playing, so it happened way too often that I accidently dismissed all my Pikmin and then some of them died because it was an unfortunate place. Pikmin pathfinding is still pretty buggy too. I would often lose a few Pikmin at the end of the day because some got stuck where I couldn't call them back.
I give it a 9/10, one of my favourite games this generation.
I have a desperate craving for more Pikmin now, though. I'll try the missions tomorrow and meanwhile I'm hoping Miyamoto is still busy with that Pikmin animation series.
Some pics I took:
Dat fruit.
I only found out today, but I believe it was some kind of aviation fair, and Nintendo of Canada submitted this giant model of a Pink Pikmin as their entry. Pretty cool.
another pic from nintendo's facebook:
Pretty sure you're missing:
The fire suit upgrade in Twilight River buried up on the wall along from the area with the orange bulborbs, and opposite that pillar coming out of the water that had some bridge materials on.
The electric suit upgrade hidden under the snow in the area that Charlie landed at the start.
The two files for the big marsh cyclops monster, there are two mushrooms on a branch near Olimar's ship.
I think that there's one more file on the Plasm Wraith too.
The electric suit upgrade hidden under the snow in the area that Charlie landed at the start.
The two files for the big marsh cyclops monster, there are two mushrooms on a branch near Olimar's ship.
I think that there's one more file on the Plasm Wraith too.
Well, I just beat the game.
Ending spoilers:
I cried during the credits
The whole ending stuff felt a little out of place, especially since nothing was really clarified. Why was Olimar being stalked by some creepy gold mutant thing? Where did that thing come from? Why did they show a glimpse of a second golden blob monsters when you left PNF-404? Why did they crash land on the planet in the first place? I guess it's all to warm us up for Pikmin 4 but I was hoping to find out why the thing wanted Olimar, at least.
There's only one Plasm Wraith, after you beat it it crawls away back up to the tree.
Outtrigger888
Member
Someone on here mentioned you can bring the map and its functions up to the tv by hitting down on the dpad.
It may be wrong...
Just got the game this afternoon. After the first few days in the campaign and some missions (both single player and co-op), I have to say I am completely hooked (not surprisingly maybe, as I really dig this franchise). Now I just have to balance my playtime a bit so I don't finish before the next wave of games arrives
Thank God for that!!
Chance Hale
Member
Finished that game yesterday. Great game, great art style and great music. Wouldn't mind running the title screen as a screen saver all day. Gameplay-wise, I enjoyed the bosses, but the puzzles had pretty little diversity. I also found it uncomfortable to manage both Remote+Nunchuck and the GamePad at the same time.
The Pikmin pathfinding just plain sucks, and the downtime between days due to pointless animations and text boxes drove me crazy. What is it with Nintendo and its excruciatingly slow scrolling, non-skipable, and redundant text boxes lately? It's not as bad as Skyward Sword's ridiculous text boxes every time you picked something up, but it is still annoying.
The Pikmin pathfinding just plain sucks, and the downtime between days due to pointless animations and text boxes drove me crazy. What is it with Nintendo and its excruciatingly slow scrolling, non-skipable, and redundant text boxes lately? It's not as bad as Skyward Sword's ridiculous text boxes every time you picked something up, but it is still annoying.
Don't ever ever play M&L Dream Team :lol:
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
Why didn't you just press B? Most of the time, if you do that, all of the text displays at once and can subsequently be skipped.
So I just spent 5 hours trying to do day 2 in my perfect pikmin 3 run.
I managed to get the two strawberries, the lemon, the lime, the dragon fruit as well as the phone that you get for killing the Mawdad (i.e everything you can possibly get on day 2 in that level). I only just made it by the skin of my teeth though, the countdown timer was on 3.
Funnily enough I managed to do all that without the timer even appearing (though the hurry up message had appeared) about 3 hours in, but the Mawdad killed a single rock Pikmin that I apparently didn't see, shit was infuriating.
If anyone's interested in how it's done I could do a write-up, I don't have a capture card, though I really wish I did now.
Trying to figure out how much I can get done on day 3 in the tundra now, it's a lot more complex than garden of hope day 2 is.
I managed to get the two strawberries, the lemon, the lime, the dragon fruit as well as the phone that you get for killing the Mawdad (i.e everything you can possibly get on day 2 in that level). I only just made it by the skin of my teeth though, the countdown timer was on 3.
Funnily enough I managed to do all that without the timer even appearing (though the hurry up message had appeared) about 3 hours in, but the Mawdad killed a single rock Pikmin that I apparently didn't see, shit was infuriating.
If anyone's interested in how it's done I could do a write-up, I don't have a capture card, though I really wish I did now.
Trying to figure out how much I can get done on day 3 in the tundra now, it's a lot more complex than garden of hope day 2 is.
Throw yellows on the mushroom nearby.
So many people have problems with this puzzle :lol:
Not everything can be skipped.
Thanks, but how do I get that fruit that hangs just above the lower weight? Tried to throw yellow Pikmin at it but didn't work. What about flying Pikmins?
Edit: Worked with flying ones.
Thanks guys, but it's no longer available on Wow HD.
I was just about the buy it.
CoolZombie
Member
Just got this today and played it for about three hours none stop this evening.
What a fantastic game!
I enjoyed the first two games quite a bit, especially in their Wii incarnations but this one is the best of the three for me. I like the three character system, once you get better you find yourself using them effectively, making little parties of pikmin and sending them off to multi task on the levels.
The gameplay is pure pikmin, and if you aren't a fan of the previous titles then this probably won't change your mind, but for me this is Nintendo at their best. A proper game in the style that only they can make.
Visuals are stunning for the most part too. HD certainly makes a big improvement to a game like Pikmin. Loving it.
What a fantastic game!
I enjoyed the first two games quite a bit, especially in their Wii incarnations but this one is the best of the three for me. I like the three character system, once you get better you find yourself using them effectively, making little parties of pikmin and sending them off to multi task on the levels.
The gameplay is pure pikmin, and if you aren't a fan of the previous titles then this probably won't change your mind, but for me this is Nintendo at their best. A proper game in the style that only they can make.
Visuals are stunning for the most part too. HD certainly makes a big improvement to a game like Pikmin. Loving it.
Guys, help.
I can't stop.
It's even funnier because you spent only 3 minutes browsing the eShop lol