The guy was kind of a dipshit. He also kept asking if I meant Pacman 3. It was like dealing with my Mom but my Mom's brain was put into a 20 year old dudebro's body.
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Pikmin 3 |OT| Starvation, Slavery, and Savage Creatures in a Cute, Colorful Package
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The guy was kind of a dipshit. He also kept asking if I meant Pacman 3. It was like dealing with my Mom but my Mom's brain was put into a 20 year old dudebro's body.
Aside from the beginning of the game and a specific point quite a bit along the adventure, there is no perfect run for a day. The mastery is a bit more long term, meaning finishing the game using less supplies. That said, make sure you are perfecting your multi taking by sending other captains to different sections of the map and sending the right pikmin with them to accomplish the specific tasks.
Freezie KO
Banned
Play at your own pace. The juice mechanic is very lenient. Get some fruit. Build some army. Chill. Enjoy.
And that's amusing about your daughter. Good father to go back and restart just for three pikmin.
EleventhDoctor
Banned
So essentially the "day" mechanic is simply to give you a point to wrap everything up to avoid danger-and ensure your juice doesn't run out? Otherwise is there a hard limit to the number of days?
darkstar0155
Member
i think their is 99 fruit in the game so that would be the "hard limit" (99 days)
RomanceDawn
Member
My Wiimote went wonky for the first time in a long time. My weak old pink Pikmin were getting devoured by that little spider. How do I recalibrate my Wiimote plus in the middle of the game?
Just finished day 7... Game gets even better.
Freezie KO
Banned
Agreed, it does get better. The more pikmin you get, the more the game opens up and gives you more ways to strategize and plan.
Silver_DNA
Member
I honestly didn't have high expectations from Pikmin. I played a little Pikmin 2 and didn't get what I needed to do right away and gave up on it. Pikmin 3 was one of those "there is nothing else on the system" games I bought because I'm a sucker.
But wow. The game is beautiful, charming, the story is terse but cute and nicely told considering the subject matter. And it's fun. I really had fun playing it. The bosses were all neat and got progressively more epic. I'm looking forward to trying out Bingo Battle and co-op missions.
The story is short, but I already restarted it to try to get a better score. Charlie, Alph, and Brittany are all better characters than Louie too. I wonder if thewhite and purple pikmin make a cameo in any form.
Spoilers:
But wow. The game is beautiful, charming, the story is terse but cute and nicely told considering the subject matter. And it's fun. I really had fun playing it. The bosses were all neat and got progressively more epic. I'm looking forward to trying out Bingo Battle and co-op missions.
The story is short, but I already restarted it to try to get a better score. Charlie, Alph, and Brittany are all better characters than Louie too. I wonder if thewhite and purple pikmin make a cameo in any form.
Spoilers:
I finished the game in 44 days. The last boss took me 6 days to figure out. And that last boss was so neat. It was like a shark was stalking me the whole time. If they make another Pikmin in a few years I hope they add more stuff like this in it. 3 captains is kind of pushing it though. I think my brain can only muti-task properly with 2, so Pikmin 4 shouldn't have 4 captains to go through.
Decided to try going back for a little Pikmin 2 (Wii version) and IMMEDIATELY got extremely frustrated at the lack of touch screen to direct Louie with. We need a NEW New Play Control Pikmin 2 with additional features offered by the Wii and Wii U controllers.
Haha I bet this is frustrating.
I am halfway through Pikmin 3 and I still try to march my pikmin away from enemies like Pikmin 2. I really miss that control.
Eteric Rice
Member
Guys I need help here. I'm trying to get the Captain back, but cannot find him. I always end up in a
Any strategies? I'm getting pissed. lol
cave trying to beat mothra. I've tried turning all of the lights on, but eventually I just run out of time.
Any strategies? I'm getting pissed. lol
Decided to try going back for a little Pikmin 2 (Wii version) and IMMEDIATELY got extremely frustrated at the lack of touch screen to direct Louie with. We need a NEW New Play Control Pikmin 2 with additional features offered by the Wii and Wii U controllers.
It would break the game.
Freezie KO
Banned
Just beat mothra. I remember doing that battle in one day, but if you need to go back, the damage should carry over from day to day. Worry about the Captain after that battle.
Did you tried with the big red battery in the back of the cave where you have to build the bridge?
If not throw some yellow pikmin to turn on the main light source on the cave and then proceed to beat the crap out of that ugly beast.
If not throw some yellow pikmin to turn on the main light source on the cave and then proceed to beat the crap out of that ugly beast.
whillywhack
Neo Member
Anybody else going for all platinum medals in mission mode? Some of the missions are extremely difficult to perfect, I've noticed that in some missions only about .5% of people on the leaderboards have platinum medals. Thank god Miyamoto at least put some challenge in the game.
I got the platinums on the fruit missions: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAABAADOUgHp-eevhw
whillywhack
Neo Member
Wait until you see the Battle Enemies missions. The first mission took me over 2 hours!I got the platinums on the fruit missions: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAABAADOUgHp-eevhw
DigitalSmoke
Banned
Dont have a WiiU but much props to the OP.
The Librarian
Banned
Aaaaaaand done. 100%. Both runs took me a total play time of ~18 hours together. I didn't hate the last level on my second run as much as the first because I knew what was coming and handled it better, but I still didn't have much fun with it. Easily the weakest part of the game for me in comparison to Tropical Wilds, Twilight River, Garden of Hope, and Distant Tundra. I also must say that the last boss is my least liked.
Given how the end of the story points out that
, it reminded me to mention a theory I've had about pikmin since a kid. It may sound crazy, but I always thought of the pikmin as some weird evolution of humanity that went wrong. Yes, yes, I know. It sounds insane.
Anyway! This game was definitely worth a purchase of a Wii U. Now time to dive into ZombiU....
I understand what they were trying to go for a creature that would require you to use all types of pikmin and it's a great idea in theory! But I think the idea was ruined by giving the boss partially regenerative health. It's a huge spike in the difficulty, and it doesn't make using appropriate groups of pikmin at a certain moment all that effective. The only strategy I could really think of that was useful was using charge on the dude in the hopes that he'd die quickly from overwhelming force.
Given how the end of the story points out that
the crash of the Drake wasn't an accident
Anyway! This game was definitely worth a purchase of a Wii U. Now time to dive into ZombiU....
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Regarding the reward for finding the secret memos:
it sure kinda sucks that you only get one of the five videos. All that lookin, and for what? A fifth of what I could see? Am I supposed to play the game and find the memos 4 more times from scratch? I mean the videos are all pretty much the same. Same setup, Louie runnin around like an idiot. But a single like 40 second video that's basically a gag hardly seems worth it. Pikmin 2 had a similar gag video at the end but it was at least a little more significant. You get snippits of what Olimar was doin on the planet from these, sure, but getting only one of the five still blows.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Regarding the final boss:
I kinda hope that the "cliffhanger" at the very end of the credits, if you can even really call it that, doesn't get any kind of followup explanation via the DLC. Just because it might instead imply that they'll actually make Pikmin 4 some day. ;_;
I bet it's actually the water wraith from Pikmin 2. The one in the cave, with the rollers? It got golded up between the games somehow and kept Olimar as a pet because it remembered him from the previous game.
Either that, or it's a similar species, a remnant of humanity, perhaps a war machine that assisted in the annihilation of the human race.
Or it's a SHOGGOTH
Anyway that whole last level was a disaster my first day, then I restarted it and approached it differently, since I knew what its deal was. I had Brittany with 10 winged Pikmin and Olimar, and literally had her lead the boss around in a circle for three days. The first loop after the straight hallway at the start of the level. Cleared out the rest of the map with Charlie and Alph, and just walked Brittany halfway around the circle using "Go Here" every time I got an alert that the boss was approaching.
Kinda crazy how the boss was spoiled for me on Miiverse pre-release, though, along with the boss before it. But I didn't remember it at all until I encountered it, and was like "oh shit I remember some gold thing on Miiverse huh." And the boss before it, we were all postin pix of it before the game came out and I don't think any of us had any idea what we were actually looking at. It looked like part of the landscape to me. Poor spoiler-marking, Miiverse admins!
Either that, or it's a similar species, a remnant of humanity, perhaps a war machine that assisted in the annihilation of the human race.
Or it's a SHOGGOTH
Anyway that whole last level was a disaster my first day, then I restarted it and approached it differently, since I knew what its deal was. I had Brittany with 10 winged Pikmin and Olimar, and literally had her lead the boss around in a circle for three days. The first loop after the straight hallway at the start of the level. Cleared out the rest of the map with Charlie and Alph, and just walked Brittany halfway around the circle using "Go Here" every time I got an alert that the boss was approaching.
Kinda crazy how the boss was spoiled for me on Miiverse pre-release, though, along with the boss before it. But I didn't remember it at all until I encountered it, and was like "oh shit I remember some gold thing on Miiverse huh." And the boss before it, we were all postin pix of it before the game came out and I don't think any of us had any idea what we were actually looking at. It looked like part of the landscape to me. Poor spoiler-marking, Miiverse admins!
I kinda hope that the "cliffhanger" at the very end of the credits, if you can even really call it that, doesn't get any kind of followup explanation via the DLC. Just because it might instead imply that they'll actually make Pikmin 4 some day. ;_;
KojiKnight
Member
This... the ending seemed really lacking.
The ending changes slightly if you get all of the fruit, but it's still pretty disappointing that it was more or less just a few text boxes
Hope Nintendo doesn't take too long on the DLC either.
Hobbestetrician
Member
Just completed the third boss fight and have really enjoyed them. The second fight
was particularly fun with its use of space and different techniques. Boss fights have consistently gotten better with each Pikmin game.
I kinda wish that the day clock didn't start until you pulled Pikmin out of the Onion, giving you a bit of time to map out your plan of attack but I guess roaming around solo first and then selecting Retry Day doesn't add that much time.
Has been thoroughly enjoyable thus far. Looks spectacular, controls flawlessly, and the minor UI/control changes/additions they have made are all great.
It is just refreshing playing this game as there is nothing like it, especially it's emphasis on nature, both it's beauty/serenity and it's savagery.
Phosbat
I kinda wish that the day clock didn't start until you pulled Pikmin out of the Onion, giving you a bit of time to map out your plan of attack but I guess roaming around solo first and then selecting Retry Day doesn't add that much time.
Has been thoroughly enjoyable thus far. Looks spectacular, controls flawlessly, and the minor UI/control changes/additions they have made are all great.
It is just refreshing playing this game as there is nothing like it, especially it's emphasis on nature, both it's beauty/serenity and it's savagery.
have you tried mission mode yet?
I want little figurines of all the Pikmin and Captains and some enemies. Can't find anything except plush stuff. It shouldn't be this hard lol
CrimsonCommie
Member
Is it possible to platinum all the missions solo?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
I thought so - I thought there were separate bell curve leaderboards for solo and co-op play, actually?
shouamabane
Member
I've been using a Wii Remote Plus. It works great.
It takes some time to get used to though. It's very sensitive.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
To switch controllers in this game you just push a button on the desired device to activate it.
It hot swaps to that device. If you push a button on a previous device it swaps back to that. When using a Wii remote, you can still touch the gamepad's screen to pause and engage map functions without deactivating the wiimote however.
On day...24 or 25 now I think. Just got blue pikmin, so I am probably playing slowly but eh.
I don't really have much to say aside from this game is fantastic. This + the wonderful 101 demo have done a hell of a lot to make me appreciate my dust collecting wii u.
I don't really have much to say aside from this game is fantastic. This + the wonderful 101 demo have done a hell of a lot to make me appreciate my dust collecting wii u.
Freezie KO
Banned
I just started Mission mode. I think I'm only going to go for gold medals. I'm too old, and my reflexes too slow to go for platinum. I used to be into hardcore challenge, and for some games (like Fire Emblem Lunatic), I still am. But I think Gold will be a sufficient challenge for me, given the first few missions.
Agreed. The game definitely captures the duality of nature so well.
Hobbestetrician said:
Agreed. The game definitely captures the duality of nature so well.
FearMyWrench
Member
That's around where I am in terms of day number/progress. My friend just got the blue Pikmin at like day 16 though... so.... yeah, we're slow
/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL1U8tyHXsg&list=PLPh3p_yYrx0CtS0jHW2wuzH6lO1nmkpqf
thanks!
KennyLinder
Member
If I take out 100 Pikmin into the field with me, do I no longer gain anymore from taking dead creatures etc back? I think I read something about that but can't remember for sure.
mapachealocado
Member
KennyLinder
Member
You do but they stay inside the onion
Ah cool, that's OK then. Cheers
I am taking my sweet old time with this, I am on Day 22 and I am just about to complete the tiled bridge on Twilight River.
Such a wonderful game.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
While you do still get Pikmin, remember that these Pikmin will only be leafs, if you want them to turn into flowers, you will need nectar.
KennyLinder
Member
The Twllight River boss is pretty tough! :/ Pikmin massacre!
Did it, it was pretty tough I thought, lost a lot of little fellas Feel bad.
Might do a rebuilding day on the River now before continuing.
Did it, it was pretty tough I thought, lost a lot of little fellas
Feel bad.Might do a rebuilding day on the River now before continuing.