Mysteries and Oddities from Pikmin | Into the Archives Vol. 1

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The pikmin series deserves more love from Nintendo

Zelda 64 DS had Deku seeds as a promo item. There was even a thread tracking people who had planted the seeds and were trying to keep the tree plant alive. Always wondered if any survive to this day and which plant it actually had

11:18 The Pikmin description actually says: "It's something that I found around. Looks like it was made by some foreign person." "Hiroimono" in this case would be 拾いもの, as opposed to the same-sounding 広いもの (something wide or big, as Google Translate interpreted it). Also, the second phrase is gramatically wrong in the original (passive verb along with the wrong subject particle), but the sense is basically that.

I do believe olimar's family can be seen in illustrations in olimar's End Of Day logs in pikmin 1; however, i dont think it was shown in that game what color they or their outfits were (log entries were white outlines)

Man I still remember prior to Pikmin 3’s release and seeing that original character sheet. Character D deserves true justice

The Original Upload Of The Pikmin Anime Short From 2010 Had Its Comments Disabled Because Of The Infamous Coppa Policy That Have Affected Youtube From Last Year And That Video Got Labeled As "For Kids"

Great video, glad to see more obscure Pikmin stuff being covered! As long as we're talking about the ujamushi again there's a couple interesting things I can say about them that hasn't been documented before. It turns out the 30 day repeating cycle of them spawning is a direct leftover of how object spawning in the first Pikmin game was used. Basically each individual day from 1-30 has its own file for what spawns on that day. This was used frequently in the first game, but these bugs are the only time it was used at all in Pikmin 2. It's very strange, and I'm guessing this was a last minute addition for the sake of not making that type of object spawn file go to waste. After day 30, the cycle starts over, so that's why you see them on day 31 and so on. Just thought it was interesting the way they used this leftover Pikmin 1 spawning system that would have been unused otherwise. Anyway one other thing that's cool about them is they actually have 3 distinct states programmed, "Active" "Dig" and "Wait". We only ever see Active state in the normal game, but it seems likely they were originally planned to hide in the ground similar to sheargrubs. Maybe they scrapped that because it would have made the bugs even more obscure and hard to find than they already were? Well that's enough rambling about weird technical stuff in this game for now, because there's a lot of it, hope you make more Pikmin stuff in the future! (Oh and regarding something you mentioned about the anime, you do see a picture of Olimar's family in one of the end of day logs in the first game, although it isn't colored in like the art there, afaik Pikmin 2 established those designs)

Pikmin is that one series that Ive always really wanted to get into but just couldn't. It looks so charming but just never stuck with me lol. Awesome video though, this is super fascinating.

If you want something really interesting about beta Pikmin stuff that's missing in this video:When you beat Pikmin 1, there's an enemy role call. However, if you compare it to the final game, there's a lot different. Enemies are in areas they shouldnt be countless times, and i swear the areas themselves feel unrecognizable at times. I'm unsure if it's worth a full video but it's certainly mystifying. (Also the names are all in alphabetical order with one exception, forgot which one, which implies a different name was planned.)

Actually, Olimar’s family is seen in pikmin 1 and 2, in 1 as a picture that olimar makes, and 2 literally sending mail to him And character D lives on through the drake, (pikmin 3’s spaceship) because they share a name

pikmin 1 did have a picture of olimars family in it, in the constellations of the day report if olimar talks about it. its also the only ever appearance of bulby (his dog)

RIP Character D, we will always remember you

That animated short is well made, but it definitely does look fanmade. It would be nice to know who made it, though.

by the way, the comments on that JP upload of the Pikmin Anime video aren't disabled anymore, so everything going back to as far as 2010 are visible now

This guy and Patmac are great. I miss him.

OH! i was going to email you, but i dont see your email at a glance looking at your channel. You mentioned towards the end of the video that you were interested in pikmin seedlings; a strain of flower from the genus sutera, marketed as "Bacopa cabana" (i thought the similar naming to a popular song was odd as well) but officially branded as The Pikmin Flower, was apparently supposed to go on sale in marketing centers starting in 2002. I have been unable to find any list of this plant for sale, but i have dreamed for years that i might have the good fortune of growing that particular strain one day. There's an IGN article with more information if you google "the pikmin flower". I've long been a fan of your videos, and would love to see your take on looking into the circumstances surrounding the strain's existence. Talk about some obscure lost media

when i was little, pikmin 2 was an obsession of mine. i kept loading it up and just playing it. even after 100%ing everything in it. i finally encountered the ujadani by chance on day 331, near the gate to dream den. my tiny 11 year old brain was so confused and startled. a truly unforgettable childhood gaming moment for me

None of this explains the rule 34 I saw

yo this is one of the most niche vids ive seen in a min, nice to see more pikmin content out there =)