Pikmin Review - A Great Little Game

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Get it? Little? Because the game is short, but Pikmin are also tiny. I'm so clever, I know.
Yeah, I've decided to drop "Was Always Good" as the name of my review series. As much as I love the stupid in-joke, it hurts the performance of the videos. Still keeping Sonic Was Always Good, of course. That one works and is a bit iconic to me at this point. But for other series, it's just gonna be reviews with a subtitle. A small sacrifice to make the videos do much better.
I didn't mention it in the video, but I also enjoy the weird creatures and the vibes of Pikmin. But I gotta say, don't care too much for the music. I know many Pikmin fans go nuts for it. But it doesn't really stand out to me very much. It's fine. But not much more than that, if you ask me.
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  • @johnny92788
    @johnny92788 Жыл бұрын

    Chuggaconroy introduced me to Pikmin when I was a kid been enjoying the series ever since.

  • @BlueDiasDB

    @BlueDiasDB

    Жыл бұрын

    I used to watch him too

  • @mitch_universe4058

    @mitch_universe4058

    Жыл бұрын

    Always remember Steve the trooper

  • @Yuti640

    @Yuti640

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly the same here

  • @baimhakani

    @baimhakani

    Жыл бұрын

    "You hold the [button] and move the joystick around an object and your pikmins are gonna go _honyeh honyeh honyeh_ "

  • @craigthehedgehog848

    @craigthehedgehog848

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched him play sm64ds when I was a kid

  • @bowspritssdo
    @bowspritssdo Жыл бұрын

    First the Crash reviews now Pikmin!? Pariah just casually dropping videos on my two favorite franchises.

  • @hecatia666
    @hecatia666 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin is one of those games that at times feel chill to play but can surprise you with anxiety inducing moments! I love this series and I love how much recognition it's getting nowadays. Some years ago I thought of a punishment system for letting too many Pikmin die on a day, something like an Olimar mood meter, the more he sees his army perish, the less mood he has and thus he acts at slow speeds the bigger the massacre is! Then I realized it would be super detrimental to the quality of the game... I think that for the start of the series, Pikmin 1 is a good game as it is despite its glitches and problems

  • @Zolerian
    @Zolerian4 ай бұрын

    That panic at the end when the Pikmin were approaching the rocks when the timer was hitting 0

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft3223 күн бұрын

    Ironically, despite the 30 day time limit being very generous, a lot of people STILL get turned away because of it being "too stressful." Its like the very fact that there is a time limit at all is just too much to handle or something.

  • @the.bloodless.one1312
    @the.bloodless.one1312 Жыл бұрын

    I was so obsessed with Pikmin when it came out back in 2001 that I even plagiarized the whole story for an essay competition thing I had to do for school but just set the story in my backyard. That game mesmerized me! And I remember getting the exclusive trophies in Melee if you had Pikmin on your memory card 🥰 Haven’t played it since the Wii days, excited to play it again, waiting for the physical Switch release in Sept.

  • @_AdventureMan
    @_AdventureMan Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed this series since it released.

  • @tadaokou4919
    @tadaokou4919 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin 1 is one of the reasons why I have positive memories about the Gamecube. I absolutely love that game and it's replayability. The Gamecube in general had a ton of games which were focused on replayability. Luigis Mansion 1 is one of the most replayable games ever. Super Mario Sunshine is, in my opinion, the most replayable 3D Mario game due to it's near flawless controls and a great learning curve. Even something more niche like Wario World is at least somewhat focused on replayability. And honestly, I think Pikmin 1 is the best game in terms of replayability Nintendo has ever produced. It's fun on a first playthrough but can be even MORE fun on replays. Honestly, the comparison is kinda weird, but one of the things which always annoy me about certain Sonic games and Devil May Cry games is how much I do not enjoy them on a first playthrough. Sonic Unleashed is one of my favorite Sonic games but I would lie if I said that it was fun on my first playthrough (just talking about gameplay here). Similar to that I think Devil May Cry can be really punishing and unenjoyable on a first playthrough. ESPECIALLY in comparison to follow-up playthroughs. The point of these games is the replayability. Every fan of DMC games and/or (most) Sonic games knows this. The biggest flaw of these games is, in my opinion, how inaccessible they are and how frustrating they can be for new players. Pikmin 1 doesn't really have this flaw. It can be enjoyed on a first time playthrough but is also VERY replayable. Because of that it is, in my opinion, the best example of replayability in gaming.👍 Although Luigis Mansion 1 & Megaman X1 are equally as good in that regard, in my opinion.

  • @tivvy2vs21

    @tivvy2vs21

    Жыл бұрын

    Just finished prey 2017 recently and I see myself replaying that alot, definitely a contender

  • @NIMPAK1
    @NIMPAK1 Жыл бұрын

    I remember renting the original when I was little and feeling intimidated by it. It wasn't until they re-released the games on Wii where I started to really like them, to me it was far more intuitive to aim and throw using the sensor bar than making micro-adjustments on the control stick to make sure Olimar is facing the right direction. I also have complex relationship with the second game, because I thought it was a massive disappointment at first. But as my tastes shifted, I really started to appreciate the things they did with the game's design. Nerd warming: Personally, I think Pikmin 2 has some of the best enemy design in any Nintendo or even most 3D games. In most 3D games, they mostly just focus on 1-on-1 battles and it's difficult to do things like crowd control while also giving enemies unique abilities and attributes. Because of Pikmin's camera and simple aim and shoot combat, you do a lot of enemy design that's mostly found in 2D games and the game does a good job utilizing clusters of enemies and have to deal enemies with different elemental weaknesses, attack ranges, height, mobility or even just enemies placed in inconvenient locations. Calling a game "The Dark Souls of x" gets ridiculed for a very good reason, but I also feel like the two games also have a similar philosophy when it comes to gameplay.

  • @andrewdowell6474
    @andrewdowell6474 Жыл бұрын

    Great pick, man.

  • @TripsJW

    @TripsJW

    Жыл бұрын

    God damn it

  • @dmclsl03

    @dmclsl03

    Жыл бұрын

    You win

  • @patofanatico
    @patofanatico Жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah, I was wondering if you'd talk about Pikmin, considering the attention the series has gotten recently. This will be a treat to watch!

  • @divineblue15
    @divineblue15 Жыл бұрын

    let's go you are talking about pikmin

  • @Ghost-ul8eu
    @Ghost-ul8eu Жыл бұрын

    I played Pikmin 1 back on the gamecube but I was quickly put off by the time limit and never got out of the garden of hope.I didnt play another pikmin game until 3 and I ended up really liking it enough to go back and play 1 again since I had time off work due to covid and decided to play this game.I managed to beat the game in 27 days,second playthrough in 20,and third playthrough in only 15 days.This game quickly became one of my favorite games in a very short amount of time.Now I can see why pikmin fans love this series so much.

  • @alpha-boss

    @alpha-boss

    9 ай бұрын

    Can you tell me how I can get more star rating under each level? I just started playing, and on levels 1 and 2, I only got 1 star.. How do I get the full stars rating? Is there a certain way I need to play the game or finish it at a certain time ⏲️

  • @Nic_2751
    @Nic_2751 Жыл бұрын

    I was hoping you’d cover pikmin before the drop of 4

  • @ShyGuyXXL
    @ShyGuyXXL Жыл бұрын

    If there was a harder mode, maybe the game could limit each onion to only 100 pikmin ever. So if you take out 100 reds for instance, that's all the reds you're ever gonna have. No surplus.

  • @CEOMisterJohnSaxon
    @CEOMisterJohnSaxon Жыл бұрын

    This game reminds me of "Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee", which was released in the same year. Great review, as usual!

  • @silveramyknux241
    @silveramyknux241 Жыл бұрын

    20:35 *Dramatic gasp HOW DARE YOU!?!?!?😢😢😭😭😢😱😱😫😨😫😨😡🤬😡🤬🤯😳👿🥜

  • @brendanblair64
    @brendanblair64 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for spreading the good word. I love this series so much.

  • @bluespheresguy2306
    @bluespheresguy2306 Жыл бұрын

    Wooooooooo parhia is becoming a pikmin fan

  • @electrocast
    @electrocast Жыл бұрын

    dear god... the idea of ENJOYING a time limit is unfathomable to me. i couldn't play this game because it stressed me out so bad. also lmao @ pikmin dying, honestly. i always get attached to cute creatures but the pikmin death sound cracks me up to this day.

  • @jessehcreative
    @jessehcreative Жыл бұрын

    Finally. One of the best series reviewed by one of the best reviewers!

  • @mrhalfsaid1389
    @mrhalfsaid1389 Жыл бұрын

    Pickled men is indeed great

  • @raptortown
    @raptortown Жыл бұрын

    1:03 "I'm really digging this" Glad you PIK up the game eventually

  • @yoshimilkman3692
    @yoshimilkman3692 Жыл бұрын

    Hell yeah, hope you do 2, 3, and maybe even 4!

  • @stevenshockley4237
    @stevenshockley4237 Жыл бұрын

    I love watching your sub count increase.

  • @tivvy2vs21
    @tivvy2vs21 Жыл бұрын

    If youre a fan of timeloop games, i gotta recommend prey mooncrash, which i got obsessed with recently, its the dlc for prey 2017, which does the timeloop better than deathloop imo. Id definitely recommend prey if youre a fan of metroid prime

  • @nicobane
    @nicobane Жыл бұрын

    lets gooo pikmin bros

  • @self-absorbed5269
    @self-absorbed5269 Жыл бұрын

    Suppose every Sonic fan needs something with more heart , even if they don't care. In the end , you want to know that your emotions and opinions are valid. Understanding , sincerity , and moral backbone create great stories. And this game had a great one.

  • @pizzanopastano9159
    @pizzanopastano9159 Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, since the first Pikmin game I played was the Wii version of Pikmin 2, and then I played original Pikmin 3 on Wii U and then Deluxe later, and THEN I watched Chuggaacpnroy play the first game on his channel! I thought playing the original Pikmin on Switch would not be as much of a fun experience as the other two games since I was spoiled on them for their quality of life changes and interesting new mechanics, but no, I actually had as much fun maybe even more fun than the other two games since it was a new experience and because I never played it before AND almost everything in the game was still polished! So yeah, for everyone reading this, I highly recommend you still play this game and not skip to 2 just because it looks the plainest out of all of them, plus, the original charm of just Olimar crash landing and needing the Pikmin to help him getting his ship parts, creating a very bittersweet relationship between Olimar and the Pikmin and making the Pikmin more dependent on themselves is so great!

  • @rosewolf0872
    @rosewolf0872 Жыл бұрын

    I wonder what you think of the Pikmin 3 mission mode

  • @williamhardee8863
    @williamhardee8863 Жыл бұрын

    If the gyro was on all the time the pointer would drift and cause it to get stuck to sides of the screen. In Mario 3d all stars they had the gyro always on for the cursor in Mario Galaxy, and they had to add a button that centered the cursor because it would drift, and you pretty much had to press the button every few minutes. It wasn’t game breaking, but it wasn’t ideal.

  • @Yuti640
    @Yuti640 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin has always been my favourite Nintendo series, it makes me so happy to see it getting the attention it deserves, maybe this time it won’t stay in limbo for a decade

  • @miqwerty
    @miqwerty Жыл бұрын

    I had always loved the idea of Pikmin but I wasn't really able to wrap my brain around it as a kid. I was also obsessed with letting none of my Pikmin die so that made things a lot harder for me.

  • @HellsChef45
    @HellsChef45 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin always intrigued me ever since I first saw it in Luigi's Mansion's options menu (kind of a weird spot for a Pikmin trailer but ok), definitely got both Pikmin 1 and 2 back in the day mostly because of Chuggaaconroy's let's play. Absolute GOATage

  • @chopperbrosadvance9760
    @chopperbrosadvance9760 Жыл бұрын

    PEAKMIN!

  • @Katthemusicfox
    @Katthemusicfox Жыл бұрын

    PIKMIN REVIEW ??? more based than ever

  • @phzuh
    @phzuh Жыл бұрын

    so what i’m taking away is that pariah is a five nights at freddy’s fan

  • @Pariah6950

    @Pariah6950

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm interested in the games. They seem like cool time management games. But I'm way too much of a bitch to play them lol.

  • @dekulinkgamer2789
    @dekulinkgamer2789 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin is one of the best rts change my mind

  • @S.omeone618
    @S.omeone618 Жыл бұрын

    So it's like the school mode of Danganronpa trigger happy havoc?

  • @thajocoth
    @thajocoth Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin is not an RTS. It definitely contains some RTS elements (having a main base, controlling many units at once), but it lacks others (building your main base, directing your units around the map directly, upgrades, enemy bases, etc...). RTS is really a much more PvP focused genre than Pikmin or any of the Pikmin-likes out there. I'd say that Pikmin successfully created a new genre. There are other games made since Pikmin's release that are Pikmin-likes. Overlord (& Overlord 2) were the first of these Pikmin-likes that I was aware of and are great games. (I don't recommend Overlord: Dark Legend.) Another great one that's a lot more recent is Tinykin (which has a demo available to try out on the Switch if you're interested).

  • @uboa8060

    @uboa8060

    7 ай бұрын

    Just imagine pikmin pvp

  • @thajocoth

    @thajocoth

    7 ай бұрын

    @@uboa8060 The Bingo Battle & Dandori Battle modes? ...They're not great.

  • @SussyPoster69
    @SussyPoster69 Жыл бұрын

    I beat it for the first time yesterday in 28 days. Looking to shave it down to 10

  • @thajocoth
    @thajocoth Жыл бұрын

    You don't really need to be all that great at time management to complete the game. If you want to complete it in just 6 days you certainly need to, but you're not likely to even reach day 30 playing at a fairly casual but consistent pace. Though it's not as loose & irrelevant as Pikmin 3's juice limit.

  • @whirlwind6wind33
    @whirlwind6wind33 Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin 2 is the best Pikmin game, but can easily be topped by Pikmin 4 when it comes out

  • @alpha-boss
    @alpha-boss9 ай бұрын

    Hi I just started playing Pikmin 1 and after finishing the 1 and 2 levels I got 1 star mark..How do I get all the stars for finishing the levels? Is there a way I need to play the game, or do I need to be faster in finishing the levels in or order to get a full mark? Thanks

  • @SweaterSwagg
    @SweaterSwagg Жыл бұрын

    Pariah feels nothing when the Pikmin die UNSUB 😤

  • @Hack_Man_VII
    @Hack_Man_VII Жыл бұрын

    Pikmin is a series I WANT to enjoy, but I hate the limitations. I would prefer a longer game purely focused on exploration. Let me explore the planet's many areas, and uncover the mysteries of the world! No limited oxygen, no limited food, ect. The time management mechanic feels like the biggest limitation. I'm sorry, but it's not fun for me. If I want to be on a time limit, I'd take a double shift at my job!

  • @NIMPAK1

    @NIMPAK1

    Жыл бұрын

    You'd probably like Pikmin 2 and 4 then.

  • @Hack_Man_VII

    @Hack_Man_VII

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NIMPAK1 2 was better, but the sundown timer was still annoying. Caves were a cool idea, but still not what I had in mind. I'm hoping 4 will be closer to what I want. I really do want to play a Pikmin game that I can enjoy. I hate being one of the few people that doesn't like the series.

  • @frickerrific2813
    @frickerrific28135 ай бұрын

    Should I just play the games on switch or emulate the first 3?

  • @luckyw769
    @luckyw769 Жыл бұрын

    There are so many great games that feel like they’re “holding back” for the sake of accessibility or catering to a broader audience. I suppose you can always take on self-imposed challenges or play for score. After all, there are definitely people who are going to struggle with Pikmin regardless of its forgiving difficulty.

  • @Pheonixice101
    @Pheonixice101 Жыл бұрын

    U monster!

  • @Wildestleaf
    @Wildestleaf Жыл бұрын

    Who was the Let's player? Chugga?

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