HOW MANY Pikmin Does it Take to Beat Pikmin 4?

[@MizunoKetsuban]

There's one bit of streamlining you could have done early on: If you have Oatchi subject to an elemental hazard, he'll be allowed access to gear and training that protects him from those hazards much earlier. Basically all of the waiting on the electric fences would have been bypassed if you just settled on giving Oatchi some shock therapy.

[@PrincessFelicie]

Literally the first day's task should be to round up the elemental hazards and tell Oatchi to rush in muzzle first. Finally, a game where animal cruelty is the meta play. I've also completed an 8 pikmin run, it was pretty fun! Definitely recommend it to people interested in replaying the game with a twist.

[@xray8012]

This is the best strategy in Pikmin 4, as the first time Oatchi takes damage from any element, you will unlock the nullifier for it, which is really useful (heck even Water is nullified once Oatchi learns to swim)

[@LoyaLPikmin]

@@PrincessFeliciewait, 8 PIKMIN!!!! HOW?

[@PrincessFelicie]

@@LoyaLPikmin Well, if you watch the video I'm sure you'll discover how. I stopped at defeating Louie, rather than grind the 100 purple necessary for the gold bar.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Ah, that's a really cool mechanic!

[@napstabot836]

In Dandori the Leaflings state that all the pikmin inside are THEIRS, so technically you can collect all of them because they aren't yours The challenge is more fun doing it your way though :)

[@dolphinhispanic]

I find this far more interesting than the minimum pikmin runs in 1 2 and 3. In those ones the minimum number was dictated only by the bag or wall that needed the most pikmin, making everything before it pointless. Because of oatchi, the challenge becomes much more creative and fun.

[@viohazard6150]

Fun fact! It's actually not necessary to get the ice pikmin in Last-Frost Cavern. It's possible to move the paint-tube treasure near the snowy blowhog and then have Oatchi repeatedly ram into the paint tube in order to very gradually move the snowy blowhog, and you can then use its icy breath to freeze the hydro jellies for you instead. It's extremely tedious and takes about 30 minutes just to execute, but it's an option! Edit: You can also get to the remaining treasures in Dream Home without Oatchi; if you toss down a bomb rock the explosion can knock your captain onto the mushrooms to bounce you across. But still a really well done run and video! Great job!

[@constantspider]

this game and you are awesome

[@iangomez9161]

Another way more easy is just skip that cave and move on to the fire cave to rescue the castway (obligatory the first castaway that you rescue is russel don't matter where) and then buy ice bomb rocks to freeze the hydro jellies

[@viohazard6150]

@@iangomez9161 Unfortunately you can't get to the castaway in Crackling Cauldron without either getting Russ elsewhere or recruiting yellow Pikmin, since you need to break down an electric wall to get below the first sublevel. Since those are the only two dungeons you can reach before Oatchi grows up, moving the blowhog slowly is the only way to avoid getting an eighth Pikmin.

[@leviistired3621]

​@@viohazard6150actually this is incorrect, if you arc your throws just right, red pikmin can BARELY get the castaway in CC

[@viohazard6150]

@@leviistired3621 Not if you can't get to the floor they're on you can't!

[@LARAUJO_0]

I'm amazed at just how much of the game you can complete with only 8 pikmin. Also, it was really interesting to see all the differences between this and Bowborb's pikminless run (his rule was that you can only use pikmin when they're required and you have to end each day with 0 total pikmin)

[@rtyuik7]

29:12 - "off like a Prom Dress"...dayum, i gotta remember that one...

[@morp4212]

56:10 you can actually get this with glow pikmin, if you charge them onto it they will be able to grab onto it and lower it, it’ll stay lowered during the day

[@AlfonsoSRT]

Thatw ould imply creating glow pikmin

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

​@@AlfonsoSRTbut you start with 10 glow pikmin, so you can use them.

[@maffoo9775]

Ah yes, I love doing *Dangery.*

[@SilentRuth10]

53:33 She killed my whole team, too! Until I threw my hands in the air and brought in 100 rock pikmin. Piece of cake after that!

[@malcolmw121]

Can't you get into a different cave first, and therefore potentially avoid that ice pikmin? You'll get Russ no matter which cave you do, and then you can get ice bombs from him for the hydro jelly in Last-frost.

[@JSpin-js4vr]

Loved this! Quick question, do you plan to do the Olimar story and Sage Leafling challenges? It is okay if you want to protect your mental sanity, but I thought I would ask.

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

Olimar's shipwreak's tale can be done with only 20 pikmin of any type.

[@Connorizcool202]

John Tomat SUPREMACY

[@patroka]

Oh- regarding the Dream Home, I did a similar challenge and noticed that there is actually a way to get a purple Pikmin to the other side of the bag that needs to be pushed down, without oatchi-simply, manipulate a purple so it grabs the card on the ledge, and the path takes it right past the bag, so if you carefully whistle it, the purple Pikmin will walk right in front of the bag! …however, there appears to be some sort of failsafe that prevents the Pikmin from latching on to the bag, as there appears to be an invisible wall in the way. I managed to get the Pikmin to path to the bag, but they weren’t able to get past the invisible wall, and eventually gave up. So, unless somebody else figures a way to disable that failsafe it doesn’t look like my discovery matters. (Depending on how the failsafe works there may be a way around it. For instance, maybe if I switched to a different captain who was higher than the bag vertically it would be disabled? It is weird, though… I didn’t think that other bags had failsafes like this. And yes, I did check that the issue wasn’t that the bag’s destination was obstructed.)

[@Real_Bossclips]

Not sure if it helps, but you CAN lower that handle in Dream Den with enough Glow Pikmin, that and the one in SST. Using Glow Mob at just the right angle can latch 1-3 onto the handle, but you'll probably need more than 20 to have that work. That's how I was able to skip Yellow/Winged Pikmin in my "Least Pikmin Types run" (spoiler: you only need Reds, Purples, and Glow to get everything in the game).

[@CoolGamer4161]

In the dream home, you actually can get over those mushrooms if you walk in a weirdly specific way. I had to do it in my no oatchi run that i did, but it took a while.

[@TheLore.]

so it takes 8 pikmin to beat the game and 95 to 100% the game. that sounds like a pain to do. amazing vid.

[@Obiwanbaloney00]

When this game came out I got so excited to see your minimum pikmin run, I love the series!

[@morp4212]

52:08 you can actually attack the body of the bloomcap bloyster, im pretty sure the idea of the enemy is that you are supposed to attack the weak point so you can charge it. Sorry if people had already said this a lot

[@mooseygoosey9720]

We've both played two weeks. You've rescued Olimar, and I'm still wandering around the first 2 areas. But we're both having fun.

[@lasercraft32]

I once did a challenge run where I could only use 1 of each Pikmin type... Yes, that means that (aside from Oatchi) I could only have three Pikmin out at once, except for a few very specific times in caves. The only thing that really stopped me was a single clipboard bridge in the final cave that require 20 pikmin to pull down, I had to cheat using glow pikmin in order to progress (I couldn't get 100% though). Also, just a tip, you can technically skip getting ice pikmin if you use ice bombs (which you unlock later on) for most of the ice-related puzzles. You can also use the pebble pitcher to break gates/walls you would otherwise need Pikmin to break (including crystal walls you normally need rocks for). This game is surprisingly lenient with what you can get away with.

[@Sam-rk6wo]

You might be able to cheese some more with the line up trumpet unlocked. Fun video!

[@mint_dragon3858]

using NKG's theme for the final boss is so fitting

[@The_Goofy_Plush]

Funny thing is oatchi rush pushes objects a little, which means (if your patient enough) you can push objects to where you can collect them

[@-Quakkerz]

2:00 surprisingly, you can lose pikmin here, but somewhat rare and you can use the yellow pikmin cave to get russ, as you can find a cheeky angle to throw reds up in that cave.

[@theguywhocandothepikminvoice]

Crazy theory What if that gray room in 4 is like a room for unused characters Once your needed, or once the door is opened, you can leave

[@PersonDoesStuff]

I didn't know this game even released!

[@camtechxbox79]

55:41 The rescue oficer is canonically a dog trainer as shepard says REPETIVLEY

[@alexmachan3255]

Fun fact: The Empress Bulblax in Cavern for a King has enough space for you (and only you) to stand in front of her face and not get squished. Let's you get a safe, but extremely extremely slow right.

[@stevesamuals2651]

58:50 not sure if you mention it in the video, but you can actually guide the pikmin to do that paper bag if you use the lineup trumpet upgrade you get from completing the musical missions

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

True, but There's an invisible Wall.

[@michalsniadala1667]

love how that's not food dickhead is kinda a running joke

[@Fenyx_Birb]

It's shocking that you need as little as EIGHT pikmiin for this game, i wonder about olimar's story though...

[@johncain2299]

Just popping in to say I appreciate that I think you should leave reference haha

[@SteveNever1]

“Because this is a tutorial, the porquillion can’t actually kill any Pikmin” i got like half of the tutorial Pikmin killed from him ngl

[@ProCreeper]

I’m 5 minutes in to this video. You can go to the Crackling Cauldron cave first and get the castaway there and then you can unlock Russ and come back to Last Forst cavern later with ice bombs.

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

But you Need a yellow pikmin to break the electric fence.

[@Thing_of_somes]

If you abuse the coop feature you can get freeze bombs which means you don’t need ice pikmin and can get past most obstacles

[@That_One_Gaming_Guy]

I would have turned a red or an ice into the one white as you just lost 10 carrying capacity separate from Oatchi

[@lukeblack8146]

I attempted to get all possible treasures and castaways with just 7 pikmin and P2. You can skip past wild pikmin by rushing with Oatchi, wild pikmin don't interact with the captain or Oatchi if you rush from far enough back and stop once you get far enough away. Within Crackling Cauldron you can just barely get any pikmin type, except purples, onto the bricks to get both the castaway and two treasures without P2. Since you can get to this cave on day 2 you can get Russ from this cave since all castaways are in a set order (except Leaflings). You can get the track piece in ultimate testing range using Oatchi's swallow ability to get the track onto the edge of the platform and push it so Oatchi can reach it from the other side, where he grabs it and falls with it in his mouth, the game puts Oatchi back on his last known point on land with the treasure still in his mouth. Glow pikmin can theoretically (I haven't done it with the minimum number) reach the yellow board handle which can allow you to get it. I have videos which can allow you to get the music box in BA and get Oatchi across the gap in Dream Home. I've seen a video where Oachi is able to get additional height from a bomb rock launching him while he is on top of an onion. The winged onion's path goes past the ledge if you destroy the mould and have the landing site in its default location.

[@trulyunknowable]

I know barely anything about Pikmin, but if the answer is anything but 4 pikmin, I will be so mad.

[@MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM-f4x]

Was not expecting the ending

[@Vinemaster182]

27:11 bro forgot how to float

[@GrimmMage]

really liked the grimm battle music for the final boss!

[@Fellow_Artist-o7]

1:59 it's just hard, but entirely possible to kill pikmin

[@Egg12761]

You can use ice blasts from Russ/two player mode to skip the hydro jellies at the first cave Edit: also throwing the rocks in the two player mode for the electric gates

[@pg28]

He didnt want to use the pebble pitcher. Also russ wasn’t available at the first cave

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

That presents a dilemma. You Need russ to get ice blasts to rescue russ.

[@efad3215]

PNF-404 is not really the planet's name. It's a reference to the HTML code 404, which is page not found. In Pikmin's case, it's planet not found, as in the planet is not (yet) in any of the databases.

[@Acrul]

Personally pikmin 2 is still my favorite, but i do like 4 semi reviving a few PK2 aspects

[@myboyjigglz4118]

You can finish the dream home by blowing up the captain with a bomb rock and launching him over the bounce pads

[@kullre_gun]

To COMPLETE will always take less than to BEAT

[@camtechxbox79]

2:40 Captain Olimar Olimar Known related characters Wife, son, daughter, Bulbie (pet) Height 1.9 cm (0.75 inches) Voice actor Kazumi Totaka (Pikmin 2) First game Pikmin 8 more rows•7 Apr 2024 Captain Olimar - Pikipedia, the Pikmin wiki Pikipedia, the Pikmin wiki

[@KitsuneKoinu]

How many Pikmin would you need to complete Olimar's story? It's been a while and i only just found your channel

[@callowguru2611]

What a delight of a run!

[@RedLegend1988]

"A full ass adult dog." LOL

[@Cappucceetle]

Olimar should get his license revoked

[@LeprechaunZombie]

Yeah, Oatchi makes it so that you hardly need Pikmin most of the time. Also, instead of John Tomato, why not Tom Ato?

[@Kamari333]

this was very fun to watch. excellent video and excellent dandori

[@Zackarygamin]

Fun fact: coop mode rocks can destroy electric walls

[@kirbykraftgames]

Lesgo CowFoodYum made a Pikmin 4 Minimum Pikmin vid

[@NoahJD-j7n]

You do realise the Ice Frost Cavern isn’t required to beat the game

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

It's either last frost cavern or crackeling cauldron, both of which requiers 1 extra pikmin.

[@hdk-gamer2829]

I’m pretty sure it’s 8 if you exclude dandori stuff Edit: apparently you can throw reds in crackling cauldron to get the castaway so 7

[@sivir_m3_timbers307]

We miss you King

[@CowFoodYum]

😢

[@blazesona12]

uhh .... he does know olimar's story can lead ya to the purple and white onions right?

[@dolphinmax9454]

2 things you 1st i am 75% sure that ice pikmin is not needed as you can get russ from one of the caves by throwing red pikmin in such a way that they grab him its a hard throw but it works then 2 one of the dandori challanges at 1:02:00 can most likely be done with the louie quest item since that allows you too grab more gold nuggets so yeah do what you will with this info edit: did not watch full vid so umm ignor 2

[@natashawood1115]

Not even a minute in And there is two lore inaccuracys

[@CSK2008DS]

He also needs to get the purple & white onion from the sage leaf.

[@KoshyKoke]

carrot guys? there ants lmao

[@Yoshieevee]

With mods 2 purple Pikmin and a dream

[@hatcher365]

i want to see the ten trials and olimar's tale with minium pikmin.

[@kingrob4865]

I did beat the game with only three Pikmin types. Fun times, fun times

[@constantspider]

6:08 ochi

[@Kurtlen]

Minimum amount of pikmin to beat the game is 7 not 8. It is possible to throw red pikmin onto the platform with the castaway in Crackling Cauldron sublevel 2 if you have the right angle and try enough times. This unlocks Russ and lets Oatchi get BEEG. Then go through the game until you get ice bombs and you can use those to get the castaway in Last-Frost Cavern later.

[@Kurtlen]

Also you can throw pikmin into Candypop Buds but not enough to make them spit seeds and then leave the sublevel and that removes pikmin from the game without them showing as sprouted or dead.

[@pg28]

@@Kurtlenhe said he didnt want to destroy pikmin with candypop buds. As that goes against the whole point of the challenge. Beating pikmin 4 with as few pikmin as possible.

[@Mostly_Roblox]

Can you do a red Pikmin only challenge next?

[@JoeSmith-db4rq]

Quick question… was it actually required to get that first ice Pikmin? Do you need to “clear” that cave to advance? I don’t remember now… because otherwise, you can continue to advance with your 7 Reds until you get to the cave with the ice flower and convert some then and go back to that cave to break the jelly afterwards. Is there a reason you have to clear that cave before progressing?

[@ShuckleShellAnemia]

You don’t need that ice pikmin but you do need a castaway to get items, the ability to build, and big oatchi.

[@JNRC62fan]

i predict that the total number of pikmin needed is between 101 and 105

[@Oatchi-p9w]

Wooden Blue Pikmin 53:10

[@zacknattack]

DOG GAMEPLAY DOG STORY DOG ENDING DOG CHARACTERS DOG MUSIC DOG WRITING

[@metal_pipe9764]

DOG DIES

[@fabiomateosantosorozco4944]

THËY ĐØ ŃÔT MÆTËR ªT ĀLL

[@sqeelord]

The GOAT

[@FindingMeemo00]

Thanks!

[@camtechxbox79]

2:40 10 INCHES you mean

[@thecoasterman682]

You can now compare all the Mario Kart 8 deluxe dlc tracks because the rest is now completed.

[@CowFoodYum]

Not gonna

[@thecoasterman682]

@@CowFoodYum why not? Are the new tracks worse?

[@CowFoodYum]

@@thecoasterman682 Don't wanna

[@PaytonSmith-ir5mm]

olimor shipwreck tale you can beat it with 60 pikmin max

[@3easto787]

bro fr speedrim took me like 70 days to beat it

[@demopan1067]

cant you wait to do last frost cavern tull you have ice bombs?

[@Drawoon]

Do you have to finish the first cave? Can't you just leave and come back when you have ice pikmin? And if the game doesn't let you leave, can't you just ignore the cave until you have ice pikmin? You might only need 7 pikmin in total.

[@SioxGreyWolf]

You did the trial of the sage leaf, yes?

[@DeterminedCharcoalEater]

for some reason i chose green for my character's suit color

[@VannyBeumer]

You didnt get the last 2 onions

[@dangeresque_tf2]

Idk, probabaly a few

[@The_Goofy_Plush]

21:55

[@andrewc.7071]

Wait, but what about olimar’s shipwreck tale and trial of the sage leaf

[@mariorockysonicmegasochjag]

Olimar's shipwreak's tale can be done with only 20 pikmin of any type.

[@JNRC62fan]

i should do this challange

[@daveygothicpigeon]

John tomat

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

Why does this game's interface look identical to every other generic modern game?

[@metal_pipe9764]

Because it was made in generic modern game times

[@Thewahcat]

It’s Dan-door-i

[@hyperionsidartha5891]

POG

[@chromypone]

I love your voice

[@DevilCat19]

Can anybody who has done this challenge tell me if it’s beginner friendly. I’m not good at Pikmin.😅

[@arthurmaramba730]

You are wrong pikmin will die at the beginning of the game if they get hit too much happened to me once

[@2moronsandadipstick]

the apocalypse now quotes are so funny about a pikmin game

[@CowFoodYum]

Not enough people have appreciated them😪😪

[@Skyecutie-f8n]

Ummmmm the enemy when you start actually can Ki you pikmin

[@PleasePleasePepper]

dandery