Learning to Love Pikmin

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Allow me to explain how I came to consider Pikmin a true classic.
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Pikmin Retrospective Review Critique KingK

[@joshua9832]

“Will you intentionally drown some of your pikmin?” OVER MY DEAD BODY.

[@jahmerecrooms3162]

Yellow Pikmin on the other hand-

[@skipable8595]

Me who has done multiple genocide runs

[@Vagrantesque]

one of us, one of us

[@deadlockoriginalfilms2.096]

YEAH ONE OF US ONE OF US

[@lordofmosquitos2822]

YES ONE OF US

[@lesstime7835]

Should I play Pikmin?

[@Crafty_64]

@@lesstime7835 YES YES YES! The games are so much fun. Pikmin 3 Deluxe is a great entry point if you can't get your hands on the first or second games, and it's full of content.

[@somerandomguy8541]

One of us

[@MasonOfLife]

KingK: Upset that he wasted a day Me, a degenerate who wasted the last 6 years of my actual life: yeah, nothing worse than a wasted day

[@General12th]

Yeah

[@Krazykarlton]

Yea

[@maxmiot9351]

Yeah

[@james441]

12 for me

[@SaberRexZealot]

2 years for me but I’ll get there

[@arfarfarf256]

Such good memories. My kids were little at the time and then would pretend to be pikmin when i had them do chores! 2 was my favorite. All those quirky names for those everyday items.

[@danceswithmetroids162]

"Son, you had better get the dishes done or you'll get the Vorpal Platter."

[@afbanjagjafdbxcvbrtjwsasdg2825]

thats so cute omg

[@ashirogielric2489]

Honey put your clothes back on KingK uploaded!!!!

[@purpleemerald5299]

*But that just makes me want to keep them off!*

[@Cute___E]

@@purpleemerald5299 Now THAT'S Kink-K

[@ProtestantsRUs]

You can't watch KZbin naked with your spouse?

[@ATalkingSock]

How to make someone a pikmin fan in 2021 A) Make them play through the 3 DX demo B) Tell them to do it again, but in fewer days From there, they're hooked.

[@PeterGargan]

The Pikmin fanbase is multiplying like an Onion sprouting Pikmin seeds!!!

[@Yosefffffff]

@@PeterGargan Is it really? That's amazing to hear! I hope Nintendo listens and gives Pikmin more love.

[@PeterGargan]

@@Yosefffffff I think 3 Deluxe seems to be doing the trick, I'm hearing all sorts of people saying it's their first Pikmin experience and that they're loving it and hope that Pikmin 4 is on the way, I was initially disappointed with "another Wii U port" but honestly I'm happy that more people are being given the chance to play 3 seeing as it's a fantastic game and if it expands the fanbase then they might as well do it.

[@Yosefffffff]

@@PeterGargan Oh yeah, I forgot about that coming to the Switch. I need to double dip into 3 again and hopefully it sells a ton like every other Nintendo game. Last I saw, Luigi's Mansion 3 had almost 6 million copies sold (I could be totally misremembering this), and if that game can sell that well, hopefully Pikmin 3 can, too.

[@drakon0873]

What happened to me lol

[@arabhero10]

Now you too can suffer in the eternal wait for pikmin 4

[@moneykenny119]

Nah he luckily has two more even better Pikmin games to play first

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

get on the suffer train!

[@Strativari]

Soon... I hope

[@anthonysimons4245]

I feel this is Nintendo’s fault they teased the game to late and I feel it was never ready or had some setbacks Pikmin 4 will come but they want to make sure the game is up to par

[@elastichedgehog6339]

Looks like it's closer than we thought!

[@pyrrhickong]

I love the beautiful codependence with nature that Pikmin illustrates, how every natural creature interacts with each other, carves out their own habitats, and works around each other through learning. It's the idea of evolution put in a video game translated into an RTS with a quirky little spaceman, and I'm kinda stunned by just how excellently it's pulled off. No real smart comments from me other than "so Warcraft III's campaigns would also be a neat bridge I'd love to talk about if that game were still playable in its original form in any meaningful way", just really pleasant hearing your experience!

[@GlamourSwinexXx]

Wow, you went from avoiding the game to basically speedrunning it - that's dedication! I've been playing Pikmin for years and I think my fastest was like 12 or 15 days.

[@laggianput]

my fastest for pikmin 1 is 10 or 11, but my fastest for all treasures in 2 is 8 days

[@teacup4561]

“Let the deaths roll off my shoulders” I could never... Every pikmin I lose hits like a needle to my heart. I just love those little guys :( If I lose more than like five I have to reset because I feel so bad for them

[@radladstudios]

I remember I lost like fifty Pikmin at once when I first encountered the Armored Canon Beetle. That was an immediate reset

[@lasercraft32]

Yeah hating to lose Pikmin has a lot of benefit. I DESPISE it when even a single Pikmin dies... not enough for a reset (unless its A LOT of Pikmin at least) but I play much more carefully and strategically because of it. If I didn't care for Pikmin lives then I would not be as good at the game as I am (not that I'm particularly skilled either way :/). However, fearing the death of your Pikmin can be a problem if it causes too much stress, plus a lot of wasted time if you reset EVERY time a few Pikmin die. It requires a nice balance. Accept that death is inevitable, but try to avoid it as much as possible (oddly enough its kinda a metaphor for life).

[@ogpandamonium]

Same. The only time ive not reset after a massacre was after the snaggret fight because I knew i'd never be able to beat that with less than 20 deaths

[@danceswithmetroids162]

Slowly but surely Pikmin is garnering the larger following it deserves, I just hope Nintendo doesn't screw up the release of Pikmin 4

[@iamcoolrthenu2710]

Same. I hope Nintendo makes more games. They unfortunately always set it up to fail putting the games on two failing consoles.

[@voltricity1942]

hahaha, pikmin 4.............

[@DMacB42]

at this point I bet Pikmin 4 and Metroid Prime 4 are the same game...

[@terretsforever]

@@DMacB42 nah, they never restarted development on Pikmin 4, just Prime 4..

[@Hobbles_]

It's actually happening now though!! Hopefully it's not ruined

[@NickKrishnan]

Learning to love KingK's "Learning to Love" series awesome stuff!

[@childhoodobesity4249]

being unable to accept a Pikmin death actually made me better at the game. I just started going on deathless runs

[@autismandgaming4532]

"Nintendo isn't happy with releasing this bad boy" WELL NOT ANYMORE!

[@Wolfendeathx]

As someone who has avoided Pikmin for the very same reasons, it sounds like I should finally give it a try.

[@EmilyRose900]

It's not a hard game and it's not very long.

[@crotchsplotch]

Our army shall grow!! Haha

[@colin3216]

3 is the best starting place for a beginner but if you can 1 is also good

[@flamsey]

@@colin3216 heh

[@moneykenny119]

@@flamsey Its true, 3 has the most refined gameplay and kinda eases you into it better than 1, and the story follows different characters so don't worry about that

[@DesignDoc]

yeyeyeyeyeyeyeye

[@ahmir5798]

agreed

[@yuga5075]

True

[@servantrider7044]

"The thirty day time limit may as well not even exist" Heh, hehe, uh, heh. My very first playthrough of Pikmin, I made it to the final area for the first time on day 30 and had nowhere near enough time to complete it. I of course went back and beat it, but yeah I sorta suck at games. xD

[@MarceloKatayama]

You are not bad. Happened to me too! Pikmin is about replaying and learning, so the fact that you went back and beat it proves that you can overcome the challenges the game throws at you.

[@Cinnacal]

Yet another game I need to play that you've recommended now! From what you've said, it seems like the designers amplified unit management and death from something such as Fire Emblem, except it's integrated into the entire game. I'm intrigued to play Pikmin myself

[@moneykenny119]

If you have a switch I highly recommend Pikmin 3 Deluxe! Don't worry about missing the first 2 games as the story follows different characters

[@theinimitablejora522]

Miyamoto actually compared it to Saving Private Ryan at one point- the whole squad, risking life, limb, and precious time as they trek hazardous territory- all to save one fallen comrade. No, I am not kidding.

[@Spuuky]

caught up on all the videos & this is legit my favorite channel now, love all the long form retrospectives 🥺

[@fluffytheostrich3878]

Pikmin is such a magical series, good on you for taking the first step!

[@freshlybakedfeline]

Mom I gotta hang up new kingk learning to love video came out (Also congrats on 200k subs!!)

[@FromHerotoZeroYT]

It's fascinating listening to the experiences that made you go from avoiding Pikmin to basically trying to speedrun it, but if I can say one thing it's that I find it kinda hard to relate to what's beeing said in the video when the footage doesn't match up or show what you're talking about, especially in a game like this. Anyways, it made for a good listen and since I'm pretty familiar with the game(s) it didn't have that much of an adverse effect. Congrats on 200k btw, it's well deserved!

[@PsychoPatYT]

More like King200K now. Congrats on the milestone, man.

[@kingpikmin6361]

Pikmin is my all-time favorite video game franchise, and I’m really happy to see more people realizing just how good it is. I wish Pikmin was as big a series as others like Zelda, Pokémon and Fire Emblem...but maybe that’s asking too much. Pikmin seems daunting at first, but once you get used to it, it becomes impossibly fun! The first game is my favorite in the series.

[@seasidedoe8905]

I love that due to the arcade style of gameplay and many different goals, there's so many ways to play Pikmin at high level, from a 6 Day Run to Zero Deaths and many more!

[@ChunkyKongGaming]

I loved the first pikmin since the day i touched it at probably 8-10 years old . One of my favorite games of all time

[@xatnu]

I looooove this game. Thanks for the fun video!

[@coreyjones8605]

Congrats on 200k man

[@Encyclopedia_Brown97]

You just perfectly summed up my experience with Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Over Christmas break I pumped 25 hours in. When it clicks, it really clicks

[@JsYTA]

Always nice to hear different run strategies.

[@tieguy895]

This perfectly encapsulates the feelings I have felt with this series.. The guilt can sometimes build up with loss of days or Pikmin, but it encourages you to strategize more and learn from mistakes leading to a happier and more satisfying victory..

[@thillsification]

Your channels blowing up 🤟🏻 great job KingK

[@barksanddreams2234]

Was in progress of starting Ultra-Spicy in Pikmin 3 DX and this drops! I don't even know who you are, but this is appreciated by me as a new Pikmin fan.

[@krubbington]

Excellent video! Pikmin has always made RTS mechanics feel very approachable without feeling overwhelming or boring. Pikmin 3's mission mode (and Pikmin 3 as a whole) also feature a lot of the time management aspects you discuss here, and I personally find it very fun. Hope you give Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3 Deluxe a go in the future!

[@Lala-bv3xr]

Literally yesterday I was looking for video essays about Pikmin. Loved the video man, just found your channel. Hopefully you get to play and enjoy Pikmin 2 as well (my favorite one). :)

[@Lala-bv3xr]

Pikmin 2 is the most difficult and controversial one since they removed the time limit and introduced caves. I understand why this could be unappealing, but the world building and exploration in the second entry of the franchise is just unmatched to me. I couldnt get the same sense of wonder from any other game. From the piklopedia, progressing puzzles, and new creatures/pikmin it was truly a memorable game.

[@Mokaygee]

Good video. Well made, well said. The allure of lowering days is what got me hooked.

[@volvoman5262]

How is plaing pikmin 1 in 2024?

[@Mokaygee]

@@volvoman5262 it's very good, thanks for asking

[@prodjoshkta]

happy 200k king ❤️

[@TheSunshrine]

I was surprised to see how short this was.

[@TwiggglesMcNasty]

I was watching you earlier thinking... when's kings new video? Boom!

[@thecardboardbox9243]

Such a well written, and professionally done commentary... Comic Sans Credits

[@jazzminrice]

I first played Pikmin when my parents bought it for me one summer afternoon while they were shopping for groceries, I didn’t really understand the game all too much but I just knew I loved the premise and the sweet little onion guys, overtime I’d slowly grow more and more invested with it managing and keeping my pikmin alive while trying to get all of the ship parts so I don’t get the bad ending again lol Fast forward to today and now I’m still eagerly waiting for Pikmin 4 I’m so glad you tried out this series, No matter where anyone is in life I’d highly recommend trying this series out, it’s charming, beautiful, and in some cases a rush

[@TehMonitorTV]

Grats on 200k subs!!!!

[@Danominator]

I also loved A Short Hike, so glad you played it.

[@hellojoshua3287]

The Pikmin series has something so charming and addicting about it that even mentioning it brings joy to me. I really want to replay all of the games now lol

[@kenessaletsplays]

Exactly what I needed rn what impeccable timing

[@vegasem7639]

Great video! Never played Pikmin but now I'm intrigued :) Gonna try Pikmin 3 on the Switch

[@daganisoraan]

Thanks for the vid. Pikmin has always been very intimidating to me, even if I own 1 and 2 on the Wii. But now I will try them thanks to you.

[@sentrysapper45]

It's good to step out of one's comfort zone and try new things. I didn't understand the appeal of truck simulators for the longest time, but after deciding to take the plunge during the Steam holiday sale I discovered that it's actually quite the chill experience. I've sunk many happy hours traveling the open road while vibing to smooth jazz on American Truck Simulator over the past month.

[@Minty_Meeo]

At 7:43 I somehow noticed that the Fiery Blowhog (mostly offscreen) to the right was experiencing a rare glitch where a particle effect from somewhere else gets attached to its snout.

[@walternorment3114]

This video has convinced me to give Pikmin a try. I love your videos.

[@Xoro2203]

I only got in to pikmin because my mom played pikmin 1 before i was born. so when i was born my mom introduced me to pikmin and ever since then i have been a pikmin fan.

[@joserachi96]

Always a good day when KingK uploads!

[@SoulofGrimm]

I've loved this series since I first played them, and I can say the exact same thing. That first day can be so optimized.

[@larryseasoningsalt6636]

Never got into this series, i hope it's truly loved

[@lorddiamyo4878]

I am so glad you played Pikmin! I am even happier that you recognize Pikmin speedrunners!

[@ebeaver15]

Great video as always dude. I've had this game for years but I was always overwhelmed by the time constraint and my lack of familiarity with RTS games. I'll be sure to dive into it after watching this video.

[@secondengineer9814]

I kind of liked the exploration aspect of the pikmin games a lot. It's cool to strategize once you know what the map is like, but it's also really fun to move around the fire spouting edge path and get so far away from everything, discovering new things. I hope the next pikmin game is a very large interconnected world with new landing sites that can be unlocked.

[@babakazi808]

Pikmin is very daunting i completely understand your "fear". Its kinda like dead rising in a way. Stressful management. But the feeling you get when you complete it is indescribable. Sorta like getting a 100% on a paper you wrote that you put so much work into and the whole time you were thinking you were going to fail.

[@Duplicitousthoughtformentity]

I picked up Pikmin 3 Deluxe about a month ago, and it drew me in hard. It was a lot of fun, I’d love to play 1 and 2 someday.

[@hiotsobo]

Definitely worth picking up a GC for

[@kinfmin443]

I'm glad more people are getting into Pikmin, it's such a beautiful game that I've been playing since I was a kid.

[@RockbandDrummer321]

4:42 oh my god you’re killing me smalls 😭

[@ozmond]

I didn’t have to learn to love it, I just didn’t know what it was. Played and Beat it last fall for the first time and it’s one of my favorite games.

[@clvr51]

Such a magical series, I'd like to see you tackle 3 in the future! (Yeah I never played 2 :( )

[@user-bb2op9he1x]

its heartwarming to see people finally care about pikmin

[@Cinnacal]

Interesting thumbnail change I like it

[@dylteejpodcasts-7412]

the pikmin soundtrack, like that of the song from the "End of the Day" is just pure nostalgia for me.

[@flutterymuffins]

I had a similar experience as a kid. I bought it because of its colorful appearance, it's concept, and the great reviews. After starting it, watching several pikmen scream, die, and turn into ghosts - knowing I did it to them, I cried, returned it, and I have never touched it since. Maybe I'll try again because of this review.

[@occamsaturn]

I'm so excited to see this and even more excited and nervous that you'll try Pikmin 2 (and maybe won't like it)

[@mini8964]

Pikmin is one of those games that I just want to replay right after finishing it, I guess thats the speedrun aspect of it

[@Valgyan]

Idk what youre gonna thibk of pikmin 2. But its one of my all time favorites. I can say that the music in pikmin 2 alone is worth the purchase.

[@1gnore_me.]

I think part of what makes pikmin magical to me, is that you can totally see how the systems were designed. the game doesn't try to hide how much of a "game" it is, it just is a unique experience set in a cool world. as a game designer it's really fascinating, & represents a lot of what I loved about gamecube-era nintendo.

[@radladstudios]

I also recently became a fan of the series a few months ago. It's funny, I've owned the game since I was six but never played it much since I didn't understand it well. And I avoided it because it never seemed like my type of game, I was intimidated by the enemies, the time limit. But I finally gave it a chance, and enjoyed it, and like you the first run was awful, 28 days to complete. But that run was me not understanding the game, I didn't even know how to swarm. So when I played it again immediately after, I refined my strategy and as a result had a blast with it and realized why the game is so highly regarded. That intial 28 day struggle was turned into a satisfying 15 day adventure.

[@orignialname4983]

Pikmin 2 when? I'm joking, but its great to see more people getting into pikmim and I do hope you enjoy the rest of the series.

[@elfiebranford9330]

Learning to love Pikmin is realizing that bomb rocks are both your friends and also not your friends

[@paperlobotomy]

Ooo I hope he does 2 and 3 too :0

[@ciligonzalez2897]

Bruhh i just beat the first one this week! Absolutely loved it, going total blind, such a fun adicting little game, finished It with all the pieces on a day!

[@udczoey]

I'm legit in the middle of my first Pikmin playthrough and this video drops, wow.

[@ghostlyrobert]

Welcome!

[@TheSalltt]

I just started really getting into Pikmin this weekend, I just beat Pikmin 3 Deluxe's story mode, then I got this notification *W h a t*

[@seanimo8579]

Now finish story mode in 7 days

[@moneykenny119]

@@seanimo8579 With all fruits

[@seanimo8579]

@@moneykenny119 that's only possible in 10 days

[@flyingfishie401]

Yo same, I started with pikmin 3 on the Wii U

[@michaelbronder9147]

Bro I just bought Pikmin 3 deluxe the same day you uploaded this thats wild

[@saligraphy]

I replayed this game on my gamecube before getting Pikmin 3 on Switch. This game was so well designed, people still critique the gameplay to this day 👌👌

[@basically_link]

He changed his thing!

[@Elfos64]

13:19 "olimar can't do anything on his own. He can't collect his own ship parts, he can't destroy walls, and he certainly can't go toe-to-toe with hostile alien predators." Actually he can, Olimar is indeed capable of inflicting damage on his own power. I actually beat Puffstool with just Olimar so I wouldn't have to worry about Pikmin getting corrupted.

[@GabrielShakkori]

Truly awesome

[@NitnerockBobarr]

The intro turned funny to me because the video title "learning to love Pikmin" brought to me a set of expectations I used as an excuse to avoid clicking on it for days.

[@slymbo2382]

I would love for you to talk about Banjo-Kazooie, those games would be worth revisiting

[@golderzoa]

your voice is like Better ASMR. hopefully you don't this personally but your videos just relax me you talk so calmly and clearly. it's like listening to an angel's whisper of a nice warm but not too hot air putting me into a relaxed and sleepy state better then those people on twitch i enjoy your videos a lot thanks for helping me be able to feel relaxed in the way you talk.

[@pikmints]

With this kind of response to Pikmin 1, I wonder how he'd feel about Pikmin 2. It tests a different skillset, and lets the player get away with more mistakes in the big picture, but on a day-by-day basis mistakes will be more costly. I feel like it would play into the original concerns KingK had a little more than this title did.

[@colin3216]

he said on twitter that he barely has anything nice to say about it

[@realkingofantarctica]

I should be happy about you starting to like one of my favourite Nintendo franchises, but I'm more upset becuase now yet another person has to suffer the Great Pikmin Drought.

[@endlessbagel4026]

Hard to imagine he's just at 200k with his quality videos I thought he was in the mils by now

[@charlescortes873]

AYE! They've remade this for the wii, and you can get both 1 and 2 on the wii u with the added motion controls. Regardless, this is one of the few games that nintendo has re-re-rereleased!

[@wozzles9364]

What do you mean re re rereleased? It’s only been released twice hasn’t it?

[@charlescortes873]

@@wozzles9364 your right! Engrish haha, rereleased should be the right way to say it. Released twice so far....gamecube, wii, wii u was downloadable. Still though, you could have picked this up the last two generations unlike some other games.

[@wozzles9364]

@@charlescortes873 true

[@YujiNakaSonic]

Why is there a phenomenon of creators and admittedly myself suddenly picking up pikmin? This is the third creator that I watch that has made a pikmin video in the last few months

[@caviicape]

i was also intimidated by the bizarre concept and the time limits, but after finishing pikmin 3 deluxe for the first time a few minutes ago i get it. great game

[@kylemccoymusic4202]

*Screams in Arlo

[@KoolMeester2]

I have been playing pikmin 1+2 since release, but i have never saw it as a speed contest. I just like going out in the areas from time to time and soak up the atmosphere. Sometimes i go on a no pikmin death run, which makes me care more about each enemy instead of the day count. This challenge is more applicable to Pikmin 2 tho due to its bigger share of enemies and no day limit. But still fun in pikmin 1

[@mattblack3813]

I’m kind of the same. I love RTS games (mainly talking about single player here) but I always feel bad losing units, so I play them really slow and turtle until I have an overwhelming advantage so I can win with minimal casualties. Made games like StarCraft harder than they probably should’ve been.

[@childhoodobesity4249]

Now this is epic

[@kingmeprime]

"There were a few days I just couldn't get that shit part back in time"

[@Spearhead401]

This world needs more pikmin😭

[@snowflyer9737]

Great vid. Pikmin 1 is my favorite of the series.

[@elektrikid8463]

can't wait 4 yer takes on 2 and 3

[@elektrikid8463]

@The President of Hocotate Freight Could also be interesting