Pikmin 2 OST - Perplexing Pool (Olimar) [Complete]

[@Whispasta64]

“Time to go back to Perplexing Pool to grind som- WHY IS THE SPIDER BACK”

[@gedm_1875]

I remember playing one day and got thrown tf off when it fell right above me

[@PercSlayer-xn6nn]

5:01 we now interrupt this gameplay of pikmin 2 to bring you super Mario sunshine

[@sansthedarkmodeskeleton8440]

Sunset: its music box time

[@davidthecommenter]

honestly it wouldn't sound too out of place in SMS, probably in one of the "assortment of geometry in the sky" levels

[@Untitled_Niamiko]

Soulja Boy tell em

[@DE23]

I dont know why but this song makes me weirdly emotional

[@sakana-v9q]

懐かしい。この、「まだ太陽が昇りきってない涼しい夏の朝」って感じがすごく好き

[@Vivi-uk8ew]

好き

[@invalidname182]

well said

[@tancob]

音で青白さを感じます。

[@notChocoMilk]

holy po*p, it's hina

[@spilight9372]

so true

[@JonesJoeson]

Me when i afk to go to the toilet in base and i comeback to see a bulbear gang devouring my squad of pikmin 😭

[@gavinpan1666]

So true 😂😂😂

[@phamoanhoanh1984]

Did you mean Bulborb?

[@Penguingamerfr]

​@@phamoanhoanh1984 no bulbear there are different variants. Its clear you arent a pikmin fan

[@phamoanhoanh1984]

@Penguingamerfr 😡😡😡

[@thefunnycomedian859]

What a peaceful song for a level that has the most traumatizing cave in the game

[@braziliantsar]

You think it's peaceful? It honestly sounds really tense to me

[@riplix20]

Have you been to the dream den?

[@thefunnycomedian859]

@@riplix20 dream den is not traumatizing

[@yobi512]

I can’t believe how UNDERRATED Pikmin is 😭

[@ashtonfalkgamesandblogs259]

Despite how underrated this series is, I'll always have a soft spot for it!

[@provivadex482]

Yeah for a Nintendo game it's not very popular

[@ashtonfalkgamesandblogs259]

@@provivadex482 but it's quite a gem for its time.

[@lukeyboi6534]

Preach

[@ootfan7882]

I can. It's quite obscure. All the more reason to appreciate it. XD

[@randomd2146]

This coud be relaxing but i have Constant flash backs of too many yellow pikmin being killed...

[@Lodac1977]

That one extremely narrow section right next to the water...

[@randomd2146]

@@Lodac1977 and some of them falling off the map, 😭

[@autismbros.official7582]

@@randomd2146 Wait, what?! I never had the issue of Yellow Pikmin falling off of the map...

[@randomd2146]

@@autismbros.official7582 in the área of the puzzle betwen the pond and the entrance to shower room I accidentaly dismissed my yellow pikmin and some fall out of the rail and got stuck in a area were there is no terrain (outside of the map) and lost them since there was no way of getting them out of there :(

[@aryanbilakhia9842]

@@randomd2146 to be fair, you could have gone in and out of a cave to get them back into the onion :)

[@CoolWeegee123]

I miss when I used to always come home from school and play this game. The music brings back so many memories.

[@thekindcat]

oh my gash same... 😢

[@TheW4rRoom]

This one makes my heart hurt with nostalgia

[@GalekC]

Really? My heart just swoons to it

[@TheW4rRoom]

It just makes me want to be a kid again lol, makes me sad

[@leociresi4292]

Dawn in July

[@JinxyCatz]

@@leociresi4292 Kick the Flames

[@Penguingamerfr]

True Bro i get memories doing puzzles in summer. Loved this short but entertaining experience

[@notaripspiderman]

I remember seeing my Mom play this when I was younger, and I’ve had this damn song stuck in my head ever since lol

[@leociresi4292]

0:00 Dawn in the Perplexing Pool, time to wake and gather the troops!

[@Noobprokermit]

A mom playing pikmin?! Lucky you

[@kage2395]

Dude that's how I got into Pikmin!! When I was 7 or my mom rented Pikmin 2 and I watched her play it...and then I played it myself and fell in love with it. She ended up buying the game. I'm so glad that happened, I put hundreds of hours into this series as a kid. Memories :)

[@Mikau888]

epic mom moments

[@OdysseyABMS]

oh my god i used to play pikmin 2 with my mom when i was younger too

[@toasturhztoastbunz896]

2:31 Holy crap that beat!!

[@leociresi4292]

Love the piano tones, I also like the Hup, hup hup the pikmin make when they are traveling with the astronauts

[@leociresi4292]

7:40 Hurry! Gather your Pikmin!

[@freshmints]

@@leociresi4292 this one gives me more nostalgia

[@wumbomandlx]

The Battle themes in Pikmin 2 out-do the ones in Pikmin 3 so much, and it's mainly because of the diversity of the beats.

[@stupid40266]

@@wumbomandlx the first few notes in this game's boss theme really slap eh?

[@luda_chris6985]

Wow, i had played this game so many times yet never really appreciate how diverse the map themes were...just amazing

[@riplix20]

Louie also has his own version of every song, his notes are slightly weirder and off tempo.

[@Glitchmouse2]

Fun fact about this map: its the distant spring expanded All your nightmares takes place here

[@TheMANwhothinkheishim]

Yes

[@Platinum_XYZ]

3:45 and 5:01 man that bassline is sooo good! it hits out of nowhere when you start working on something and really gets you feeling it

[@ErikTheCleric]

Is it just me who thinks the themes for being close to Spiderworts would've worked a lot better as themes for being near cave entrances? They all sound pretty foreboding to me, and I think it'd be a much better fit for the anticipation of what prizes and perils await you in caves rather than just some funny plants that give you funny potions

[@sillykola50]

Isn't Spiderwort the web cancer stuff that chokes the berry plants out? That seems pretty foreboding to me.

[@ErikTheCleric]

@@sillykola50 If memory serves, according to Pikmin 3's lock on system the Spiderworts are the plants themselves

[@sillykola50]

@@ErikTheCleric Oh, huh. That's an interesting name then. Sounds like it would fit a lot more with the web-like structures, but oh well.

[@purplepikmin3533]

Sounds cool but you would either 1. Never hear the theme because you don't pay attention to the music, which happens all the time. 2. Never go in the caves because you are too busy jamming to the music.

[@ErikTheCleric]

@@purplepikmin3533 you raise a fair point, purple pikmin real

[@Stoosemanbrown]

If you listen closely, you can almost hear the cries of pikmin being eaten

[@joshuaibanescu4857]

Thank you, this has assisted. Your compiled list of time stamps has made it easy to access.

[@Mr.Feather130]

This is giving me peaceful summer vibes (also that raise platform puzzle is surprisingly creative)

[@juicesoapcontraptions8928]

This theme was all I thought about when I have lived in a dry place all my life, and visited a humid state during the summer.

[@cynicalbear8686]

Can we all agree that Pikmin 2 Music hits hard

[@StarwayBunny]

Agreed. Until 4 comes out it's also the best game in the series.

[@uwuqt3.14]

Hits hard in the feels with all the nostalgia and memories it created 🥹

[@GrahamboPC]

@@StarwayBunnyplot twist: 4 music is the most mid thing ever

[@russellglass2837]

@@GrahamboPCI mean, the music in four is definitely not the best, but the shipwreck tale themes are amazing! Even if they are just remixes of the themes from pikmin 1

[@WhitePikm1n]

@@StarwayBunny bad news: pikmin 4 became the worst game in the series

[@PikminFan5]

12:15 best part

[@leociresi4292]

7:40 Hurry! Gather your Pikmin!

[@Walrus-yq6uh]

Thanks a million for uploading these. Nobody's done this so seamlessly before.

[@user-ps4em1cx3y]

爽やかなbgmなのに敵が凶悪すぎて怖いイメージしかない…

[@TSamuel808]

"Here at the Distant Pool you stay alerted, as the Creatures that reside in the Water may await a Snack soon." A Classical, cant deny it, even heard a Jazz version of this Song some Days ago.

[@Mr_L-j2e]

pikmin is love, pikmin is life, pikmin are deity, worship the pikmin!!!

[@thecoolestrock445]

thirty whole minutes of the first few notes of perplexing pool has never been more wonderful

[@64Nekos]

夏の日の木陰 せせらぎの音 溺れるピクミン

[@Ray_Cathode]

The Working theme literally sounds like it's saying "Wor-king" OH MY GOD

[@waluigi164waa6]

brings back so much memories 😢

[@Slap257]

ever since i played the original, the sound of pikmin entering water gives me a heart attack

[@quagtwo]

This song feels exactly like walking through grass that's still wet from dew. Perplexing Pool is probably the best area in Pikmin 2 when it comes to exploration and cave variety

[@robintorri3218]

i agree

[@laplace-fourier]

water wraith......, i mean its a really good area

[@ItsMangoTape]

Everybody else: Wow this is just a mystical whimsical song and it’s so cool 🤩 Me: *vietnam flashbacks to fighting the spotty bulbear*

[@lyndisrobin]

REALLLLLL

[@MacFan710]

And then you realize it respawns

[@russellglass2837]

And suddenly a beady long legs drops from the sky

[@soupdaddy4495]

I love steel drums

[@leociresi4292]

6:26 Spiderwort berries

[@uwuguay254]

Huh I never knew that each theme had an alternate version that plays depending on the time of day, which captain is currently selected, and wether the player is near an enemy or fighting one.

[@twotailedavenger]

Pikmin 2 had some of the most complex dynamic music of the era, next to perhaps the Jak & Daxter games.

[@FigureFarter]

@@twotailedavenger Wait until you hear about de Blob

[@StrikerSML]

Jackbox pfp. That's new.

[@russellglass2837]

This theme always was one of my favorites in the series. although it’s not as good as the likes of the forest of hope and other songs I would say it’s pretty good. I often find myself humming this to myself during the day. It’s just so catchy! or it is to me anyway.

[@Kamerad_Matto]

I distantly recall many many years ago watching/listening to an upload someone had made of the Pikmin 2 OST (it may have been you, if you had older uploads of the OST that you deleted) and I remember that some of the videos had text comments from the uploader in them. I specifically recall for the Perplexing Pool track some comment/joke about "popcorn". Came back to listen to these with more attention after watching Scruffy's video on Pikmin 2's Procedural Cave Music, but wondered if you were the guy that had uploaded the Pikmin 2 OST all those years ago. I remember the username being Olimar and some numbers, and so that caught my ear/eye when I heard Scruffy mention you.

[@springlink3188]

Sunset at 7:40 into Sunset Enemy Near at 8:48 may actually be the most satisfying thing...ever.

[@ThePikminCaptain]

3:45 *ASCEND*

[@prin1172]

i didnt play through all of pikmin 2 on the wiiu but i did like it, the enemy near is my fave

[@captainodyssey1242]

the battle theme is always a banger

[@FireFlareon27]

This is too hard to not cry to

[@Rayyisqo_pikmin]

I'm not cry It Easy

[@danielhetue6968]

Such a nice relaxing song in any Pikmin franchise

[@purplepikmin4236]

Just bopping to the battle one

[@MeatballMusic]

thank you sir for the tracks

[@harribo2323]

This is my favourite area theme.(from this game)

[@leociresi4292]

Just added it to my personal playlist, will make a fine bike riding theme

[@spencerbowden2979]

After having encountered the burrowing snagret in the previous stage. It was obvious who was going to show up in the citadel of spiders.

[@quagtwo]

I can't find the low health version of this song anywhere. But 0.75x speed is close enough. 2:30 it's groovy!

[@NightbaneGames]

Can't play this level without thinking about Wollywogs, curse those Wollywogs, man

[@Pikminthusiast]

The only cave I have left in this area is the submerged castle so I’m spending a lot of time on blues and spicy/bitter sprays

[@OfficialLime35]

*day 31* ok its fine **bulbear and dwarf bulbears** AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@leociresi4292]

Firey Bulbax!

[@russellglass2837]

And don’t forget the beady long legs

[@ShatitoLlegando]

8:50 the way that the strings stop playing randomly and never stop again is killing me from the inside, help me

[@emc_gamercats1897]

i still can't believe in 2025 there are people who miss the same games i do! (this is the early 2000's gang :D)

[@Mikau888]

Such a good song

[@PalPlays]

*Perplexing Pool* By Paladin Young A shallow, dark lake rustle, slosh, gurgle, swoosh, croak Trees shade the waters… She snuffs along shores- Thump, thump, Bulbear’s cubs follow Across tile they go Blue tile, crumbling Pipes in the lake, Their legacy… A planet that coped Life still remembered- Their leprosy, their legacy Scattered in red winds Their legacy, new life- Not free, for loss came with it rustle, whistle, swish… Not bustle, honk, blair… Earth drifts in tranquility Graves marked...by silence

[@invalidname182]

honestly, not bad dude

[@ShoegazeForever]

Perplexing Pool.. Home...

[@buildermonkey2229]

I knew there was an enemy near theme hear, but not anywhere else. This enemy near theme is very obvious.

[@diddykong2143]

I’m convinced Nintendo hates Olimar.

[@radioffIine]

the theme that plays when you enter the rainforest cafe while on mushrooms

[@Sundertalesz]

Pikmin 4 just announced. Time to rejoice!

[@tancob]

7:37 着メロにしたい

[@bigharryyy03]

1:16 This is music to a TTTE fan’s ears

[@theyoshigang2009]

You know something, just listening to this song, made me think about the restful dealing you probably get when you die of natural causes, it hit me. Technoblade has died, a real human being has left this earth and all their family and friends are distraught. When you think about it, human life is like the Pikmin 1 timer, you only have so long before it’s your time to leave. No matter what you do, you will die eventually, but-just like Pikmin 1-by living the best life possible you can get the ‘good ending’ where you die knowing that you changed the lives of people around you and you deal fulfilment, like you’ve given everything to this world. And then it’s over, no one knows what comes after, but all we can do is make the most of now and do all we can to make the world a better place. Edit: feel*

[@theyoshigang2009]

The irony that the railroad room is playing next which is much happier than this feeling I had.

[@crinklyonion1410]

Ok you were either 14 when you made this post or an English teacher which is it.

[@theyoshigang2009]

@@crinklyonion1410 neither.

[@crinklyonion1410]

@@theyoshigang2009 so what was the situation here? Not trying to pry or anything but I’m just wondering your thought process here.

[@theyoshigang2009]

@@crinklyonion1410 I have no idea what my thought process was, I was listening to music at like 1-3 am and I must’ve been really tired or something because I completely forgot that I commented this.

[@163bpm]

goated song

[@GrahamboPC]

Where you get yellow pikmin aka, a literal necessity in the final boss.

[@ЗамечательныйКанал-у6ш]

Did you know that the perplexing pool map is just a re-design of the distant spring.

[@CCMaria.Icemgic]

クマチャッピーがトラウマすぎる…

[@utuber87]

2:30 I cant get this out of My Head Because of Wollywogs

[@nrohteliV]

Um actually wog is a racial slur 🤓☝️

[@utuber87]

@@nrohteliV Um actually wollywog isnt a racial slur🤓☝

[@nrohteliV]

Well according to my calculation’s your right 🤓☝️

[@Luckful_Operations]

Im ngl most of pikmin 2's battle music really goes hard!!😁 2:30

[@vamonospest2622]

見知らぬ水辺に一人迷子になってしまったような あの戻らない感覚

[@edfranger5206]

turn it up!! ❤

[@itsdripnovababy]

Why are the working variants always the best?

[@macklee8835]

Agreed

[@RuskarBR]

My love pink and red pikmin and favorite tipe pikmin ❤❤

[@weegeeclaus695]

This area was somehow very creepy for me as a child...

[@stupid40266]

the first 7 seconds.

[@isaacthepikminleader.5481]

Just massively slow this theme down, and it sounds like a nightmare.

[@reidleblanc3140]

ah... I knew I didn't get far in this game (dumb kid), but I thought I'd remember the track for the third world at least

[@RuskarBR]

My pikmin tipe and pink pikmin my tipe favorite and pikmin 3❤❤!

[@Rayyisqo_pikmin]

Not Pink Pikmin But Winged Pikmin

[@GalekC]

3:46

[@leociresi4292]

Claiming violins, near berries

[@waluigi164waa6]

no you got it all wrong 1:15

[@flyiny]

i love my friend

[@Icybread-s9o]

I LOST A PIKMIN IN THE LAST 2 SECONDS CAUSE OF THE SWOOPING SNITCH BUG SNATCHED IT

[@Microsave2]

Is it me or does anyone play gmod and swing ragdolls to the music that they are listening to?

[@Microsave2]

Lyrics Ding da ging dig nin da da bum Dum ba dumm Big sal tosa

[@mustafasharaan]

If you kill a toady boyster he will give you two big 1 0 pellet why

[@WhitePikm1n]

Enemy drops.

[@WishMasterJirachi385]

I feel like you cant possibly hate this area or this theme ( Submerged Castle aside )

[@PidrisIsHere]

This sounds like floral fury from cuphead i swear to god

[@jacklucasmarcosgonzalescon8719]

pimi

[@rubiusomgg]

:D

[@deebonash4487]

This game was nuts!!! Purple ans white pikmin are amazing. I'm just not a fan of the gimmicky pikmins. . Rock? Pikmin 🙄 flying ones make sense but common rock. Was just like. What's next. Liquid ones? Ugh

[@WhitePikm1n]

whats next there are ice and glow pikmin

[@deebonash4487]

@mdbb6331 lol they ruined it 🙄 the og five and flying and perhaps ones that dig. But no, we need glowing ones although Alomar and lewy had flash lights. 😄 1&2 surpass 3 and I'm sure they will surpass 4 unless they bring the OG purples and whites back. Then it can pass pikmin 2

[@KnightInAChest]

⁠​⁠@@deebonash4487 had a hard time comprehending wtf your comment is supposed to be saying. Pikmin 3 is bad because…no purple and white Pikmin? Rock Pikmin aren’t really that hard to comprehend, and the new two Pikmin may have more of a gimmick, but you’ll figure it out rather quickly. Besides, just because they’re returning White and Purple Pikmin in 4 doesn’t automatically make it better than the other three games, we just gotta wait and see how the game’s executed to be the judges of that ourselves. Also PLEASE for the love of god learn to spell. It’s not “Alomar” and “Lewy”, it’s Olimar and Louie.

[@deebonash4487]

@KnightInAChest first off (auto correct changes some spelling) and I think gimmick picks suck. Rock and ghost glory pikmins. Lighter white -toxic (faster, deadly when eaten) Dark purple- heaviest (slowest) damage with impact. How the fuck do rocks reproduce ?(gimmicks hence why it's wack) Now we have glow in the dark pikmins, meanwhile the astronauts have flash lights, just stupid gimmicks taking over the game. They could've added pikmin that dig after the flying ones and bring the toxic and heavy pikmin back But rocks and glow pikmin = TRASH

[@KnightInAChest]

@@deebonash4487 1. Like every other Pikmin? By transporting fallen prey or pellets to their onion? As far as we know, Pikmin reproduce asexually, meaning they don’t reproduce via sex like most animals. They’re part plant and it shows in the way they replenish their numbers. Your point here is both irrelevant and falls flat when thought from a lore and game perspective. That doesn’t make them a gimmick Pikmin. 2. Since when did the characters have flashlights?? And before you say something on how it’s always glowing around them when they’re somewhere dark, that’s more an out-of-universe spotlight to help the player know where they are. In-universe, those little glowing antenna orbs aren’t lighting much up. 3. Yes, Glow Pikmin are called that because they can glow, but they’re more akin to something supernatural. Their bodies resemble more a ghost figure, and it shows as well with that one Dragon Ball-like spirit bomb they can do. What makes them properly unique is that they’re only usable during the night stages, as far as I’m aware. No other Pikmin can be called out from their onion at night, and Glow Pikmin are the only ones active during that time. You’re bound to use them whether you like them or not, and they sure as hell are not glorified flashlights as you make them out to be. 4. Pikmin that dig after the flying ones…? Pinche pendejo, what? What’s that even supposed to mean? Pikmin can already dig stuff up, shown predominately after a White Pikmin in Pikmin 2 senses something from the ground. Could you elaborate more on that?? 5. It’s been long confirmed that Purple and White Pikmin are making a comeback. But even then, they aren’t as broken as they used to be. In Pikmin 3, where they made a return in the mini games as opposed to the main story, a Purple Pikmin’s ground pound attack is significantly weaker, and a White Pikmin’s poison upon death doesn’t do nearly as much damage anymore. They’re probably gonna be, and still be, much worse than they were in Pikmin 2. 6. You speak like Rock and Glow Pikmin are/will be _objectively_ bad, but Rock Pikmin are one of the more useful types in Pikmin 3, and we’ve yet to even see how Glow Pikmin will be like in game as Pikmin 4 has yet to release. Yes, you may think they’re bad, but that’s your _subjective_ opinion. You don’t make the shots here, bud. Also, there is NO way autocorrect is making half the spelling and grammatical mistakes you make. Different words, maybe, but half of your own typing mistakes are your own. Go back to school lol.