PIKMIN

[@Mr.EintheMorning]

This is what I try to tell everyone. If you watch Pikmin 1's best ending, you can see that Olimar didn't abuse the Pikmin, but rather he helped them learn how to survive on their own.

[@mushrooms5601]

TheInfernityZero ikr like oilmar is the reason they survived to pikmin 3

[@freshmints]

oh I never got the good ending because I always run out of time

[@AmateurXP]

@@freshmints I’m still shocked that there’s people who beat pikmin in 6 days

[@C.C.N]

@@mushrooms5601 There's also one scene where he said to the Pikmins "hello Pikmins, did you missed us?" (According to my very poor memory 😀👍)

[@mushrooms5601]

@@C.C.N that’s cute

[@elzorrothefox]

Olimar literally revived an extinct species, or at least almost extinct. If you played Pikmin 1 you will know that there were no Pikmin at first, until Olimar inadvertently activated one of the onions, awakening it and generating a ray of hope for the species. Thanks to Olimar the Pikmin returned from extinction and not only that, as seen in the good ending, his help taught them to defend themselves. So Olimar is a hero

[@AdvancedDefense]

If you ever feel awful about losing Pikmin while you're out in the field, just remember that they were doing way worse before you came along.

[@Netro1992]

I used to prefer to restart a game rather than lose pikmin. Not terribly useful, but that's just how I rolled. And god were some fights ridiculously difficult to win without losing pikmin. Hell, that's one of the reasons I ended up with my forces being 40-60% purple all the time no matter what.

[@grateoraclelewot6326]

I remembered this recently and had to find it again. I've always interpreted the ending as the last Pikmin, knowing itself to be doomed, making a wish on that star for some kind of help, not for itself but the future of its species--and lo and behold, there comes Olimar's ship. Sort of like when everybody wishes on a shooting star at the end of Paper Mario, and that star IS Mario's little ship thing. Maybe it's literalizing the metaphor, but for me at least it's a powerful idea. And because of this strange, dark little animation, it's a core part of the identity of the Pikmin series for me.

[@HyperlightCore]

Translation: College work , access to Beijing Film Academy Animation School 4th Academy Award for best student work award.

[@TimG57867]

Folks really don't give Olimar enough credit for just how much he has helped the Pikmin. Even with the casualties along the way, you'll end the game with *WAY* more Pikmin than you started. And ever since the first game, the Pikmin race isn't totally extinct every time you see them. It shows the Pikmin benefit from him every bit as much as he does them. He brought them from the brink of extinction and taught them how to hold on for dear life. This mutualism even continues in Pikmin 3. Sure they're being used to farm fruit but the 3 captains are cultivating their race nonetheless and they outright save the Winged Pikmin from total extinction. Shame there aren't more videos that elaborate on this element.

[@demonpikmin2343]

I know, It is *shameful* that most of pikmin fans sees olimar as "evil-like slave-maker" rather than "the hero that saved little alien species from extinctation".

[@ymskimei]

@@demonpikmin2343 It is especially sad when knowing that Olimar and the Pikmin saving each other is the intention... It is proven already with the lyrics of the official Strawberry Flower songs.

[@ComeAtMeBro678]

I remember watching this when i was really young.... and the screams of the pikmin scared me for life... T_T

[@therodentestcat]

The relatable content right here

[@pump5364]

Aasind AAWhsh same for me TOT

[@GlassesIncorp47]

I know right?

[@mushrooms5601]

idiot AAWhsh ikr why are pikmin animations so morbid

[@ghostlyrobert]

A masterpiece. When I first saw this as a 7 year old I wondered if there would ever be another pikmin short. The way the art conveys the story is outstanding. I would love to see another.

[@dragonkeeper19600]

When it pans from the last Pikmin getting swarmed to the ship smoking in the foreground, I get chills. This was a world that needed Olimar.

[@grayboy964]

love this unoficial prequel to pikmin 1. its a sad representation of the pikmin before olimar. it explains that pikmin 1 was not a story of slavory but of saving a entire species from extinction.

[@ObisStuff]

HE WAS SO CLOSE TO SURVIVING AND FINDING OLIMAR

[@AlmyTheAlien]

The official Pikmin short films are cute and all, but this right here was is and always will be the OG. This is what playing Pikmin for the first time at 6 years old FEELS like.

[@randomrold]

damn i watched this nearly 10 years ago... still sadder than ever

[@UtopieKid]

Oh god, this is the saddest thing I've ever seen. Now I have to replay Pikmin 3 and make sure that nobody is left behind

[@oneofakindpepper7670]

Tell me about it, when I've seen that vid, i started crying

[@aeroblu2002]

People think the Pikmin are mistreated slaves that Olimar controls, but this alongside the songs Ai No Uta, and Namida Ga Afereta prove otherwise.

[@Pro_GameMaster888]

Thank you! Someone that knows the true story of the Pikmin and Olimar.

[@Zzaaccharay]

Wha- people think that olimar mistreats Pikmin? Show me one comment people think that

[@michaeldebenedictis9368]

One of the first videos I've ever watched on KZbin and it's still here after all these years

[@owa8609]

Wow, 16 years later. Still hits the same.

[@kirbybulborb]

This video celebrates it's 10th anniversary soon. Still as sad now as it was then.

[@kirbybulborb]

Jamieanna Hernandez Yes

[@mushrooms5601]

KirbyBulborb oof

[@Sinful_Moon]

I remember seeing this video back when I first started getting into the Pikmin series, and being someone who's played Pikmin 1 to 3, this makes me really sad. You get attached to them, only to have them inevitably fall in battle or in some other way most of the time. But hey, they're fighting and living on for a reason, so their deaths aren't in vain at least. :c

[@Lunar994]

For those wondering what the song is. Search "The St. Philips Boy's Choir - Always There (Howard's Way theme)"

[@gdd29]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I can't thank you enough I've been searching this since 2004!

[@johnvicente3148]

I remember watching this video back in 2011 and never being able to find it again until now because the title is just PIKMIN in all caps.

[@thekindcat]

same it was scary

[@the3rdiceclimber824]

One of the first youtube videos I ever watched and it's still around...

[@DoctorTex]

Another interesting note is that it's outright said in Ai No Uta that the Pikmin follow Olimar and the others purely for selfless reasons, they wish to be helpful and never even expect love or respect in return, all because they LLLOVE ya! Makes sense, with them having been saved from near extinction.

[@megandager4855]

I’ve been playing pikmin 2 and every time I see a pikmin get crushed, drown, burn, get electrocuted, poisoned, fall into the abyss, explode, or swallowed by a beast it really makes me feel guilty. Seeing those poor pikmin lose their lives just for captain Olimar. Although it does also warm my heart knowing they actually cared about Olimar. And they worked for him and Louie.

[@Wintd1]

Seeing this again nearly 10 years later makes me feel old.

[@bug_catcherscott]

it’s hard to believe it’s 2019 and I still love this franchise and everything it offers

[@ExtremeMagneticPower]

Through Google Translate, the description translates as such: "College work, 4th Academy Awards Animation School of Beijing Film Academy Award for best student work." Pretty awesome!

[@Kinguest8]

One of if not the first pikmin animation on KZbin and a great one at that

[@zaenewthon8211]

13 years later: still makes me cry

[@kangroo22]

This is so good I lovely how creepy and eerie this is, the black and white art and it’s sort of old timey feel just adds to this and how you showed to creatures from the pikmins perspective shows how truly terrifying these must be to them and how when there are just the 2 left it’s really gives of a feeling of isolation and them being a alone with no were to run and monsters trying to eat them at everyturn and that choir singing really just adds to it so much great work

[@iamnothale]

This was my first start at getting into Pikmin. It feels so sad how time passed... and how the Pikmin managed thanks to a space captain.

[@Crackedcripple]

This made me cry when I was little

[@krysttelmarchan8064]

It's so realistic how this animation with manga-art style represents all the pain, distress, death and suffering the Pikmin have in all the Pikmin saga (Most specifically in Pikmin 1+2, Pikmin 3 and Pikmin 4) during gameplay but I don't know why Nintendo promote the Pikmin saga as "cute" games if they're supposed that these are war repressenting Nintendo videogames (And even more this animation was made in the same year as Pikmin 2's release in 2004)

[@Dclockvideos]

Finally I found this again!

[@michaeldebenedictis9368]

IKR i remember when i first say this video shortly after it came out!!!

[@pikiuia1251]

Onik Haven yes

[@RetroKoshi]

Onik Haven I remember seeing this when I was little and I almost cried 😅

[@茶袖黄縁]

Translation for 3:35 and 4:17: "I..." "What do I live for?"

[@mikeramos4730]

Geeze, this really takes into account that EVERY creature on the planet was Pikmin predators.

[@navybee5301]

It feels good to *DESIMATE THEM*

[@maridaka7603]

Wow Something keeps bringing me back to this video around twice every year, sadly i do not remember when i first watched it, but maybe its the nostalgia, or the very very deep story behind this "Masterpiece". Well anyway to the point, Pikmin will always have a place in my heart along with this, this lonely animation to have sad emotions upon me and you that is if you read this and watched the animation, and i will be ending on this note. Always keep in mind this video-

[@amari5886]

Well..... That was depressing :/

[@7Ascension7]

Damn, close to 15 years old and it’s still a depressing story. Fantastic work in this!

[@ciscobuford6762]

I remember watching this when I was like 5 years old, there has never been a time where I’ve been so sad

[@TriforceHolder123]

This was one of the first videos I had ever watched

[@Kombine_Tmod]

*War, war never changes...*

[@susctopus2674]

i love old pikmin content

[@Elijah668]

This was 16 years ago?! Im old man.

[@buffcups]

all these years later and i still feel so upset over this i love pikmin so much

[@aresez64]

KZbin was a baby when this was made

[@pikunatu3357]

小さい頃、これ見てピクミンやるの怖かった！

[@Old_Gamerboy64]

Those poor Pikmin! If only they had Olimar.

[@Rudyman-y4q]

This takes place before Olimar met the Pikmin. Thumbs up if you agree.

[@doctorkong3065]

This is kind of terrifying.

[@CogzillaOfDojima]

this video lives rent free in my head

[@thescarredsinner895]

I give this a infinite/10

[@juanp.8314]

Hello, creator. I want to say that I absolutely love this animation. Everything is perfect, but there is something i'd like to know. It is about the song that played in this animation. I would be very glad if you agree to share us the title of this song. Perhaps, any youtubers/visitors here can help me to find/tell me the title of the song. I want to hear the extended version of this song so very badly. Thank you for your attention.

[@beipiao]

After many years, the song has been forgotten!

[@juanp.8314]

zihe CG Oh my! You mean, you are unable to remember the title of the song?? Oh no, what should we do? Any youtubers who read this: please help us to find thr title of the song! (It's played in minute 02:25)

[@ulltimate855]

I was going to ask the same thing! Such a bittersweet song.

[@Lunar994]

The St. Philips Boy's Choir - Always There (Howard's Way theme). I used Shazam

[@sag4186]

@@beipiao hello old friend

[@benjamin5236]

This was made before pikmin 3 😮

[@RetroKoshi]

I remember watching this!!! Man, the nostalgia of old KZbin...

[@warioland523]

Pikmin are the most powerful race on the planet but they have to have a strong leader in order to prosper. That is why in the time of Olimar's absence there were not as many Pikmin at the beginning of the second game then there were at the end of the first. It makes you think that in a way all these Hocotate inhabitants coming to the planet and leading them in a way prevents the species from dying out completely. Now if Olimar did not show up then there probably would not be any Pikmin.

[@Drake_Waffle]

This was really good for 2006

[@bigmeatyolimar8710]

Damn it where’s Olimar when you need him

[@mushrooms5601]

Just crashed in

[@HankMFWimbleton]

right there

[@Miizit]

Thank you, it looks like I’m going to cry myself to sleep tonight.

[@ChicagoMadeBill99]

Nintendo needs to make Pikmin games as intense and emotional as these videos.

[@mino2123]

weird to think this video came out only two years after pikmin 2

[@Drewtr]

I was 8 when I saw for the first time this video and and I remember how much I cried. Today after 10 years it still makes me very sad :(

[@michaeldarren2005]

My theory is that before olimar crashed the whole planet was filled with nine million pikmin one day hundreds of pikmin died Maybe surviving pikmin discovered onions and learnt how to use them and pellets The pikmin of each type went into the onions for hideing and they waited for days because they believed that somebody would discover them After pikmin 1 the pikmin killed the queen and king of the bulborbs for revenge because of creating a pikmin massacre.

[@Nickolox]

Far out this video is still here after all this time? Wow.

[@Dante_Zerubi]

This is like a anime type and so good and r.i.p for Steve the red pikmin

[@creationrealm633]

Awh, it's ok, red! Pikmin cannot even feel love!!! :) Wait, how is that happy? Well, I mean towards each other . They can love or hate different species from them.

[@BillZypher]

Creation Realm No, Pikmin do feel love, as shown in the song Ai no Uta, which is about Pikmin loving Olimar and wishing that he would give them his love in return.

[@pikiuia1251]

Red is my last fav pikmin

[@mushi3120]

Creation Realm *Ai No Uta plays in the Backround *Namida Ga Afureta was added to the playlist

[@Arthurit1s]

This is so sad...but why? Pikmin are the most amazing aliens ever, why must they be broughten down in such a sad video? KIll everything my lil' colored carrots

[@Pro_GameMaster888]

The dark side of the Pikmin events. 😔

[@Dexo_Hunna]

i was 6 years old when this came out... fuck

[@pikiuia1251]

MyDixieNormiss I was -3 years old when this came

[@stareevee2662]

People say this is the first vid they saw, but it's 2015 and this is the first time I saw it! XD

[@boergerplays8353]

Truly wordless story telling at its best

[@unorthodoxJ]

Even if those Pikmin shorts Nintendo promised ever do come out, I highly doubt they'll ever be as good as this one.

[@Drake_Waffle]

They aren't as good as this

[@BingQilin]

I read somewhere that all the "predators are actually herbivorous and the Pikmin just so happen to be made of plant matter. Doesnt make this any less horrifying though.

[@RodExe]

When the bird head ate the Pikmin I was like "NOOOOOOOO!..snif..snif" Then when it make an elephant noise I started laughting like crazy XD.

[@Chuthuluku]

I like how this is the only video saying that olimar is helping them...everybody else just says he uses them as cheap labor...XD

[@BarkatheMoon]

That was probably the most professional video on youtube. It made me cry.

[@jort2001]

I really like this video!

[@Hadaron]

J Dawg 25o You still do, younger me. You still do...

[@RoboBalo]

I have to admit, this video sets up the story for Pikmin very well. The places the final three died are the places where the onions are.

[@TOFUUU]

steve died

[@pikiuia1251]

Galactic Pickle hahahahahahaha

[@dhdhdthd9113]

So did Jerry

[@mushrooms5601]

@@pikiuia1251 look who’s back back again

[@pikiuia1251]

@@mushrooms5601 I was 9 and oh my god was I stupid

[@mushrooms5601]

@@pikiuia1251 I didn’t say you where dumb I was just saying that you where the Justin Y of pikmin videos

[@ID_202]

もう16年前なの！？

[@thekindcat]

upyea.

[@thekindcat]

i mean yea

[@annmarie9980]

It was sad but did anyone notice that at 1:26 the pikmin that squished is the same pikmin that went with the other pikmin? Also I felt bad for the blue pikmin that had crush a bud red pikmin and that same blue pikmin(The red pikmin boyfriend)died and the other one was one of the last ones alive.

[@hegedude484]

Ann Marie Gomez it's not sad pikmin suck!!!

[@baradragonsftw9310]

Katie Laffin What a moron.

[@BeeLy1011]

+Katie Laffin You suck!

[@elenamarjy4819]

+Katie Laffin i hate you >:T

[@FullMetalCroc]

Chuggaa should respect him a little more don't you think i mean he's only a trooper because of his loss and now he wants to murder every last demon that murdered his friends but i do think that steve deserves a little more recognition from Chuggaa

[@joneslikethesoda]

also this will make the next time I play this game so much more satisfying because I will remember every last pikmin they mercilessly murdered and I will make them pay.

[@gdd29]

I don't know about the game, but this movie is really outstanding. The scene where the last one running and the sequence and detail after that, I can't see it without being deeply moved. Great Work! Yeah this one makes me cry...

[@amazonparrot975]

Awww,so sad! PS-I love your animation.I wish I could animate like that! If I were your college teacher,I would give you an A+.

[@Aiedaiil]

This is easily the saddest Pikmin video I've ever seen... and the best. It made me love Pikmin even more. I wonder why I don't play as him in brawl. His playstyle is just too awkward for me.

[@jacobp249]

My brain replays this video every time I lose a pikmin

[@VictoryfortheFreeman]

Olimar really is a hero and messiah of the pikmin isn't he?

[@Sharkwizard]

not me. it just shows a much darker and deeper side of the whole story.. how defenseless the pikmin were before olimar.. how olimar found them through deactivated onions that spurt out a single seed, which only happens when a species goes "extinct".. and then when the game ends and the pikmin are able to organize themselves on their own and fight. it's just a new spin on the cute franchise.

[@tajbrewington530]

this is the video that inspired me to keep all my pikmin alive throughout pikmin 2

[@voidmaster45]

And then Olimar comes down, unites them, and shows them that they have strength in numbers. And the Pikmin survive. = )

[@ivanzinelloquin2718]

I watch this video in 2007

[@amazonparrot975]

I think he forgot all about him ever since his Pikmin 2 let's play.

[@themoonlitfurblingoldchann93]

Title should be renamed, "How Steve felt his trooper..."

[@Shellboi-j6n]

Why did the burrowing snagret sound like a elephant instead of any types of birds?

[@monkeyheist]

They sound like elephants in the games.

[@333shyguy]

I love this! It gives an adequate prequel to the first Pikmin.

[@lpsp442]

This is pretty damn old, huh? I probably wasn't tech literate enough to have watched this as a fifteen year old at the time it came out. Still, good stuff. It really makes the arrival of Olimar appear as a miraculous heroic saviour, as much as it is a disaster for himself.

[@GradianDarion300]

Awesome! :D Though I wish this was in color. I totally see how Pikmin are very endangered creatures. :( Thumbs up if agreed.

[@weshverified]

Hey, at least the Snitchbugs won't kill you!

[@KirbyKidG]

Actually i think the snitchbugs try to save the pikmin in the games cause nothing can eat them while unplucked but thats just a theory A GAME THEORY

[@omarpikm2101]

@@KirbyKidG Have you ever seen... a Snitchbug drop a Pikmin into the abyss?

[@grayboy964]

this is how the pikmin lived ever since they evolved from fungus. seeing this is how pikmin had to run all the time never to live peacfully without any survival skills and on verge of extinction. the pikmin had no choice but to make 3 onions of their species and to wait for a leader to come and bring the pikmin from the bottom of the food chain to the top. personly the greatest hero nintendo has ever made was olimar