What Is the Fewest Amount of Days Required to 100% Pikmin 2?

I find out what is the fewest amount of days required to 100% Pikmin 2
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[@Yipper64]

The fact it can take more literal days than ingame days to beat pikmin 2 is something else.

[@CaptainGulasch]

This could be the most cursed Speedrun Category

[@tsquitz]

@@CaptainGulasch twilight princess low% has a trick that makes the run take multiple days of just waiting, so it's not unheard of

[@storm.corrosion]

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[@EnharmonicYT]

@@CaptainGulaschI think SM64’s no A-press category has a trick that requires you to be in BITFS for at least 2-3 days

[@Willingmess]

Worst is still probably Baten Kaitos 100%. It takes actual weeks to get some of the cards.

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

Strongmanlin performing an insane run of this level and only having like 300 subscribers is genuine insanity. Deserves way more support.

[@stephenweigel]

The internet is trash

[@pressaTD]

100%

[@Delmworks]

“It’s not about the viewcount, it’s about sending a message”

[@strongmanlin]

To be fair, I don’t exactly do the marketing lol. I kinda just put up a random uncommentated video every few months.

[@ketchuplover6160]

Not sure if this is mentioned in the video, but it isnt JUST a 5 day run, it's also 101 Pikmin no death, which is the minimum you can possibly have! You need to do specific glitches when unlocking yellows and blues to go beyond 102 or 103, so extinction doesn't happen when you run out of them.

[@blakeerlenbeck-jd1sq]

strongman lin does what no other man does: he saves the red pikmin from the poison while doing early blues

[@tiger_foxs5931]

realistically this is because the red pikmin dying would trigger a red pikmin extinction and end the day but yeah lol

[@rawrpopsicles]

that first bulborb really driving y’all up the wall (metaphorically) by not driving y’all up the wall (literally)

[@five_6_seven_8]

Jan misali type thumbnail

[@MaidenOfAir]

I WAS COMING TO SAY THAT

[@SpierVids]

19:16 are we just ignoring louie being a pikmin here? Orrrr...

[@XavierPlummer]

Yes

[@mikahraulnor5778]

@@XavierPlummer I don't see Louie anywhere here. It's obviously the president. XD

[@blakeerlenbeck-jd1sq]

Oh, thats just lands of torture's version of shacho

[@PJOZeus]

@@mikahraulnor5778 Seems like he put on a little weight lately And turned purple.. that's probably important too

[@mikahraulnor5778]

@@PJOZeus really? Looks just like I remember him. If anything he's shed a few pounds based on his more slender figure.

[@shopnil4]

Insane this can be 100%ed faster than to just normally complete the other games

[@RyRoller]

Not faster, just in fewer days

[@stephenweigel]

Wow, I had no idea 5 day Pikmin 2 had been done! I knew it was possible in theory but only knew of TRR’s unfinished TAS. Strongman is a certified BADASS and should have 1000 subscribers!!! (Wtf…) This is even harder than doing a 6 day run of Pikmin 1 in my opinion. Is he the first? Hey, you didn’t mention this was a 101-Pikmin run!!! Added layer of difficulty. I assume charge carrying is used on the wistful wild pinecone and perplexing pool battery because it’s actually more efficient than raising enough yellows to break the gates down? WILD I feel for strongman. He did the thing, and this video explained the thing, but the view counts always skew too heavily towards the explainers. As a doer myself, I know that the doing is so important that the explaining is often left to others who get disproportionally more credit. (Not mad at anyone, just wish this wasn’t how things worked).

[@PhantomAarantula]

Less than I think, huh? Well, I'm impressed if you can beat Pikmin 2 in 6 days or less.

[@Saltience]

you are impressed

[@PhantomAarantula]

@@Saltience More than impressed. I'm awestruck.

[@blastinburn]

There's a cool detail with collecting the Doomsday apparatus you didn't comment on, Strongman Lin was pulling their pikmin off every time the spicy spray wore off before re-spicing them which would have triggered the speed stacking and get it done just that little bit faster, which is a really smart use of the glitch.

[@Ganvious]

If it was only up to Olimar, he could do it in a single day. But unfortunately he’s paired up with the worst partner imaginable… Louie…

[@SpierVids]

GAN MAN!

[@breadbuggaming1588]

Agreed, Gan. Louie is... Mediocre employee.

[@cecilofthesea]

18:10 the reason napsacking teleports olimar to the blue onion is because napsacked captains are considered treasures by the game and not captains! if a captain falls oob in pikmin 2, they are teleported to (0, 0) on the map, which for the awakening woods is right next to the ship. when a treasure (or napsacked captain in this case) falls oob, however, it is teleported to the nearest carry waypoint, which happens to be right next to the blue onion!

[@ZachThePillow]

1:22 me who's chronically pikmin 2 pilled: it's 5 days

[@blakeerlenbeck-jd1sq]

i was same :)

[@therobotfromirobot]

Based Jan Misali Thumbnail Moment

[@AcrosticheRA-df4ig]

This is a very interesting video, but I think you missed a very important point in my opinion : Strongmanlin tried to finish 100% in 5 days... with ONLY 101 pikmins! Actually, Wistful Wild isn't the hardest, it is really easy (maybe the easiest) to do in 1 day during a 7 or a 6 day run, because you've done many pikmins during other areas. Here, the whole challenge is to do it with nearly no blue pikmins to remove water, or yellow pikmins to break electric gates. Though, I'm still not sure if he had time to do some pikmins during the other days, but it seems he could have done it during day 1, making everything after easier. But I may be wrong. The beginning of the run is insane, but the end should be "trivial" as it is the same route as a 6-day or 7-day challenge. It just shows how Strongmanlin is on another level than expected, he did a harder run than a 5-day run. It should have been neat to point it out. :)

[@nobodyfornow]

terminalmontage would have a fucking field day with this run

[@Domegraton]

Funny challenge: try beating pikmin 2 by only using farmed pikmin on the same day, so you always only have one of each pikmin at the start of a day

[@APlatypusO]

Isn't that just extinction challenge?

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

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[@weirdtyrant6274]

13:47 Japanese battery jumpscare.

[@DarkAura19]

I know this is such a tired thing to say about these runs/videos/tricks, but... HOW the hell do you people figure this kind of stuff out lmao

[@FriendlyArin]

This is so fascinating! I'd love to see more explanation videos like this

[@Rhaethyn]

Hey. Your line delivery has gotten a fair bit better. Good stuff, keep it up.

[@magicksilver4444]

Chrono Trigger music from the start if the video? This is gonna be good!

[@emptyrowley]

keep up the good work, love all your pikmin videos.

[@squoosh8285]

pikmin was my childhood even though im in highschool rn so to see this much content about this game is amazing! thank you d1 a presser!

[@squoosh8285]

not held back

[@ZhclTl]

Pikmin was also my childhood lol And thanks for the imaginary cookie

[@SalmonsAnimations]

PICKED MEN 🗣🗣🗣

[@Elitekross]

Not just pikmen, but the men that were picked!

[@shyguyfilms]

Hey Press A! Love your content; you're always the guy I go to for fresh Pikmin content. Have you ever thought of making runs of TTYD? Also, which do you prefer: Paper Mario (64) or The Thousand Year Door? Just curious, God bless you.

[@pressaTD]

Love both Paper Mario games but I feel like they are a lot of vids on youtube on TTYD and not so many on 64 so I’m trying to show it some love lol

[@Mr.Starlight_gaming]

This is a certified dandori moment

[@Autumn-Muse]

This video appeared in my algorithm because the thumbnail uses the same design principles that Jan Misali uses. And it worked.

[@MasoJoyride]

Strongman-Lin is an idol for us all (also I loved the extinction video so much I spent hours trying it on switch, it wasn’t successful)

[@AiNoYa_]

hey, so, taking some time to put a comment which i usually don't do. THANK YOU omg thank you so much for making entertaining, good and frequent pikmin content, this game made some of my favorite memories playing on gamecube as a kid, i was praying for some actual content on the game and i found your channel, binge watched most of it and i'm really happy i did. you make great content with good pacing, good editing, always entertaining on one of my favorite series of my childhood. enjoy your day/evening and keep making fun and quality videos like these please 🙏

[@Lylac_T]

1,000 views in less then a hour, your getting more successful each vid. ( i hope you feel have with yourself)

[@alephnole7009]

This is the first time I've seen the speed stacking exploit and damn that's wild.

[@Nachiebree]

"I don't have those kinds of skills" Dandori issue

[@uuncoolguy6]

The first speedrun epiphany I ever had was I need to play less game. Which is so funny when you think about it.

[@jemusandran1575]

I love the Jan Misali thumbnail

[@KylesKDogLife]

I was a little confused by some of the choices in this run. For example, it is known that Valley of Repose is possible in three days in an ordinary run (ie no major glitches), so I think you wouldn’t *need* to break down the barrier on day 1. Likewise, Wistful Wild can be done in a single day without glitches. Then I realised, this was a 101 pikmin run, meaning Strongman Lin had no choice but to do these glitches. Which just makes this feat insanely more impressive.

[@SyncraticLucefer]

This should be a speedrun

[@alexs-mind]

How tf do yall have this much patience, i wish i had passion for things like that... Wouldnt it have been easier to just tas all of this? But i digress, good job on this and i am entertained and enjoy my useless information on games i grew up with. Thank you all for making someone happy

[@Balancinglife]

Ugh ive been needing this frrresh content

[@RandomGameCritic]

It's possible to complete the Wistful Wild in a single day without any glitches. I actually managed to do it myself. Granted, I had a lot more pikmin than I probably would have been able to get in an actual 5-day run, but still...

[@christopherswanson5849]

i was also wondering why all the extra glitches were necessary in wistful wilds, and it turns out that this was a minimum pikmin run (only 101) with no deaths. it wasn't mentioned in this video, but that's probably the reason

[@Mirawaru]

7:10 it happens because the game gives invincibility to pikmin before you complete the tutorial so that you don't softlock yourself because of some pikmin dying to the dawrf bulborb

[@jodybarrett2265]

6:30 ironic, Sample faced the same thing in his video... Neat

[@TheBalthassar]

The LOTAD has broken containment.

[@col.choros3966]

Because I have done it. Or at least almost. I believe the day is 6. It goes: valley of repose (tutorial), valley of repose (globe), garden of Hope (100%) (globe), valley of repose (100% plus rush boots), distance spring, (forgot the Pikmin 2 name, 100 only possible with the rush boots), and then the last level Edit: Oh.. Nvm then

[@TheRealFigLizard]

"Now, you might be wondering what I need all these sprays for. After all, I do build up sprays for twelve hours."

[@morevrai]

Another Press A! banger

[@Poiman64]

I kept half expecting you to talk about Bulborb Raising or Bulborb transportation during the early part of the video lol

[@readyorgormotti4695]

god damn, i dont think ive ever seen a channel playing the youtube thumbnail metagame harder than this, straight up jacking jan misali's distinct thumbnail aesthetic for like, 2 videos is a wild move.

[@pressaTD]

People use other peoples thumbnail ideas all the time, it’s a part of youtube. For all we know Jan misali took that from somewhere else.

[@readyorgormotti4695]

@@pressaTD wouldnt it be wonderful to have a distinct, recognizable style of your own? a visual identity for your videos, and one that the thumbnails can play off of and resonate with? wouldnt treating the craft like an art be its own reward?

[@pressaTD]

That’s my point, art is like 90% people being inspired by other peoples art and changing it to make it their own. Very little you see is truly “original”.

[@watsonwrote]

The fact that this challenge is too hard for someone that was playing Pikmin 1 with four buttons on his controller speaks volumes. And on top of that, even strongmanlin admitted one of the tricks is too hard so he needed to defer to someone else! 🤯

[@le__birb]

Spicy spray making pikmin drown faster is a lot like how in roller coaster tycoon, tured guests will drown slower than other guests because their animations are slowed down

[@technoeevee6969]

This man's Dandori is off the fucking charts

[@pikmin937]

I believe breaking down the wall in the water on day 1 isn't technically necessary, as you can complete Awakening Wood in 1 day still without the Rush Boots, and you go back to valley of repose before Perplexing Pool, although I imagine it does make the following days easier (and it's one hell of a flex too, goddamn). Another interesting challenge run that's possible in all the games (although maybe not as challenging in 4 because of Oatchi) is Onionless, where you're never allowed to take Pikmin out of Onions (or the ship in 2) the entire game

[@fuy1648]

"Can you beat Minecraft with Dementia?" accent

[@UnknownUser-ow5zb]

Respect the Pikmin 216 music.

[@TheBalthassar]

5 days, plus another 6 or 7 or so that happened in other save files that we just brush under a rug.

[@enbycoffee]

I'd love to see the uncut gameplay of this!!

[@terrasilvershade5678]

Press A and Sample collaboration when?

[@Zach90888]

The thumbnail should say, it’s way fewer than you think.

[@Sugar3Glider]

I admit, I don't know how many days a casual run would take.

[@Zbrooda]

I'm probably missing smth, but couldn't you just use the white candy pop buds in the Subterranean Complex to get buries treasures?

[@PlayerCraft]

19:15 lands of torture jumpscare

[@boolzthedestroyeroflife9714]

now do this challenge with only one kind of pikmin

[@unemilifleur]

YEAH THE SEQUEL EVERYBODY WANTED

[@Matt_0716]

Back in the day, I always beat the game on Day 14. I’m sure I could’ve done better if I really set my mind to it, but I never cared to.

[@MarioKartChamp710]

5 day Pikmin 2 is something that should only be done by real champions

[@Cetheld]

cool. now do the same without using the whistle, with only yellow pikmin and to top it off, no glitches 🔥

[@ianjohnson218]

Oh, here’s a question I know the answer to before even watching the video! That is, unless you make some amazing new discovery that lets you go to multiple places in a single day, which I’m not expecting anyone to do for a long time. Anyways, I’m pretty sure it is 4 days with glitches, and 7 days glitchless.

[@ianjohnson218]

Oh wait, I forgot that he had to return to the first area later, oops

[@a.s.5956]

this is insane

[@SpecterVonBaren]

Everyone saying that doing all of this is insane while Im thinking about how insane it is to discover all these glitches in the first place.

[@zilvarro5766]

What was the point of visiting the second half of Valley of Repose when he had to come back with whites and blues anyway? And it didn't seem that tight on the time limit either.

[@tricusgames2602]

I would say before look at the video, 8 days? Each for one landing zone? One for all caves and one for all tresures outside?

[@not_decaf]

I think the next challenge should be how fast can you get a match with wazzler in mvc2

[@wwdmmax]

I mean, that's all very impressive from a technical standpoint, but it sounds like WAY more trouble than it would be worth. The next logical question is, what is the fewest number of days to 100% Pikmin 2 with no glitches or cheat codes in play?

[@christianmanske9437]

What’s the music from in the intro-sequence?

[@Dr4g0nfru1t]

PIKMIN TIME YALL 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@polocatfan]

1 day. the game talks place over 1 day. done.

[@weely31]

what's after pikmin? mario? sonic? kirby?

[@maddisonruby2530]

W video 🎥

[@GelatinCoffee]

What a fool, I don't trust him at all I spent all my skill points in cooking ability. I have a big fat 0 in the trust skill Also this reminds me so much of cutscene storage from DK 64. Probably one of the biggest glitches I've done in a childhood game of mine

[@garygutierrez443]

I just have a little doubt.... if he was gonna go back to Valley of repose another day with now blue pikmin... it was thaat necessary to break down the wall to the other two caves in the first day? Or it was in purpose to show it was possible? Anyways.. pretty impressive! 🎉

[@matthewhenry86]

This is true Dandori

[@pikminboi9324]

I’m really annoyed that the only thing stopping this from being 4 days is lack of white pikmin

[@JikuAraiguma]

Before watching, gonna make a prediction. The theoretical minimum I suppose would be one day per area… +1 day for the tutorial maybe… 6 days?

[@johndoe-rq1pu]

I expect it to be 1

[@nyon7209]

While the route is really cool, he definitely does more tricks than necesarry. Which is fine from a "show off cool stuff" perspective, just like, VoR being beaten in two days doesn't require spending 12 hours breaking down that wall.

[@pressaTD]

It’s really difficult if not impossible to beat the awakening wood in a single day without the 94 purples though and the only way you can get that many is by unlocking the second half of the valley of repose

[@nyon7209]

@@pressaTDI might try (on day 3), because it honestly doesn't sound that bad. I'm garbage at the required tricks, but a route that doesn't take 12 hours of breaking down a single wall would be... nice.

[@AntSST]

I’m gonna guess 7 days

[@lovetrain1027]

Some HK content coming???👀

[@flamingsword2548]

Please do pikmin 4 next

[@npenplz]

It’s 5.

[@octavius.augustus]

Why not clip with the bulborb and kill it later?

[@SeptillionSeven]

how many irl days

[@browserjunior4707]

I was close my first guess was 6 days

[@anaccount241]

im waiting for lemon from the backlogs to say that i guess your also bad at pikmin

[@YoungQuist00]

I’m guessing before I watch it, it’s gonna be 11 days Edit: man I was way off… that’s crazy fast 😂

[@JulDerjanus]

Play pikmin 3 mod with only whites and purples

[@Nachiebree]

my bet is a week.

[@fantaspy6031]

Boss im back Its been 5 hours

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I'm sorry but I really think I'd rather just play the game regularly then attempting all of these insane glitches. I have tried to play through the games without losing any Pikmin and that was enough of a headache for me. I was able to do it on Pikmin 1 and 4. I'm still trying on Pikmin 2 and I haven't tried Pikmin 3 yet.

[@scottofastora6327]

Oh boy! C: