Can You Beat Pikmin 3 With Only Rock Pikmin?

I try and beat Pikmin 3 with only Rock Pikmin. It is very hard.

[@pressaTD]

I want to thank Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson for his help on this video.

[@KirbyAKAKirbmin]

Try to fo Pikmin 2 but you only use the captains hands to attack

[@Ostr0]

​@Kirbmin Not possible there are several spider bosses he has to beat

[@Ostr0]

@pressaTD Pikmin 2 100% but you can only use Mr. President Captain with Pikmin to beat it.

[@Ostr0]

You just have to clear debt in the first cave on the second day then you can start the run

[@alanherlan3429]

my way of praising this attempt "ROCK AND STONE BROTHA!" kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3iWdWmtnMl6jLM

[@RylixBlizzai]

as someone who's favourite pikmin type is winged pikmin, it's weirdly pleasing getting to learn how required they make themselves by holding progress hostage with invisible barriers

[@Bucketnetta]

I find it funny to think that the winged pikmin purposefully somehow made an invisible wall to make sure they get the attention they deserve

[@ketchuplover6160]

The reason you can't walk up the wall in the distant tundra is because in the switch version you move slightly faster! There's actually another way to get OoB in Distant Tundra without yellows using a Swooping Snitchbug, which you could've used to avoid using yellows entirely. edit: i should've watched the rest of it lmaooooo

[@pressaTD]

Thanks for shedding some light on that. I was genuinely curious why it wasn’t working. That’s what I get for playing on wii u though lol

[@bigyesoneforme]

Sadly my Wii U broke so I can play pikmin 3 anymore I have all the other games HEY PIKMIN DOES NOT COUNT but u plan to try and get it soon on my switch

[@UltimateShyGuy]

@@pressaTD true that silley

[@-BenGaming-]

Why the hell did they make an easy game even easier on the switch

[@Mr.Amazon.Delivery.Box.]

@@-BenGaming- U just walk a bit faster it’s QoL

[@rhapsody2612]

Heres a fun fact about me, back when Pikmin 3 first came out, I was 5 years old. The final boss made my red, yellow, winged and blue pikmin extinct so I beat the final boss with 42 rock pikmin. Best moment ive had with this game

[@sambadcoe5009]

absolutely quality as always, favourite channel atm :)

[@picantepollo6238]

Contents great bro. I played Pikmin 1 and 2 on both releases but fell off from the franchise after that despite enjoying them. So all the Pikmin vids are fun to watch and catch up. 😁

[@jackbob83]

Finally I found another human being who has the Wii U version instead of the Switch version! I can’t stand the controls on the Switch version. Wii remote all the way

[@ryuku2]

"All types of pikmin are needed" Meanwhile, Blues looking for things wings can't get...

[@machinegunsally1874]

It’s amazing how limiting pikmin 3 is, it feels like an entirely different game to me.

[@XperimentorEES]

Rocks are no substitute for purples, but rocks sacrifice their extra muscle for something no other type has, immunity to crushing. It's kind of disappointing they keep abandoning types and mechanics, but maybe 5th time's a charm?

[@TheRealBatabii]

"A captain" bruh, charlie is the only captain. Brittany and Alph aren't captains.

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

If there's one thing I've learned from pokemon, it's that this should be the easiest solo pikmin run since bugs are weak to rocks.

[@O-01-04]

Beating Pikmin 3 with only Winged Pikmin would just be playing the game normally :)

[@itsdreamless1205]

i would LOVE to see you try to do a minimum *everything* all treasure, part, fruit, etc. run in any game. especially pikmin 4. there's some insane small skips

[@xenoguy1233]

I didn’t subscribe because you asked, I subscribed because you’re polite and a good sport! :)

[@FerreTrip]

Short answer: NOPE Long answer: Technically, NOPE As much as I understand wanting to keep players from cheesing, invisible walls? Really, Nintendo? T_T

[@Piktato]

Dude, is this your first time? Hell, I’m gonna try this myself

[@iminmyglo]

How can you play this game with the Gamepad control scheme 😂 Wiimote and nunchuck superior tbh

[@hyperfairy7779]

got an easier but hopefully still fun pikmin challenge for you if the hard challenges are butning you out sometime, what is the Maximum of total pikmin you can gather in the 30 days alloted? BONUS: get all 30 ship parts as well ((comes with an extra challenge of minimizing pikmin losses))

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

Rock'n out with my rockmin.

[@icecubeonfire]

i think there's a way to get out of bounds slightly to the left of the entrance to brittany's cave at least on the switch version but it might also not work on the wii u i'm not sure

[@pressaTD]

There is, and it’s only possible on switch :(

[@natedawg6755]

Remember to like and sub, this guy deserves it

[@juandita2.0]

18:26 Is It possible to do that in switch version? Im trying to do this challenge too but i don't know if that was fixed in switch edition

[@joeshmoe735]

I bet enemies will be his biggest obstacle with rock pikmin (clearly)

[@krazyfan1489]

wonder how far you can go with Winged?

[@DA_KOOPAISREAL]

ummm when that invis wall can be removed by changing the date

[@rivers3k]

What's the first song in the video?

[@austinclements8010]

well i can't, i dont own the game- can you?

[@bellhop_phantom]

He's cooking...

[@tacticiansam5039]

I can't subscribe because if I do, youtube will stop recommending your vids lmao

[@pressaTD]

So true!! Lol

[@Silly_ItalianMan_75]

hey, he actually heard me! cool (it was probably a coincidence lol)

[@Silly_ItalianMan_75]

it was in the blue only on pikmin 1

[@Rockomonsteguy]

Rock Pikmin are the best change my mind I mean little goofy little fellas

[@Friddyann]

I doubt you have the deluxe one

[@Ep1cBramb10]

so your saying, blue pikmin are completely unnecessary

[@pressaTD]

To the surprise of absolutely no one lol

[@Beyhammer1]

short answer no Long answer noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo but only 6 times

[@UltimateShyGuy]

i got a rock

[@anaceattorneyfangreatgame9770]

8:38 So uh; why did you do this? The gateway was already open just take the rocks and push the ball...

[@pressaTD]

You need yellows to progress through the cave and I didn’t want to use them again.

[@pseudopod]

Personally I don't count the times where winged pikmin needed to be used in order to set a flag for the invisible walls

[@supersonicman10]

You should buy Pikmin 3 Deluxe! NOW!! (For all intents and purposes, this is a joke.)

[@Mazon7]

RUNK PLANKMUN

[@veronicafernandez2938]

No

[@hibye-die]

I already know just one will be next to impossible if not impossible especially without glitches

[@hibye-die]

2 might be possible though

[@hibye-die]

Yep winged is definitely necessary and the only other type necessary minus tutorial bs

[@Samissa806]

"Local nerd spend 6 days throwing rocks at invisible bat, kills it" is probably my highlight of the video

[@nulls5408]

Whether in pikmin 2 or 4 I would really like to see a only white pikmin run. Mainly due to white pikmin being overshadowed by all the other pikmin types in the games that’s story modes feature them, imo. It’ll be cool to see the poisonous speedy digger bois get used to their fullest potential. Without having to share the limelight

[@vitkosbence3705]

I mean if you look at the challenge runs Press A and Lemon did for 2 you can see that a white only run is not only impossible, but also not very interesting. Purples only has the fact that it actually only needs purples to pay off the debt and get the good ending (beyond the tutorial) going for it, while blue only needs to use purples 2x but gets to a waaay higher clear %. Both skip pretty much every instance of anything that requires whites, except a few treasures every dungeon. Whites only would still require purples, but also have the lower clear %.

[@NinjaGamer3774]

It probably is impossible but cool idea

[@CrunchySpon]

already been done for 2

[@Bowsarge]

I guess Lemon will have to do flying pikman only if Pikman 3 wins the poll.

[@Littleha]

3:34 It is possible to defeat the mawdad without pikmin by slapping it with one of the captains. That being said, rocks are still needed for the crystal walls earlier in the Garden of Hope

[@pressaTD]

Wow really? That must take forever though lol

[@VanMelton2009]

Ima be honest as I kid I ALWAYS fought the phosbat like that looking back IM SO STUPID, I always lit up the cave after killing phosbat. I was always so confused on why it took so long.

[@Poizin77]

Rock Pikmins face in the thumbnail made me die laughing

[@LyraKat_]

RIP in peace 😔

[@MrTheMagicMan1995]

I don't comment a ton, but you have some of the best content i have seen in a bit. You and lemon are great and the pikmin 2 challenge was great. Keep up the great work.

[@ritachikorita6916]

4:34 Fruits are necessary once for progression, not just to keep your characters fed. The path to the Blue Onion will only open if you have at least one bottle of juice at the beginning of a day. There’s even some dialogue that hints at such. Plus, the Scornet Maestro drops the Seed Hive which grants 2.5 bottles by itself, or 1.25 on the Deluxe version’s Ultra-Spicy version. Considering how rare of an occurrence that would be, that’s some impressive attention to detail.

[@NianJKL]

*Looks at Lemons run.*

[@phrog9641]

Sure they are pal

[@ryan.1192]

You are finally being discovered and its amazing i only discovered you 2 weeks before your friendly challenge with lemon (backlogs guy) and i love your videos i have probably watched everything

[@kilowillford3180]

You love choosing types of Pikmin

[@melskunk]

I can't believe Nintendo was so dang aggressive on trying making sure you solve everything only the way they want that they walled off parts of levels with invisible barriers so many times

[@reverseshin]

Nintendo: you have the play game the way we want you too Press A!: Are you sure about that?

[@Haveanicepeach]

Now do bulbmin only

[@robotmario5464]

That would be about 3000 pokos…

[@Thing_of_somes]

Pikmin 3’s boss fights are by far the most memorable of the entire pikmin series which is why its my favorite (haven’t played 4 yet)

[@pressaTD]

Definitely agree with that

[@E-Gaming-k1c]

For me it's Pikmin 2 cause of how many bosses there are and all the different looks and themes for the bosses (I modded my game a bit to have custom music for every boss since I don't like the default on to much)

[@Scorbunzx]

@@E-Gaming-k1cyeah I wish that the bosses had a variant of the theme like the American long legs has more metal or the emperors have horns to go with their royal status.

[@flarthemself]

@@megastarwarsrocks99stop being toxic and let people have their own opinions

[@phillipk4196]

yeah pikmin 3 has the most memorable especialy if we dont count final bosses only disco legs of 4 is rraly memorable.

[@adamgreen97]

I really enjoy the detailed explanations you offer in these videos, and im curious and excited to see even more in future challenge runs and even other game series you run.

[@Yukki361]

Hey! Good to see you do a pikmin 3 challenge, love your content, lets see when you get to 50.000 susbcribers, will you do pikmin 4?

[@pressaTD]

Pikmin 4 is coming, it’s the one I’m least familiar with. So I have a lot of work to do before I can put together an interesting run. But I’m glad you enjoy the vids!

[@cad97]

​​@@pressaTD I recall someone successfully doing a zero Pikmin, Oatchi only run in Pikmin 4. Spoilers on how: (But it'd still be interesting to see you attempt a restricted run! Playing semantics with the end of day stats which forget about Pikmin abandoned in the ground in caves makes it more interesting and less just waiting on a grind.) ... ... The two player Pebble Pitcher mode is kinda broken when you abuse it - for example, it's still active in survey drone mode if you unpause time, and can even break down walls, meaning you can fully clear any map of hazards before leaving base, at zero risk to yourself. The rest is just waiting on Oatchi to slowly drag things around, pitching pebbles at him to speed him up slightly (and avoiding the special strength upgrade which makes that minor speed up no longer functional).

[@awesomemarioenemythingwithice]

For the Scornet Maestro, when using wii remote and nunchuk control type you can angle your pointer with the sensor bar, allowing you to turn a bit easier on some of the ledges at the edge of the arena without falling down. Hope this helps you get closer to finishing that fight.

[@WowShane]

I gotta say, yall been putting in work on this channel. Frequent, quality uploads and they're all crazy challenge runs. Keep it up, you guys are the next BIG youtube gaming channel

[@CaptainNamikaze]

I found you via the Backlogs video and really enjoy your content! Pikmin has been one of my favourite franchises since I played the first one on Game Cube back in the day and these challenge videos are amazing to watch!

[@SpotFox-g6s]

Invisible walls are not very dandori

[@Zorro9129]

It's awful of Nintendo to use invisible walls like this.

[@reaperdragoonking8116]

Found you through the backlogs video for purple pikmin it was fun watching you 2 compete at yellow pikmin giving a sub because your hilarious glad he recommended you

[@TheCookieMC_]

I really like your vids and been here for kind of a long time and i hope this series continues😊

[@ThePugPrince]

I love how you use chrono trigger music. So nostalgic, I love that game.

[@peterpeladon]

Challenge: Pikmin 4 but you can never take recommended Pikmin out of the onion. They can be found or born, just never taken from the onion (this includes entering caves.)

[@weckar]

Nice run. Did you try ultra spicy spray for the hornet maestro at all? (also DougDoug wants his spotify back)

[@pressaTD]

I did, didn’t seem to make a difference unfortunately :(

[@GigasGMX]

*Eighty* bucks? Well, I guess I found the Australian. Or the Canadian. Could be either, really.

[@BlockyGaming367]

I love these videos! they are so cool to watch! I subbed a week ago and I really don't regret it!😊

[@cindy8966]

These videos are so good, I'm so excited whenever there's a new upload! Love the theory crafting with glitches and exploits you have to plan out. Super fun, it's like solving a puzzle.

[@maniac6655]

Hello there, ... Lemon said he is gonna pay me if i leave a comment.

[@pressaTD]

Hope he’s paying you well lol

[@mohammedalmozaiyen9201]

For the fourth boss(I forgot the name) it might be possible to throw the rock Pikmin from the first ledge if you use a wii remote, if it works then the boss might be possible with only rock Pikmin. I will test this then edit the comment later.

[@pressaTD]

That’s a good point. I never play with the wiimote so it completely skipped my mind. Let me know what you find out!

[@omegahacker5798]

fun story: the hocotate ship is actually a major plot point to the entirety of pikmin 3's story, which is broken wide open in the deluxe version. (just thought I'd point that out.)

[@hannahdesouza4565]

You have no idea how relieved I am to have found a KZbinr curse, just, I’m not on KZbin kids for a Reason and YT should really start remembering that

[@Zeuseus6609]

Subbed today after watching your pikmin 2 with only blues vid. Found you from Lemon's competing only Purples vid.

[@WhereMyDude]

I like your content, but please work on your narration voice. You pitch up at every break in a sentence, and then down at the full stop. I can't unhear the pattern. I really want to like your stuff, but that gets in the way 😞

[@AbruptAvalanche]

The journey is always good, but it's funny how all of these "Can you beat ___ with only ___ Pikmin?" videos can be answered with "no, obviously not".

[@TheWrathAbove]

"Pikmin 3 has 5 types of pikimin" This is challenge Mode erasure and I'll not stand for it. (For real though, great video)

[@PiecakeQ]

Dude this was really cool love Pikmin 3 and congrats on 21k i joined like 6 months ago

[@That1OTHERdude]

I pretty sure I once saw that if you let your Rock Pikmin get taken by the Scornets then attack them the captured Rocks will hit the Scornet Maestro. But I couldn’t find the video.

[@RedForceProductions]

I dont think I've ever actually subscribed when a content creator does a call for action, but today I actually did. Hit me like "huh I guess I'm not subbed to this guy yet." GREAT content my man!

[@maceyV]

Can you beat Pikmin 3 with only Rock Pikmin? YES! If you ignore day 1 and day 2, day 10, day 11, day 13 and day 18.

[@pressaTD]

Now this is a man who understands youtube challenge runs.

[@avestrustheone6349]

I found your channel thru the backlogs. I’ve been binging videos ever since

[@natashawood1115]

He could have broken. The dirt wall at the start with fist fist

[@calebwolfenden8061]

I just want to let you know I’ve arrived to your videos and subbed from The Backlogs

[@FirEmblem428]

One day, pikmin 1 red only will come to existence

[@pressaTD]

It’s coming, I need to prepare for the mental damage grinding that for hours will cause lol

[@FirEmblem428]

@@pressaTD SWEET SWEET VICTORY

[@missprettypie]

Your videos are of such good quality and I've been seeing you on my feed for so long I didn't realize how few subscribers y'all have, happy to be here to support and watch!

[@D3fau1t-S3tt1ng]

Press A: "Can I beat the game without discovering all the pikmin types?" Pikmin: "Good Luck, you'll need it." Pikmin 2: "Good luck" Pikmin 3: "Not on my watch ass-hat!"

[@Sgeenchladmire]

I have an idea for how the bag skip COULD be possible You see the fruit next to the invisible wall? If you somehow got some rock pikmin up there and used the dodge whistle to get the behind the invisible wall, I bet you could lower the bag I’ll try testing this out later but I’m not entirely sure if it’ll work, but it COULD be possible to beat the twilight river without pink pikmin. Edit: the rock pikmins throw height is too low to reach it. Its over for only rocks :[ but winged pikminless may be possible if we try yellows Edit 2: you wont believe it, but theres ANOTHER invisible wall. Yep, ANOTHER invisible wall… FUCK.

[@pressaTD]

Nice try man, there’s invisible walls everywhere in this game so I’m not surprised lol

[@mattman3122]

I hate invisible walls man. Such a cheap gimic reason to block off an area. Just let people play the game how they want fuuuuudge

[@TriforceWisdom64]

All games are defined by rules. In most cases, removing an invisible wall just means the devs would need to add a big physical wall.

[@ryroller9394]

Honestly, Pikmin is one of the series where I actually understand the need for invisible walls. It's not just so you can't do things you shouldn't be able to, it is to help keep your Pikmin from becoming unreachable or falling out of bounds and dying.

[@mattman3122]

Both examples are weak. Invisible walls are a lame excuse to block an area off. Yes I would rsther a physical wall because atleast I wouldnt be running in spot and not going anywhere. If you have to put invisible walls in to stop people from getting somewhere "too early" then thats a problem of both game design and the devs coding the game. You humans are so contained in such a small thought box none of you can actually have some critical thought.

[@TriforceWisdom64]

@mattman3122 lol, are you a robot or an alien? Anyway, yeah invisible walls mostly suck, but you were wrong about the reason they suck. It's not because you can't "play how you want," it's because they're misleading.

[@mattman3122]

@@TriforceWisdom64 that still proves my point.

[@atsukana1704]

The boulder is pleased with this video

[@Yangfamilysd]

Fun fact: if you dismiss pikmin onto olimar they will all grab on during the cutscene so you don’t have to add on pikmin while being chased by the plasm wraith

[@vickysterling3342]

"i wasnt going to spend money on another version of this game" is a reoccuring trend in these challenge videos amongst you and your rival(s?), there are a BUNCH of differences from level design to tweaked mechanics and so on between pikmin 3 and pikmin 3 deluxe, so many little things. "normal" mode is mostly easier, "hard" on deluxe is about the difficulty of pikmin 3 for wii u, but there are entirely new game modes and side stories where you play as olimar and louie in deluxe EDIT: i forgot to mention ultra-spicy difficulty, which limits the number of pikmin you can have on the field at a time as well as reducing the amount of juice fruit is worth

[@thebe_stone]

short answer: you can do it with just rock pikmin if you also use winged and red and yellow pikmin.

[@evangelionkenner4005]

Well done, keep going! Tips to improve the quality of the video: Try to reduce the amount of "and" in your skrip. Should make it not sound like you reading down a list. Increase the distance between you and the mic. Speak as loud as possible (do not peak out). Loudness can be editid. With that you should sound lifelier and clearer. Current quality of the mic is more than enough, but first investment should be a mic setup.

[@SincradTB]

Hey, you managed to get through the entire game only using the new Pikmin 3 types as soon as they were available throughout the challenge. That’s got to count for something right?

[@Froggeh92]

Im addicted to the lil pikimans. Pikmin 4 ruined me. Ive finished 4/3/2 within 2 weeks. 100%d with all plat medals on 4/3. Now im here. For oak: make britney take long path to force the wraith to a corner to buy time.

[@philipdraco]

Ahh, the power of rock. (Side note, music is a LITTLE loud and overpowers your voice. Recommend lowering the music a smidge in the future. Good work overall! (‾-ƪ‾)ゞ )

[@Ender_Onryo]

"Invisible Walls" We are once again reminded that Nintendo hates fun. That or progressing without certain onion types breaks everything, idk.

[@CrashOzzy1223]

In my opinion… the thumbnail *in my head* for some reason had the face of Dwayne (THE ROCK) Johnson. IN MY HEAD!

[@kommo1]

Its not the viewer, its the algorythm, that promotes your video, when you ask for subs and such. You literally get shown to more people, if the algorythm detects those magic words.