Pikmin 4 is Humanity's Greatest Achievement

[@rvmaika5815]

I like to imagine Olimar only pretended this was his first crash landing in his distress call because he didn’t want to admit that he’d crash landed on the same planet four times

[@geschnitztekiste4111]

That’s actually funny, thank you for bringing that possibility up

[@Yipper64]

my headcanon is that it DOES retcon pikmin 1 but takes place after pikmin 2 but before Pikmin 3. Just sorta what makes the most sense to me. And also I do like the idea that the pikmin 1 bad ending was canon.

[@g3n3r1c6]

Considering how much of his BS Olimar has had to deal with and clean after, the fact that he tolerates Louie and doesn't even throw him under the bus is very respectable.

[@Lop44]

I like to think Olimar hit his head real bad or got amnesia after the crash in 4. And then managed to forget everything that happened in the previous entry’s

[@minecrafter3448]

It was pretty clear from the story trailer onward that this was a timeline split of a reimagining.

[@alexandermerrell5856]

Louie suddenly appearing with no build up just kidnapping random civilians is a personal top 10 gaming moment.

[@zeke7076]

Lmao yeah, they decided to finally commit and just make him a villain at this point

[@Syka]

@@zeke7076 I think he was just trying to be a good employee by copying what Olimar was doing. Except Olimar was a leafling so he got the totally wrong idea.

[@supersmashseandx1991]

Sounds like a tuesday

[@jayv9070]

Louie has never once has good intentions

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

​@@Syka He always has excuses for his attempts at cold-blooded murder. Dude stole Ridley's electric guitar and people still think he's remotely justifiable.

[@jacobawesomeness5378]

My favorite thing about Louie in this is that it’s implied that the reason Louie try turning the koppaites into leafings is because in his expedition notes, he states that olimar told him to basically do what he does when it comes to their job, and considering he saw leafing olimar and moss creating more leafings before he encounter moss by herself. So as such Louie literally just saw leafing olimar doing that and went, “alright guess olimar doing that now for some reason, guess I’ll follow what my higher up doing.” Arguably funnier then him doing it for no reason.

[@NovasLightning]

Yeah, I'm sure that's what he'd say in court, but we all know he's just doing it to be evil.

[@Jcoleot]

@@NovasLightningI expect nothing less from a guy who finds steel barely edible

[@patknack7368]

I personally thought that his reason for kidnapping the castaways was that he really wanted to know what leaflings tasted like. I guess quasi-cannibalism was a step too far, even for Louie.

[@noowanna]

I think Louie is just a psychopath and gets his kicks out of being an asshole.

[@thedeliveryboy1123]

I bet he was trying to find out if leafling civilians were edible or not

[@gamer3ed484]

Louie is truly the most funny little war criminal of all time. Bro treats the Geneva Conventions like a checklist. 💀

[@cabbage426]

55:35 Pro pikmin 2 tip: >play through the tutorial once. >copy paste your save file 3 times. >Never touch the tutorial again (Also, you can just skip most cutscenes or at least mash past the dialogue whenever you can't, idk what he's talking about)

[@SleepyBrady]

This.. This is genius

[@Pikzelow]

he is probably talking about the switch version of Pikmin 2 since that and the Wii version don't let you skip cutscenes. The GameCube one is the only one that allows you to skip 90% of the cutscenes. (also I think the switch version of Pikmin 2 is bad. The GameCube version is so so much better).

[@cabbage426]

@@Pikzelow didn't know that was a thing, I have only played the gc version. That version must suck. No product placement, censored jokes, missing instruments in songs, no weed, worse control scheme. Oof. Aspect ratio is nice for sure, but then again mods that do the same are easy to install on Dolphin.

[@Pikzelow]

@@cabbage426 yeah, the switch version is a version that annoys me when I play it, mainly because they downright ruined the controls and physics. They made swarming more annoying now since you have to hold L+ Right stick to swarm since the Right stick is for camera rotation now, and they also removed the throwing moment for Pikmin when you do a running start, which is a game breaker for me (the lack of momentum was in the Wii version too but that had the pointer controls so it didn't matter).

[@legorovers9838]

@@Pikzelowi was planning to buy pikmin 1+2 and play them for the first time sometime this year, would u recommend against?

[@MediaDroid960]

I’m glad schaff is going over something he genuinely enjoys

[@Milkshak33]

Memories of the illumination review

[@BrianCannan-em1nk]

@@Milkshak33and Megamind “2”

[@Driggsdamonstah]

Schaff mentioned once upon a time that content creation wasn’t just his job but also his hobby. It’s wonderful seeing him talk about the things he loves and hates.

[@Rando_mIndividual]

Honestly, my favorite videos of Schaff is when he’s talking about something he absolutely loves and that makes me happy (which is why his Whisker if the Heart video is my favorite video of his out of the 5 years I’ve had watching him, with the 5 hour Bojack video being a very close second)

[@CarlosPlata]

He could’ve just USED THE DEHYDRATION GUN… to get here quicker

[@Geebagninja]

Louie: I HAVE KILLED AND I WILL KILL AGAIN Everyone else: doh you lil rascal :D

[@MonsterHunterxRWBY]

Except that one woman who is implied to beat him up in revenge.

[@Geebagninja]

@@MonsterHunterxRWBY deserved

[@Mr_bukowski4435]

Louie: I will cause another national tragedy WATCH OUT Everyone: oh Louie your such a silly lil goober you :3

[@squidbytes25]

57:02 My headcanon that I'm fairly confident in is that like plants, the leaf on Oatchi's tail is a result of him adapting to the oxygen-rich atmosphere of Earth, meaning that if he leaves the planet, he'll suffocate and die. A really grim parallel to Olimar's mission in 1 and 4

[@pocketpc_]

That did seem to be the implication that Nintendo was going for.

[@User-d6l6t]

THE PIKMIN KIDNAPPED OATCHI FROM THE SHIP AND PUT OATCHI IN THE ONION!

[@juanca2567]

What part of the game confirms Moss is homophobic?

[@totororaptors]

​@@juanca2567look at him

[@JessidGallardo]

​@@juanca2567 I was wondering the same

[@StardustSauce]

My understanding is that Louie was told by the president to follow Olimar, stay quiet, and do _exactly_ what he does.

[@NovasLightning]

Yeah, I'm sure that's what he'd say in court, but we all know he wanted to do what he did.

[@smashers6971]

@@NovasLightning Yea just relax and eat, it’s not like Louie really knew who Olimar was so the President essentially made him go on a wild goose chase.

[@smugglefish8171]

"Pikmin 4 has prepared me for Silksong" - my friend

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrusad4242]

It’s been 72 years, there is no hope

[@LookiePookDaBoi]

I had a brief moment of happiness playing PIKMIN 4 but then silksong no come :(

[@Bukem453]

Indeed

[@domrepcal]

T-T

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I personally don't mind Silksong being in development limbo. Hollow Knight is already a Super Hard game, so I have plenty of time to play the original.

[@alexhirsch5738]

17:15 "I'm kinda shocked the series never did a beach level until now" Pikmin 3 Tropical Wilds: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@jessehcreative]

Also the Forest Navel remake mission mode level

[@sargin1]

pikmin 3 was supposed to have a more direct purely beach level that got cut. its a shame too because it wouldve made blues more useful in that game.

[@Magic_Ice]

@@sargin1I don’t think it was a “beach” level. It seemed to be more of a swamp level like the Primordial Thicket.

[@jessehcreative]

@@sargin1 the quaggled mireclops, I think, was meant to be part of a beach level. You can easily convert that mud into sand, and maybe have him be some kind of hermit crab with a shell you have to break

[@pulledpork9778]

@@Magic_Icethe sandbelching meerslug boss arena takes place on a Sandy beach, maybe even a rock pool

[@Clayinator]

I was so scared when Pikmin 4 was announced as usually fourth installments usually ruin trilogies of movies and even games but I was shocked when the game was as easily as fun as Pikmin 3 just without the supporting cast. The game was easily the most fun I had with a Nintendo game in quite a while I truly say it’s one of the best games on the switch period.

[@larrydupp3988]

Its commonly set up as trilogies for IPs, but seeing this comment, I think the pikmin series could be considered moreso a duology of duologies, 1 & 3, and 2 & 4. Like a square, instead of a triangle

[@An_Ian]

I mean its narativly a reboot as far as I can tell

[@mr.shplorb662]

​@@larrydupp3988kind of like doom 1 & doom 2016 and doom 2 & doom eternal

[@internetguy7319]

This game really wasn't that good, as a Pikmin fan that waited 10 years It's gone more in the direction of mobile game goop brain slop "spend 30 hours doing the same small tasks over n over" rather than atmospheric short, tightly paced games with high replayability

[@jacklansdale77]

Kinda like that trilogy about ogres with only 3 movies, two numbered ones and then another pretty good film

[@courtjayster]

Schaff doing this video is healing enough for the headache that was "Megamind 2"

[@rickyronny4019]

agreed

[@autismandgaming4532]

Something Something Dehydration gun

[@ShinodaChan]

He really needed a breath of fresh air after that one lol. Poor guy.

[@Harrison_big_lad]

I don't even call it "2" because it's non canon and Megamind and the button of doom is the REAL Megamind sequel

[@helixsol7171]

DEHYDRATION GUN

[@hippothehippo]

I love that literally every time a game in this series drops, we get like one or two answers, and maybe a thousand more questions about what happened to the earth.

[@reagansido5823]

"If the doomsday apparatus has 100 haters, I'm one of them. If the doomsday apparatus has 10 haters, I'm one of them. If the doomsday apparatus has 1 hater, it's me. If the doomsday apparatus has 0 haters, I'm dead."

[@PikminCody]

At least 1,000 haters

[@The_DemonKing]

It's the last treasure I have to get and the urple won't respawn

[@aroacegoblinyt]

Can't wait for Schaff's next video: "Why Artemis Foul is a Cinematic Doomsday Apparatus".

[@Ironorchids]

You joke but it really was. Artemis Fowl could not have been a worse movie even if they had gotten Tommy Wiseu to direct and Jared Leto to star as the kid.

[@thevioletbee5879]

@@IronorchidsThat would have been better.

[@Planet.Xplor3r]

Was TJ Miller in it?

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

THE DOOMSDAY APARATUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MEGAMIND: THE DOOM SYNDICATE.

[@aroacegoblinyt]

@@DarkOmegaMK2 "Oh, how to I get the Doomsday Apparatus back to the ship?" *"FARM 100 PURPLE PIKMIN."*

[@minecrafter3448]

53:24 You’re trying to tell me that in 6 playthroughs you never saw yonny talk about an “experimental breeding program” that made Collin freak out?

[@smashers6971]

Honestly Yonny always gave me similar vibes, to TF2’s medic and with this.. someone on the rescue corp has a Bulborb uterus in them.

[@littlevirus3562]

He probably skipped all the day ended dialogue

[@minecrafter3448]

@@littlevirus3562 and he was just begging for a piklopedia only to skip the real gold of this game

[@littlevirus3562]

@@minecrafter3448 eh, it happens

[@smashers6971]

@@minecrafter3448 Honestly if the piklopedia gave Shepard and Collin entries it wouldn’t be so bad

[@funnyhappystudios]

Schaffrilias sounded like a kidnapped victim when he first reacted to the announcement

[@RJS2003]

Is there a clip of him reacting to it? I haven't seen it.

[@Magic_Ice]

@@RJS2003Yeah just look it up

[@raventreye2326]

I had a very different experience with the Smoky Progg in the final dungeon being less threatening if you encountered it in Night Mode first. In Night Mode, you have Glow Pikmin, which if you have a big enough group, you can stun the Progg and kill it nearly instantly with no Pikmin loss. For me at least, this became my go to strategy with Proggs. Still dangerous, yes, but you have a simple solution. Now, halfway through this hellhole, you have no Glow Pikmin. The strategy does not work. You have to fight this boss monster with no cheat code. Add the music, and it is still terrifying. It's not fear of the unknown, but fear from knowing exactly how outmatched you are

[@darklight645_]

1:02:20 I remember the Pikmin community discussing how the smoky progg wouldn't be as threatening in future installments because its effect is basically poison and whites are immune to poison. Then Pikmin 4 came out and we were all wrong.

[@egbertmilton4003]

I mean, not really. Yeah, Pikmin aren’t immune to it, but Oatchi really trivialises dealing with the Progg

[@Katiedoesfilmstuff]

The simple fact that Oatchi exists gives years of happiness to humanity... This video game is truly an ode to fans, culture and gaming as a medium

[@nickolias7292]

It's sadly counteracted by Moss' homophobia

[@spidey5558]

​@@nickolias7292Nah, she had a redemption arc after actual homophobic people started using those memes.

[@Spectralanomaly6]

I'm mostly homophobic towards men, gay girls are hot

[@autismandgaming4532]

Legit surprised there wasn’t an entire section of the video dedicated to Oatch

[@BugBoyBugBoy]

I don't really like oatchi, and think he ruins the game, and possibly th franchise, but atleast he's a cute dog thing

[@pirate_cove_man]

I personally like to refer to the Pikmin fanbase as "my people" like Moses in Prince of Egypt, I wonder what Schaff thinks of that

[@tiramisu7339]

It honestly fits though: the wait between 3 and 4 represents the 40 years in the desert, after which they got their 'promise', and the weird memes made during that time correspond with the fake idols crafted by the people during their darkest hour. i forgot where I was going with this lol, ig Pikmim is just a metaphor for the bible OATCHI IS RISEN

[@absolutezerochill2700]

​@@tiramisu7339a baby seriously could have been born when Pikmin 2 came out, and be an adult old enough to vote and go to the military when 4 came out. Damn.

[@stagelights_]

​@@absolutezerochill2700 i'm 19. i was born like 5 months after pikmin 2. this literally happened to me, no joke.

[@tiramisu7339]

@@stagelights_ lol im 19 too, was born 2 months before pikmin 2 release in japan

[@SelfProclaimedGorl]

Better chase down the Israelites with blue pikmin in case god unsplits the sea

[@Nzcade]

I love the Pikmin franchise, I’m glad it’s back and alive and kicking now.

[@gboogie3257]

Yeah…Wish it wasn’t also destroying itself at the same time aswell

[@bighairedyolol]

rip bulbmin though 😞

[@chunkymonkey7983]

​@@gboogie3257?

[@johnclark926]

⁠@@gboogie3257Huh? Granted I’m a bit disappointed we’re probably not getting any more updates or DLC for P4 (still have no clue why they nixed proper campaign co-op or an option to disable auto-lock), but equating inactivity to active destruction is a bit of a stretch.

[@gboogie3257]

@@johnclark926 okay in hindsight that doesn’t make sense But recently the Pikmin community as been kinda destroying themselves by just being average annoyance fanbase to others

[@angryredjuicebox6093]

Schaff, as someone who has been in the Pikmin community since the very first game, thank you for spreading the good word of the most underrated Nintendo series of all time. I'm so glad you made a video on each game in the series (my favourite game is 2 but it's okay I hate the Doomsday Apparatus as well) and it's clear you're as passionate of a Pikmin fan as the rest of us Pikminheads. Also thank you for *not* explaining the Moss being homophobic thing, I love to confuse the hell out of everyone who isn't on the subreddit

[@Firebolt_21]

I was nearly in tears when he called moss homophobic

[@OChunks]

WHHYYYY??? WHY DO THEY CALL MOSS THAT?!?!

[@klunko_plunko]

I love the contrast between Olimar's notes and Louie's, like with the blue pikmin Olimar goes into the mechanics of how they breath underwater, while Louie just says "I want to put my hand it its mouth"

[@_stoops]

As a person with severe anxiety, the impending sense of doom is something I’m familiar with on a daily basis. When I relax to play a game, I prefer to *relax*. I loved Pikmin 2 so much because I never felt anxious while playing it, even during a fight. I love to slow down and smell the flowers, take in the world and interact with the Pikmin. And with the release of Pikmin 4, I was so incredibly excited to have that feeling back and fresh with a new game.

[@alphaamoeba]

Art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comforted

[@Teinve]

As an anxious person, pikmin 4 gave me anxiety by throwing out the story of 1-3 and then giving more questions than answers about the story :D

[@Jonathan_Collins]

According to the short videos the glow pikmin are the souls the little ghost you see fly up after they die waiting to reincarnated in the unions.

[@ShinodaChan]

ENDLESS SERVITUDE.

[@stephenrichter8940]

That would explain their immunity to every hazard type

[@Tudsamfa]

Silly you, Pikmin souls? Next you're telling me Koppaites have souls as well.

[@juanca2567]

I seen the Smoky Progg in Super Smash Bros Ultimate as the first enemy and was like, “oh is that like the second easiest enemy to the Bulborb like the Koopa is to the Goomba?”. I didn’t know this was a sign that this would be the hardest game of all when they used the hardest boss of another game as enemy 1.

[@megastarwarsrocks99]

What?

[@juanca2567]

@@megastarwarsrocks99 I meant to say easiest like in I thought the Smoky Progg was a common enemy (yes I didn’t research Pikmin yet). I edited the comment.

[@autismandgaming4532]

Wtf was Sakurai smoking?!

[@commonviewer2488]

Some of those levels in Ultimate were so unfair

[@strawdeath263]

@@commonviewer2488 Pauline...

[@SuperWiiBros08]

if you're making more Pikmin related videos then you definitely have to do one on the Short Movies

[@ftwinzeler]

1:02:15 funnily enough, if you restart the smokey prog fight, you can immediately charge into the egg and destroy it before it spawns. I did that once

[@gboogie3257]

It’s actually explained why Louie was doing the thing he does, In a End of Day Log (I think like past day 30 or 40 or something like that idk) Olimar says he told louie to do whatever he does, So as we see in Louie’s Voyage Logs he does see Leafolimar and basically saw what he was doing and just thought “oh okay we’re doing this now” And just copied Him by taking the Koppaites

[@autismandgaming4532]

I've also seen speculation that Louie is Autistic I do not accept him

[@P12-w6s]

You seem familiar, do I know you from somewhere

[@gboogie3257]

@@P12-w6s It’s just a augmentative reality I’ve never seen you before in my life (gaslight)

[@P12-w6s]

@@gboogie3257 yeah that makes sense (gaslit)

[@Magic_Ice]

I like how in every game there is always just enough plausible deniability to say Louie wasn’t being malicious. Even though you really think he is an a-hole, there is just enough where you can say “he was misinformed or ignorant.”

[@razzberrypie]

Who cares about traveling the stars when we have Pikmin 4 right here on Earth?

[@WolfRider2002]

Consider: Pikmin in real life

[@tibby4503]

It is truly Peakmin.

[@tibby4503]

@heluvab silence bot

[@vazarri86]

holy shit tibby rhythm heaven!

[@tibby4503]

@@vazarri86 :D

[@Mrloophole]

Peakmin indeed! 🌱

[@Kyumifun]

brilliant pun 👏

[@guillermostaudt6452]

46:38 Fun fact, mislabeling 2 different species that are very similar but just one is bigger than the other, is something that happened in real life. For years the "Giant Squid" and the "Colossus Squid" were both named "Giant" for i think decades. So yeah more reasons to support the head canon of the royal and monarq bulborb.

[@somenameidk5278]

they are literally the same species though, it says in the Piklopedia that the Sovereign Bulblax's species is _Oculus supremus_ (advanced age), and the Emperor Bulblax is just _Oculus supremus_

[@Murdock1260]

If only there was an easy way to carry the doomsday apparatus... THE DEHYDRATION GUN.

[@alphaamoeba]

Wouldnt it only work on living mainly water composed beings since its well, a dehydration gun

[@Murdock1260]

@@alphaamoeba I’m not the smartest D:

[@alphaamoeba]

@@Murdock1260 nah its cool lol i was just adding

[@Murdock1260]

@@alphaamoeba oh I didn’t take any offence, and I appreciate ur adding!

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

​@@alphaamoeba it worked on the skylander

[@lucasboi7623]

Schaff’s pikmin 4 video finally released!!!!‼️‼️

[@Commander-peepers]

I have met my secend lucasboi in my lifetime

[@friedpancakes266]

Pikmin joins Bayonetta as the only Nintendo properties with every title on Switch

[@chunkymonkey7983]

There is no Hey! Pikmin is Ba Sing Se

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

Kid named arms:

[@maxdube3672]

Xenoblade exists

[@pocketpc_]

@@maxdube3672 Kid named Xenoblade Chronicles X:

[@elrobrt1]

i remember watching that Nintendo Direct of September 2022 and said to my then girlfriend (now wife) "Man, i wish they share some news about the Mario Movie and Pikmin 4" and she said to me "You're asking for too much babe" and then my bro Shiggy comes out of a garbage can and says "The mario movie is great, its still in development also here is a teaser for Pikmin 4" refused to elaborate and walked out the screen like a mad man

[@LocalPlagueDoc]

16:19 I like to think this is a parallel timeline from the previous 3 games. Think of it this way: *First,* Olimar landed on PNF-404 because he crashed with a meteorite. But since he's so small, even a small change in the impact would've sent him to a COMPLETELY different part of the planet. This explains why he didn't land on the Impact Site, but on the Sun-Speckled Terrace. *And second,* Olimar manages to repair his ship both in Pikmin 1 AND his Shipwreck Tale. So why did he NOT make it back to Hocotate in the latter? *Because MOSS got sick after lift-off.*

[@LilyCat2399]

Yes! That makes sense!

[@hyliaphora-cecropia]

Exactly! This is the Moss timeline

[@LilyCat2399]

@@hyliaphora-cecropia Which means! Louie isn't a criminal in this timeline! Though tbh he may have committed other crimes and honestly probably has lol. He diiiid kidnap the castaways and turn them into leaflings but he arguably thought he was following olimars orders.

[@hyliaphora-cecropia]

@@LilyCat2399 Yeah, he didn’t eat the company into debt…yet lol. P4 is also where it’s revealed that the carrot thing was a premeditated crime, and knowing him, Louie is 100% going to do it the first chance he gets. We love that little rascal, he’s just a hungry little guy lmao

[@smashers6971]

@@hyliaphora-cecropia it’s weird because 2 implies that he couldn’t control himself when eating the Golden Pikpik carrots, which I kind of prefer. It feels like a legitimate mistake and more appropriate for his character than him deliberately eating them. Louie is a dolt who doesn’t think straight, not a scheming genius.

[@da_pikmin_coder8367]

Pikmin was a franchise I learned about as a child through no recommendation by anyone else, only knowing it existed because of the trailer in Luigi's Mansion. I was *barely* able to get my hands on it, not only because I had no money and had to beg my parents for a game they've never heard of, but because out of every store we looked, only one place had one copy of the Wii version. I didn't spend that much time on the internet, so I was lucky if I found someone who even heard of it, which only ever happened because of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I am so happy that 14 years later, I live in a world where Pikmin is a successful franchise for Nintendo, where there's new games and each one is better than the last, where every mainline title is on a popular console and easy to find at a local Wal-Mart, where there's posters and merchandise at the five dollar store, where people have heard of it and appreciate it. It is a world I never thought would be possible, and it's so fulfilling to be in it.

[@Mr_bukowski4435]

I remeber I was looking for Wii games with my dad and there was a copy of Pikmin 2 for Wii and my dad was like “Pick a game you’ll enjoy not whatever this is look at how stupid this looks (gesturing to Pikmin 2) I knew of Pikmin from Smash bros and than said “idk looks pretty cool”

[@newb_idk]

I’ll never forget that feeling I had when pikmin 4 first got announced. I genuinely started crying. And then that feeling of finally booting up the game for the first time. I must’ve spent at least 10 minutes on the title screen just taking it all in as I started to cry…again. Pikmin 4 has become one of my favorite games of all time, and I’ll always cherish it.

[@misterzygarde6431]

Given what Louie did this game. I wanna see a sequel have him as a notorious criminal or at least have the reputation of one. Also a game starring Moss in the vein of Spider-Man: Miles Morales would be neat. 2:12 "Boy, I really hope someone gotfired for that blunder." Also imagine if Louie ate the Loyal Three and Pecharunt alive.

[@smashers6971]

Honestly I kind of want the opposite, where the characters of that game think he’s doing some sort of shady thing but in Reality he’s just hanging around doing nothing malicious. Louie is a bumbling idiot who wanders into a lot of trouble and I think that’s the charm of his character.

[@hyliaphora-cecropia]

Louie’s kind of like a force of nature, certainly the chaotic neutral type. My dude just wants to cook alien creatures and adopt final bosses as pets, and you honestly can’t blame him-it sounds like the dream life

[@smashers6971]

@@hyliaphora-cecropia You get it, Louie isn’t evil he’s just kind of.. off compared to everyone else. His treasure hoard entries really showcase this. He doesn’t think straight

[@hyliaphora-cecropia]

@@smashers6971 Yeah, he just operates on a different wavelength from other people. It’s shown in his entries that even though he doesn’t really think about how his actions could hurt others, he does care about some people and doesn’t mean any direct harm in a malicious way. Olimar’s dialogue about him after you rescue him is really nice for fleshing out more of who Louie is back on Hocotate-he’s kind of slow and careless, but Olimar sees some good in him and treats him with patience. All that Louie wants is to cook up some giant bugs and be left alone, but the plot just keeps getting in his way lmao

[@smashers6971]

@@hyliaphora-cecropia I think it’s really telling that Louie himself knows he can cause trouble, as he comments that Olimar is the only person who doesn’t yell at him when he makes mistakes.

[@reiggae]

41:32 DUNGEON MESHI MENTIONED LETS GO

[@dawsonpierce263]

15:52 I think Miyamoto confirmed in an interview that humans aren’t extinct, but that we just don’t interact with them in game. I remember Did You Know Gaming made a video where they had translated a Japanese exclusive interview where it was stated.

[@statsy150]

1:04:06 I love the whole essay about your favourite game and such, but my main takeaway from this video is how this picture is the funniest thing I’ve witnessed in a while

[@benjaminrichard4632]

The Pikmin 4 waterwraith is my favorite video game moment of all time. The fear of seeing the waterwraith drop down from the sky is just perfect, and having to run away is done incredibly well. Because you can’t harm it at all, you have to scramble through every floor as fast as you can to outrun the waterwraith or prevent it from spawning, but you finally get to the bottom floor. You unlock purple pikmin, and walk into a battle arena. The waterwraith then comes down, but this time your purple pikmin can hit it. After destroying its cement roller things you realize that now it’s nothing. It can’t hurt you, and it pathetically runs away from you as you obliterate it with your entire squad. It’s so satisfying to give absolutely no mercy to the thing that haunted you for so long. If anybody in the comments says that pikmin 2 had the better waterwraith, idk I never actually played pikmin 2 so pikmin 4 is the best to me Wow I didn’t notice how much I really typed jeez

[@jasonreed7522]

Realistically the only difference between the pikmin 2 Waterwraith experience and the pikmin 4 Waterwraith is how much oatchi counters the thing. In pikmin 2 your squad is always uncompacted with stragglers as you desperately try to use c-stick (lineup horn) to get them out of the way and inevitably the Waterwraith will run over your stragglers. In pikmin 4 you can simply ride oatchi which compacts the entire squad and prevents stragglers which significantly nerfs the Waterwraith. Otherwise the experience of the Submerged Castle in pikmin 2 and the Entombed Castle in pikmin 4 is pretty much identical. Some small changes have been made but otherwise the layouts and experience is the same. Also I'm 99% sure i have seen this post word for word in regards to the submerged castle, being tormented in a race against time until the final floor where you get your revenge on the Waterwraith. (And in pikmin 2 it earns you the pluck-a-phone, i forget what it gets you in pikmin 4)

[@kilimachevsk623]

Like, it's crazy, right? They just went and put the entirety of Pikmin 1 into the game as a side mode. It's crazy. I love it. I still can't believe they went and did that.

[@cyberneon9599]

41:32 okay that caught me off guard. Actually peak editing. This one got a good chuckle out of me.

[@loseeraleeert2444]

41:31 just realized laios is literally louie, they even have the same amount of letters in their names…

[@thedoglovinggamer5825]

1:20 Fun fact: Tom Phillips (the creator of that article came back to review Pikmin 4. 12:40 Also Bulbmin and the parasite pikmin that create them called Bean Pikmin (which are the ones in the pikmin 3 concept art) were found with coding in the files, and a mostly functional green onion was found too. Also Puffmin were found in the files too.

[@autismandgaming4532]

Schaff, I doubt you care to read some random youtuber's comment, but Your Pikmin vids Played a massive part in me getting into the series and I am incredibly grateful for it. I now consider these among my favourite games of all time (even 2) now that I was persuaded into playing them. So let's celebrate Peakmin together shall we?

[@andychen8664]

Isn’t it crazy that we got Metroid Dread and Pikmin 4 within two years of each other? Both insanely anticipated games that everyone thought would never happen

[@autismandgaming4532]

Imma throw on Kirby and the Forgotten land as well

[@crazeenerd5274]

@@autismandgaming4532 I mean, not really. Star Allies was in like 2018, Forgor Earth was 2022, so 4 years. That's pretty normal timespan between sequels these days. It's once you get into the 6, 7 year timespans that it starts to become 'is it coming out' territory. Pikmin 3 was 2013, and I don't remember when the last metroid before Dread came out, but I think it was in the decade range.

[@autismandgaming4532]

@@crazeenerd5274 I was refering to it taking 30 years for there to be a 3d mainline Kirby game

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Magic of the Switch Boost.

[@FrahdChikun]

And now we can add Prime 4 to that list!

[@ianskiver6246]

15:20 is the best segment. "SECRET TUNNELLLLS" god. never change my guy

[@wolfydawolf1296]

38:33 as someone newly traumatized by the pikmin 4 man at legs, I'm also glad it was included! It was the kind of scary that you can almost immediately laugh about since it's more jarring and silly than truly frightening. That didn't stop me being upset on my pikmins' behalf though

[@Mattriix]

Im just waiting for the 10 year anniversary of that infamous article for Miyamito to drop "Pikmin 5 in development and very close to completion"

[@cheeki420]

Honestly can we Just agree that louie is on the same level of power as sepiroth?

[@autismandgaming4532]

Louie solos the One Winged angel any day

[@hyliaphora-cecropia]

One Winged Louie

[@maxmeidl4909]

Glad to see Schaffrillas happy after the disaster that was the Megamind sequel.

[@RJS2003]

Okay, before even watching the video can I just say they're better be an entire dedicated section for the Piklopedia. HOLY SHIT the Piklopedia in this game. Not only does it outclass the two previous Piklopedias by literal light-years, it may very well be one of the best monster/item catalogues I've had the pleasure of interacting with in ANY video game. It's so interactive, immersive and fun to fuck around with and read through. For my whole first playthrough I spent hours looking at, toying around with and incessantly reading every kooky, Pikmin-y little blurb. I LOVE casting Thunder Spell on innocent Bulborbs, it makes me feel like a GOD. It's SO good in fact it made me come to a revelation, why isn't the PokéDex in Pokémon like this? It would be so much better! How does the franchise literally all ABOUT monsters not let us see them in the way goddamn PIKMIN lets us? They could go even further with it too, imagine you could just be able to test fight literally any pokémon at any time from your PokéDex and you could toss whatever status effect you want on them, that would be so SICK! Edit: Okay yeah, he's definitely right about the music and I totally get it. But other than that HECK YES it's so good and it was nice to hear him mention it!

[@-FutureTaken-]

The moss jokes must be so incomprehensible to anyone who isnt active on the subreddit lol

[@Arthur-uu3px]

"I'm an agent of chaos." - Louie.

[@mrcwillis6970]

Surprised and happy to hear you like it that much. Didn’t get around to playing this one or much at all for Pikmin games, gonna have to get back to playing the 1st one again and getting through them all (apart from 1 I played 3 and 4 demo) Love this adorable and beautiful series, happy it’s grown in popularity. 🌱

[@Spiderfisch]

1:00 so Pikmin 4 is the winds of winter of the pikmin franchise

[@liammcnicholas918]

Except one key difference: It actually came out.

[@rjd1922]

But we're still waiting on Metroid Prime 4.

[@theviniso]

​@@liammcnicholas918 I think at this point it's safe to say the books will be finished even if not by Martin himself. They're far too popular to be left alone after he's gone.

[@Whimsical_Gnome]

I’m going absolutely pikmode on this pikpilled video. In my pikmin era right now , pikminmaxxing all the time. Pikmin!

[@frankie11998]

erm, what the pikmin?

[@segadoeswhatnintendont]

This was written by a real pikman

[@slushysaturn]

40:00 This Editor really just like sneaking Kamen rider in there, slowly, we’ll take it over

[@Boss-mw1jv]

11:47 at least the bulbmin are with us in “spirit”😉

[@Inkytounge]

3:42 genuinely started crying here due to how beautiful that title screen looked.

[@rootbourne4454]

It’s such a beautiful game. The title screen theme is genuinely one of the most beautiful game songs of all time.

[@pocketpc_]

Such a great title theme. Can't wait to break down crying for a bit when I randomly fire this game up in ten years and hear that piano kick in.

[@MistressZelda]

I was enjoying the game until I got to the Plunder Palace and saw the glorious return of BREADBUGS, MY BELOVED DARLINGS And somehow they made them even CUTER! -They hum the Giant Breadbug theme when they walk around. -Their "Oh! Treasure!" animation and run is just so precious. -They get scared and run away when you hurt them which is just so sad. -But it's okay! Because you can dig up their treasure now and don't have to hurt the little friends. I had no idea Breadbugs were back until I got to that level and I absolutely lost it. I was so excited to see them again! It made this game a 10/10 for me!

[@andrefelipe7865]

I was just rewatching your Megamind 2 review for the 7th time then stopped at the part where you mentioned making a Pikmin 4 video, and low and behold, I refresh my page and there is the video! I'm not a fan of Pikmin myself, but I love to see people talking about what they like

[@Anonymous_Individual]

One thing I love about each pikmin game are the titles. Each one has a different number depending on what game it is (obviously) but what’s cool is that every number is made up of a different color flower. The color of the flowers depends on what color flower the pikmin of that game have. Pikmin 2 has pink which is the color of flower white and purple pikmin have. 3 has purple which is the same as winged and rock. And finally, 4 has yellow which is the same as ice and glow.

[@hampterland]

Half of this series is Louie luring you into a cave and trying to kill you

[@chaossin7425]

That comparison of Louie and Laios killed me.

[@ComicSkyclips]

45:49 hey look its me! :D

[@Tommedian]

It’s weird how this game brought back the three most horrific monsters in the series with no warning: The water wraith The Smokey progg Louie

[@The_AngryJ]

Why is 1:04:26 so funny. Schaff didn't have to make this edit, but he did and we all appreciate him for it.

[@dabord7881]

The Pikmin 2 community has forgiven Schaffrillas Productions

[@aforkingfork]

Yipee

[@nobodyinparticular9640]

No, not really

[@dracodracarys2339]

41:31 an underrated but perfect comparison. it's basically Louie: The Anime

[@maxflores3703]

A 1 hour video doesn’t even compare to the amount of things Schaffer can say about this game

[@sorio99]

I really appreciate the rant about the different Zelda games. I understand it was mostly just an analogy for your old Pikmin 2 opinions, but I’ve honestly heard a lot of those same takes over the years, said very genuinely.

[@callhimtim3188]

"Not just cuz there was a *10 year gap* between the releases of 3 and 4..." Every Silksong waiter felt a disturbance in the Force at that line

[@caribarts01]

I decided to finally take the plunge with this series earlier this year, started with 1 back in January and just finished 4 a few days ago. Really happy to see this series getting more widespread attention

[@KingsBard]

1:03:26 Oh Hey! Schaff did the same thing I did for Tears of the Kingdom, (I got spoiled on the dragon twist)

[@BugsyFoga]

It sure is nice of Nintendo to release a long awaited fourth entry to a beloved franchise of theirs, which is something I hope Metroid prime fans can say in the next few years if possible.

[@jasonkeith2832]

Surely it will be before the 20th anniversary of Prime 3.

[@BugsyFoga]

@@jasonkeith2832 cause It would actually be cruel to do it any later

[@jasonkeith2832]

@BugsyFoga More cruel than passing Prime's 20th? Or Prime 2's?

[@BugsyFoga]

@@jasonkeith2832 If It would be 20 years since the last entry, that would be messed up

[@ActuallyAthena]

I got GREAT news

[@hypermariosunshine]

Really hyped for the video, rewatched the other Pikmin videos you made Schaff, I got into the franchise because of Smash and Chuggaaconroy, I also really enjoyed Pikmin 4 was def in my Top 5 favorite games last year.

[@Tank3007]

This series is what got me to try pikmin starting from the first one and I am very happy to have been able 100% all the games in time for this video!

[@MadeInBenninc.]

43:27 Spoiler alert: He forgor

[@dolphinhispanic]

1:04:38 Was not expecting devil Dave Grohl in a pikmin video but i couldn't be happier

[@DeepVoiceKam]

Oh I've been waiting for this, knew Schaff was gonna love this game. Hope he makes a ToTK video I would love to hear his takes on it

[@Mariofan..]

BABE WAKE UP THE SCHAFFRILLAS PIKMIN 4 VIDEO CAME OUT 🔥🔥🔥

[@12Cashmere]

I'm so glad so many people love the Pikmin series thanks to Pikmin 4. And I'm extra glad to finally hear you talk about it!

[@Hellflame109]

Great vid, glad you took the time to address some of the contentious points from the P2 vid too, keep up the great work

[@dogstucc853]

First Arlo, now Schaff?? I cant believe some of my favorite creators are as enamored with this series as I am. Good video :] (Scruffy too but he’s kinda the Pikmin guy so that didn’t surprise me)

[@CractusJohn]

I promise I’ll be back in a week to listen to this on my 5 hour drive, much hype for this!

[@SotoRoto-w3f]

58:32 My man Louie just pulled a suicide bomber. 💀

[@somegem6344]

Pikmin 4 loved Pikmin 2 so much that it brought back the Water wraith in the most perfect remastered way possible

[@robbieking4070]

The one thing I don’t like about it is that monsters don’t respawn. I always loved taking hunting trips with my Pikmin after clearing out the treasure but here the map just becomes an empty space with nothing to do.

[@enque2970]

40:15 The screenshot its in spanish, nice

[@emini6]

Studio Eighting (Raizing) that help co developed this game is very underrated. This studio knows how to make gold games

[@Twig_the_Blue_Pikmin]

This video almost made me cry bc of the look back on the announcement and release of Pikmin 4 man... also god that Pikmin 2 section was handled so well, I was really worried how that would go down but you popped off! Amazing video!!

[@ScientistTvmanYt]

the Patrik Star voice at 1:00:59 is just so funny to me

[@WaterMeLoan64]

Louie is arguably more evil than Ganondorf.