Why Pikmin 3's Bingo Battle Is Peak

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Pikmin 2's Versus Mode Retrospective:
• Pikmin 2's Overlooked ...
00:00 - Pick 3 Men
05:02 - Stage Variety
07:56 - Stage Layouts
13:51 - Items
18:14 - Cut Content
19:54 - Version Differences
20:38 - Shortcomings
24:08 - The TL;DR
Season: 4
Episode: 27
#pikmin3 #pikmin3deluxe #bingobattle

[@d-tergent7899]

I have to point out the single most infamous play I was victim to, there was an enemy pikmin on a crystal, and I chose to use a bomb instead to avoid losing my rock pikmin (the rare type of the map), so I throw the bomb, and in that exact moment, my sister uses the warp powerup, and warps me DIRECTLY ONTO THE BOMB ROCK, annihilating my entire squad in an instant. I still have that clip on my switch

[@BananaFaceDude56]

post it

[@aquawarrior]

post the clip

[@hoverdam2]

post the clip

[@evanrozsa]

post it

[@bibbagamer1284]

Post it

[@DesignDoc]

Oh look! The best multiplayer I'll never get to play.

[@willterry7012]

Waitwhat-

[@mikeandmax750]

Why won’t you ever be able to play this?

[@Pixel_Nathan64]

Idk

[@UphillBridge]

You can get 3 deluxe

[@leonro]

​@@UphillBridgeThe Wii U version is also fully local. Online isn't even supported. Wii U emulation is also pretty good.

[@Donchan1]

I love Bingo Battle, and when some pikmin you through at an enemy decides to take the longest possible route back to your onion it’s hilarious

[@ultimate8125]

Very cool Webber Don't Starve

[@Donchan1]

@@ultimate8125 best guy

[@nathanblackburn1193]

I wish so badly that Pikmin 3 Deluxe had online Bingo Battle

[@Gulliblepikmin]

20:23 The half health thing also applies to all the mission mode levels. From what I remember, the reason it is like this is because normal mode is used as the difficulty mode for Pikmin 3 Deluxe's side modes rather than hard mode, which the difficulty most similar to the original Pikmin 3 on the Wii U.

[@ghoti6668]

With the boulders 15:00, since you only play in person, I had the house rule of count down from 3 to boulders. Made it balanced. Sucks we had to do that but allowed much more enjoyment from the game

[@demopan1067]

YOOO WE DID THE SAME THING

[@T-Dawg75]

Same

[@genericnintendofan5409]

Yo my brother and I do the same thing, gives you a chance to switch over to another captain that may have less or no Pikmin

[@SpathiTS]

Me and my sister didn't do this at all 😂, we waited for the perfect moment to massacre eachothers squad.

[@Crim-tz7yp]

They should implement that if the boulders return in a later title. Maybe a few seconds of warning sirens.

[@R3dex4]

So glad to see Bingo Battle getting more recognition. I heard so many people gush about it in such a high regard and at first I just thought "oh, it's probably just a neat little extra mode that can be kinda fun once or twice but nothing more" and really didn't get WHY people loved it that much, I mean it was just Bingo what's so special about it, i never tried it at the time. But eventually a couple months back i did with a friend, and oh my god it was genuinely some of the most chaotic fun I've ever had on a game, it was so fucking unhinged The absolute shock and dread when either of us would get the falling rocks item, seeing their entire squad get crushed into a puddle or EXPLODE if any of the pikmin were holding bomb rocks, or teleporting them in front of an enemy Also since We played it on an emulator (We live on opposite continents so we had to) for some reason the Mr President head item would just fucking crash the game after the stupid spinning animation and it was so stupidly funny, this whole mode in general was way more frantic than i thought it would be. Scheming some stupid traps and then seeing it ACTUALLY work against all odds and expectations while hearing the screams of your opponents has to be the most cathartic thing in any video game ever. 10/10 Would recommend to anyone who can play it, I was so disappointed seeing it wasn't in Pikmin 4 and realizing that the multiplayer content was so lacking, Pikmin 3 Extra modes were so fun and packed in content they each felt like a whole new game, I really hope we get some more of that as DLC to fix this later down the line, people are definitely down for more Pikmin.

[@noahrennert9146]

You could play it online?!?!

[@agentclank8183]

Let’s be honest, the reason jigsaw colosseum is his favorite is because it looks like Wii tanks.

[@natonswim396]

The boulders were so broken that when my brother or I got one, we alerted each other, disbanded our pikmin and walked far enough away before activating it.

[@droughtender4831]

This video absolutely does this hidden gem of a gamemode justice! As someone who's even played this mode in a semi-competitive tournament I can say with absolute certainty that this is THE MOST thorough review I've seen of Bingo Battle. Keep up the great work!

[@montelblair7273]

People who have only played 4's battle and don’t think the rock item is a big deal... ...play Bingo Battle before you say anything because the item pretty much doesn’t even kill pikmin in 4.

[@teaoftraffic]

yea i just saw the new video what did they do to you my boy…

[@epicgamerzfail4575]

For me the best part of bingo battle is having multiple pikmin types available. that alone makes it much more unique than both p2 and p4

[@realHeff]

Silok's pikmin takes are always sooo based

[@LuckyOwI777]

Hi Heff!

[@T-Dawg75]

Yooo cool to see you here

[@thescarvedtoed6094]

heff mario baseball when

[@tylermontgomery3513]

You and Arlo make the best Pikmin content on KZbin. Keep being awesome!

[@Aostrele]

@imonlyhereforpikmin is peak

[@Gorgonzales_]

Bingo Battle is genuinely really fun and I agree with a lot of what you said in this video. Honestly, I'm more bothered by the lack of an item select than the lack of a layout select, because if I could disable that dumb boulder item, I would. Wish there was a toggle for harder enemies, too. Having two Pikmin types per map is awesome, and despite the many AI issues you brought up like the fight cloud they can form sometimes (and the fact that pinks straight up don't work sometimes) I'm still able to have a lot of fun directing my squad against my opponent when the time comes to inevitably try stealing the last item they need to get a bingo. Great video.

[@squiddu]

If you're the one who edits your own videos and is using almost exclusively Splatoon music in the background, I love you. If not, I love whoever did.

[@Short_Snake24]

If your having trouble with the boulders then here is a tip: always look at your opponents item because when they use the boulders it has a slight delay and before the boulders come dispatch your squad of pikmin so the boulders only attack you and your pikmin are safe.

[@Short_Snake24]

Trust me it’s easier then you think.

[@silokhawk]

You're thinking of Pikmin 4. In 3 the boulders are almost instantaneous. Given how much latency your TV has, you might not even be able to roll in time depending on where they fall. Even then, looking at the other person's screen is basically a given. Although you can essentially hold the other player hostage if you have boulders, because then they need to always make sure they don't have many pikmin on them to minimize losses.

[@silokhawk]

At 16:00 before the zoom in, you can see the boulder icon is still on my friend's roulette (in 3 the square flashing yellow means you just hit the button) despite already falling on my screen, that's how immediate they are.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@silokhawk in my experience, the sound effect indicates the start, so you can dodge and move for cover

[@danielisgamer]

FACTS!!!! Me and my brother love playing bingo battle together! A stupid amount of inside jokes we made have come from rounds of bingo battle and it will probably be the only reason our wii u wont collect too much dust

[@FIamestalker]

The Lucky Marble also start spawning into the map at a quick rate once one or both players can no longer get a Bingo, this is to prevent stalemates and creates a sort of sudden death situation as both players likely have multiple nearly completed lines

[@furiouscorgi6614]

it also means that you can always stay in the game, because if you get one of your enemies's diagonals and block their other diagonal, they no longer have a Bingo

[@septagon_]

I wanna thank you for showing this game to me, genuinely. I had this one game where i was trying to steal a marble so they didn't win, and all of my pikmin fricking dissapeared. So funny

[@jordanfrater9524]

Nice to see ya back Silokhawk Great video explaining how Pikmin 3 Bingo battle works 👍

[@aciddownpour2185]

24:05 oh my god me and my friend played 100 games together without stopping and we ended at 50/50, it was so fucking fun despite all the obvious flaws, we got some really good clips from it too, i think i even have the final 50/50 saved somwhere still

[@hi-i-am-atan]

bingo races are gameplay concept that really should see more experimentation. they're more common than you might think ( relatively speaking ), but _not_ as official modes; in fact, pikmin 3 is the only time i've seen them implemented into the game itself, rather than being a special ruleset for speedrunners to race to. which also makes pikmin 3 the only time where i've seen the ability to interfere with an opponent's progress in a way that isn't just sniping a space before they can, since. y'know. the racers are actually in the same game, instead of chasing the same goals in their own completely separate singleplayer game instance. even without that distinction, though, i feel like bingo races would be one of the most accessible speedrunning rulesets if not for the reliance on external tools, since it forces routing to be done on the fly ( meaning it rewards general game knowledge, rather than routes specific to speedruns ) and is a direct competition between players, rather than a monolithic leaderboard pitting you against the game's most devoted players they're really cool, in other words

[@anthonyoliver418]

Can’t wait to see you talk about 4, despite it being the most simple, it has the most amount of pre battle customization and the new mechanics and type changes do create a lot stuff you can do to be encouraged to replay even after you play for a while, which it may be the most fair battle mode thanks to the unbiased objective

[@fujitassoup]

the bingo battle menu music scratches my head just the right way

[@someweirdo428]

Surprised they didn’t add a 3 captain mode with alph britanny and charlie as player 1 and olimar louie and the president as player 2. I doubt anyone would have used it, but it would have been nice.

[@Still_in_water]

Bingo battle is probably my favorite battle mode in Pikmin

[@HoleSam]

15:26 Except me. I LOVE the boulders. How to deal with the boulders: • Check your opponent's side of the screen often. Screen cheating is not cheating, it's an essential tool. • Use the dodge whistle to get out of the way the moment you see a boulder shadow. How to dunk on someone with the boulder: • Wait for a moment when the other player is occupied like fighting an enemy or plucking Pikmin. I personally like to wait until they just stopped moving which is when all their Pikmin bunch up. • Use it just as the other player gets a bomb rock or mine in their posession. It wastes their explosion and often takes out some of their pikmin too.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

Pikmin 4 even supports the screenpeaking thing, seeing as the, I remind you, singleplayer Dandori Battles, still give screenpeaking for Dandorimar

[@marcelopaulo446]

I got Very shocked when my friend that has never played pikmin before was able to beat me on his First try,but to be Frank,It was Also my First time...playing bingo battle that is.

[@TheApoke]

I play bingo battle with my brother, but quit because it was too frustrating that I would put in all the work killing a big enemy, then he comes in and jacks my shit and kills me when I'm too weak from battling that big enemy.

[@Terrahex1]

I honestly like the all marble maps, because every marble feeps like it could be the last and you have to consistently perform well to get the highest number of chances to win

[@wyatteb1663]

I bought pikmin around January because of this video and convinced a friend to try bingo battle with me. I've now played Bingo Battle more than the rest of the pikmin franchise combined

[@Cirina.]

My friends and I have this competition we do on weekends we call either "All in 3s" or simply "Triple 3". Basically, one of us, fights the other, in 3 battles, in each games battle mode (Pikmin 2, 3, and 4). So we play each battle mode, 3 times per game, or a total of 9 times, with the referee, me, if I'm not participating, will choose a stage, then a second, then a third. Then we head to the next game and do the same thing, who ever wins 2/3 will be the victor of set 1, and set 2 will begin with 2 new players. Same thing with set 1, goes for set 2. Basically, a tournament. Then the winner of set 1, and winner of set 2 battle each other with 1 battle per game, or a total of 3 overall, with me picking the hardest, most bullshitty stage there is. The Ultimate Winner is given a headstart for any more battle modes, after the tournament, as their reward. It's pretty fun! And it's funny being the referee, choosing a stage, then seeing the players struggle due to my choice!...wait...am I...the bad guy...?! (With the set 3, the final set, one of the players will start with 1 pikmin. The one instance where settings are in fact changed, in all the other cases, settings stay the same)

[@hatcher365]

for rusted labyrinth you forgot to mention the tunnels you can go through.

[@Sigma_Luigi589]

Great Video Im so hyped for the pikmin 4 Video

[@Helloimadude]

Boulders were soo overpowered that we had to tell when we had them to our opponents

[@erbertvandesteen8527]

Yo FINALLY someone talks about this gamemode I have put hours and hours into battling my mom in this and we have had so much fun and I haven't seen it get the praise it deserves on the internet

[@realkingofantarctica]

When you beat her in bingo battle and she still isn't wet 🙄

[@kylelord_8573]

I’m excited for you to cover Pikmin 4’s. There was a tournament set up by Coney that was extremely exciting to watch

[@Kirbyster]

12:15 you can’t throw the pikmin up the slope because they are too far behind the captain. Still annoying though just waiting for the pikmin to climb the slope

[@anarkuu]

completely unrelated, but love the splatoon 3 music you put in the background lmao

[@amari648]

Man I can’t wait for that Wave 6 Video!!!🥳

[@greenstarfish]

Glad to finally see someone praising this game mode which it absolutely deserved. Such a shame they didn't bring it back for Pikmin 4. For what little gameplay I have seen of Dandoori battle seems like a definite step back. Imagine if they just made an upgraded version of Bingo Battle that just irons out the janky ass Pikmin fighting mechanics. That would've been amazing.

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

Thanks for the video

[@real_quotegoat]

I never realized jigsaw castle was so lopsided balance wise, which is a shame because it was by far my favorite map from the mode!

[@meatloofy]

i used to play this by myself and it surprisingly made really great memories

[@Kebbo1992]

My biggest problem with Bingo is that you need friends to play it

[@zsasha2004]

I've literally never played pikmin but still watch all these videos Iol

[@funnydotyes]

Cant wait for wave 6 vid!

[@pikminfan123_]

Hey, as a fellow pikmin youtuber myself, I just want to say some things. First of all, amazing to see pikmin being well treated by a big channel like yours. As I'm sure you know, we aren't that popular lol. Second of all, I really like your videos. It's clear you put a lot of effort into your videos, I can't even imagine how long it takes to make them. I especially like your pikmin (obviously), wii tanks, and mario videos. Third of all, your fan base really appreciates you. I know that as you grow to you feel less and less connected to your audience, but I just want to know not only do I appreciate your content, I appreciate you as a person as well. Thanks for taking time out of your day! -pikminfan123

[@tabbycar6741]

I remember playing jigsaw castle with a friend and we made rules that the person on the ground has to get the macaroon, and the person in the castle has to fill out their bingo board. It was really interesting and we played it a lot.

[@jacksonlovesnintendo]

idk I actually kinda like the broken boulder item haha it just adds this chaotic element of unpredictability to the game

[@starryfae]

when i used to play with friends or siblings, I would often have the rule where you tell the other person when you have boulders, just because it's SUCH a devastating ability on your opponent to just use out of the blue.

[@nakkipatukka123]

I remember playing the wii u bingo battle with my friend who had never heard of pikmin and he said it was super fun

[@mattb6522]

Yeah, Bingo Battle is insanely fun. I really wish it could have made a return in Pikmin 4! One of the most underrated multiplayer modes I've played.

[@LegacyGamermyry]

12:51 one time when the bulborb did a shake right when it died it some how shook itself off and landed on a pipe out of reach so no one could get it

[@DylBro101]

On the topic of throwing your captains around 4:00. It had one use in my game, if you throw a captain at newly grown sprouts they'll immediately start to pluck them

[@thomario8638]

This mode is special since I've been playing it with my dad ever since the game came out. Is the most fun I've had on the WiiU which makes me hail Pikmin 3 as the best game of the console and one of the best games of all time. Plus my dad is the best at this game, thus he is noneother than the legendary entity known as the King Pikmin.

[@JJSquirtle]

My first experience with Bingo Battle was an hour straight of my sibling pulling Boulders and causing me pikmin extinctions.

[@JJSquirtle]

I am still hesitant to give it another go

[@fat2717]

It really is peak though, been playing this for years

[@kaplisisdx8651]

Nice! Bingo battle is certainly more complex than pikmin 2 battle mode, with all the strategy involving the other player's card...They really put a lot of efforts on the maps, taking into account that the main adventure has like only 5 big levels... Sadly pikmin is not easy for everyone, so i couldn't enjoy it as much as i wanted...

[@Magic_Ice]

We stand the staring bulborb in the thumbnail

[@ambleeins_door]

i have played bingo battle TWICE. the first time i played a match was with a friend after we beat story mode together and they didnt speak to me for an hour after i beat them, the second time another friend played with me and i beat them on every stage.

[@bestgames64]

I do love myself any kind of bingo!

[@snowywoods.]

i wish i had someone to play it with again Image how amazing it would be to have online feature

[@404_nowheresnotfound3]

I want a game with is just Bingo Battle it's so good. I have so many memories with it.

[@tipmobe4764]

My friend an I used to have a rule, that once one gets a rock item form a cherry, the opponent would release their pikmin and go away from then, then he gets hit with the rocks, since they were just annoying

[@Bridgetfuller8791]

I want to play with my brother just to see him rage at the rain of rocks. Lmao

[@ScruffyAnt]

Best way to dodge rocks is to use the didge whistle, just press sideways om the D-pad and you'll roll out of range. the boulders are still broken, but its more fair.

[@Kneevirus]

Silok hawk season 3 never gonna die

[@moosescarf]

I absolutely LOVE Bingo Battle and wish there was an online mode. They didn't even make an online for Dandori (which is far inferior to Bingo Battle). I miss Bingo Battle so much!

[@autismandgaming4532]

I found the front facing bulborb in the thumbnail

[@ABitofEpicness]

You get it

[@pillowmint4622]

Pikmin 3's fruit makes me want to gorge on fruit.

[@childmanmanboi4916]

JUMPSCARE d by front facing bulb orb in the thumbnail

[@beybladerkgamer4700]

I just bought pikmin 3 i need to play this

[@randomkid6236]

Yo I can't help but notice how much Splatoon music is in this video (my dumbass listens to those soundtracks too often and now i recognize it immediately)

[@RatanHatte]

I never had the ability to play the bingo battle with others, but couldn't you just use the dogde whistle?

[@ChrisHinners008]

I wish they would bring it back in Pikmin 4. Dandori Bingo!

[@liamsg_]

Its about time

[@luigi64fan]

When I played the Wii U version, the boulders never did much. Haven't got a chance to play it on switch, but perhaps the boulders being broken is partially because of the pikmin being forced to stay a certain distance from the captain.

[@MagcargoCarrier]

The only good way to dodge boulders is hiding under the onion, but you can still lose up to around 20 Pikmin with this strategy.

[@gabrielwatson7537]

This guy gets it

[@andreworders7305]

20:25 thanks a lot Deluxe!

[@ColonialSun-mg6tq]

The rock item does have a counter just don’t have all of your Pikmin on you at once in bingo battle you can lose so many Pikmin in so many ways I like to keep at least 5 in the ground to rebuild at just in case

[@r221grace]

i wish that the 2v2 could have a 4 player option cause that would be so cool

[@BreaksBee]

true i agree i get moody fast when i use to play with my friend on WII

[@PedroGraca-cu7hk]

pvp and pikmin mixed a bit to well for my expectation

[@devinadams9043]

What I do with the boulders is I try to dodge it with the dodge whistle, sometimes it actually works😮

[@SuperPikminBros716]

I really like the Pikmin content, its very entertaing and sometimes learn new things about Pikmin while watching these videos, so I was wondering if I could make a video called "White Pikmin need a buff" based on your video, can I?

[@maker0824]

I love pikmin bingo mode! I’ve literally never lost at it lol

[@maker0824]

if you are wondering how its because I didn’t play against very skilled opponents

[@maker0824]

And they also didn’t want to play with me much because I won every time

[@Luke_the_goomba]

the most effective way to doge the boulders(in my experience I could be wrong) is to hide under the onion, does this work perfectly? no, but it will save some of your pikmin.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

It is usually safe, but a sidehit from a boulder can still nuke your team. Being realistic, rhe majn misplay js Dismiss and run

[@Luke_the_goomba]

@@furiouscorgi6614 yeah but that can take too much time, its still very effective though.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

@@Luke_the_goomba I forgor you can't Quick map Dismiss to dpad in 3

[@user-ls4if7zq8s]

My older sister always get mad when I try to fight her Pikmin, same with Pikmin 4. And also the items (especifically the boulder one or teleport).

[@FIamestalker]

My brother and I banned Rockstorm, its just too busted and has little counterplay. Since you cant turn specific items off (because Nintendo hates options) we'd have a gentleman's agreement to call out when we got the item so the other player could quickly disband their squad to make it mostly harmless.

[@gamersread2405]

I always try to dodge boulders by dismissing my Pikmin and moving.

[@Danominator]

I really should pick up Pikmin 3 one of these days...

[@markusdied5569]

the reason the boulder is so fast is because of the newly added dodge roll…. u just have to actually use it 😆👌

[@peterpeladon]

Did you make your own profile pic? It looks really good; I wonder what it was made in

[@silokhawk]

I did! The line art was done in Flash and then it was shaded in Photoshop

[@matthewmacfarland0]

12:20 i think the reason why you couldnt throw them up that slope is cus they couldnt catch up with you

[@ShyGuyXXL]

Speaking of the Medusal Slurker's name... It bothers the shit out of me that it has Medusa in its name, is first found with rock Pikmin in its stomach... but it DOESN'T turn Pikmin into Rock Pikmin.

[@YummyWiceCakes]

i think its called Medusal Slurker beacause Medusa is Jellyfish in spanish, and it looks like a jellyfish