Creepy Time Limits 12 - Pikmin 2's Submerged Castle 

Don't worry, Sapiens doesn't mean it's related to humans, but that it has intelligence

Olimar's log on the Water Wraith: -going into full scientific detail about how it's likely a hallucination and a fearful species- Louie's log on the Water Wraith: *"Inedible."*

Water Wraith: **chasing the Pikmin** Pikmin: 😄🎵🎶

I just realized: The Water Wraith, on the floor when you fight him, the Pikmin don't seem to actively attack him and rather stare blankly when he's in invincible form. Only when you throw the purple Pikmin to make him physical do they actually run towards him. Maybe like the game said, he is in a physical form somewhere else or a hallucination ? Can the Pikmin even see the Water Wraith in that form?

The swarm of bees droning getting faster and louder made me laugh for some reason. Maybe because it's the game way of saying "will you just die already?!"

I know this detracts from the scariness a little, but you can evade it by hugging a wall. It chases you on a series of set routes that are always down the middle of hallways, so as long as it’s not making a turn or getting stuck/bumped by something, you can use the whistle to squeeze your army against the wall to be perfectly safe until it’s a safe enough distance for you to book it.

It’s amazing that a channel that talks through text keeps my interest more than channels where it’s all about talking. Love the stuff man.

As someone that has done glitchless speedruns of 1 and 2, I’ll defend caves. I argue that they switch the focus of the over world (mostly time with some resource) to underground’s focus of resource over time. You need to maintain your troops to successfully pick up every treasure in one go, staying aware of the restock options present and what the best course of action is. It provides a nice mix to the gameplay, bad layouts not withstanding. There’s a reason it’s my favorite of the trio.

FYI: _Hey! Pikmin_ has no time limit at all. There is no time limit for being in stages and no limit on number of days.

The pikmin " " "lore " " " completely revolves around the water wraith too, as it appears in various forms throughout every game (He's even the final boss in Hey! Pikmin.) It really adds to the mystery, makes me think that one video about the Umibozu might not have been so far-fetched.

The Water Wraith Always thought who were the people at Nintendo that were like, hey, let's scare all the kids and make them never 100% the game...

These stuff are scarier in those "Kiddy" games, because you never expect it.

1:44 Truly one of the Fastest Characters in Gaming Ever

The wraith time limit is 5 minutes. I always use a timer app on my phone and reset if I run out of time. Useful for no-death runs.

I think the reason the waterwraith is so much scarier than stuff in a lot of survival horror games is cause it hits you with a secret weapon. Loss of control. By the time you get to the submerged castle you likely feel you’re pretty decent at the game. You’ve gotten all the pikmin types, cleared a good amount of caves, seen all the elemental hazards, faced off with a few big scary bosses. Maybe you’ve even seen bulbmin before and know that they make caves they’re in a ton easier. And then this… thing drops from the sky, and you’re told in no uncertain terms it is invincible. The music flares to dramatic boss music and you’re left with two courses of action. Run, or find out for yourself that the thing is in fact invincible. All that experience you have and control you’re used to is ripped out of your hands and tossed into the trash. Meanwhile in a lot of survival horror games, you never get to actually FEEL like you’re in control of the situation, not until the very end at least. This is because the game devs know that if you have too much control over a situation, the “horror” part of “survival horror” goes away. So when this shit happens in those games it’s more of a “oh a new scary monster appeared out of nowhere again, better run away again”

The water wraith has it all unique unstoppable until you gain the power to fight eerie cave lore, and theory's and overall one of the most tense areas in the series no wonder it's known by the pikmin community also the treasure you get was thought up during pikmin one's early development, and is probably the most useful treasure in the game

is it me or the shape of the level 1:20 spells LubLub

I saw the title, I saw the thumbnail, my first thought was "Oh god, he's going to talk about the water wraith, isn't he?" I hate it when I'm right

Its back…

I could never play pikmin, i'd be sad at every single 1 dying

Oh, the Beady Dong-Legs of Pikmin 2? P.D.: OH NOT THAT ANYTHING BUT THAT

*GUESS WHO'S BACK*

"Amphibio" meaning amphibian and "Sapiens" meaning sapient or smart.

Dang it Git, you should have included the ghost from Spleunky! The way it moves toward you is terrifying.

1:19 Did that level spells "Lub Lub" ? also that water dude from Pikmin 2 looks like a bean guy when you throw a purple pikmin on him...

“My favorite cave and part of the game is the submerged castle” You monster...

I don’t know if this would count, but I always thought the Mimi chase scene in Super Paper Mario was really creepy

My first encounter with the wraith was awful. I’m a hardcore Pikmin fan so I knew about the wraith when I was playing. So when I went into the submerged castle, I knew what to expect as I wasn’t doing a blind play through. However When I went on the first floor...... I didn’t know he spawned on the first floor. When he spawned I was shocked as I didn’t know that, but I didn’t care as I knew all the tricks to avoid him. However when he dropped down as he spawns in a random location. I noticed something familiar. There were 2 geysers, a little pond, and an egg..... the same egg I was trying to break...... The water wraith spawned right on top of me. Killed almost all my Pikmin. I was also to make things worse doing a no-death run. So that was icing on the cake. Wonderful experience with the submerged castle.

Now here we are again 4 years later with the water wraith being in pikmin 4 Even has the same layout in the cave too

Water being calm and happy? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Clearly you’ve never played any water horror games or seen what’s in our ocean

Pikmin 2 scared me a lot as a kid, gave me nightmares.. The day time limit was the definition of anxiety, and the creepy music in the underground sublevels kept me on edge, and the fear of all your pikmin dying due to one stupid mistake or a boss killing them all. The game still creeps me out a bit today, but I love it. Can't wait for Pikmin 4.

0:37: 'Oh jesus, its the Grim Rapper!' I remember the Ninja Bros. games always had a super powerful enemy show up if you took too long to finish a battle. Of course if you manage to beat it the XP reward is huge. There are also invincible ghost tigers that show up in Demon Sword for the NES. The Reaper in Persona is probably the modern day equivalent.

I just witnessed this mad lad enter the cave with 90+ pikmin and killing a fiery bulblax with no sprays.

Ah, the Waterwraith. What an experience it was the first time I saw it. It really does well sending fear through players when it appeared. Pikmin 2 was one of the best Gamecube games I've ever played. I continued playing it even when I've got everything.to make up my own stories.

Pikmin 3 has it's own time limit as well, albeit one you can extend by finding fruit since the Drake has it's own oxygen supply and the Koppaites just need more food. Also there's the Formidable Oak where the Water Wraith's more fearsome and dangerous relative the Plasm Wraith, the creature responsible for all crash landings on the planet that also is intent on keeping Olimar until he perishes, resides and will chase and devour your pikmin if you try to take Olimar from it.

The swarm of bees in Crystal Castles reminds me of the bees in Super Mario Sunshine for some reason. I feel like I'm the only person who got genuinely scared by the bees and the beehives in SMS, while for everyone else, it was the eel and piano in SM64.

Something similar to this would be the reaper from persona 5, staying on one floor too long will spawn him in, and fighting it is basically an instant gameover

One thing I found most useful for that cave was cheesing him (he can't make some turns or enter some corners) and making multiple runs. As long as you grab at least *one* treasure you're good, so you can make shorter runs per floor to avoid having to deal with him at all. Finding and leaving someone at the exit was also very helpful.

i really liked how you scripted this video. you did a good job of explaining the rhythm of a pikmin 2 dungeon to those unfamiliar with the series, so that they understand the terror of this dungeon specifically.

I like the theory that if the Waterwraith is real, then it was likely protecting its nest as there's an egg in its boss room.

I think it's more satisfying that they get afraid than making it vulnerable

Can't believe Waterwraith used the Splatoon rollers before Splatoon was a thing.

Damn...I've never played Pikmin and this video is giving me anxiety just by watching it!

10:28 a Pikmin in singing the Luigi's Mansion theme

Bentley bear: IM FAST AS FUCC BOI bee swarm: IM FASTER THAN FUCC BOI

TBH Pikmin caves would work if they'd implement a day/night system where you can stay outside at night, but aside from there being a day limit to make that actually matter, more dangerous enemies and even roaming bosses could appear at night searching for food, that way they can keep the timer rolling inside caves instead of making it dissapear. That being said, long caves would be extremely stressful this way, remember Hole of Heroes? Or how about Dream's Den.

The invisible guy looks like an eggplant

When I first saw and faced the water wraith as a kid I was scared out my skin and knowing that it was invincible made me feel worse!

I like the way how Olimar gets chased by a dangerous creature who can at any time crush half his squad and kill him And Has been shot several times by the man-at legs and the president is just like:You guys are lucky while you are dilly dallying i have to live under a bridge!

I would like to hear many examples of instant kill enemies that appear when taking too long, then feeling of death following you in pyshical form is known to cause anxiety, maybe. So was that creature real to begin with?

Your commentary really brought me back to old 2007 youtube thanks lol

There are also the Pumpkin Ghost (can’t remember the name) enemies in the Snow Bros. series... They can be killed, but they don’t stop spawning...

Hell yeah. Bubble bobble scared the shit outta me as a kid.

I can't wait for a whole new generation to meet Wheels! >:)

The Waterwraith returns in Pikmin 4, and it still lives up to being the scariest enemy in Pikmin, but they nerfed him significantly from the second game due to him not actively chasing your Pikmins anymore, opting for following a set path instead.

yeah the sunset is always stressful in pikmin,cause sometimes you do loose track of your pikmin and depending on what happens some can be left behind or all of them,boss battles to that can cause the extinction of pikmin and oh no,can't forget the water rollers (my name for the water wraith) they will hunt you down and ruin your day and your good mood

i like pikmin 2, thu dungeons have no time limit but the difficulty is spiked up alot, its basically telling you "oh ok in exchange for no time limit, the dungeons become your purgatory"

Pikmin 2 has very beautiful music

As soon as I saw the thumbnail I knew it'd be the Waterwraith. I've lost almost 200 of my Supreme Leigon to that foul creature.

He terrified me as a kid, the music still creeps me out and him showing up makes me loose my shit and panic

The water wraith is literally just a transparent minotaur.

There is no escape.

The only video on youtube comparing pikmin and dead rising

Can we talk about how Louie tried eating that thing

God, I recognize the Submerged Castle music all too well, and I haven't even played and Pikmin ganes before

Forgot this was a pikmin video for a hot second, that intro was weirdly high quality and in depth.

What type of legend is able to kill a Fiery Bulblax with no bitter spray and somehow gets no deaths?

I’m guessing Nintendo heard the fans that wanted time to not freeze upon entering caves, so when they brought it back for Pikmin 4, they made it so time moves at about 1/6 the pace that it usually does while you’re in a cave.

Child of the fourteenth century: when I grow up I will be ... Black death: 9:37

IT returns…

Everybody gangsta till the Water Wraith drops down from the sky

Water Waith for smash

Commenting before I watch the video: I'm gonna watch this at night. What could go wrong? Edit: I'm legitimately glad you didn't actually show Pikmin's bad ending. It is actually creepy.

me and my mom used to play pikmin 2 alot, she was doing submerged castle and got to floor 5 but quit cause she thought it was gonna be like the last 4 floors lol

it's like a video from 2009, but *well made* and in 2019 ! I'll watch some more of your videos before deciding if I subscribe or not, but dude if it's all that charming I definitively belong in your subs !

The waterwraith, responsible for why I trust my gut

This level scared me as a kid.

Hey pikmin from what I can remember has no time limit

i am not happy with the fact that i had to fight at least 4 of these in pikmin 4. i get one is technically optional but like.. jesus christ. let me 100% the game in peace (i did end up killing them. the sage leaf trials waterwraith was annoying as hell though)

Have you played played Persona 3 or Persona 5? There's an incredibly powerful Shadow known as The Reaper that shows up if you stay on a floor of Tartarus and Mementos too long. Like the Water Wraith, you'll be notified of The Reaper's arrival, but you won't know the location.

It only took a thumbnail and title to know EXACTLY what this video would be about

I love the progression. Floor 1: Why's the music so creepy? Floor 2: What the fuck is that thing!? Why is there boss music on the second floor!? Why did they add horror stingers to it!? Why did the boss spawn while I was just sitting here getting treasure!? Floor 3: Where did it spawn!? Why is it killing the other enemies!? Why is it doing donuts right where I need to go!?

this music is true fear just like someone turned fear into a song and then sprinkled it with eerieness

I really like your channel.

We definitely need a Pikmin 4 episode of Creepy Bad Endings (the sequel to Creepy Bad Endings #35) & Creepy Time Limits. I'm not going to say why though, because they're spoilers.

A while back I dropped two and a half tabs and timed it so that I'd play this level when it climaxed because I knew it'd be exhilarating. It's not impressive or anything but I planned on getting every treasure regardless of if the water wraith appeared in a floor with as few pikmin lost as possible. It was a journey. I never really noticed how the stage hazards leading up to the wraith are designed to inhibit you until I played it that time- I thought it was really neat and it gave me a greater appreciation for the level than I already had. Sometimes I feel like the designers were just throwing things together on some floors but this is easily one of the most thought-out caves in this game It was probably just the trip but I also began to see the water wraith's mechanics as a sort of antithesis to the edge the pikmin give the captain- any freedom over the environment and the advantages it brings is taken away from you as you are confined to literal corridors and a steam roller (maybe I read into it too much, but the ship mentions if its form is anchored in another dimension in the first encounter and the water wraith's levels literally take away a spacial dimension, forcing you to run either forwards or backwards, until you fight him in a wide open arena where he's easily avoided). Every time he appeared, the most terrifying thing was keeping an eye in his general direction, knowing he could roll over half of my pikmin in five seconds while I carried treasure. I'd usually be left with maybe two treasures per level by the time he came- I was hustling at the start of each floor and bit the bullet when he came I remember there was one point when I realized one pikmin was alone in the middle of the map- I was so scared the wraith would roll over him and while I probably could've just ran to the geyser in the same amount of time, I decided that olimar was no coward, so I ran to call him back as fast as possible. I think that moment taught me a lot of the things I respect in a leader to this day lol I didn't really think much of the ending of the fight, but it did make me realize how terrifying the pikmin must be if they can overwhelm enemies just as quickly as the wraith can flatten them. Honestly, it made the environment feel all the more organic knowing that for a moment, the captain is not the apex predator. I did wonder why the water wraith flattens everything in its path, and I can only imagine its killing seems just as senseless to me as the captain's must seem to every creature you've slain thus far I finished the submerged castle having collected every treasure in one go, met the water wraith on every floor he appears, and I came out with 73 remaining pikmin (not including bulbmin) and a newfound sense of appreciation for the game thanks to this level. And acid. I had also forgotten that I saved the castle for when I cleared my debt so I was treated to both some nice visuals in the last cutscene, plus the gut-punching louie's lost scene, so that was fun too

Childhood me: damn this cave is pretty easy 3 Mins later: OH GOD OH FU- HALF OF MY PIKMIN GOT INSTAKILLED AAAAA

THAT DARN BEAST CAME BACK

I'm also reminded of the game _720º._ It was released for arcade and the NES, but also had ports of the Amstrad, the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64. Basically, the purpose of the game was that you had to compete in these skating events by going to one of four various locations while skating around to them in a hub area. Whenever you weren't in an event, a bar counted down the time remaining for to get to one. If time ran out, there would be this huge "SKATE OR DIE!" message accompanied by a swarm of killer bees. Once the bees showed up you still had a small amount of time with which to get to a park, but the longer you dilly-dallied the faster the bees became until they were unavoidable. Getting caught by the bees straight up ended the game.

7:03 Best music in the Pikmin games! I’m a sucker for horror music.

That swarm of bees is the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

Wait until we dive into the Umibozo theory

try home run contest. NOW THAT IS-A ONE SCARY TIME LIMIT-A MEATBALL!

Pikmin 4: Hello I would like to bring back something from here.

I played hey! Pikmin and I can confirm that it doesn’t have a time limit and instead consists of side scrolling stages

I was engaged the whole time. Really liked the video.

I remember being absolute fucking terrified of the Bubble Bobble Whale. Jesus Christ, that thing was scary.

WUUUUU JUUUUUUUUUUUU! A NEW VIDEO! I LOVE´T!

Louie ate some of the Water Wraith too, so make theories about that if you will.

Good for you as pikmin 4 yes brings back caves but time passes slower in the caves