How Pikmin was Saved by MEMES. 

Merry Christmas Everyone, Have a happy holidays!

How to build an IP: Step 1: make a pretty good game that gets a cult following. Step 2: don't give them a new game for about a decade Step 3: they become feral Step 4: announce new game Step 5: the feral fans give you loads of free advertising with memes

Pikmin 3 Deluxe is secretly the best multiplayer puzzle game on the market.

as a veteran pikmin fanatic, i can confirm all of this

Its crazy to think that there are people who played pikmin after seeing olimar twerk on times square

I’ve supported the series since pikmin 2 wii version came out. It’s been wonderful to see it grow so much. The wait for pikmin 4 was soul crushing back in 2019.

Funnily enough, I actually got Pikmin on Christmas Day, I had never played Pikmin 1,2, or 3. But had decided that would be a nice gift to have, I have to admit it is a cool game and is enjoyable since I didn’t expect so much in this game. Especially the varying types of Pikmin(so far my favorite is ice Pikmin since it stops enemies from ending all my Pikmin). I do hope Nintendo continues making Pikmin since I think this a game many people can enjoy.

I remember watching videos of the times Square takeover truely a magical time

This video is really well made! Thank you for making PIKMIN content because that’s all I consume

I can Recall that one of my friends asked me what all of that Pikmin fuzz was about lol

Pikmin is so important to me. I played the first two games on Gamecube when I was a child and it was always one of those things that I enjoyed by myself. Not exactly a bad thing, but it was always something that other people were completely uninterested in. It brings me so much joy that people are giving all 4 main Pikmin games a chance and they're loving it just as much as I always did. 2023 was truly the year of Pikmin.

The roblox game Pik-min wip brought me into the community. When I saw it in a video, I was immediately interested in it's colorful and charming appearance. Not long after, I found out about the release of Pikmin 4, and I instantly ordered it. After playing a few minutes of the game (not including the tutorial and the ID badge creator) I had a few faint memories about me discovering the franchise as a child. I had a blast playing through all the games. Now I'm a certified fan!

Before pikmin 4 announcement on september : *pikmin fans sleeping* when game is announced : *EVERYONE WAKES UP*

Great Video Bean love how you talk about the series humble beginning and rise of Pikmin 4 I remembered the pikmin because of chuggaaconroy playing the second and third game and made me a fan of this great franchise

Ain't no way you've only got just over 400 subs, this video was really well made, well researched and entertaining! Definitely convinced me to subscribe!

The quality of this video is wonderful, I have always loved the pikmin series as one of if not basically the first Game I ever played, and it's always stuck with me since. I'm glad that the franchise hasn't been forgotten and is finally getting more content ( not counting hey pikmin or that one mobile game )

glad to finally find more pikmin fans! love your videos dude!

As someone who is a long-time pikmin fan who grew up playing the first game (wii motion plus edition) with a friend, i was mind-blown of how internet enthusiasts could advertise the fourth mainline game at new york's times square, and some gaming archivist on the internet + many other long-time fans helped outcasters to buy the game (I am from Denmark btw, only about 10.000 in copenhagen whould check it out in stores) but hey pikmin is not really "nerdy" compared to franchises expireinced by under a million

I started drawing pikmin every day after the first teaser for pikmin 4 was released. At some point I had to stop because I went on a hiking trip and when I came back the very first thing I saw was the times square takeover Im always impressed by this community

I got Pikmin 1+2 HD for Christmas. So, playing through Pikmin 1 now and it is rather fun. My first time trying the franchise

And now we are all begging for dlc because nintendo is milking pikmin for ads

I can tell that your channel will skyrocket

(Hey pikmin is getting a sequel, TOTALLY and 200% sure and real and if not I'm gonna chew my food)

Appreciate a great video about pikmin ❤️ keep it up!!!

Pikmin 3 is older than amiibo

i’ve been in the r/pikmin discord server (the zoo) for a while, and i will say that memes are definitely very foundational and influential to the community, and somehow even in drought the community is strong

Fans of Pikmin since years and years and i'm reallt happy this video exist

honestly im so happy that Pikmin is finally gettign the love it deserves

I still love when the fans hacked New York because my friend was there for a week and that was the same week he saw Fiddlebert, and he now talks about it every now and again

Only 450 subscribers when your making amazing videos like these? That’s just heard breaking, you deserve a lot more then you get now.

"Pickmin is the most underated games of nintendo" Super mario 3d land rn

Keep up the great work!

How do small RU-vidrs make such good videos, this is awesome

Really nice video! I hope you make more!

Im so Glad that im one of few People who played pikmin sins my childhood, know im 21 and im so happy to have Nostalgia to such a beutiful franchise ❤️🌱

Excellent job on this video! It was really well put together and polished, as well as very engaging! You got a new subscriber! :)

Easy proof that memes can always help

Bro I was 3 when I frost played Pikmin I started with Pikmin 3 and I sucked at it my dad needed to help me throw them and after 5 years I beat all games and knew there were going to be no more Pikmin games so I left after 3 years I came back and wanted Pikmin 4 so bad 3 days before my birthday Pikmin 4 was announced my sister said it was coming out and there was a trailer I got mad at her and called her a lie we also used to laugh at fake Pikmin 4 game trailers then I looked it up and I found it I never cried so hard in my life and I beat Pikmin 4 3 times in the first month god I love Pikmin to see it get the love it deserves is so nice

Pikmin deserves more respect 🥺

My first pikmin game was 3 Deluxe. I got it on release but couldn’t beat the final boss so I gave up. But then later in 2023 when Pikmin 4 was announced and all that stuff I decided to replay it. Fast forward to now I have all pikmin games on my switch and have beaten all but 2 so far.

Damm pikmin 4 was the game thatade everyone discover the series, wild. Honistly thought it would stay underrated

I was one person who first experienced pikmin in pikmin 3, on wii U no less!

Pikmin is peak? Add min to the end of “peak” PEAKMIN!

BRO STOP BEING UNDER RATED >:(

4:47 lol when i wus 10 i played this and loved it now ive played all the games

Great video! You did a really good job going though the history of the Pikmin series, but I feel that you left out a big part of Pikmin history and Pikmin meme history by not talking about the Pikmin 2 modding community.

You mean its "actually PIK" (HhahahbdkshskksskksvjHHhhahhahhaha GET IT PLS LAUGH) also #JusticeforHeyPikmin

Pikmin isn't one of the most underrated Nintendo franchises. It's *the* most underrated Nintendo franchise. And it isn't even close.

Pikmin a Game That Had alot creative Things Was a big success

👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏you got me moving to tears man😂😂

if this isnt the last game in the series then maybe we will get pikmin 5

Honestly, pikmin 4 is what I would recommend to new players, I recommend the others if they want to play the other games.

pikmin gives me hope for titanfall 3 a wee little bit

How do you keep coming out with banger after banger!? Merry Christmas dude, you’re gonna hit 1k

This story of success is enough to make a grown man cry... Buuuuut I am not exactly the manliest man around so I might not be the best example

7:10 ay im part of the 401'000!

Honestly its no surprise how Pikmin sniped a game award. I’ve always wanted to try a pikmin game but I never had a system for it and I didn’t want to try hey pikmin because of the horrid reception it got. I’ve played the Pik 3 deluxe demo but I was broke at the time. One day when i had money for it I decided to play 4 and it was the best financial decision I’ve made in a while. Its unique, fun and silly and definitely a breath of fresh air from sweaty multiplayer games and the grind of Anomaly Level 300 in MHRSB

Pikmin was not saved by memes, it was saved by the community getting hyped when Pikmin 4 was announced. They then used memes to spread the hype

Why does this guy not have 100ML subscribers

PIKMIN ONE AND TWO AND PIKMIN THREE PIKMIN NEW PLAY CONTROL FOR THE WII

Whats that one peace alph on the thumbnail or title

There’s also another important part of Pikmin’s popularity surge on a similar topic. During the Reddit protest basically every relevant Nintendo related subreddit went on lockdown as part of a platform-wide protest against removal of useful mod tools. One of the only relevant Nintendo subs that didn’t go on lockdown was r/Pikmin because: 1. It was funny as hell and 2. Because it was mostly to take the piss out of how horribly 90% of the subs on lockdown were handling their protest. Most of them straight up announced that they would only protest for 1 or 2 days as if that was going to do ANYTHING. Because of this the member count of r/Pikmin shot up drastically from all the silly pikmin memes that were getting shoved into their homepage because all the other Nintendo subreddits people would normally see were on temporary shutdown, making tons of people become quickly introduced to the series who would’ve normally never touched it. Including me. Conveniently, this all happened within the same few days as when Nintendo released Pikmin 1 and 2 on switch and started really pushing advertising so now all of these people who were seeing nothing but Pikmin posts on Reddit daily were now seeing it outside of Reddit and now had an easy way of getting into the series from the start. Not to mention the first Pikmin Times Square appearance was started by an r/Pikmin user who announced they’d be putting a Bulbmin on there a day or two before it went up, which picked up a lot of traction before it was even on there in the first place encouraging even more people to do it. That Barminheimer Twitter post also got a whole lot of people asking about Pikmin as well, so that also happened conveniently with Pikmin 4 coming out at the same time as two big movies. Same with another Twitter post that encouraged everyone to change their pfp to Olimar on as many websites as possible. So basically I would’ve never gotten into the Pikmin series if it wasn’t for an awful Reddit protest because I had never played one beforehand and now I’ve 100% all of them (except Hey Pikmin. Might pick it up sometime who knows) I’d like to imagine Pikmin series is just so awesome that everyone around the world went to go get involved in it as soon as possible but honestly a lot of stars aligned here. Really glad they did though. edit: oh shoot I don’t remember typing that much. Even I’m not reading allat 🗣️🗣️

My art in the thumbnail… 🤓

I am picking the min

Good video! I like Pikmin!

Ps you did a Great Job 👍🏻

It wasn't really saved by memes 🤨🤓. It was saved cuz everyone was excited that it was finally released

I have all PIKMIN games for Nintendo switch😃 I LIKE PIKMIN

Mega man fans are craving. Be greatfull, Pikmin fans.

Pikmin is the best game ever better than Mario and everything else except Kirby

peakmin

CAN WE GET MUCH HIIIIIIIGGGGGHHH EEEERRRR

Peakmin moment

Bro didn't talk about bulbmin

its peakmin

pls which are the names of the songs playing in this video?

why do you have less tha 10k subs ????

Pikmin Is amazing

895th subscriber

Hey pikmin is not a bad game

buborlb ❤

2d ago

Ngl, dint liked the thumb meme 👍