Is Pikmin 2 The Perfect Pikmin Game? - Review 

Pikmin 3 easily has worst pacing thanks to its linear story progression

Agreed, Pikmin 2 is what I hope the next main series game is like.

but bombrocks...

lego motion I'm not a huge fan of the sub level cave thingies though, but I might have to agree non the less.

Pikmin 2 is one of the rare games where I could just read flavor text about enemies and treasures for an hour and still be entertained. The world has a sense of charm that I don't think Nintendo has ever managed to reproduce.

Pikmin 2 is my favorite, though some of the sub levels are hella whack. Between the levels with like 5 dirigibugs, dropping bombs and volatile dweevils, mazes with endless death abysses riddled with things that could buck your pikmin off the map, and I think like 6 enemies that could literally kill all your pikmin in an instant. I'm glad some things didn't carry over to pikmin 3

bobafett177 me too, his quality has certinly improved and as a pikmin enthusiasts myself I'm glad to see him do well.

Same

He is the only reason why I didn't go insane while waiting for pikmin 3

bobafett177 watching Dazz grow his RU-vid channel is great.

bobafett177 same

I 5hought the first one was the shower room

My homie🙏i recognised them all too

Also, I agree with you that electricity may have been slightly too harsh, but you have to admit it's better than in Pikmin 3, where it literally can't kill your Pikmin but only stuns them, thus making Yellow Pikmin necessary only for puzzle solving.

Pikmin 2 isnt the best pikmin game for sure

I mean honestly, no matter how good the music was you couldn't pick out what area theme it went with, because it was interchangeable.

@@ninjdraw8305 Bruh, if you're going to make dumb claims use a comment and not a reply. And don't leave the claim baseless without reason.

@@lamegamertime oh no I have an opinion with reasoning but I didnt want to waste explaining why AHHH ATTACK ME. Just because I didnt give reasoning doesnt mean I cant reply stupi. Its an opinion and I could share it the way I want to moron and it seems like you dont respect my opinion which makes you sick. Sure, you can disagree but you cant call an opinion dumb since the opinion has to do with something subjective...dummy

Facts, facts, facts, and finally facts.

Based

nat pain especially the forest of hope music. It's amazing

Travlers of the Stars i think the addition of extra enemies after a certain amount of days was to add that time limit pressure (so yeah they are punishing you for taking long, just like the first game did) but it really isnt effective at all. i think the devs realized that coming off of pikmin 1, people are going to expect it to be the same game and tried to add some kind of time pressure but failed in creating the same feeling. Also pacing in a pikmin game doesn't make since to me since there is no story to advance as you're given the one goal from the beginning and how you achieve it is up to you. I think one complaint could be that the day cycle can be interrupted completely by really long caves but you could always just do them near sundown. with the added caves the whole day limit could have been removed but it remains to keep the constant sense of productivity within each day and keep the sense of accomplishment. this game tried something new with its approach and instead of just making a bigger pikmin 1 (because we all know pikmin 1 is way too short) they shifted the focus on a more open and exploration based game. the caves added soo much to this game to make it give it so much more of a rounded experience and it just wouldn't have worked with any overarching time limit. also pikmin 3's time limit disappears after a couple days when you collect more fruit than you'll ever need. sorry for the long ramble comment, it's late and i love talking pikmin

I've always been pro Pikmin 2 when it comes to this. Both sides have good points but I've always felt that Pikmin 2 is the best balanced of the trilogy. Pikmin 2 always gives you the resources to approach things in a different manner. The combo of above ground sections and caves rarely left me with a "Waste Day" (Which is something that Pikmin 1 & 3 falll into sometimes imo) All 3 are excellent games but I think Pikmin 2 has the most to come back to.

Some Guy i agree. the best thing that pikmin 2 offers is its variety in gameplay. It's like a zelda with a day system. Zelda is great for the the combination of overworld exploration and awesome dungeon crawling--pikmin 2 is the same way.

Personally, the only time I found the time limits to hinder me was my first playthrough when I was in my early teens at the latest where I failed to meet both their 30 limits. Taking a break after my first playthroughs of each game, when I came back, I easily beat the first game in 20 days and can now do it in 14 or less, though my copy of Pikmin 2 stopped working so my first playthrough is my only playthrough sadly, or at least my only full playthrough. Now, what's with the long anecdote here? Basically, I don't feel much of any pressure at all from the time limit and I doubt most adults would. Alongside that, for the younger audience that wouldn't be able to finish the first game, they will at least be able to play through the second game and if they aren't able to meet the 30-day goal, then they have something they can strive for when they replay the game. I also loved that the game didn't just end once you meet your goal. I would have loved to have the extra stuff that you have to do in the second game after you pay off the debt in the first game.

If you really want a challenge, set a day limit for yourself. I could get every treasure in 10 days when I really pressed myself (and used the reset button in caves >~>;).

GoldenHawk X No. they are building up hype for pikmin 5.

Also I can't be the only one who's gotten white Pikmin in the submerged castle right?

Mew2King's Marth that was either a glitch or a hack

wrecker lawson Nice, have fun with it

Pikifan4 IndigoCobra57 Hole of Beasts level 3 and Citadel of Spiders level 2

Yes I know this video is years old

Daniel Alexandru Patac I'll be glad to inform you on some good news then, because Dazz said he'll be streaming Hey! Pikmin when it releases. So I imagine he'll review it.

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White Pikmin I think I like pikmin 3 more.

dusknoir64 Riki disagrees with this, most traps, especially bomb rock traps, are very generous in giving players plenty of time to react and escape from the danger. Boulder traps are difficult to avoid but still very avoidsble from. Riki think there are 2 specific examples of traps being bullshit, and those are Withering Blowhog traps in the Submerged Castle, and the Spotty Bulbear trap in the Hole of Heroes. Both of these are extremely dangerous enemies which literally fall out of the sky and can instantly deflower or kill a Pikmin

That would be true. If not for the fact that these traps can, and do get placed near enemies. And while this can help in killing the enemies sometimes. There's also the problem of the bumbling snitchbug, which can take away that control very easily. And this of course is without even mentioning enemies knocking Pikmin around, or even when the bomb rock gets up and starts chasing you down because it's a bomb dweevil. Even the strategy of running ahead with just a captain won't work for all of them, as some traps are actually programmed to only trigger when Pikmin are with you. And I didn't even mention the falling rocks before. Those might even be more bull. They are often placed in places where movement is limited, such as the areas made of nothing but long pathways. And I still say the whole idea of the traps isn't player friendly because like Dazz said in the review, there's no consistency to what will and what will not trigger these traps. Some work only when there's Pikmin, some work without, sometimes a large enemy will have a trap near them, sometimes they won't. There's no tell beforehand, and it would even moving around in dungeons frustrating even if you somehow knew the game inside and out well enough to know just how these traps are spawned and how they're placed every time, due to constantly having to stop, back up, and then go after the bomb, or falling rocks, or whatever else, is done.

dusknoir64 Damn, you wrote an essay. While Riki definetly see your point, most of the time (played this game as an 11 year old) Riki never have a problem with most traps, even near snitchbugs of either type. However Riki forget to mention 1 more bullshit type of trap, traps that only activate when pikmin are carrying something back to base or digging something up, worst in Bulblax Kingdom and Cavern of Chaos. These traps, especially when they are bomb rock/dweevil traps, make you need to baby pikmin back to base, and restrict multitasking. But Riki never once have issues with traps around enemies, but Riki can see how people have issues with traps around enemies, especially difficult enemies to deal with like Bulbears and Blowhogs (Withering and Puffy specifically).

Sorry about how long that was. I tend to go on a while when the subject is video game design. But you actually reminded me about those ones that only work with Pikmin carrying things back. I actually completely forgot those. Those are probably the ones that go against any sort of logic the most. Because I can't think of any sensible reason why the developers put that in a game where they want you to multitask. You aren't supposed to babysit your Pikmin 24/7 and suddenly they want you to keep a close eye on them just in case a rock who gained a perverse sense of sentience decides to fuck you? That just seems like a dick move more than anything. However the enemy I recall falling bomb rocks being the biggest problem around was the Gatling Groinks, because if I am remembering this correctly, their attacks can actually trigger bomb rocks. Not to mention with them regenerating after death and the previously mentioned traps, you can just get bombed while you expect your Pikmin to take care of that death goldfish.

Honestly, traps are some of what makes Pikmin 2's caves feel so unique and threatening compared the above ground areas, and as an avid Pikmin fan (as if my name wasn't a dead giveaway already), I personally found those tense moments of uncertainty to be one the list of the games' biggest strengths. The randomness of them and the fact that you can't simply plan for them adds excitement and chaos to the game, which is exactly what a Pikmin game should have. Looks cute and peaceful at a glance, but then all hell breaks loose. I love it. The contradictory nature of that is what makes Pikmin 2 so amazing in my opinion. Pikmin 3 by comparison has little to none of that. Whether you're a veteran or a novice at Pikmin, the hazards and traps will always shake you to your core and reward you for playing cautiously, but punish you for being careless.

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