Hey Pikmin is Pointless

In my opinion, without the context of Pikmin 4, Hey Pikmin is actually a good (but flawed) game

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I think hey pikmin is the one that’s low key a chill guy and doesn’t give a freak

Bye pikmin

Am I the only one who didn’t find Hey Pikmin bad and considered underrated

FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONS THE CRUMBUG PROBLEM
I WAS NOT CRAZY

Still better than Pikmin 3 story mode somehow.

this was my first pikmin game lmao

Never underestimate the sheer hatred people can display for innocuous media just because it wasn't what they wanted it to be.

I got hey pikmin as my first pikmin game. It put me off the franchise for a few years. I finally gave the franchise a second shot when pikmin 4 came out and I am glad I did.

Hay-min

Before anyone accuses me of being a new Pikmin fan--no, trust me. I've been one since before Pikmin 3 even came out. I've seen the hype cycles for 3, I've seen the hate for Hey, and I've seen the dry longing wait, and the grand return for 4 as well.
However, I've always felt like the hate for this game is way too overblown. I agree with the video the Crumbugs are by far the worst part of the actual game and the 100% being tedious (still did it), but a special mention to some of the lag and bad framerate in a couple stages (notably the rain drop stage). But I've never felt like the game was deserving of this "it RUINED pikmin" energy and damning outlook.
It's a spinoff that takes a couple of the core elements of the series (exploration in the sense of the "wow!" factor, the typical Pikmin and throwing them/calling them back) and tries it out in a vastly different gameplay style, a 2D sidescroller. It isn't meant to be this grandiose game. It isn't meant to be the main series, so of course not every element you find in a traditional Pikmin game is going to translate to it such as a focus on the strategy/management aspect. It's a cute game more on the Pikmin meant to be more of an "experience." That's why the cutscenes are like that and frequent. I'd say it succeeds on that front.
It's just, not an offensive game. I think people expected far too much out of a late 3DS spinoff due to the legendary status of the first three games, and then wrote the game off immediately for being different, or for looking kinda mediocre before it even got a chance.
I wouldn't say Hey Pikmin is really anything worse than "decent" but I also wouldn't really call it too much better than that. It's about a solid 6.5/10. A decent time with some solid ideas held back by some issues and a lack of a drive to go above and beyond much. But people treat it like a 2-3/10.

Nobody ever played the game and it wasn’t even that bad for my point of view compared to pikmin 3

I remember having a dream a few months before Hey!Pikmin was announced about a 3DS traditional pikmin game..... It had button controls and took place at a shallow little pond with tall grass in the water and rocks and female shear grubs around the shoreline. It also had a few cans without bomb rocks. I remember that vivid dream stuck with me..... When I first saw the trailer of Hey!Pikmin, I cried......

Hey pikmin makes Pikmin 4 so much worse than it could have been

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It would've been more fitting as a free iphone game like Run Mario or Flappy Bird.

Still better then pikmin 3

I feel like people act like hey pikmin killed the franchise when in reality it's just a harmless 3ds game

I feel like this would have fucked as a GBA game

As one of the 7 or 8 Hey! Pikmin fans on the planet, I can definitely agree with a lot of what was said in this video. This game was ultimately a victim of bad timing which forvever ruined any chance it might have had, but at the end of the day, it's really just a harmless spinoff with a few surprisingly neat elements. I also enjoyed it more than Pikmin 4 and the original Wii U version of 3, so take that as you will. (Seriously, when even the 2D side-scroller spinoff has a Piklopedia/Treasure Hoard but not the third mainline entry, something's wrong there.)

Oh, and by the way, I actually got all of the deathless medals because I always challenge myself to beat a Pikmin game with zero Pikmin deaths. I'm proud of it, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I was about to argue that this is in fact a bad game, but you covered it at the end. Going for 100% was awful. The awful hitboxes really brought down the whole experience for me. And the unskippable cutscenes just brought it down even more. Also doesn’t help that I felt like I had already played this game before and it was called Kirby Mass Attack.

To be fair, 100% completion doesn't unlock anything substantial like a cutscene or a different ending so yeah... I was kinda hated that but that's maybe a blessing in disguise because it means I don't have to 100% it every time I replay it.

I forgot Hey Pikmin existed so I thought you were just trashing the Pikmin series

I 100% deathless this game.


I almost wish I could do it all again but my 3ds is on it's deathbed.

Ah, yes, the horrors of the Pikmin series. Water Wraith, Smoky Progg, Crumbug

I'm kind of reminded of Starfox Adventures, where the biggest problem is the game not really feeling like it belongs to the series it's pulling from.

"Well Arlo didn't single-handedly cause the downfall of Hey Pikmin"

I don't know... Arlo is pretty damn influential, kind of like Scott the Woz is. You know how many Amazon reviews of Chibi-Robo Zip Lash mentions "Scott the Woz hates this so you should too!"

I've cracked the code, pikmin + pokemon fans...

PIKMIN = EEVEE

Blue = Vaporeon
Red = Flareon
Yellow = Jolteon
Pretty obvious, right?

Purples = Espeon
Not only are they porpor, but if Espeon were in the previous games, and if you pik 3 Purples were in the previous game, THEY'D BE THE STRONGEST.
White = Umbreon
In the beta, Umbreon was a POISON TYPE
Rocks = Glaceon
As Vsauce explained, ICE IS A MINERAL! LIKE ROCKS!
Pinks = Leafeon
Where do you find the pinks in 3? SURROUNDED BY LEAVES!
Ice = Sylveon
FAIRY IS THE COOLEST TYPE!


So what does this mean?
Well, the Glow pikmin is a green ghost , yknow what else is green?
LEGENDS Z-A!!!
GHOST TYPE EEVEELUTION FOR Z-A AAGAHAGGAHAVAGAHAGHA

Hey pikmin
Who pikmin
Hi pikmin
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I would have given the game a chance if purples and whites were in it

Hey Pikmin can be summarize as a painfully mediocre game which some may say is worse than being bad

He may be shit but he is my shit

I mean I personally loved hey Pikmin

As someone who actually has 100%ed Hey Pikmin, I actually never found the Crumbugs a massive issue (with some exceptions cause some levels they are a pain, but not to the extent as some others)
My main strategy is to just not throw like a maniac and pray they hit them, but instead back up a a bit when you see one and take your time to adjust your shot. Afterwards then throw one at them. Doing so makes them much easier to deal with and in turn getting the deathless medals not as much of a hassle (they still suck ass though, I love doing deathless runs for the mainline games but this one really tests your patience)

hey pikmin probably has my favorite final boss of the series, berserk leech hydroe my beloved

i personally like hey pikmin
go ahead and argue

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Hey Pikmin is a game i never played, so i have no opinion on it

I made it to level 2-B, got bored and haven’t played it since

Honestly it seems like babies first pikimin game... Which is fine given how the stakes are with the mainlines games and the fact most gamers are afrid of mantory overarching countdowns... Like imiagne Skyrim with a majora mask style "time remain" macnic would it be as popular? I highly dodut it given most people ignore the kmian story enterly... Not saying Pikimin should have the timers that force a story reset... Because they are not rougelikes they should have an option to disable it. Any way I think that Pikmin whould massively benefit from spinn off given how long they take to develop likely from low funding to scope. So spinoff pikimin games with fan favoit elements even if it's just astects can be successful likely more thne the mainline games bare an Animal crossing new horizen mircle... Like imiagne a 2D sidecholling tactical mertovania? Or a monster hunter pulp adavture game? Or a sandbox survival strategy game? Like pikimin spin off have potantian to push genre boundies... I'm kinda surprised that nintedo/Fans has not done anything with the IP but the same gameplay repacked in new games. Kinda makes me feel Nintndo has no idea what makes a pikimin game 0or how to make a cinsitnt story across multi games although that is nothing new for nintendo.

Kirby is the only side scroller who does the "stupid no backtrack door" right, because they signal it
Wow, turns out just putting a fucking signal that you can head back does wonders, HUH?

Don't forget the reason why everyone was mad about this game is because Nintendo kept taking beloved franchises and just not making them the same way anymore. For example paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion etc

Hey Pikmin! would have actually done decent if it was a Metroidvania.

Three-DS not Tree-DS Dumbass

Kinda reminds me of Star Fox Adventures and Chibi-Robo Zip Lash.

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