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 Pikmin 3 Pikmin is a Nintendo IP that was first created for the Gamecube and launched in Japan on October 26, 2001. The game was originally designed as a tech demo of sorts: Pikmin demonstrated the Gamecube’s processing power by having hundreds of little moving objects, each with their own rudimentary AI, and displaying them in-game with no frame drops. While not terribly impressive by today’s standards, this was considered to be a massive step forward in game programming at the time. Pikmin is a puzzle strategy game with combat elements: you controlled a character named Captain Olimar, and your mission was to use the Pikmin to help you reassemble your destroyed ship so you can leave the planet and return home. Pikmin 3 introduces three new characters altogether, each of them playable at the same time, but the core mechanics persist: command the swarm of Pikmin to do tasks such as carry objects to locations; build bridges; tear down obstructions; and attack enemies. However, you have a time limit. In Pikmin, you had a maximum of 30 days to complete your mission in reassembling your spaceship and escaping the planet; in Pikmin 3, your time limit lasts for as long as you have provisions. Run out of food, and it’s game over. The LP This is going to be your fairly standard post-commentary LP. I had never played any Pikmin game before this one, and I only played it once, back in 2013. And I loved it. I thought it was an incredible game. I had an idea to do an LP of Pikmin 3 for years, but I only have the means to try and do it now. Pikmin 3 tallies how many Pikmin you let perish over the course of the game once you complete it. Tangentially related, my mother has been struggling with a disease called Scleroderma for the past couple years. It’s a nasty disease that I won’t go too into specifics on in this post. Scleroderma itself is not fatal and it is treatable, but those with it are at high risk for heart and lung failure, so I'm dedicating this to her. For every Pikmin that I let die over the course of this LP, I will donate one dollar to Scleroderma Canada.  Donators: Zanzibar Ham: One dollar per 10 dead Pikmin, rounded up (so, 21 dead Pikmin equals $3 donated) Lustful Man Hugs: One dollar per 5 dead Pikmin Videos:                           
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Well, I for one am here to see my good Octatonic fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jan 19, 2019 |
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Jan 19, 2019 02:55
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Pikmin 3 was a fairly novel entry in the series, but I kind of felt it was a step back compared to 2. Has some of the best food textures ive ever seen through.
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Jan 19, 2019 08:43
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This is a great thing you're doing! I can't afford too much, so once the LP's over I'll donate a dollar per 10 dead pikmin rounded up (so say 21 dead pikmin is 3 USD), with a minimum of 15 USD so you don't feel bad if you end up playing too well. I'll look for an international group that mainly battles Scleroderma, but if I don't find one that looks trustworthy I'll also send it to Scleroderma Canada.
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Jan 19, 2019 16:48
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Zanzibar Ham posted:I'll look for an international group that mainly battles Scleroderma, but if I don't find one that looks trustworthy I'll also send it to Scleroderma Canada. If you find any, let me know and I'll put a link to it in the OP!
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Jan 19, 2019 17:51
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Louie was Olimar's coworker, not son. The story of Pikmin 2 is that Louie sucks and nearly bankrupted the company they work for until Olimar brought home a treasure that could be used to pay off the debt so they get sent back to Earth to get more treasure. Additionally, the Rock Pikmin are basically re-balanced Purples as the latter and Whites are only in the multiplayer. The reason I say re-balanced is because the Purple Pikmin are completely OP as Mugiwara Yoshi demonstrated in LP of Pikmin 2: https://lparchive.org/Pikmin-2/ Lastly Olimar and Louie are from a different planet from our protagonists called Hocotate. Koppaites and Hocotatians are aware of the other's existence with Alph referring to Hocotatians as "treasure-loving vegetable-eaters" and that meat rarely gets eaten on Hocotate There are also physiological differences as for one thing, Koppaites are able to breathe oxygen which is incredibly toxic to the Hocotatians. Koppaites are also only capable of metabolizing a substance called Piktamin U. It is explained by Brittany that Pikpik Carrots do not contain Piktamin U which is the reason why Hocotate Freight, the company Olimar and Louie work for, could not help with Koppai's food crisis. Fortunately, the massive fruits found on PNF-404 contain large amounts of this substance Chimera-gui fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Feb 3, 2019 |
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Jan 19, 2019 18:29
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Maple Leaf posted:If you find any, let me know and I'll put a link to it in the OP! I found two big international groups, one is the Scleroderma Research Foundation (based in the US), the other is the World Scleroderma Foundation (based in Switzerland). I'll look more into them as the LP goes, but right now I'm more inclined towards WSF just because while SRF has a wikipedia page, it seems to have been written by some representative? Has more of an ad-article feel than something informative, which bugs me a bit. But it's considered to be very trusted by Charity Navigator, if that means anything.
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Jan 20, 2019 02:23
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Chimera-gui posted:Louie was Olimar's coworker, not son. The story of Pikmin 2 is that Louie sucks and nearly bankrupted the company they work for until Olimar brought home a treasure that could be used to pay off the debt so they get sent back to Earth to get more treasure. I could've swore it was that the President of Olimar's company nearly bankrupted the company. Everything else is completely new information and also way more lore to the series than I was aware of.
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Jan 20, 2019 06:41
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I love the pikmin games and their wordplay, but PNF-404? That's a bridge too far for me
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Jan 20, 2019 06:41
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RareAcumen posted:I could've swore it was that the President of Olimar's company nearly bankrupted the company. Everything else is completely new information and also way more lore to the series than I was aware of. I remember there being a big shipment of carrots that louie ate instead of delivering or something to that nature. The boss just took out a silly big loan on a spaceship. e: Upon reviewing the intro, louie "Ran into space rabbits that ate his load of carrots" and the loan was solely for the shipment. FoolyCharged fucked around with this message at 16:36 on Jan 20, 2019 |
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Jan 20, 2019 16:30
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I'll donate a dollar per 5 dead Pikmin, and if I get more stable employment soon, I'll leave an opening to upgrade my donation. In either case, keep up the LP; I loved this series.
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Jan 20, 2019 17:04
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FoolyCharged posted:I remember there being a big shipment of carrots that louie ate instead of delivering or something to that nature. The boss just took out a silly big loan on a spaceship.
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Jan 20, 2019 20:21
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Scalding Coffee posted:Did you see the whole game? I honestly dont remember the ending.
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Jan 20, 2019 21:18
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Spoilers for Pikmin 2's secret cutscene, I guess: After beating all challenge mode levels without deaths, you unlock this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhCpA4fJ8g0 --- Pikmin 3 is good, but I guess one minor complaint I have is that it feels more "video-gamey" than the first two, if that makes sense. Most of this is done in the name of gameplay improvements, so I can't complain that much. The glowing ring around the onion at sunset is less realistic, but actually knowing the boundaries of the safe zone is such a big improvement. Another thing is in the previous games, you could only throw pikmin directly next to Olimar, and if they didn't arrange themselves properly, you could end up throwing the wrong type. In Pikmin 3, the colour you want will teleport into your hands, less realistic but so much more convenient. Something I won't miss is in the first game, pikmin could trip, which was cute and gave them more character and individuality, but it suuuuucked Pikmin is very near and dear to my heart and I could write a lot of words about it if I thought anyone would read them
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Jan 20, 2019 22:05
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Yeah, that's about right. I remember the game giving a bunch of wink, wink, nudge, nudge hints about it where it was clear the dude just ate the shipment. Never knew they flat out said it though.
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Jan 20, 2019 22:12
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FoolyCharged posted:The boss just took out a silly big loan on a spaceship. More specifically the President attempted to take out a loan with a company called "Happy Hocotate Savings and Loan" to cover for the lost shipment of golden Pikpik carrots only to find that he had accidentally taken out a loan with the company just next door, the "All-Devouring Black Hole Loan Sharks", which forces him to go into hiding.
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Jan 21, 2019 06:33
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I have since looked up how to use the lock-on feature
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Jan 21, 2019 19:49
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That fruit there is called a Pitahaya, also known as a dragon fruit (hence its name in the game). I've eaten some we got as gifts from a family that grew them. Tasted good, but we didn't feel it was worth the relatively high price it has (had?) over here.
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Jan 21, 2019 20:24
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The continents in Pikmin 3 are specifically based on Pangaea Ultima, a theoretical landmass 250 million years in the future. There are comparison images, but they contain spoilers for future areas. Actually, I can't seem to find an easy answer for this: would the flower pots and such in Pikmin last millions of years without degrading? There are clay figurines from ~25,000 years ago that are still in good condition, but would 250 million years be too much? (I know it's an aesthetic choice and not about realism but hey) (Alternatively, this is Earth 250 million years later and humans are extinct, but humans only went extinct relatively recently before the events of pikmin  )
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Jan 21, 2019 21:00
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As long as it is undisturbed clay can stick around for an exceptionally long time.
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I've watched the Pikmin 3 LP by zfleeman on here, and by Chugga. But this is Maple Leaf, so I may as well watch Pikmin 3 a 3rd time. Speaking of which, you can get your gamepad modded to have a capture card built-in, allowing you to record your gamepad as well as the TV. Not sure how much it costs though.
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General Revil posted:I've watched the Pikmin 3 LP by zfleeman on here, and by Chugga. But this is Maple Leaf, so I may as well watch Pikmin 3 a 3rd time. Speaking of which, you can get your gamepad modded to have a capture card built-in, allowing you to record your gamepad as well as the TV. Not sure how much it costs though. I figured I could, but it is absolutely not worth it at this point; the Wii U is a dead system and I'd be getting the mod for a glorified 2D map. I think I'll just pass on this one, haha. Also, that's actually quite a lovely compliment, thank you!
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Jan 22, 2019 09:18
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I'm not surprised a Nokia candybar survived eons past humanity's demise, but I am kinda impressed that it still had a (tiny) bit of a charge left.
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Jan 25, 2019 04:02
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I don't quite understand. Brittany and Alph eat vegetable and fruit juice, too. Why are they dismissive of vegetarians then?
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Jan 25, 2019 14:49
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From what I understand they only eat fruit, not vegetables.
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Jan 25, 2019 15:30
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drat frugivores, always looking down on people with other diets
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Jan 27, 2019 18:37
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That fruit that you're confused about is a kumquat.
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Jan 28, 2019 04:34
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Oh, hey, that's a fruit that's got a decade+ old reputation on these forums. They are pretty tasty though. If you ever want to explore the world of obscure-to-North-Americans fruits, poke around any asian or otherwise international grocery place you can find, and not just the produce sections either. There's a bunch of central/south american companies putting out frozen whole or pulped fruits. I'll tell you right now: - Tamarillos are basically extra-tart tree tomatoes with a tough rind and additional tropical fruit flavors. - Purple Mombins are like miniature mangoes, including the huge wooden seed inside, so don't go chomping straight into them.
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If those grapes didn't have seeds, the question would be how did the plants survive so long? Something to note though is there is a way to raise "new" plants from an old one using this process whose name I forget whereby a section of the old plant is taken out and planted, and then that part grows into a new one, or something like that. I don't remember if it works with every plant or not though, I bet less resilient plants don't take well to it. e: okay, my mother says that for that process to work it needs the plant to be able to grow new roots from the cut part
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Feb 3, 2019 18:50
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Zanzibar Ham posted:e: okay, my mother says that for that process to work it needs the plant to be able to grow new roots from the cut part Yeah, taking cuttings works for some plants. Probably the most well known one is spiderplants, they're pretty resilient so a common school activity is to grow one in class and then give cuttings to all the students. I believe most vine plants (among others) can do this well, including grapevines, which is why stuff like kudzu and virginia creeper can be so difficult to remove; you leave a leaf behind and it takes root and grows again.
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Feb 3, 2019 19:01
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Considering the last game was about Olimar going to some planet and collecting stuff to sell, it was probably less 'Oh this is a key for a new-ish ship' and more 'Ah good, more items to sell. I'll make my quota soon enough at this rate' There's not really any way to discern items that've been on the planet for a while vs those that're new, since most stuff isn't rusting or degrading in any way.
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Feb 3, 2019 21:05
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Citrus Pumps are actually tangerines and were a treasure in Pikmin 2. Also it's called a Vehemoth Phosbat and is the adult stage of the little Phosbats running around. And said before while Koppaites are able to breathe oxygen, the oxygen levels of PNF-404 are three times higher than that of Koppai's meaning that our protagonists are in danger of Hyperoxia which can be fatal without treatment.
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Feb 3, 2019 22:30
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Which prompts an interesting question, how do they smell Charlie through their helmets?
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Feb 3, 2019 22:36
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It's a very strong smell.
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Feb 3, 2019 22:42
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Lack of filters other than scrubbers taking out extra oxygen?
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They don't wear their helmets, but they do wear their suits, when they're on the Drake. That can't be too easy on them.
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