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[Noipoi]

Except 3DS' Hey! Pikmin

THE WHOLE PIKMIN SERIES IS ON SWITCH NOW

 

[KingofPhantoms]

the whole Pikmin series is on Switch now

I might get around to it one day

Have you played any of the Pikmin games before?

 

[Noipoi]

Have you played any of the Pikmin games before?

nope

 

[cashregister9]

It's the funny page

 

[KillerCage]

John Nintendo: "Hmm, I wonder how the internet feels about Super Mario Bros Wonder, are they excited about the bouncy animations, the playable characters, new aesthetic? Let's take a look on social media!"

90% of social media:
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Have you play AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES aka "Out of Context: the Game"?

 

[KingofPhantoms]

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nope

Pick up the first game and see if you enjoy it.

Each game is a little bit different from the last, but playing the first one should still help you decide if you'll enjoy the rest of the series as well.

 

[TheMightyP]

Fun Fact: Through ports and backwards compatibility, Pikmin 1 and 2 are on every Nintendo home console since the Gamecube.

 

[Shroob]

Everyone

Go buy Pikmin 2 and find a cool place called the Submerged Castle.



There's a cool, secret easter egg if you hang around there for like a minute, trust me!

 

[Wario Bros.]

While they were still fun, I'm relieved that the "New" Super Mario Bros. series has retired.

4½ games with the last one coming out 10 years ago was a journey.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

While they were still fun, I'm relieved that the "New" Super Mario Bros. series has retired.

4½ games with the last one coming out 10 years ago was a journey.

I just hope people don’t start getting hyper fixated on Mario’s art style being weird and different every single time. People are praising the fact that this game looks different, and that’s good. But the next game doesn’t need to look completely different too.

 

[Shroob]

Can we all just give thanks



That the "Baas" are probably gone.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Can we all just give thanks



That the "Baas" are probably gone.

What’s wrong with the “baas”? I barely even noticed while I played and I played all 4 games. The few times I did notice I thought it was kind of cute.

 

[Shroob]

What’s wrong with the “baas”? I barely even noticed while I played and I played all 4 games. The few times I did notice I thought it was kind of cute.

Well ya see Snake, baa baa

It's just kinda like, baa baa

What I'm trying to, baa baa

Snake, help, baa baa

They won't, baa baa

Oh my god save, baa baa

 

[Dukefire]

Everyone

Go buy Pikmin 2 and find a cool place called the Submerged Castle.



There's a cool, secret easter egg if you hang around there for like a minute, trust me!

Sure.......I'll bite.

Spoiler: I can do it

Spoiler: Maybe not

 

[TheMightyP]

Everyone

Go buy Pikmin 2 and find a cool place called the Submerged Castle.



There's a cool, secret easter egg if you hang around there for like a minute, trust me!

Spoiler

Me watching every one of my Pikmin get literal steamrolled when all I wanted to do was some casual, fun exploring

 

[Noipoi]

What’s wrong with the “baas”? I barely even noticed while I played and I played all 4 games. The few times I did notice I thought it was kind of cute.

Objectively? They're inoffensive.

But they're so synonymous with the New Soup games and people want Wonder to be as different from them as possible. So y'know.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Nahhh man my friend just gave me some anime information i didnt wanna ****ing know

 

[TheMightyP]

Nahhh man my friend just gave me some anime information i didnt wanna ****ing know

Well what is it?

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Objectively? They're inoffensive.

But they're so synonymous with the New Soup games and people want Wonder to be as different from them as possible. So y'know.

That’s a fair stance to take. I just don’t mind.

Also Arlo made a video about not thinking Charles Martinet is voicing Mario anymore based on the trailer clips from both this and the new Wario game and I’m like “why did I watch this whole thing”.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

I think I realized why The Flash movie didn't use the Amazons vs Atlanteans. They realized people would have applauded when Amber Heard gets beheaded. pic.twitter.com/o7EwpTVqyb

— Mr.Bug (@buggy_con) June 22, 2023

Would’ve been the best scene in the movie

 

[Shroob]

I think I realized why The Flash movie didn't use the Amazons vs Atlanteans. They realized people would have applauded when Amber Heard gets beheaded. pic.twitter.com/o7EwpTVqyb

— Mr.Bug (@buggy_con) June 22, 2023

Would’ve been the best scene in the movie

Is she ok

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

This is such an incredible sentence why did no one mention it pic.twitter.com/MlJLjv1x8K

— FalKoopa🌈 (@FalKoopa_) June 22, 2023

So why is the announcer for these Nintendo Directs so redundant?

 

[Zinith]

Boo

Your fate is in the hands of RNG

 

[Guynamednelson]

Your fate is in the hands of RNG

I need bottom text!

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Everyone

Go buy Pikmin 2 and find a cool place called the Submerged Castle.



There's a cool, secret easter egg if you hang around there for like a minute, trust me!

Current generations will never understand the sheer fear that level instilled to all who played it growing up.

 

[Noipoi]

This is such an incredible sentence why did no one mention it pic.twitter.com/MlJLjv1x8K

— FalKoopa🌈 (@FalKoopa_) June 22, 2023

So why is the announcer for these Nintendo Directs so redundant?

Nintendo probably requires them to be as precise and specific as possible, so kids don't get confused about the games.

 

[Lamperouge]

This is such an incredible sentence why did no one mention it pic.twitter.com/MlJLjv1x8K

— FalKoopa🌈 (@FalKoopa_) June 22, 2023

So why is the announcer for these Nintendo Directs so redundant?

What are they trying to sell me again

I didn't quite catch it

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Is she ok

Amber Heard still has her 2 roles in development (Aquaman 2 and some other movie called In The Fire), but idk what she’s got afterwards. Afterwards, idk what she’s got happening…both professionally and especially personally

also Flashpoint Wonder Woman was beyond cold blooded. ****ed her man, killed her, and then killed her man before the universe died

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Who else would be up for a Pokémon Legends game set entirely in Ultra Space about the Ultra Recon Squad and catching Ultra Beasts.

 

[Shroob]

Current generations will never understand the sheer fear that level instilled to all who played it growing up.

Me first playing Pikmin 2 be like

 

[Dukefire]

While young, I just couldn't play pikmin 2 for a long while after see it and most of my pikmin were dead.
In other words.....

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Obama had a lot (even more once the 3D games and spin-offs are added in)

 

[Shroob]

Who else would be up for a Pokémon Legends game set entirely in Ultra Space about the Ultra Recon Squad and catching Ultra Beasts.

Fanbase is hella divided on Ultra Beasts so ehhh.


Kinda feel like Paradox Pokemon did their concept better while also being more immediately popular.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Fanbase is hella divided on Ultra Beasts so ehhh.


Kinda feel like Paradox Pokemon did their concept better while also being more immediately popular.

But paradox Pokémon are just robot and caveman versions of existing Pokémon! You’re telling me a whole game about exploring alien dimensions and catching alien Pokémon wouldn’t elevate the concept to peak execution?

 

[Shroob]

But paradox Pokémon are just robot and caveman versions of existing Pokémon! You’re telling me a whole game about exploring alien dimensions and catching alien Pokémon wouldn’t elevate the concept to peak execution?

I think that's kinda the reason Paradox Pokemon are as popular as they are. They're simple and recognizable.


While I like Ultra Beasts, a lot of them are really over-designed and really do give off "That's not a Pokemon" vibe, like Xurkitree for example, which is actually just wires.

 

[Noipoi]

But paradox Pokémon are just robot and caveman versions of existing Pokémon! You’re telling me a whole game about exploring alien dimensions and catching alien Pokémon wouldn’t elevate the concept to peak execution?

Turning preexisting Pokemon into dinosaurs is cool, actually.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Turning preexisting Pokemon into dinosaurs is cool, actually.

Except they didn’t. They just gave them crazy hair and wild eyes.

 

[Shroob]

Except they didn’t. They just gave them crazy hair and wild eyes.

Donphan's an elephant.


Giving it hair makes it a wooly mammoth.



Also, Walking Wake is literally a veliciraptor.

 

[Z25]

I'm hoping it's still coming down the road.

Not providing people a 5 year old prequel that was on a console's final year would be a really terrible idea.

The movie follows the general over arching story minus its ending.

But you still miss out on a lot from there. So yeah it would suck if they didn’t bring the first one back.

 

[Noipoi]

Except they didn’t. They just gave them crazy hair and wild eyes.

Alright, you've done it. You've activated my character design card.

All the Scarlet Paradox forms are intentionally meant to give the Pokémon dinosaurian traits, mainly long tails and spikey jagged bits on their bodies.

Obvious examples include Great Tusk and Slither Wing:

They both take their respective inspirations (Donphan and Volcarona) and change up the body types to give them spikes and spines, sharp teeth, and more reptilian tails. Slither Wing's eponymous wings are even meant to mimic a typical dinosaur sailfin, like a Dimetrodon or a Spinosaurus.

Sometimes they have to get more creative though.

Scream Tail's long ponytail with its frayed hairs are once again supposed to mimic a spiny lizard tail. Sandy Shock's whole body is constructed like a rudimentary dinosaur-shaped thing made out of trash, it's especially obvious if you look at it from the side. It's tail is the long metal coil sticking out the back, and all those sharp magnet filings make up the spines.

Walking Wake is perhaps the most obvious example. They literally turned Suicune into a velociraptor.