Scruffy Plays Pikmin 4 - Episode 10
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2023
- Pikmin 4 is here! And I'm recording my playthrough so I can chronicle my thoughts and reactions as they happen!
This is an episode packed with two full caves, a Dandori challenge, nearly every last item in the game's 2nd area, and a much smoother night mission! There's a lot to see in this one!
Music used at the dedication at the end is an excerpt from "Lament" composed by Malcolm Williamson, performed by the Northern Sinfonia. - Ігри
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The pikmin developers really want new generations to receive that 3 in 1 childhood trauma package with these returning enemies and mechanics
Tch! I eat wraiths for breakfast now.
Like the creeping chrysanthemum 😖 I can never look at a flower as pretty background anymore in 2 or 4
I've never seen a content creator so vigilant for his fans, it's very admirable. I'm sure no one would complain if you didn't do things like a notification sound for your updates or helpful adjustments like that, but the fact you do is valued very much by all of your fans.
I love having an "editor's note" sound. Stephenplays does the same thing, and it's nice when I'm not always looking directly at the screen.
same with chuggaaconroy where its a sound from Earthbound
PlayFrame uses a Switch menu click.
@@pokechatter oh yeah I forgot about them
Leaving Oatchi to protect a luminkoll will be basically essential on the later nights, I'm afraid. But if you max out his chomps and health, he'll survive basically any creature that comes near it. Besides, you can always switch to take control of him :) He's such a good, floofy boy
Additionally, the glow pikmins have the (completely non-tutorialized by the game) effect of instantly teleporting to your active leader, so even if you leave Oatchi on his own, switching to him WILL give him control over all the glow pikmins you currently have, even if the player character is on the other side of the map !
iirc the game at a certain point will give you this ability so he doesn’t have it as of this upload
@dylanthomas856 He does if you watch the vid
You know, something I don’t get is that the in game text says that you can destroy Smoky Progg eggs before they hatch, but there’s usually like literally 5-10 seconds of opportunity, so such a narrow time frame makes it seem impossible
@@keithtorgersen9664 reminder that scruffy isn't that far into the game yet so maybe don't put such spoilers here without a warning :)
This game really is a giant love letter to Pikmin 2, only with significantly less contempt for the player
Dandori Challenge is Pikmin 3 callback and (spoiler mode) is a big Pikmin 1 vibe
I love it, but it might be the Masochist in me who wanted the game to treat me with more contempt lol
It manages to be a a love letter to Pikmin 2 while also… rebooting Pikmin 2 out of the canon? 😋 (Pik 2 is one of my fave games of all time, and Pik 4 was so good, I kinda somehow don’t mind as much as I otherwise would’ve)
scruffy i’m glad you took a little break before this episode because i’m sure pumping out feature length episodes isn’t easy
It was also his birthday a few days ago.
Aw it's a shame that scruffy didn't change his color to Shnauz's right before talking to him. If you don't know scruffy, there's secret dialogue for each character if you change your character to look exactly like them.
"It's not that I'm letting my guard down" *Immediatley runs into a Burrowing Snagret*
Jokes aside, I'm really enjoying the series!
Not sure if anyone’s mentioned it, but everyone, even the castaways, are named after dog breeds. Obvious ones include Shepherd (specifically German Shepherd, since her name is Erma), Collin (border collie), Russ (Jack Russel Terrier), Schnauz (schnauzer), Dalmo, (Dalmatian).
also isn't beagle a dog breed
Not to mention your player character, who may not be *named* after a dog, but tirelessly works like one
Don't forget about Dingo!
OMG I never noticed that!
There’s also papillon for Yonny. Some other breeds that more spoilery characters reference include Doberman, Yorkshire terrier, and spaniel.
17:20 my friend was playing pikmin 4 for thefirst time and wasnt careful around the blowhog, he lost 27 pikmin and almost cried (this is his first pikmin game)
Truth. Was exploring a cave, one of the factory types that you can fall off the ledges, I stunned a blowhog and my Pikmin were hammering away. But I didn’t anticipate the angle in which the blowhog bucked them and they ALL flew off the ledge. It was the first time all my Pikmin died, and it was brutal.
Because this episode took a while, I've actually been inspired to become a Pikmin fan and I'm half way through the first game now.
Hell yeah. How’s that going?
@@loafusloaufusboboafus8971 Took a break from the game
But I know now that my favorite character is Louie
That was the best timing for the mama snagret to pop out.
edit: ....and then he figures out how to kick down the bag youre normally supposed to circle back around for. 😂speedrunning strats
If it's possible, it's dev intended and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. :)
Putting Oatchi on Lumiknoll duty makes him your last line of defense. He'll probably technically get into less battles. And here's a hint about the larvae... The holes they're coming out of are dirtmounds like you're familiar with!
hey scruffy, I want to say that the quest of making new pikmin and blooming flowers dont end. dont be like me spending several days trying to complete the quest
I love it how Scruffy is so happy every time he does two things at once, or Dandori!
I didn’t know you could freeze the foolix while it’s still in its defensive gooey form. At first I thought it was the freeze on death effect that ice pikmin have, but after rewinding it I realized that the pikmin count never went down, and the ice effect went up gradually on the foolix while the ice pikmin were inside its goo. There’s even a unique line of dialogue from Collin about breaking the ice to free the pikmin inside.
Psst, wanna hear a cool trick with the candypop buds?
If you charge Oatchi into them after they'e spat out their pikmin, the Pikmin will be plucked in mid-air! The timing window is surprisingly generous, so try it out when you have the chance. It'll come in handy for some of the tougher Dandori Challenges you will be faced with in the future.
woah really?
This might not be a feature but a bug, as there is code to pluck grounded Pikmin when oatchi rams into a wall to mimic squeezing Pikmin out of something by bumping a side of the ground their planted in and it gets confused with head bumping candy pop buds
@@stanley8006 I guess it considers the pikmin "grounded" in the candypop bud until it lands on the floor proper, so when you bump into the bud it thinks that the pikmin is being plucked by shaken from the sides
You got the same reaction is did when finding all the teacher: Why did so many people take Olimar’s SOS signal as an invitation? And why would you bring students to an unexplored, uncharted, dangerous planet???
Still though, Mika’s dialogue can be a bit of a mood.
Honestly, it was probably the school's idea
@@thoopsyif I was the teacher I would blame the students, possibly because they all democratically wanted it and voted for it for the adventure
What I find amusing is how absolutely everybody crash-landed into the planet with seemingly no exceptions.
@@stanley8006I'm not sure if that's how it works, though, at the end of the day, you as a teacher would have the last word to say no to that, *and* the duty to keep your students safe on field trips, especially on unexplored planets where they're in incredible danger
Well the pikmin series is a world where the average joe seems able to afford a spaceship and space travel, much like we can with cars and planet Earth. So people exploring new planets doesn't seem that farfetched. Of course, PNF-404 seems to have some kind of supernatural being or phenomena that makes people crash, which is unfortunate for everyone investigating Olimar's signal.
That little ringer for on-screen notes is pretty nice. These videos have been a great background noise to vibe with while working on other things, so knowing I won’t miss any little messages like that is very refreshing. Keep up the great work!
So the bulborb larvae actually spawn infinitely in night expeditions until you destroy the burrow they're popping up from.
I would really like a episode including Scruffy look through all the treasure he finds and read through all the treasure note! :D
It would be so relaxing when we can go through the memories of collecting them all……🥰
As always, loved the episode and hope we can see more of your good work!
You can fast travel to an NPC by checking their ID card. Helpful to remember when you have a bunch of castaways.
Really appreciating that the episodes are getting longer, and it's always so heartwarming to see you gush over the game's scenery and music. It's always a pleasure to see someone being so happy playing a game !
And I appreciate you looking out for your viewers that much, I actually watch the episodes while working or drawing, so that little audio cue for the editor's notes is pretty nice !
As a side note, I just wanted to talk about that night mission you did. The larvae actually spawn endlessly from dirt mounds across the map that you can destroy with Pikmin or Oatchi to make them stop spawning. That actually make night expeditions where they appear significantly easier (I destroy those on sight because I HATE the larvae with a burning passion)
It means a lot that you put so much thought into making your videos accessible and safe to watch, with the notification sound and the warning about oatchi going down previously. I think it's a big factor into why these videos feel so comfy to watch and i just wanna give you props for it and say thank you ❤
Now I'm gonna get my snacks and settle in to watch properly 👀
Fun fact, If you talk to someone while looking exactly like them, they will have different dialogue
1:39:40
1:40:58 timestamping scruffy’s yonny voice because i love it, it’s genuinely so perfect for him
ARGH. This is tearing me apart. I want to play this game but I don't have the money but at the same time I want to watch him.🥺
I understand the pain well, friend, you’ll get the game soon enough
Check your local library. Many of them do have up to date Switch games.
@@keithtorgersen9664 what do you mean?
@@FunnylolmemeIIIYou may be able to rent some games from your local library 👍
@@FunnylolmemeIIII don't know if this applies to Europe, but a lot of libraries in the bigger towns and cities have video games as part of what you can borrow
One cave single handedly giving scruffy trust issues.
This game is awesome 🤣
I never knew you could freeze that boss by just letting Ice Pikmin get caught in it!
I assumed that freezing it was the only option, I didn't notice it had a tail to pull lol
Just Letting you know Scruffy. You can enter caves until the 10 second countdown and the red area of the timer represents the HURRY UP!!! Warning which foes not lock you out of caves!
You can set the night missions radar to rotate with your character, which can help with not getting disoriented.
I can't wait to see how he'll handle splitting up *Spoiler Area* cave (the really long one) into videos
I commented on someone else’s thread about the secret dandori challenge being the stuff of nightmares, but I wonder how Scruffy will deal with it.
I love that the episodes are getting longer, this playthrough will be an excellent sleep playlist LOL
Also I appreciate the editor's note sound effect very much I didn't even know you were making editor's notes. Oops
By the way, the bulborb larvae don’t count as creatures, but their spawn points do. I’ll leave what that is for you to discover during your nightly expeditions.
coupel of tips based on yoru nightmode playing:
I find swapping between captain and oatchi and being on opposite sides of the map works best for me,a nd i pause frequently to look at the map. enemies that are actively hunting the lumiknoll flash, where as inactive enemies jsut. exist.
another thing is the bulborb larva do not have to be infinite! if you go to their source, you can cut them off and keep them from surfacing. it makes it so much easier.
I’m forever entertained by the voice you give Schnauz. I love it! 😂😂😂
33:50 "It's not that I'm letting my guard down."
_A miniboss would like to know your location._
1 hour and 40 minutes??? We eating good today.
Edit: also serene shores next episode (:
Agreed Mr. Breadbug
This comment was in an older episode! And I don’t like you doing this but ok!
@@Luigi_bros4321oh sorry.
@@justarandomperson5557no continue, for I am the evil side on your shoulder
can't wait for The Horrors
Almost two hours of Pikmin?? That's a lot of Dandori to cram into just one day! I'm also genuinely impressed with your vocal range for trying to give each of the castaways a unique voice. I find it very inspiring, personally!
I hope you read the voyage log at some point, either on camera or off camera as there are some funny entries like about collecting an onion you already have.
Made a soup today. Green onion and garlic, sauteed in a pot with olive oil. Added chicken broth and let it simmer (Low-Medium). On the side, I added small amount of soy sauce, sesame seed oil, chili oil, and mirin to a bowl, and cooked a slice of bacon halfway in the oven (425F). I chopped the bacon into small bits and let it finish in the soup, before cracking an egg into the pot to poach for a few minutes. Finally, I added a pinch of salt and poured it into the prepared bowl.
I've only just started adding bacon to my soup, and this playthrough will forever remind me whenever I taste it. I recommend you try it sometime, or adapt it to your own recipe!
i've been absolutely loving this pikmin series. it's the tiniest thing, but i really like the voices you give to characters, they just make me so happy to listen to. can't wait for the next ep!!
woa I wasn't expecting the scruffy movie to drop today
Scruffy is so genuinely kind. The thoughtfulness of the little notification im 😭 scruffy's channel is my comfort channel and I'm so grateful for their style of content creation
Ngl, you having 99% completion again is hilarious. Also, I knew what was coming when you entered the Secluded Garden. The first dungeon that traumatized me. The dang Desiccated Skitterleaves. They scared the daylights out of me.
Also, definitely don't hesitate to splurge a little bit. The equipment is very helpful. And I wouldn't underestimate chomp. It's helped me a lot. Btw, tip for an upcoming dungeon. Use the Glow Seeds. You'll know which one I'm referring to. They definitely help a lot.
Btw, the chats everyone has after your day/night is over are hilarious. Even the ones that are mini tutorials are entertaining.
Serene Shores and “that boss” that was traumatizing until you got to a certain point to be able to take it down.
Other than Olimars Notes on caves and tutorial stuff, their are some mission logs you randomly receive that are worth reading for story reasons! Also you have plenty of raw material. I got by just fine carrying around 100ish. I’d recommend the rush boots, idle counter, homesick signal, and idlers alert for maximum dandori!
im glad oatchi never really outclasses anything pikmin can do. for example i still find myself bringing blues and ice into water areas, even when oatchi has level 3 swim.
While Pikmin are probably small enough that a fall at terminal velocity isn't lethal to them, who knows what's lurking all the way down there...
I also really admire your amazing vocal range. You're still keeping every voice so unique!
Some (unsolicited, perhaps) advice below! -
- Kudos to your strategy on not being overeliant on gear! I certainly was... But don't neglect the potential they have, either. Especially at night, where things get frantic, or whenever a Leafling needs to be, er, "convinced" to come along. Most gear really aids in Dandori factor, including the hazard resistances. It's a lot easier to ignore a hazard than spend time clearing it out - though of course, making an efficient path may also be just as paramount. Things might feel "overpowered", but it some situations, you're going to need power in spades!
- As much as it might pull at the heartstrings, don't feel bad about always leaving Oatchi behind on guard duty, or whatever else might need a helping paw! The big guy has been trained for this, after all. And the upgrades Oatchi can obtain via Russ and Training can turn him into a one puppy powerhouse, a whole squad of Pikmin of all colors wrapped into one adorable package. Eventually, he'll be capable of bowling through hordes of full-size Bulborbs like an avalanche of Purple Pikmin!
It took me a moment to realize your “notification” sound is the same tune as a speech bubble opening in Pikmin 2.
If it's not too much to ask, you should definitely read through the voyage log and rescue journal at some point, maybe in a big reading episode with the piklopedia and treasure hoard? I'll admit they're mostly tutorials, but there's also a lot of interesting lore tucked away in there too. Especially in Shepherd's Family History.
The fact that the survey drone works with the treasure gauge is neat
This game just gets better and better
There’s a secret dandori challenge in this game that’s actually nightmare fuel.
Oh my gosh you are actually the sweetest??! The notification sound for the notes and the warning for oatchi on the last video 😢❤
Love how Schanuz sounds like Nic Cage and Jin sounds like Spider-Ham lol
So for your night mission, some of the 'creatures' that you failed to defeat were the bulborb larva spawners. In some of the future missions, you may want/need to seek out the spawners and destroy them before you get overwhelmed.
Yep! It's also worth it on some of them to let Oatchi defend the lumiknoll from the little guys, since he tears through them with a few Chomp upgrades, and then you and your pikmin can go beat up the bigger ones with glowmob. Glow pikmin are so OP lmao, even fifty of them in a glowmob is enough to take down the bigger foes in one charge!
1:40:33 If you're curious, to kill the bulborb larvae and have it count you need to dig the dirt mound they spawn from, otherwise they'll just keep coming.
thank you for adding the sound cue! like you said, others have commented that they've been mainly listening while doing other things and i'm also one of those people that's been doing that! very helpful to know when to look at the screen for important notes so i'm very grateful :]
EVERYONE WAKE UP SCRUFFY HAS RETURNED!!! ☺️🎉
Hindsight 20/20 and all that, but for reinforced walls you can lay the mine first, then throw a bomb rock to get 2 back to back explosions
I am new to pikmin but I absolutely love this series! Scruffy's vibe is so calming; it's so nice at the end of a long day to get cozy and watch these. These long episodes are perfect. It would be awesome if he continued recording gameplays that interest him!
33:47 It's not that I'm letting my guard down but lik- OH DEAR.
Couldn’t have been timed better 😂
It's so lovely seeing you upload on my birthday, it's like a little present! So thank you! 😄
I watch this series while I work so thank you! You don’t have to put in the extra effort (considering you’re putting out all of this content) but as a fan, I really appreciate the thoughtfulness. This is a super busy and tiring season for my job, and this is my comfort series to watch since I don’t have time to play the game right now haha. Thanks Scruffy!!!
Hey Scruffy, for the bulborb larva it didn't count as defeating them at night because you have to dig up their nests to stop them. That's why they kept coming all night.
I love these, they always make my mornings better!
Your Dandori goes well Scruffy!
I look forward to this series constantly, its so relaxing
I really need that one giant video where you just read every treasures description
and examine them for hidden messages / details, like the stopwatch
yes. @@noahsabadish3812
Only just started this video, I feel like you used it before too, but I love the "edit notification" sound being one of the Pikmin ones, but in a kind of smooth style, the sound feels very Scruffy to me.
Thank you very much for audio cues Scruffy! I usually give your pikmin videos all of my attention, but for the rare times I’m just hearing it those cues are appreciated
these episodes are truly "inter-minable"
Minor spoiler alert- the final boss in the game has different elemental phases and if you didn’t have the proper Pikmin to handle those, your saving grace is to make sure that you have enough glow seeds for a good amount of glow Pikmin. That saved me a lot of trouble in the end, though I had still lost a lot of Pikmin and had to rewind a few times.
my new current favorite thing is playing pikmin 4 (im slightly ahead), loving everything about a new area then patiently waiting for scruffy to get to it so i can hear his thoughts. its so FUN
Honestly these videos help me to sleep some nights, your voice is very smooth and calming. And while I’m drawing or working I love listening to the comments you make on the game! Personally two of my favourite videos of yours are the Pikmin 3 Models, and the way boss music works in Pikmin 3! Thank you, and good wishes toward future videos and your enjoyment of the game!
I love these longer videos! Was definitely worth the little wait :-)
I would advise you start every night expedition by commanding Oatchi to protect the lumiknoll (With the right upgrades, Oatchi can do a decent job protecting the lumiknoll by himself from the smaller creatures). and maybe throw a couple glow seeds to get your numbers up immediately. then you can quickly run to all the tricknolls available and grow your numbers even further (as you get more glow seeds when you end the night with more glow pikmin. I believe you get 1 seeds for every 5 glow pikmin you had remaining)
idk why but a lotta times throughout da episode, i kinda expected scruffy to just go "ZOINKS!" at something agahvsjsbdks
anyways hai i love your playthrough it's a delight
the joy in these videos is infectious! i can hear the smile whenever you talk
1:27:00 "Russ is DANGEROUS!" Good, you're catching on.
The little red guys in the first cave are Shearfleas (part of the sheargrub family) and the orange blob thingy is a "Foolix" (basically the new Goolix)
Doing a rewatch binge of these, and I have to say, I love the little chime for when there's onscreen text. Since I have them on while I'm working, I sometimes do need a little poke to see if there's something going on I'd like to read. Good show, Scruffy!
Scruffy: oh that's a series of rubber duckies!
Me: aw that's so cute
Scruffy: that's so cute!
Me: yeah ;w;
This video was so cozy I just took a nap listening to it 10/10 amazing nap and video
Wake up, babe, new scruffy vid just dropped!!
That sound notification for notes is pretty neat! Also, if you make yourself to look exactly like another castaway, they each will have unique dialogue acknowledging the fact. Some of that dialogue is pretty interesting.
The charging horn making Shepard and Colin move against their own will implies the pikmin don't chanege of their own volition either.
Fun as always! You can be a little more lenient on entering caves at the end of the day - you can enter caves right up until the final 10 second countdown, if you care about ultra maxium dandori which is too intense for me!
Unfortunately, you will have to have Oatchi protect lumikolls from this point on, as the nights get harder. You got lucky with this night, but doing what you did for other nights will cost you big time. Also, it is best to start focusing on chomp, and for upgrades, focus on Oatchi, getting him the gear that increases his health, defense, and elemental resistances.
Also, Bulborb Larva respawn through burrows on night missions. Have some of the Glow Pikmin dig them to close them off.
Not necessarily. Unless we're talking about missions with two lumiknolls at once, it's possible to use Oatchi to get a headstart on clearing out enemies before they start beelining for the lumiknoll (or nearest activated tricknoll) while the player character stays closer to base to grow glowies, especially after dash gets maxed out.
Fun fact- if you compare the true baby bulborbs to the false bulborbs, you can see that the true babies have a pointier, more birdlike snout than the adults, while the false ones are just mini-bulborbs. This makes a lot of sense- the same change is actually what happens in real-life crocodiles and dinosaurs! (Birds are just dinosaurs which kept their head shapes from babyhood so they could make their brains bigger and their beaks less heavy.)
So happy the series is back! Love seeing you experience the game
I love all your voices for the castaways, they're awesome
1:40:42 Nope. The 'Holes' that the larvae come out of count as 1 creature. If you dig up all the holes then the night ends.
Glad im not the only one feeling guilty about bombing creatures on the piklopedia
Man I love your videos and I want to say this the nicest way I can: 700 raw materials is insane, buy some upgrades because besides that and constructions you won't be needing them
since you’re basically done with Blossoming Arcadia, you will LOVE the next area, Serene Shores
especially the caves
I would definitely recommend exploring out a bit more during night expeditions, Oatchi can generally defend the lumiknoll fine as long as you're being proactive about threats as you explore, plus bulborb larvae keep coming until you find their source
ooohh you should test out if the dynamic music also happens inr the piklopedia
if so, that might be an easy way to isolate the enemy layers
nope sadly that doesn't happen. which is a bummer.
@@pikminpro2001 aw man
The last item in a mimic cave is a mask.
Well played, pikmin, well played.
Air Armors are unlocked when you buy the Tuff Stuff upgrade of the same tier and the Air Armor of the previous tier
Loving this series so much!
Glad to see you're using the unlockable equipment.
I wouldn't bother much with the captain defenses, the equipment and Oatchi defenses are definitely what I found to have the most impact!