The fact that a lot of the notes are somewhat randomized is so interesting to me?? Everything about the cave music feels so random even without that being a part of it
The submerged castle music so perfectly encapsulates a tone of "You're not supposed to be here" that I couldn't imagine the arcaic halls without it EDIT: Since they weren't here, where would The Waterwraith chase, Boss theme, Vunureble WaterWraith & Titan Dweevil theme rank?
Fun fact: the submerged castle is the only dungeon track to not have an Olimar and Louie variant, meaning Both captains are having the exact same feelings of dread coming down there
Personally the boss music and titan dweevil is above Mystic Marsh, vulnerable waterwraith would be very low (it sounds bad but it's meant to sound goofy/bad) and the chase theme is pretty good, i'd probably put it the same rank as Mystic.
Scruffy has a great video about how Pikmin 2's cave music is mostly made out of procedurally assorted segments of melodies. I highly recommend eveyone check it out. Puts it into perspective why the music is so chaotic.
I've always found the toy theme unsettling. Like it's goofy and upbeat but there's subtle darker undertones, like there's something more sinister it's trying to hide. Fits the theme of the floor where it's a playroom, but you know something is wrong with how the planet is blatantly abandoned and dilapidated
Absolutely crazy to me how Mystic Marsh plays exactly once through all of pikmin 2's campaign and challenge mode. Absolute banger, and my absolute favourite song in the whole series. Nobody ever talks about it, so its always great to see it get the love it deserves. It sounds unlike anything else in pikmin, it's so calming yet it sounds imposing and ominous, conveys that feeling of being somewhere you're not supposed to perfectly, while still sounding really soothing, it's just a beautiful track.
Crazier still is how it was originally supposed to appear in Submerged Castle and Dream Den, but Waterwraith Chase and Rest Area are hard-coded to play instead.
The Cave music in this game is probably some of the most Bizarre music i’ve ever heard in a video game, or even any sort of media at all. It has this… “Vibe” that can’t be matched anywhere else.
The rest Area music is my favorite. It gives off this very specific vibe that is why Pikmin 2 is my favorite in the series. Its aesthetic gives off themes of nature, nostalgia, and like small stuff. Can’t put into words lol
I absolutely love the piano that plays when an enemy is near in emergence cave 1 & 2, soil 1, and maybe some others idk. When you didn't even mention that piano when talking about the emergence caves, my face stared into the screen like a Bulborb
I absolutely love the weird and atmospheric pikmin 2 cave music. It has a very organic feel to it, like you could compose half these tracks with bits and bobs you find in your backyard. A long blade of grass for a whistle, a stick of bamboo for a flute, a tin can or scrap metal for percussion, a glass milk jug you can tap or blow in, some pebbles in a plastic bag for a tamborine... not to mention a bunch of other strange and uncommon sounds you could make using who-knows-what. Plus the interactive and evolving nature of the music really makes it feel like when you're a kid and you're just jamming with your friends making music from whatever you find in your grandpa's old yard.
A rubber band to make that 'boing boing' sound (that jawharp solo in the snagret hole is absolute fire), a literal dripping daucet for the music in shower room! I could go on...
I'm glad they brought back caves in Pikmin 4, but without these weird modernist Erik Satie-esque melodies backing up the action they don't feel remotely the same. Incidentally, Frontier Cavern is welcome on my aux cord any day. I even have it on the iPod I use at the gym, along with DK Island Swing and the 8-bit Nintendo Land theme.
Based opinion putting mystic marsh first, all versions actually slap. Absolutely appalled by how nintendo treated it in the switch version (and in general too)
I've got to be honest I absolutely love all of these songs most of them are up there with "long elevator" being some of the best songs in gaming even more than just the cave themes are amazing in Pikmin 2 the Piklopedia and Perplexing pool are amazing to pretty much every song in this game is at least amazing I know Pikmin 2 is pretty controversial but it is by far the best Pikmin game in terms of soundtrack Pikmin 1 is amazing as well and Pikmin 3 is pretty good but Pikmin 2 is just better when it comes to soundtrack.This is another reason as to why I think Pikmin 4 is bad it didn't even try with it's soundtrack and some of the only good songs in that game are re used from Pikmin 2. I do absolutely love the Waterwraiths cave theme it's very ominous and creepy it ddoesn't try to hard to be unsettling to the point where it's horrible to listen to it's amazing and probably my favourite horror song yet it isn't even in a horror game. The giant breadbug song is chaotic and goofy perfect for the bizzar boss that it is!
I enjoy Soil 3. The instruments they chose arent built for listenability, but I really like how weird they are. Especially the 'Enemy Near' variation, its really freaky and I like it. I would never claim its top tier- or anyone should love it, but I think its cool. Also an overworld theme ranking video would be wicked cool.
I loved getting to play 1 & 2 for the first time on switch i never realized there were missing instruments & and that's quite dissapointong. I hope there's a path. & you should've put on the Louie versions too. They get pretty funky
Honestly I always loved metal sublevels and the tracks made me think of exploring the lost civilization we were exploring these strange sublevels of whatever humans left behind
My favorite part of flooded stump is that each layer of the track is in a different time signature, creating a pretty funky beat when combined. The base track is in 5/4, the “Enemy Near” theme is in 3/4, and the Battle/Working themes are both in 4/4
How about you rank every single 2 player mode map in Pikmin 2? Like, literally all of them. Including all of the different variations where there's like three for each floor, except for the labyrinth, that is always random to my knowledge Man, I love the cave music in Pikmin 2. I only listen to real music Nothing above Metal 2 (Graphite Gulch), which is super epic and melancholic, totally love that, wanna marry that, can't believe you ranked it so low, hello it's beautiful; and Frontier Cavern, Snow whatever, beautiful Christmas vibe, super cozy, I love it; and Train Railroad sublevel, super memorable and pleasant, makes me feel good, even has a remix in Pikmin 3; and Jellyfloat Pool, totally beautiful and cozy, wanna cuddle it; Mystic March, Hole of Heroes no. 10, absolutely beautiful, super epic, absolute shame it's only in the whole game once, but makes it much more special like that Nice, video. Totally felt the reference with the Super Smash Bros. Brawl virtual console demos ending
Genuinely a great overview. I recommend scruffy's video on how the game creates the structure of each song. It plays random melody segments over top the constant background harmony to create an inhuman sounding composition.
i feel like a lot of the reused main melodies feel sort of barren because they have to have space for the variation tracks without it sounding cluttered. A lot of the pikmin 2 cave music isn't stuff I would actively search for and listen to, but I think it's enjoyable in game.
I've played pikmin 2 many times and jellyfloat pool was my favorite cave soundtrack UNTIL I HEARD MYSTIC MARCHS FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE ?? This is a real song ??? I do not remember it
Soil 2 is my favorite for all of its variations. I think metal 3 is substantially better in Louie's version. Specifically the working and treasure themes which has a sort of metalworks vibe to it that really fits the industrial metal levels you are in. Theres just something satisfying about the rythmic sounds that makes it feel like the pikmin themselves are the workers with an almost assembly line organization, the beats like a constant march towards progress. I don't know what it is that makes Louie sound better than Olimars version (and i typically dont like the Louie versions.) Perhaps its the added (or rather removal of) notes and sounds that gives it a more rythmic and wacky feeling too it, More alive and somewhat chaotic and random in how the notes are played, yet theres an unusual sense of order in all that chaos. When playing mods i would often have cave holes covered so i can leave 1 pikmin working so i could hear the music play as i completed the level. i know nothing of music but I probably dont even make any sense.
Great video, I'm glad to hear music ranking video that actually plays enough of the music so people unfamiliar with all the tracks can appreciate them. Some feedback though, would have been nice to mention the composers Wakai and Totaka
Soil 3 is wonderful. It’s also absolutely freakish and avant-garde as hell, but that combat beat-drop is untouched. Pikmin classic. The following slew of entries are so much worse with no bite to save them.
Metal 2/graphite gulch is actually my favorite pikmin 2 cave song. I love the vibes what can I say? It’s just crazy cause it has a pretty bad rep with the community and I couldn’t tell you why. 🤷♂️
the best songs in the series. the best musical action system in the world. only seconded by mother 3s combo system , and third would be wind wakers dynamic battle music..* pikmin 2 and the dynamic changes in music provides to me a healthy mix up which gives flavor to the environments. pikmin 2 is my favorite game. you are growing into my favorite pik-man. *asterisk: rhythmn Games excluded for obvious reasons.
i remember back in like, 2005-6 before youtube was huge i would literally go leave my GameCube turned on while in the sublevel that played mystic marsh, based placement for sure
I think someone just fucking hates Pikmin 2 over at Nintendo because of how much it was shat on during the switch port, cause how the fuck do you just forget a layer of music TWICE?
No matter what anyone says, the Submerged Castle theme will always be my favorite. It fits the feeling of fear so well, and besides that, I kinda just like it, it just sounds nice. I like the instruments a lot
Oh hey, it's the shop theme from The Last Promise, the first Fire Emblem hack I ever played! Actually, what game is that outro from? I feel like I should know it.
Pikmin 2 cave music is the strongest evidence that caves are in another dimension entirely
Surely not the one with the trans dimensional being
Well that, and why the hell is there a cave with greenery and full sunlight underground??
@@Most_Jeffinitely in that particular sublevel you have fallen out the bottom of a birdhouse
In the previous sublevel
This is the greatest UA-cam video I have seen in my entire life.
The fact that a lot of the notes are somewhat randomized is so interesting to me?? Everything about the cave music feels so random even without that being a part of it
Next up every pikmin 4 enemy music track ranked 😎
Other than that great video I didn't even know the names to these songs or honestly remember them 😅
I love this channel. I hope you keep posting for as long as you can ❤️❤️❤️ :3
Let’s fucking go
I have nothing to say i just want the youtuber to heart this comment
Loui reportedly caught playing gassy grove on the aux, asked to leave PNF-404
*forcefully exiled from
I don’t think anyone needs a reason to do that to Loui.
A great alternative name for the Giant Breadbug theme is "that one dinky-ass Pikmin song"
"You better not be turning people into bread when I get there."
My dinky-ass:
“You’d better not be thinking about Pikmin 2 OST: Giant Breadbug (Louie)!”
My dinky ass:
Perfect description of the song.
tbh there's a lot of dinkyass pikmin songs you might need to be more specific
@@ghostformanek5664 This may be the dinkiest though
The submerged castle music so perfectly encapsulates a tone of "You're not supposed to be here" that I couldn't imagine the arcaic halls without it
EDIT: Since they weren't here, where would The Waterwraith chase, Boss theme, Vunureble WaterWraith & Titan Dweevil theme rank?
Fun fact: the submerged castle is the only dungeon track to not have an Olimar and Louie variant, meaning Both captains are having the exact same feelings of dread coming down there
They'd all probably be below Mystic Marsh, except for the Vulnerable Waterwraith which would be pretty low on the list
I feel like the vulnerable water wraith is pretty high I find it kinda funny
I love the vulnerable water wraith theme, it basically spells out "that's not supposed to happen"
Personally the boss music and titan dweevil is above Mystic Marsh, vulnerable waterwraith would be very low (it sounds bad but it's meant to sound goofy/bad) and the chase theme is pretty good, i'd probably put it the same rank as Mystic.
Scruffy has a great video about how Pikmin 2's cave music is mostly made out of procedurally assorted segments of melodies. I highly recommend eveyone check it out. Puts it into perspective why the music is so chaotic.
Ive never noticed the switch taking away an instrument and now i wish you never told me
The hardest part of being a pikmin fan is explaining to your friends why "soil 1" or "snagret hole" is your favourite song
ALRIGHT NINTENDO YOU CAN TAKE MY WEED AND MY JOKES BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE MY INSTRUMENT FROM SOME RANDOM SONG IN A RANDOM FUCKING CAVE
the british government stooges are at it again
I've always found the toy theme unsettling. Like it's goofy and upbeat but there's subtle darker undertones, like there's something more sinister it's trying to hide. Fits the theme of the floor where it's a playroom, but you know something is wrong with how the planet is blatantly abandoned and dilapidated
Graphite Gulch is #1 in my heart
Glad to see I’m not the only one! This one hits different. ❤️
Absolutely crazy to me how Mystic Marsh plays exactly once through all of pikmin 2's campaign and challenge mode. Absolute banger, and my absolute favourite song in the whole series. Nobody ever talks about it, so its always great to see it get the love it deserves.
It sounds unlike anything else in pikmin, it's so calming yet it sounds imposing and ominous, conveys that feeling of being somewhere you're not supposed to perfectly, while still sounding really soothing, it's just a beautiful track.
Crazier still is how it was originally supposed to appear in Submerged Castle and Dream Den, but Waterwraith Chase and Rest Area are hard-coded to play instead.
Bowblax being on the members shoutout caught me way off guard lmao
Same
The Cave music in this game is probably some of the most Bizarre music i’ve ever heard in a video game, or even any sort of media at all. It has this… “Vibe” that can’t be matched anywhere else.
Fartcore is my favorite genre of cave music
Honestly, I wouldn't freaking surprise me if that actually happens in the future.
slurpcore or fartcore who winning the twerkoff
The rest Area music is my favorite. It gives off this very specific vibe that is why Pikmin 2 is my favorite in the series. Its aesthetic gives off themes of nature, nostalgia, and like small stuff. Can’t put into words lol
Cant wait for every enemy theme in pikmin 4 ranked...
I absolutely love the piano that plays when an enemy is near in emergence cave 1 & 2, soil 1, and maybe some others idk. When you didn't even mention that piano when talking about the emergence caves, my face stared into the screen like a Bulborb
I guess every music has a *Cave story*
Yea, i couldn't think of a better pun.
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wish Pikmin 4 had Pikmin 2 cave music
I absolutely love the weird and atmospheric pikmin 2 cave music. It has a very organic feel to it, like you could compose half these tracks with bits and bobs you find in your backyard. A long blade of grass for a whistle, a stick of bamboo for a flute, a tin can or scrap metal for percussion, a glass milk jug you can tap or blow in, some pebbles in a plastic bag for a tamborine... not to mention a bunch of other strange and uncommon sounds you could make using who-knows-what. Plus the interactive and evolving nature of the music really makes it feel like when you're a kid and you're just jamming with your friends making music from whatever you find in your grandpa's old yard.
A rubber band to make that 'boing boing' sound (that jawharp solo in the snagret hole is absolute fire), a literal dripping daucet for the music in shower room! I could go on...
thats so true actually!
I'm glad they brought back caves in Pikmin 4, but without these weird modernist Erik Satie-esque melodies backing up the action they don't feel remotely the same.
Incidentally, Frontier Cavern is welcome on my aux cord any day. I even have it on the iPod I use at the gym, along with DK Island Swing and the 8-bit Nintendo Land theme.
I can’t believe you wouldn’t put a warning before the giant breadbug jumpscare, youve terrified all those poor reporters
I don’t get it, is it about pikmin?
No, its about Mario
I listened to Mystic Marsh while learning blender. Made me feel like a magician enacting master level conjuration spells
peakmin 2
don't tell the surfshark guy that
Not exactly peak, it's a lot less good then the other 3 Pikmin games
emergence cave is the music that plays when the food in my house became lost media
you should talk about pikmin creepypastas if you ever exhaust all other options. im sure there’s some wacky shit out there.
fart instruments 😭😭😭 that is a tuba
Id love to see a ranking of the overworld themes
I wish these were the voices of my head
0:25 GET OUT!! ‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥
If you put The Giant Breadbug's theme anywhere before S tier
Im comin👁👄👁
Edit: THAT MOTHER-
and coming he did
Nothing will beat the forest of hope theme from Pikmin 1
Now you need to rank the Louie song variants.
railroad room theme on top
Pikmin 2 polygons ranking next?
P.D: I think the giant breadbug's theme was upgraded in Pikmin 4, yes, i said it, fight me.
Bro made a video about my favorite game, and used the cover of my favorite album as part of the thumbnail.
Instant click.
Based opinion putting mystic marsh first, all versions actually slap. Absolutely appalled by how nintendo treated it in the switch version (and in general too)
I've got to be honest I absolutely love all of these songs most of them are up there with "long elevator" being some of the best songs in gaming even more than just the cave themes are amazing in Pikmin 2 the Piklopedia and Perplexing pool are amazing to pretty much every song in this game is at least amazing I know Pikmin 2 is pretty controversial but it is by far the best Pikmin game in terms of soundtrack Pikmin 1 is amazing as well and Pikmin 3 is pretty good but Pikmin 2 is just better when it comes to soundtrack.This is another reason as to why I think Pikmin 4 is bad it didn't even try with it's soundtrack and some of the only good songs in that game are re used from Pikmin 2. I do absolutely love the Waterwraiths cave theme it's very ominous and creepy it ddoesn't try to hard to be unsettling to the point where it's horrible to listen to it's amazing and probably my favourite horror song yet it isn't even in a horror game. The giant breadbug song is chaotic and goofy perfect for the bizzar boss that it is!
I love "In The Dolphin Over The PNF-404". Banger from Neutral Pik Hotel
Even the 3rd worst one on this list is a banger
Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the President Under the Debt ⁉️
Best Pikmin 2 song? Perplexing pool enemy version is right there bro
truthful
A lot of it is randomised so how it sounds according to one unofficial soundtrack isn't entirely indicative of the original programming.
Mystic Marsh sounds a lot like Greenpath…
You have bad opinions but I love you for sharing the,
I enjoy Soil 3. The instruments they chose arent built for listenability, but I really like how weird they are. Especially the 'Enemy Near' variation, its really freaky and I like it. I would never claim its top tier- or anyone should love it, but I think its cool.
Also an overworld theme ranking video would be wicked cool.
Do a pikmin character Ranking next
I’ve changed my username, so please reflect it in your next membership reading.
I will
I loved getting to play 1 & 2 for the first time on switch
i never realized there were missing instruments & and that's quite dissapointong. I hope there's a path.
& you should've put on the Louie versions too. They get pretty funky
based neutral milk hotel thumbnail
What is this crap? It’s the definition of mid
being a bulblax kingdom and metal 2 connoisseur i can say i hate how low they are. (mostly for metal 2)
metal 2 is so good!! love the echoing bell toll, favorite cave theme
Soil 2 is my fave
The min who pik
I guess the missing instruments in the switch version are now lost media 😱
I fuqn love Pikmin 2
Honestly I always loved metal sublevels and the tracks made me think of exploring the lost civilization we were exploring these strange sublevels of whatever humans left behind
My favorite part of flooded stump is that each layer of the track is in a different time signature, creating a pretty funky beat when combined. The base track is in 5/4, the “Enemy Near” theme is in 3/4, and the Battle/Working themes are both in 4/4
once again a peak video thumbnail
Graphite Gulch will forever be my favourite alongside Jellyfloat Pool
Hairy Bulborb reminds me of my father. (Good video btw)
Soil 2 is fire 🔥
To be fair, a lot of them are basically ambience but I think I know what’s gonna be on top and what’s gonna be bottom
How about you rank every single 2 player mode map in Pikmin 2? Like, literally all of them. Including all of the different variations where there's like three for each floor, except for the labyrinth, that is always random to my knowledge
Man, I love the cave music in Pikmin 2. I only listen to real music
Nothing above Metal 2 (Graphite Gulch), which is super epic and melancholic, totally love that, wanna marry that, can't believe you ranked it so low, hello it's beautiful; and Frontier Cavern, Snow whatever, beautiful Christmas vibe, super cozy, I love it; and Train Railroad sublevel, super memorable and pleasant, makes me feel good, even has a remix in Pikmin 3; and Jellyfloat Pool, totally beautiful and cozy, wanna cuddle it; Mystic March, Hole of Heroes no. 10, absolutely beautiful, super epic, absolute shame it's only in the whole game once, but makes it much more special like that
Nice, video. Totally felt the reference with the Super Smash Bros. Brawl virtual console demos ending
Genuinely a great overview. I recommend scruffy's video on how the game creates the structure of each song. It plays random melody segments over top the constant background harmony to create an inhuman sounding composition.
Louie
You say "obtuse" a lot though I don't think you're using it correctly.
2:24 fucking power move ass sentence
The fact that these didnt come back in pikmin 4 is what keeps that game from being a 10/10 for me
I will not take this Fire slander 😤
It’s not my favorite track in the game but those drums are super funky and it does not deserve such a low ranking
Peepis
I keep trying to become a member, but it keeps not loading. This is so sad.
The membership button tends to not work a lot of the time for some reason. I don't know why and I blame UA-cam
@imonlyhereforpikmin yea, i had problems becoming member to this channel on my old youtube account, guess history repeats itself
i feel like a lot of the reused main melodies feel sort of barren because they have to have space for the variation tracks without it sounding cluttered.
A lot of the pikmin 2 cave music isn't stuff I would actively search for and listen to, but I think it's enjoyable in game.
metal 1 treasure mix is the best song in the game they didnt have to go THAT hard
Bro is gonna make Pikmin vids weekly now????
They de-woked my pikmin give me my cannabis treasure nintendo 😡😡😡
I've played pikmin 2 many times and jellyfloat pool was my favorite cave soundtrack
UNTIL I HEARD MYSTIC MARCHS FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE ?? This is a real song ??? I do not remember it
I'm here to see Submerged Castle as number 1 because that is the most unsettling soundtrack I've ever heard for a game in general
Soil 2 is my favorite for all of its variations.
I think metal 3 is substantially better in Louie's version. Specifically the working and treasure themes which has a sort of metalworks vibe to it that really fits the industrial metal levels you are in. Theres just something satisfying about the rythmic sounds that makes it feel like the pikmin themselves are the workers with an almost assembly line organization, the beats like a constant march towards progress.
I don't know what it is that makes Louie sound better than Olimars version (and i typically dont like the Louie versions.) Perhaps its the added (or rather removal of) notes and sounds that gives it a more rythmic and wacky feeling too it, More alive and somewhat chaotic and random in how the notes are played, yet theres an unusual sense of order in all that chaos. When playing mods i would often have cave holes covered so i can leave 1 pikmin working so i could hear the music play as i completed the level.
i know nothing of music but I probably dont even make any sense.
❤
Soil 2 is my favorite by a lot, it has just enough instruments to feel like a real song rather than ambience.
why is the neutral milk hotel in the thumbnail?
I had no ideas for the thumbnail and it just came to me randomly
@@imonlyhereforpikmin i guess semen stained your mountain tops haha get it
Surprised at 2 things:
1. Submerged Castle was outside of the top 3 tracks.
2. Jellyfloat Pool wasn't #1.
Great video, I'm glad to hear music ranking video that actually plays enough of the music so people unfamiliar with all the tracks can appreciate them. Some feedback though, would have been nice to mention the composers Wakai and Totaka
4:38 the big DONG sound from the cave music when the pikmins get crushed is peak humor
Cave music is randomly generated btw, like the cave layout itself :)
Scruffy has a great video explaining it!
Soil 3 is wonderful. It’s also absolutely freakish and avant-garde as hell, but that combat beat-drop is untouched. Pikmin classic. The following slew of entries are so much worse with no bite to save them.
Metal 2/graphite gulch is actually my favorite pikmin 2 cave song. I love the vibes what can I say?
It’s just crazy cause it has a pretty bad rep with the community and I couldn’t tell you why. 🤷♂️
Can't believe you've done Graphite Gulch like this.
the best songs in the series. the best musical action system in the world. only seconded by mother 3s combo system , and third would be wind wakers dynamic battle music..*
pikmin 2 and the dynamic changes in music provides to me a healthy mix up which gives flavor to the environments. pikmin 2 is my favorite game.
you are growing into my favorite pik-man.
*asterisk: rhythmn Games excluded for obvious reasons.
I thought the cave music in this game was proceduraly generated?
i remember back in like, 2005-6 before youtube was huge i would literally go leave my GameCube turned on while in the sublevel that played mystic marsh, based placement for sure
I think someone just fucking hates Pikmin 2 over at Nintendo because of how much it was shat on during the switch port, cause how the fuck do you just forget a layer of music TWICE?
No matter what anyone says, the Submerged Castle theme will always be my favorite. It fits the feeling of fear so well, and besides that, I kinda just like it, it just sounds nice. I like the instruments a lot
Oh hey, it's the shop theme from The Last Promise, the first Fire Emblem hack I ever played!
Actually, what game is that outro from? I feel like I should know it.