The Tragedy of Blue Pikmin - Nintendo’s Crimes.
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Discover the heartbreaking story of Blue Pikmin in Nintendo's games, from their unceremonious introduction to their unfortunate fate. Join us as we delve into the mistreatment of these lovable creatures, both in-game and in the franchise's art and short films. Learn about their struggles, weaknesses, and the challenges they face, which may lead to their extinction. In this video, we explore the history of Blue Pikmin in the Pikmin franchise and uncover some unfortunate truths about how Nintendo has treated them over the years. It seems like the Blue Pikmin have been given the short end of the stick. We also discuss their gameplay mechanics and why they may be perceived as the weakest link among the Pikmin types. Join us for an eye-opening discussion about the fate of the beloved Blue Pikmin in the world of Nintendo. Is this all just a cruel joke or a deeper reflection of Nintendo's feelings towards Blue Pikmin? Watch to find out more and join the discussion in the comments!
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Blue Pikmin NEED A Buff - • Blue Pikmin NEED A Buff SilokHawk
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Blue Pikmin should be medics. Aside from saving drowning pikmin they could be able to spray water and extinguish pikmin on fire, shock electrocuted pikmin back to life and wash away poisoned ones
I imagine that the more you have them, the more effective they will cure a crowd of Pikmin. One can't do for many.
But it will take away slot. This may add the management/puzzle in how many number for each type you should have.
Blue Pikmin are like everyone: they’re depressed, useless and always in a state of pain hidden behind those soulless eyes
No no, I feel as though that’s just projecting
@@dead2memes2oof85yeah it's definitely projecting
I ant depressed or useless I am hardworking rich and have a good life
"useless" >looks at pikmin 4
you sure about that?
Why would you say that that's so mean
Two words: _Submerged Castle._
You'd think having a "Blues only" cave would be their time to shine, but then you realize that for almost the whole expedition, you're at the mercy of a hostile invincible enemy. Which you can only finally kill on the last floor, _but only after you've traded away some of your Blues for far more useful Purples before the fight!_
For a Blue Pikmin fan, this must feel like being forced to make a deal with the devil!
You can always use the bulbmin for that. Shame the game never teaches the player that you don't need 100 pikmin all the time as the bulbmin won't spawn if you have a full platoon.
I Beat Pikmin 2 With Only Blue Pikmin so they’re not only needed for 1 cave
I believe there’s 2 reasons for the blue mistreatment.
1: Unfortunately, redundancy. I hate to say it because Blues are my favorite Pikmin from a visual perspective, still are, but as the games have gotten easier and Oatchi, Ice, bulb, and Winged Pikmin allow alternative roots around or over water, blue Pikmin have just steadily become less necessary or useful. I do still wish they would lifeguard other Pikmin though or get some sort of new mechanic.
2: Marketing. As for why blue Pikmin are so frequently in distress in the marketing, well they are the only Pikmin with a mouth, a fish like one at that in a perpetual blank frown. This makes it much easier to portray distress in their face unlike for the other Pikmin who have nothing but 👁️👁️, 🔴🔴, or 🔵🔵 to work with
Wouldn’t exactly call Blue Pikmin redundant. They’re still the only Pikmin type that can venture underwater, unlike Winged and Ice. You’ll still need them for treasures that are underwater
@@TeknoThom the fact you quite literally need to section off pieces of the game from other types to make them usable says a lot.
Heck even in the submerged castle, where they see alot of use, they get shafted by the bulbmin
If they can drain water, maybe something!!!
4 days later I’m about 80% through Pikmin 4 and I can happily say that Blue Pikmin are eating well this time round. They basically have an entire area and a half to themselves
Neutral: They didn’t included the water element for the final boss of Pikmin 4, what absolute hate from Nintendo!😢
Its absolutely god damned hilarious how much Blue Pikmin are getting more videos about them being given the shirt stick
Pikmin 4 "hard mode" involves not using Oatchi for anything but smashing Vases/ Jumping. In this mode, blue pikmin are very useful. Do that.
@@mechwarreir2 Ok so don't use a core mechanic that was shown as a new draw to the series while also (as of where I'm at) is supposed to be the 2nd playable captain
@@mechwarreir2how about
Minimum oatchi
Minimum max pikmin
Minimum upgrades
No restarts/rewinds
And there we go, blues are much more useful now
@@micahfurlow2624 The fact that you need to attempt this many challenges just make them useful really shows their uselessness.
@@MySnugglePuppy they're alright when there's like sprinklers surrounding an objective... But right around the corner is usually a craftable sprinkler twisty doohickey (the name escapes me atm) which just gets rid of the water making them pointless again 😅. However their is a cool interaction where a fire bulborb is put out from sprinklers but that's got nothing with the blues
I feel like MAYBE the blue pikmin constantly get thrown/falling and hanging from leaves is kind of to symbolize water in a way? The blues alway hang from the bottom of leaves sort of like water drips off of them, and the falling blues could be rain? idk just an idea.
Blue pikmin did get a GAME DESIGN buff. Which is the fact that you get them in the first area + there is a completely submerged area that only allows non-blues during the second half of the day (Serene Shores). I found that blue pikmin are more useful than red/yellow because there is so much water.
I didn't notice their ship until they were 3rd section idk how I missed the thing
Ah yes, make blue pikmin useful by making everyone else worthless
People still want to use Reds/Yellows in all the areas covered by water but don't use them because they simply can't use them. Your suggestion does technically make blues more useful, but I wouldn't consider adding more water to be a healthy way of tackling the fundamental problem.
Buffing blues in a way that is healthy for the game overall requires a change that makes people want to use blues even in situations where they aren't required to use them. The community has come up with plenty of possible ways this problem can be tackled, and listed below are just three of them:
- You could cause blues to receive some kind of buff both while they're in water and for some amount of time after they leave water. SilokHawk's droplet example works like this, but there are other ways you can take this idea included but not limited to buffing their movement speed and buffing their attack speed.
- You could make blues harder to shake off. Not only are they the only type with mouths (which could be used to cling harder to an enemy), but they also clearly have the extra experience when it comes to hanging onto things for dear life as shown in the promotional art, box art, and short movies.
- You could lean harder into the now-removed ability of blues to save drowning pikmin by essentially making turning them into medics. They automatically chase pikmin that are suffering from a condition that is harmful but not immediately fatal (Fire, Poison, Ice, Fear, et cetera) and use water to cure the condition. You could even take it one step further and give blues immunity to all such hazards.
If you’ve played pikmin 4 you’d know that blue pikmin aren’t useless in fact they are very useful
They are? That's awesome!
@@JP_Soupyeah. In a game with only 3 slots available, blues actually got that spot a lot in my game. Not only are they the only ones that can go under water, but winged Pikmin offer no use since whites are faster and there are no treasures only winged Pikmin can get. Not only that, but winged Pikmin have negative with the damage nerf, and while exploring under water oatchi will hold the rest of your Pikmin, meaning he won’t even be useable most of the time. I put them in A tier in 4
agreed, blue's got a huge buff thanks to the large underwater areas and oatchi can (at first) swim above so no underwater help (and even when he does, oatchi is only one doggo, even with ice pikmin around the blues are still really helpful
it seems the worst one is winged this time around (i just wish blue got a damage buff underwater but that's just me)
@@bremjo7929yeah, blues are really useful now, but they had to take winged pikmin's power sadly
@@Nikowo1610 Naw, blues didn’t affect winged Pikmin, whites did. The fact that even with air shortcuts whites tend to be faster is what did them in. The only benefit of winged Pikmin is that if you didn’t clear the area behind you, they’ll fly over most enemies, but since overworks enemies don’t respawn it’s hardly a situation you’ll ever see.
The problem with pikmin 4 is that even if they came up with a compelling use case for blues other than just "level design said it's time to use blues", you can only have three types out. So even if blues got a cool feature like red's attack buff or yellow's throw height or etc, you'd still only want to bring them if you NEED them.
3:52 that is a blue pikmin being happy leave him alone
They’re kissing ❤❤❤
It's a hug. Like a scene for the short films.
0:39 I saw that Jimbo
"It all begins, as everything should, in 2001."
Why is my brain like this
I didn't think they were too uselss in 4...until I saw otachi can now get things underwater, taking away their one unique trait.
No way can he actually dive into the water… I don’t even think it’s a joke anymore, they despise them.
@@ArcticJack2 Yeah if you upgrade his paddle path to 3 he can go underwater to retrieve items at least, maybe fight enemies but that I'm not sure of.
@@ArcticJack2 I used Oatchi ONLY for vases + jumping... which made blue pikmin extremely useful. Also made the game fun + challenging.
Oatchi can get items underwater, but you’ll still need blues or else you’ll be super slow at getting everything.
Dont forget the final area has water blues drown in (mud). Im not even kidding they really didnt need a nerf...
I don’t know why Nintendo hates Blue Pikmin. They’re just as handy as the rest.
Tell your self that
burger head ⬆️
@@User-d6l6t I mean, they are. They just are put in environments where they get to do very little.
@@User-d6l6tthey literally got their Onions lifeguard classes cancelled 😢
@@User-d6l6t true
I’ve beaten Pikmin 4 and blues were really useful in this game. (Mild spoilers to follow) Winged Pikmin are rare (I think there’s literally 2 pink candy pop buds in the entire pre-credits? Unless you go play that cavern over and over) and blues allow quick traversing with the water shortcuts which is so important when you have limited Pikmin allowed out on the field, and there’s a good portion of the map covered in water (one in particular has significant underwater portions. It’s a really common hazard in caves as well). The ice Pikmin are limited by candy pop buds for most of the pre-credits and it’s sometimes feasible to use them as a shortcut? But normally it’s not worth having 20 Pikmin just stuck in the water doing nothing to create a shortcut when you could just use blues instead. I think there was like 1 cave I used this feature in and that’s it aside from getting the blue onion lol
And they have mouth so unfortunately are great for showing terror 😅
I just use the dog for most water
Pikmin is built on the dead bodys of blue Pikmin
0:19 flipped smile more like, the face of trauma and agony
I love blue Pikmin please save them from Nintendo.
Pikmin 3 / Deluxe was my introduction to Pikmin. I do want to play the first 2 eventually. However, Pikmin 4 is the priority.
Blue pikmin used to be cool because they used to be the last one you'd get after having seen a thousand places they'd come in handy
yeah they got a huge buff by being available early. Serene Shores is also impossible to explore without blues.
Nintendo just hates blue in general, most character or enemies are rarely blue in all of their games.
Never realized this... We have no "blue" mario clone
Louie is blue and he’s one of three main bad guys of the franchise
Half of Mario and Luigi's outfit is blue. Link's outfit in BotW and TotK is blue. Rosalina, the most badass female in Mario is dressed in blue.
The tragedy of blue yoshi’s
I remember the first time i saw a blue pikmin; a cold afternoon, spent at home on my pc. A friend of mine posted a screenshot of their pikmin bloom score. I asked what game that was, and they told me the name. Without much staggering, I downloaded the game from the App Store. As I booted up the game, I was enchanted by the loading screen art, although at that time, didn’t take much notice to the blues. This changed when I received a nintendo gift pikmin, a blue. That pikmin quickly became my favorite, and remains in my squad until this day.
I think it’s similar to the whole Waluigi thing. It seems that they treat Blue Pikmin like how they treat Waluigi. As jokes or as comic reliefs. I don’t think Nintendo hates them at all but they definitely do enjoy making fun of them and trolling a lot. Either way Waluigi and Blue Pikmins will always be my favorites even if they’re treated as jokes. No matter what Underdogs are always loved.
Palpatine: "Did you ever hear the tragedy of Blue Pikmin?"
Anakin: "No"
Palpatine: "I thought not. It's not the story Sony or MS would tell you. It's Nintendo legend."
That one guy “wtf is the min? Stop making shit up”😂
Blue Pikmin will always be the best Pikmin, you wonder why?
They're blue.
They're the best shade of blue.
Best. Pikmin. Ever.
No offense, but this is the kind of comment made by people who get Blue Raspberry slushies just because they're blue, and not actually because they like the flavor.
@@KyletheReflectionist you are so right
@@beegsoder Thank you for not taking it the wrong way!
@@KyletheReflectionistyou are so right
@@lifinale Thank you for not taking it the wrong way!
Huh, déjà vu...
We just not gonna talk about how he said the start of airport security started in 2001? 💀you earned a sub just for that lmfao
Bro put a 9/11 joke before the 1 minute mark I love it
#justiceforbluepikmin
Lol says the dude who committed war crimes to his Pikmin 😂😂😂😂
3:52 Aww, how adorabl-
*wait, since when did pikmin even feel "deep" love to begin with? deep love is usually for reproduction, and last time i checked, these colored ants reproduced with onions from dead enemies and pellets...*
unless, of course, they're just hugging as of scared or whatever, like cartoons.
Tbh I love the blue Pikmin the most just because they are super cute. I don’t know why.
Bro when he says 2001, the twin towers flash on screen 💀
It took me way too long to realise that this Video is just full of sarcasm. Good job to you sir. Took me almost five minutes.
4:20 I literally have the exact same captain design 💀
My pig plot hole for pikmin is, if they can defend themselves now why do they still need to be evacuated by nighttime? Do they die because the creatures get stronger like said before?
Or is it that the onion is gone so they can’t really hide that well”
No way a 9/11 joke 0:38
I love dark humor it makes me giggle alot
in pikmin 4 demo the blue onion is buried just a little away from water
don't forget blue pikmin are the top priority target in the games' programming, at least 1 and 2 from what i managed to dig up.
Ice pikmin basically stole the Blue thunders and it’s also on par on op as the purples
Good video and I really liked the timing and delivery of your jokes! Subbed
3:51 Ayo! Also I’m pretty sure it’s blues getting bullied because they have a mouth and can emote easier
I'm less than a minute in and he's launched 2 September 11th jokes💀
I think they’re pretty good in Pikmin 4 (at least in the seaside area)
they have elemental barriers now they're now. red, yellow and blue are now equal
Blue Pikmin staring at you like
👁 👁
♦️
The players with blue pikmin: “awww, so cute! ☺️”
The Nintendo Community with blue pikmin: “torture.”
“The launch of airplane security in 2001” 💀 NAH
3:52 Red is kissing his homies (because he cares)
Real
Also, only blue pikmin and purple (formerly blue) pikmin can be crushed by the water wraith...
and bulbmin
@@KardboardManand pink
Pikmin 4 did a better job at creating environments for Blue Pikmin. They still, sadly, are debatably outperformed by Winged and Ice Pikmin in any environment not explicitly submerged.
I would argue they outperform wings in all but one area of the game, as pathfinding improvements have made Blues a LOT better at getting back to the Beagle, And Faster too, plus with the lack of Wing Pikmin things like the Bamboo Gates and tussles that wings can pull up, the only real thing you’d use wings for is flying over enemies, which is kinda pointless due to their slower movement speed compared to 3
@LavaCaptain-yf6iu true, they do move faster than Winged Pikmin, though Winged pikmin can cross gaps and other hazards, which can still be yet faster in other circumstances. A little more universal utility in that regard.
@@Lumavah
I honestly think that the 3 type limit hit wings harder than any other Pikmin type
0:38 tiwn towers jumpscare
00:39 Olimar crashed again 😢
💀
Blues in my opinion got done justice in pikmin 4. You can find them 4th at the earliest, and there is an entire area almost dedicated to them.
“Ba” at the end
Pikmin 4 empowers blues.
3:52 Pikmin kissing?
They found a new way to repopulate after Olimar left
Another thing is that the Blue Pikmin Icon element on the switch is falling flat on its face.
RIP the love blue pikmin deserve, they never even lived.
Submerged castle…. That’s all I’m gonna say.
ive always grown up watching my older brother play pikmin 2 on the wii, occasionally playing on my save, but i always had thie feeling with the whites, there red lifeless eyes staring in your soul, creeped me out but made me fall in love.
with it now on the switch i always have an unnerving feeling while playing, but still having fun
I met Reggie Fils Aime at a con one time and he said to me “I hate those stupid blue pikmin. They’re always getting themselves killed and swimming in the water. I hate water. Please buy Hey! Pikmin, on the Nintendo 3DS.”
Blue pikmin x Red pikmin
The Pikmin bloom loading screen lol. What the hell was that Blue doing?
Blues deserve better😡🔵💧
in the gcn box art for 2, the blue isn't "falling to his death." he's getting thrown by olimar at the enemy.
I know :)
My theory blue Pikmin remind Nintendo of Sega their old enemy and use blues as a stress toy this maybe a stretch but it makes very little sense
Blue pikmin are always getting worse and worse and i hate it
In 4, yellows are way less useful.
Blue Pikmin are my fav Pikmin, im sad on how nintendo hates them so much, lets end the racism against Blue Pikmin, lets start a civil rights movement for equal rights to Blue Pikmin!!!
0:38 I can’t be the only one who saw the twin towers for a second
Down with blues, red reign supreme
We need to save blue pikmin
Do not use Oatchi for anything but smashing Vases + Jumping = Blue pikmin are mega buffed
Anyone catch the 9/11 joke?
Well, I am not fan of Pikmin, but this looks really interesting.
3:50 sonic and Mario meme
3:52 *It looks like They are creating Purple*
The 2001 COMMENT IS FOUL
What is your favorite Pikmin type? reply comment.
My favorite is blue Pikmin
Crazy how the water pikmin have the least use cases out of all pikmin types when the game takes place on a planet composed of 71% water. Put the next pikmin game on Mars and blues would still be mid
Dude the picture of the twin towers I can’t.
Yeah. Ok Matpat.
Blue PIKMIN are my favorite tho 😭😭😭
i like Blue Pikmin to and feel you
Blue pikmin are legit kings in 4
Luckily in pikmin 4 their is a lot of water so blue pikmin are recommended
I mean Blue Pikmin are specially crafted to accompany you on very special missions to Blue Pikmin-only Zones. They even get the most memorable cave in Pikmin 2, which returns in Pikmin 4 because it was such a fan favourite! I don't get the hate. I got nothin but Blue Pikmin love.
0:39 💀
Blue pikmin its my favourite too!
0:35 WOAH THERE MAN calm down
0:38 uhhh...
they are so back in pikmin 4
Blues got a buff in pickmin 4
indirect buff. Aka Serene Shores
@@mechwarreir2 not even a buff, forced neccessity. Until you got Otochi water pawer 3
but what do they TASTE like
Actually pikmin 4 just came out
🤓👆
Ok the 9/11 flash on the screen wasn’t necessary big man jk
3:53 what are they doing 😨
3:52 😳
Nintendo leave blue aloooooooooooone :C
Maybe a water gun attack from there miuths like squirtle
Pikmin 4 makes blue Pikmin 1. Hard to get 2. Oatchi makes them useless for most of the game
Did you play the game oatchi can’t grab stuff while swimming
I love the blues the rocks the purples the whites in the ice