The Ultimate Pikmin Tier List

I just uploaded a sequel with Pikmin 4's Pikmin! https://youtu.be/2h2qOg0vsbQ?si=u8I-itN_Wsg7UaC2 I've also uploaded the assets from this video to TierMaker so you can make your own tier list! tiermaker.com/create/pikmin-types-1-4-labeled-1575…

Blue Pikmin are undoubtedly the best type for one main reason. They're blue. In Pikmin 3 specifically, they're one of the best shades of blue. Marvelous.

I think the "You dont even need yellows in 1" arguement is a good showcase for why often times online communities are fairly flawed when talking about certain aspects of games, at least imo. People will sometimes legitimately suggest that because some very obscure exploit [or in some cases a point in progression most players dont even know about] exists there's no reason to use whatever it is theyre arguing is useless. I've seen that sort of arguement so often when I look at discussions of certain items, mechanics, etc in a bunch of different games its honestly a bit staggering.

Actually, I do believe that the Big Bulbmin are NOT their mother, but rather the "Alpha" so to speak. Its simply the oldest and biggest of the pack. In the Piklopedia it says that the little ones follow the eldest bigger one due to the instincts of the parasitic Pikmin, essentially treating the largest as their captain. It also says that the bigger ones eat other Pikmin and Bulbmin because once to Bulborb they're controlling reaches a certain age, the insatiable hunger of the Bulborb overpowers all the instincts of the parasitic Pikmin, causing them to have an uncontrollable desire to devour things.

You've convinced me to change my mind on Pikmin 1 Blues VS Yellows. The small key argument was great. But using bombs to kill enemies in Pikmin 1 can be finicky and glitchy, which is why I never use them for that. If Pikmin 1 gets a remake, I believe yellows will be a lot more useful working as intended

I think people who thought reds were the worst ones in Pikmin one never realized that they had the attack buff.

I love how passionate and respectful the Pikmin fandom is it's so nice to see fan not being at each other throat but I also love the fact that were comparing each type of Pikmin via multiple reason and then you have Olimar and Brittany who says that Red and Winged Pikmin are the best just because they're just so adorable and their favourite 😂

I like youve given a name "small key argument" because there's a lot of things you get in games that are just glorified keys to put in glorified doors. I hope that becomes a common phrase so i can use it more often lol

As someone who's never been much of a fan of how blue Pikmin are handled in any of the Pikmin games, this is the most competent and well put together discussion of the Pikmin types I've ever seen. Great work.

20:03 I'm getting a very slight, uncertain, but possible feeling that Silok proving his point for Purple Pikmin with nothing more than this example clip is a favourite reoccurring gag of these videos And I don't even know how many times he used it in total Scratch that, I figured it out: Every time Silok uses the same clip of Purple Pikmin decimating a large Bulborb in THIS video: 12:49, 16:38 (no game audio), 20:03, 33:30 (no game audio) Total: 4 (3 if the clip without game audio doesn't really count, therefore the two “half-uses” add up to one) If the number of times this clip is used in both of Silok’s back-to-back Pikmin videos (this and the last) are added up, the combined total is 8, or 6.5 if the clip doesn't fully count without game audio

Thank you for letting the wiki editors know that White Pikmin deal more poison damage in Pikmin 3 Deluxe compared to Pikmin 3! However, we still can't document it, because it will take more research to know how exactly it changed and how it varies by difficulty setting. (We still haven't investigated the effect that difficulty has on enemy stats.)

While it clearly doesn't make them good in Pikmin 2 in any way, I do like that they made the Submerged Castle exclusive for Blue Pikmin from a challenge-type perspective. It's like a test of skill, ya know? You're forced to be even more careful around hazards, since even with Bulbmin around you get so little of them and the Waterwraith could easily wipe them out that you have to tackle the cave differently. It's a great use of Blue Pikmin and it's ironically only because they're SO bad during that cave.

13:22 "But clearly Pikmin are more than what they are required for." Wow... that's... that's surprisingly deep. Especially if you swap out the word "Pikmin" for "people."

just got to the part talking about pikmin 2's blue pikmin, and the way you talked about the submerged castle cave made me unreasonably upset. It wasn't made to make blues seem better, it uses blues only because they're not good. They can only go through water, so you have to figure out other ways to deal with the problems inside. And even if that cave was meant to make a pikmin look better, it was definitely meant to make bulbmin look better >:[

Hey Pikmin: S: 1. Yellow - High throw is super useful in a 2D game A: 2. Blue - High mobility in water levels lets them quickly kill things in any direction, and the game mixes them with other types and has you use them to help the others progress B: 3. Rock - Come back to you so fast after a throw that latching is unnecessary. Crystals exist 4. Red - Basically just the filler type when they have to give you something. Occasionally have to clear fire for other types. Enemy health is low enough that high attack is unnecessary C: 5. Winged - Only do anything in levels dedicated to them, which are rare. Never mixed with other types in a meaningful way Hey! Pikmin is not a bad game. Just different and not amazing.

The pikmin shorts imply that blue pikmin have a hydrophobic coating. Maybe they could be made slippery and immune to grabbing

I feel like a purple pikmin

the graphic design on these tier list icons are actually sublime, like holy shit, good job

I think the reason that white pikmin do more damage in 3 deluxe is because the enemies have half health outside of the story mode. Rock pikmin also do more charge damage in deluxe than in the original.

7:19 I believe theres actually 2 cases in the game that Blue Pikmin will specifically route through water, being when carrying something past the small puddle next to the UV Lamp they will cut through it, and a bit more notably when carrying the Geiger Counter they will drop down from the ledge instead of going the long route around.