Shoutout to "PressA!" for not only helping me give the Pikmin 1 run some closure, but also for provoking me into doing this run as well. Check him out here : www.youtube.com/@pressaTD Also, the merch store is open again! If you missed a previous piece of Backlogs merch, don't worry - they're here for a not-limited time only : www.bonfire.com/store/the-backlogs-merch/

Lemon, I was baptized in the fires of Pikmin 2’s VS mode. Every night before I did my homework my mom would make me play until I beat her. It would go on for hours, sometimes days. I hope you know what you’re getting yourself into.

Imagining the Pikmin acting like Space Marines makes them incredibly entertaining. The first time we see them again i like to imagine theyre purging the wildlife will shouting "For the Emporer!" At the top of their lungs, thats what the little "woo" sounds are.

The Pikmin 1 section once again proves. It always seems impossible until it is done. Congratulations Lemon.

The Doomsday Apparatus is such a troll item. The 1,000 weight combined with the 1kg text implies that each pikmin can comfortably carry one gram with purples able to carry ten grams. However, the Nutrient Silo has roughly 340 grams of deliciousness inside the container and only takes 15 pikmin to carry, so roughly 22.6 grams per typical pikmin. It's almost like Nintendo is laughing at us for wanting to quantify pikmin power levels!

32:54 The most horrifying creature in Pikmin 2 is the Man-at-Legs, a relative of the Beady Long Legs. For unknown reasons, advanced machinery seeks these gentle creatures out and forcibly fuses with them. The machinery then uses heat from the spider's vital organs to power itself and slowly takes control over the spider until the host loses all control. This is not conjecture, this was originally suggested by Olimar's in-game notes on the creature in the Pikoledia and later confirmed by Nintendo on Pikmin Garden. E for Everyone, folks. Also, if Lemon sees this, the Wii Remote issue is due to your distance from the sensor. The remotes use infrared light to detect the remotes position. Too close and the light comes in too big/sluggish. Too far away and it comes in too small/jittery. I believe the proper distance is 5 feet away from the sensor.

Not sure if it was mentioned yet but at 34:36, you encountered a rare enemy known as Ujadani. They are tiny creatures that release nectar and spray upon death. They only appear in the Wistful Wild on day 31 then will appear every 30 days after

25:04 Even though you're not playing XCOM you're still experiencing XCOM woes.

Hearing Helldivers 2 music while Pikmin dived into the final dungeon was something I never expected

I love that the challenge running community is so incredibly supportive, always highlighting and working together to overcome regardless of channel size or experience. Genuinely the most positive community I've ever come across

I like how, with the 3 Yellow-only Pikmin 1 challenge videos between you and Press A, you guys ended up with all 3 endings: the bad ending (since you failed your first attempt), the normal ending (since Press A got 29 out of 30 treasures), and the 100%-complete ending (in this video).

Always happy to see a Pikmin video. Chunky artillery. Coffee is necessary for such ordeals

7:24 ....they're the best member, of the Pik. min. crew !

Nice challenge dude! Btw you could access Hole of Heroes on Wistful wild the same way you climbed the ledge leading to the Snagret hole, by using a chrysanthemum to bump you

Idk if anyone mentioned this yet, but if you spam purple pikmin onto an emperor bulblax while it is spawning, you can kill it comically fast

Beautiful video, the game is a masterpiece and the videi itself was fun, but seeing the "Satoru Iwata" at 40:12 with that sweet music is heartbreaking, I miss that man to this day, thanks again for having people to see more of his gems, thank you Lemon 🍋💞❤

Lemon really saw that message and said "challenge accepted!"

"PressA" provoking him is revenge for him making us all cry

A fresh backlogs video has the same comfort level as some good Southern Soul food with none of the regret.

A Sahel anthropus skull. Well, now we know why the Skull of Calderón is hanging out with Dictor van Doomcock.

Theres a game called Overlord, that plays quite a bit like Pikmin but not quite, and i think its pretty fun not sure what challenge runs you could do, perhaps a magic only run or something but, yeah give it a look!

not gunna lie, waking up and seeing a new backlogs video is a true treat. the best way to start a day.

when i saw Press A's video showing how to get the part "confused" and just come back next day i audibly groaned for lemon's sake, since he already got most if not all of the parts in that position already and didnt know to go back again lol

Had you recommended to me randomly a couple months ago, and since then have been addicted to watching these challenge runs you do! Keep it up, love the quality entertainment you've been providing us 👌

Having recently watched MatPat's final game theory video, it's so heartwarming to see what he said in action. You and PressA! are going further by collaborating instead of fighting to diminish the other. Incredible sense of community, and incredible video!!

This was such a great video, I watched both of you before the yellow pikmin runs and these two follow ups were better than I was even expecting! Congrats on getting all 30, you and Ty spent so long to make it come true!!

Fun Fact: Ultra Spicy Sprays actually make Purple Pikmin WEAKER! How the Spicy Spray works is that it doesn't just add +X damage, but sets all Pikmin's damage to a certain amount which just so happens to be less than Purple Pikmins' attack power. Also, sprayed Pikmin will for some reason die twice as fast from drowning, burning, and poisoning. Spray also only makes all effected Pikmin carry at the speed they would if they are flowers. So all in all, Spicy Sprays do either nothing, or are an active detriment to Purple Pikmin in EVERYTHING except movement speed for 40 seconds.

The firebomb academy grows each passing day

18:17 The dog in the Time Capsule is actually a Shetland Sheepdog! I don't think it's a picture of one of the developers dogs directly, because it's actually a cat in the Japanese version, but the Pikmin wiki states it could have been changed as a reference to a dog Shigeru Miyamoto had in 2001 named Pikku, which sounds similar to Pikmin.

Im loving the pikmin series so much! And the rivalry is a great cherry on top

I found you because of press a,I've been watching him for years and then these pikmin challenges started happening and I found you cause of him,I love both of you guys equally and I love the rivalry between the 2 of you,and I love these challenges you both do for pikmin,so instead of picking one side like everyone else,I'm on both,I make my own rules since I found you through him,but seriously,I hope you two became pretty good friends despite the rivalry,we all know rivalry is just for fun on youtube

Purple Pikmin winning like John Wickman

Can’t wait for the versus match between you and PressA, I’d definitely love a coop challenge run of you two. Whether it be something like gears of war, borderlands or as outlandish as Skyrim multiplayer

New Lemon? And it's Pikmin again?! Heck yeah!!

Purple is clearly the superior color after all

28:00 - The submerged castle will only let blue pikmin enter it, but there are actually Purple candypop buds in the cave! If you were to pull some more out-of-bounds shenanigans to unlock the blue onion, you could go in there with 10 blues, skip to the last floor where the purple flowers are, and defeat the boss for 1 more treasure.

I found both your channels recently through my yt algorithm giving me pikmin contents, and this totally-real-definitely-not-fake rivalry you both have has made for a series of very fun watches. Hope to see more collabs between you two in the future :)

Love your content, Lemon. It's always such a mood booster

I love your channel, your videos have become some of my comfort videos I enjoy to come back to time and time again

thanks for making the video Lemon. Pikman was something that I hadn't expected to see but was a pleasant experience to watch.

I like that you used the shopping music from ultra kill in the end it’s really nice! And the challenge run is very enjoyable and good job on that too mr. Lemon

I love this friendly competition you got going with pressa and I'm so happy that you're doing Pikmin challenges! Pikmin 2 still holds a special place in my heart and seeing you do challenge runs with it is awesome:)

Random but love the Ultrakill music used! Wasn't expecting to hear it! Great video as well, looking forward to the vs match!

Like i said on PressA!'s Video: I really love this cooperation of you two. I found the PressA! Channel due to the algorithm working for once. I got the video in my recommended after watching your yellows only run. and let me tell you I clicked it instantly. Seeing how the run could have ended for you... Well let me tell you PressA! Had a new sub after the end if the vid. Thanks for the video and the battle in Pikmin 2!

"Easy game for babies." That is literally what the Pikmin series is, not gonna lie

I'm always pleased to see a new Backlogs drop!

I love the little pre-run blurbs you have.

Quick note regarding crushing small enemies as mentioned early in the pikmin 2 section. That is not a feature exclusive to purple pikmin, you can 'crush' crushable enemies just fine with any pikmin type so long as you hit them right, it's just easier with purple pikmin since they have a bit of homing to their ground pound attack.

I caught a few minutes of the stream a while ago, and I've been excited ever since!

Watching lemon work out some of the puzzles on stream was great

Such a funny start, lost it when the part teleported so good

You make every game you play seem so fun and interesting, thanks for a good time

Things like this are really fun to watch. . . . And then you find vids where there are guys that beat Pikmin 1 in under 20 days without using pikmin, outside of the 1 per onion freebie the game gives, to do anything besides collect ship parts once the parts are *_already in the base._* It is insane how far peopel have pushed these games and the understanding of the mechanics that they had to have to pull it off.

11:53 I'm glad they changed the sound to a more gentle beep in 4. Considering the challenges in that game, having a gauge with the original sound would turn them into nightmares.

the most dangerous thing you can do is give Lemon unlimited time

Along time follower and saw his video first randomly while watching challenge runs and saw he was challenging you absolutely love the collab

I love your videos, i waited for something like 2 weeks.

Fantastic news about the Time Capsule! As per the Pikmin wiki: "The dog, named "Gon-chan", belongs to an unnamed graphic designer for Pikmin 2. In the Japanese version, the Time Capsule instead contains a picture of Wataru Yamaguchi's cat, "Chi-chan"."

I fucking love Lemons videos, thank you for producing such sultry voicing and gaming

Proud of you for going back and completing the pikmin 1 challenge.

Subbed! Let there be more pikmin rivalry videos!!

going through a miserable time rn and 29:40 made me smile for the first time today, thanks lemon

Another excellent video! Thanks for all the hours of entertainment. The subnautica music near the end got me thinking about challenge ideas for that game. Which is a great excuse to dive back into the waters of 4546b. Before that though gonna go watch press a’s video see how he tackled the challenge.

Woooooo! It’s a backlogs day! Immediately 11/10

The most legendary rivalry in pikmin history continues 🔥 I'm excited to see how the firebombs will treat you in this vid!

I do appreciate the Helldivers 2 OST at the end there Lemon, caught me by surprise, I thought my game was still open

This video and PressA's has inspired me to do my own run of this. Given their speed, ability to tackle things neither of you could, and getting completely buried treasures, Im going to see how much of the game is beatable with WHITE pikmin. Ill post an update when ive gotten everything I feasibly can

Lemon: "He's in the walls....HE'S IN THE GODAMN WALLS!!!"

Afraid of the empress? Don't worry I was terrified of the emperor's beady eyestalks when it was in the ground. That and the puffstool

I was so happy to see you get all 30 parts in Pikmin 1, AND have a fun time with purples in Pikmin 2! What a two-for-one combo deal!

BRO I SWEAR CULT OF THE LAMB MUSIC IS EVERYWHERE AND I LOVE IT

Its always a good day when backlogs uploads

I would like to imagine that these are the next generation of yellows that have passed down the knowledge that the original Olimar made sure to share his knowledge with, thus ensuring that the next survivor would have the best yellow help he could have.

its awesome you went back to complete instead of just leaving it to pressA!

Pikmin was my most favorite childhood game. And when pikmin 2 came out and delivered an EXCELLENT SEQUEL, I replayed it 100% probably over a dozen times! I had at least 500 purple pikmin and found how many purple pikmin per day I could get per dungeon. Some dungeons eventually rid their purple flowers. Same with white pikmin. I had at least 500 of each and 1000's of blue because they were my favorite. Pikmin 2 actually counts over 1000. Right? I think so it's been many years. My mom worked at RiverGate Emergency Animal Client in Nashville Tennessee by the quad skate arena and dentist where I got my braces. I played after school at her work 7am-7pm and had sooo much fun playing pikmin. Some if my favorite memories yet I used to get so freaking bored. I don't miss that haha

this was great. you guys should do it again for pikimin 3(if it's possible, idk, never played any of them). but get more people so each gets 1 color of pikmin.

wonderful video, I would love to see you destroy Rage using only the base rewolver or spike gloves or maybe the wingsticks ? that would be an interesting run, I love that game and can't wiat for you to eventually (probably not that soon) to get your hands on it

Man I wish the pikmin 1 revisit was its own video. Also great job with the purples, I watched the livestream before and it felt a bit worse back then.

34:36; a hidden “boss” which the more of the little guys you kill the more nectar, purple and red spicy spray you get, oh, and every time a Pikmin kills one, they are poisoned lol. It only happens every 30 days, achievable on 31 and every so forth.

"but my Pikmin will still have to travel through vents to carry it back to the ship." Sounds pretty sus.

NICE WORK MAN

34:50 Does lemon perhaps go with a nice cup of liber-tea?

looking forward to the next one of these :D

The Helldivers 2 theme activated me like a sleeper agent. For democracy!

A DK64 AND Futurama reference in one video? Lemon you spoil us!

Brilliant Video. And I am so looking forward to potential future collab with/against Press A to really figure out the winner. But speaking of running challenges through a series of games. Any news on the Dark Souls Reaper run?

Yayy! Emdentured servetude of the indigenous population!

Only part-way through, but I hope Lemon knows that you don't actually need Pikmin physically near you to bring them into a cave. Aside from, uh, that one cave, if they're technically in your squad when you interact with the entrance, they can come with you.

Makes my day when he uploads you know

I love how he starts with beating press A's pikmin 1 run. Getting the final part just to stick it to him a little. Friendly rivalry is great!

Ohhhh new backlogs video ohhh i like it i like it

Any day that Lemon uploads is a good day indeed

wholesome rivalries for the win! I found press A after lemons first Pikmin video so this is a beautiful outcome.

Love any friendly competition and can’t wait

Now I'm tempted to actually try the Pikmin games

Fun fact, small bulborbs can be instantly squashed by multiple kinds of Pikmin, not just purple ones. I know because I've one-shot many bulborbs without purple Pikmin.

“I lost a loyal bunch of pikmin.” the reset button on the console:

Lemon has the most wholesome rivalry lol.

Worth noting that the trick to open the Valley of Repose gate on Day 1 also requires you to do a different exploit, which is so difficult that only one person is known to be able to do it. Also that there's a mum bump to reach the Hole of Heroes.

I don't know how but every song lemon uses in his videos I listen to in my playlist.