I thought I noticed that with the time of day part of the UI :/

And the AI upscaling on UI is... disgusting. They couldn't be bothered to remake the two-three dozen basic images that you'll always see on your screen?

I don't think it's so simple. At 9:12 you can see game running on PC emulator and UI stretch looks different than the Switch version. Actually, UI bubbles in Switch version look the most correct. In GC version they are vertically stretched and on PC emulator they are horizontally stretched. In other words, looks like UI for Switch received some special care and it's not just simple 4:3 to 16:9 stretching.

That is not true. The circle for the pikmin type and the world map are perfectly round, which means that the hud is not stretch at all

@@kurikuraconkuritas Those are fine, but others like the Pikmin count are stretched compared to GameCube. Some elements are unchanged though.

Lol I noticed that and it reminded me of arguments at school with friends who swore it was called Super Mario Smash Bros

whoops haha

I was thinking the same thing. While much higher quality, they completely change the style of the textures and it looks like a weird early unreal engine 4 demo or something.

Yeah some fan projects mess too much with the original vision and colour temperature. Having a consistent art style that fits the original vision with slightly higher resolution is always preferable to detail for the sake of detail. Nerrel on YT really understands this when explaining his own fan retexture of Majora's Mask.

The Wii version already removed the product placement so nothing new here.

@@netako Wii version had them, Switch doesn't.

@@TheSalamanderMenace4 I'm an idiot, my bad.

Let’s be honest, getting al those licenses back would be a titanic effort just for a port of a GameCube game

I too am an insane person who prefers more ads in products I already paid good money for. Nah but seriously, removal of product placement is a GOOD thing. Product placement never should have been in the game to begin with.

@@mjc0961ayo 😂

@@mjc0961 No because it further immerses you into the games post apocalyptic earth setting, the game loses something without the real world product placement

@@mjc0961 The product placement in the originals wasn’t used for funding/profit purposes like it usually is. This was to make it seem like the setting is a remnant of our actual world

Unfortunate holdover from the Wii port.

​​​​@@Spindash54 Ah okay. Thanks. I'm surprised he didn't pick up on this - it really stands out to me. It makes total sense that this is based on the Wii port rather than the original. Also there's no way that's AI upscaling on those videos. It's far too clean.

@@retromuelit’s deliberate shilling for sponsorship and free games, they do subtle stuff like this and ignore problems constantly, and have done it for years

I so want this to be a thing.

Punch Out was ported to the Shield so Wii games are on the table if Nintendo cares enough.

They took the exact same approach with Mario Galaxy on Switch, CPU instructions native but graphics emulated. Not sure about Mario Sunshine.

I totally don't care cause paying 50eur for just a few MB of some 20 year old ROM... Specially when you can just download it and run on other emulator with upgraded textures+AA and whatever on your phone, PC, modded consoles... 50eur for a remaster must be a complete remaster. Ps: I like a proper remaster when it's well done but nothing is anywhere close than a true good proper remake.

@@guily6669Great works of art should never be remade, unless it's absolutely necessary.

EXACTLY

This. So much.

Eternal Darkness most of all!!

Can't say I like it a single bit, PS1 was also full of similar generic games... Old C&C and many others were more my kind of game. And PS1 there was also some that we could control the vehicles or command them in strategy and they were amazing.

​​​@@guily6669man I've played Pikmin 1 before but that's it... hardly a fan but I gotta say though - rough take. This is nothing like a Command and Conquer game and is honestly unlike anything else. As much as I've never gotten into this series Ive always been intrigued by it's creative gameplay mechanics and weirdness. I'm just saying if you go into it expecting it to be C&C you're gonna be disappointed

^ This x 100

Since some buttons have been changed your missing some things. It’s “playable” but better with a pro controller.

I originally bought my Gamecube for Pikmin, having got it I realised Pikmin is to gamers what crack is to junkies.

i turned it on. didn’t notice anythingdiffrent

And you know plenty of people bought this anyway - just like Pokemon. Nintendo knows they can phone it in and people with nostalgia for certain IP will purchase anyway as long as it's bare-minimum functional. I think Nintendo is least consumer-hostile/puts in the most effort when they're financially on the ropes. But hell, I'd give them a break if this collection was $20-30, but asking $50 for this is the peak of greed. They basically just tweaked their emulation solution from Sunshine/Galaxy on the Switch, rescaled some UI elements and processed some videos and called it a day. It's especially egregious considering how good MP Remastered is and that's $10 cheaper!

The Wii ports were already 16:9

The game's logic is most likely tied to the frame rate... so you can't increase the frame rate without speeding up the game.

@@omegawii Apparently that's not true because this video shows emulators running that game at 60fps.

@omegawii yes...that's why they should've remastered the games with the 10+ years they had instead of 2 lazy ports

Almost 100% sure this was mentioned in a DF Direct a while back lol common mistake though

@@GaminylGames I mean it was the general consensus probably based on some Nintendo Power interview up until like 3 days ago lol

Yep. It had almost nothing to do with Pikmin.

Though to be fair, the Switch is using an old ARM CPU at ~1 Ghz so it really has little/no hope of running full Dolphin at anything close to playable speed, which is probably why they went for the emulate the GPU code/port the CPU code approach here, to ease the burden on the CPU.

Great call on the playasia pricing, had some coins to use towards the checkout cost too !

You mean treasure the money it makes them when suckers keep buying the same game on each system with minimal improvements?

@@solocamo3654to be fair miyamoto keeps forcing pikmin back into the spotlight since it’s his own thing, so in one way or another it is a kind of dedication he keeps pushing for pikmin instead of older more infamous games like Mario galaxy 2 or Zelda twilight princess

Treasure? Nintendo is just the same thing of charging again & again

They threaten their fans recording their games issue in takedowns and strikes a lovely company

Wow such such respect and devotion for their treasured franchises to release a bare-bones, half-emulated port and charging us $40.

I see that there is (answering my own question). Google you idiot (calling myself an idiot). It's $49.99 for the USA MSRP, and will be released on September 22, 2023. Just in case anyone is wondering.

Because the gameplay and fun factor is far more important.

I can only imagine that it's down to either concerns about game performance or people always moaning about "anti-aliasing" on the N64.

Anti-aliasing has a performance impact

Pikmin 4 yes for moving the cursor around not sure about others

I don't like how the treasures in pikmin 2 don't have the original textures. Though there is a mod to restore the textures

@robbyjvc I haven't played it yet, but that's a shame. I've just seen comments saying that licenced products have been replaced, which is understandable but a bit disappointing.

Then you should be happy to play it at a blurry 480i as well, since that would be faithful to the original..

@@nickmotsarsky4382 Very clever, I would play that on a CRT for sure, or on my Gamecube on a larger TV. One minor compromise is appreciated for modern displays, a resolution boost. Otherwise, the textures, models etc are fine.

​@@strangevision99loser

A CRT gives a depth of field effect with that resolution.

Nah they went above and beyond, in a way. They're not arbitrarily pulling it from stores a couple months after release and they left the camera controls alone ❤️ Thank you Bowser

@@GaminylGamesthe camera controls are bad though? quite different from how it was originally and affects the swarm controls, a very important mechanic. I don’t really see how that’s a plus even if I don’t inherently disagree with your points

@@octoinlove888I was just roasting Mario 3D All Stars lol Didn't know they actually changed the controls here too. Amazing

lololol

I mean considering the series never sells well, this is an awesome release for us fans considering I never thought it'd happen.

You can use a GC controller with any game on Switch

Well, those rereleases don't technically exist anymore, and there's money to be made :P

And how does inflation factor into your "bit overpriced" assertion? Money is worth less than it used to be, so obviously companies will ask for more now than they did then for largely the same product.

@@mydogeatspuke Man, did you just learn of inflation last week or something? That's not how it works. Salaries haven't increased at the same rate, and entertainment prices are purely dependent on what the common people can afford. On the opposite side, house prices have increased way beyond inflation. Furthermore, according to inflation, the $60 Super Mario Bros. would be worth about $170 today, but even Nintendo has never sold it for that high. Older pieces of entertainment generally become cheaper over time, especially if no improvements are made - this has been an unspoken rule in not only gaming, but movies and music too. Just look at steam sales. If Wii games were worth 20€ on Wii U, then they'd be worth 15€ at most on Switch. 20€ would still be alright because I think the Wii prices on Wii U were pretty good, but 25€ (more than before!) is pushing it.

Ninflation

@@leonro yes, everything everywhere is more expensive but that's not how video game pricing works. You're so right.

too many "remasters" change too much and become more like remakes really. What they did with Metroid, Crash and Spyro is great, but they're hardly remasters when they look so radically different.

Pikmin 1 + 2 are close to remasters with the English localization altering the dialogue.

@@EikeKusch776 Why the hell did they need to re-localise it?

@Tephnos They literally couldn't help theirselves. Some humor of the originals may be deemed too much for the sensitive I suppose. As for me, wrongly translating the content and dialogue is a no buy as always. P.S. As far as I'm aware, only the English versions are affected. That's quite telling.

@@EikeKusch776 I know they changed the names and descriptions of the husband/wife treasures. Did they change in-game dialogue as well?

Yeah, F-Zero GX already looks fantastic in 1080p, as it already has crisp textures, 60fps, and widescreen. (I guess it could use some tweaks around draw distance and background details, but that's pretty minor.) Games like Mario Kart: Double Dash, Smash Bros. Melee, and Eternal Darkness arguably don't hold up quite as well, but they also run very smoothly already. But when Pikmin, a game with a low framerate and fairly blurry textures, gets this absolutely bare minimum treatment, it's harder to look favourably on that.

Hold up, 50 dollars for a GameCube and wii game that are basically emulated instead of a direct port? Dang Nintendo, you and your weird standard.

Honestly, I'm just gonna stick to my modded wii with the OG installed, but I do kinda want to add a pikmin 1+2 switch case to my pikmin 3 and 4 cases now. For some reason, I'm betting it'll be bland as hell and not worth getting

@@Deliveredmean42 gotta invest as little time as possible for a profit, ya know :/

@@jdudbdjxb7687 mood. having the cases of all 4 games is just something my monkey brain wants. after I 100% the Pikmin 1 and 2 games on Switch, I might just go back to the emulator on my PC in the future whenever I want to play through them again

@@Deliveredmean42 Nintendo fans have the lowest standards in the industry...

Since the Wii version.

Oh, boo hoo. Let me play a sad song on the world’s smallest violin.

@@vanderquakSP Uh okay? I guess Nintendo is above criticism for you because you love Pikmin so much? Y'know, it's okay to criticize a multi-billion dollar corporation when they put out a lazy product and charge full price for it. This is not a slight against Pikmin, it's a legitimate criticism of Nintendo's business practices.

Can’t you use the C stick to get the Pikmin to walk in a line or closer to you in this re release?

​@@RetroBreakyea

@@ivanramos1809 that’s ok then! I was worried after seeing this comment, and the video didn’t show any time that they actually controlled the Pikmin either..

@@RetroBreak Oh no you can do that, but it's a bit fiddly and I still end up having moments where they get stuck. I just find the newer games do it much better because specially in Pikmin 3 they just bundle together and do it in a really slim line so it's happens little to none.

many games from this time used fps for game logic, so increasing the frame rate can really mess things up

@Yetaxa True, but many remasters/ports have gotten around that. Halo is the biggest example, but also RE4 (not the remake) and Sonic Adventure

It's probably not really worth the investment to redo everything from the ground up from a more niche game series. I don't think the fanbase for pikmin is quite as large as metroids.

@@MLWJ1993 yup, these games just dont sell well. Like no one cares about pikmin 4 compared to how they care about mario zelda metroid, yall dont wanna hear it but thats the truth. Only reason this series keeps going is because miyamoto pushes for it.

In the case of Metroid Prime Remastered, all the assets were redone and the engine was updated to the latest itteration, not to mention certain new control functionality was added. Redoing Pikmin 1 & 2's engine to support new lighting would've been nice, but part of me thinks most of the texture replacement effort went into scrubbing the branded product placement of the "treasures". It's an odd case, though, where there's charm in seeing a Duracell battery being treated as some totem of a forgotten civilization. Another reason would also be Pikmin is one of those more niche Nintendo titles...even more niche than Metroid.