White pikmin: fly away Olimar: oh no, anyways

2:05 White Pikmin: gets sent into the stratosphere Olimar: Okay, let’s just ignore that.

Watching these Pikmin shorts in 2024 and they're still great!

i've never had this feeling of protecting pikmin at all cost so bad, they're just too adorable

Pixar: we make the best 3D animations Nintendo: are you sure about that

Olimar be here like: “Oh she passed away?” “Awww” “Ohhh” “Alright”

9:55 the detail on this scene is on the 7 on the end of the value, because on Pikmin 2, when you are exploring underground areas you can use dead creatures to extract money and the Bulborb's value is 7 pokos (coins) in the actually game, this brings smile to my face!

I'd pay a premium for a Pikmin movie. Just an hour of this would be amazing.

White Pikmin launches into air Olimar: Oh no... *Anyway*

2:30 RIP random blue Pikmin, died for our entertainment

With the success of the Super Mario Bros movie, I really, really hope that Pikmin will be made into a feature length film. They could be the more charming version of the minions in a way. And if Nintendo sticks with Illumination, they would have experience animating little creatures that speak gibberish and get into antics with one another.

olimars frantic whistling at 9:28 to try and get the pikmin out of danger is one of the most relatable things in this short movie

Me: “am I really watching a kids show right now?” *pikmin gets brutally chomped to death*

Nintendo: “All of our content is kid friendly!” Also pikmin: *Brutally tear off the flesh of a bulborb*

The reason its price is 10000000000 and 7 coins is because the crane itself is 10000000000, but in the game a bulblorb (mushroom monster) is worth 7 coins. Nice little detail.

Man if Nintendo was smart they would have put this short in front of the Mario movie

I don’t want to imagine what the corpse looked like .__.

i would absolutely love a tv series like this. it doesnt even have to be long. the more good pikmin content the better

I am shocked Nintendo never tried to make this a 3D animated series. I think the children would love it and us long time Pikmin fans who have kids.

The white Pikmin practically cursing out the others has to be one of my favorite parts lol

Bulborbs are Handsized, they would be perfect for petting if they existed.

Love how they all go “ BEAT HIS A**” towards the end lmao.

I love how with the censoring of the bulborb it’s implied that the pikmin did something so gruesome that it had to be bleeped out

This a great animated short, but I didn't expect them to have several brutal Pikmin deaths in it! I know it's part of the game, but seeing each of the Pikmin's individual personality in an animated short makes the deaths that much more shocking! (literally in one of the deaths)

There’s gore, death, accidental homicide, pillaging of endangered species and drug use all in this one, 12 minutes Nintendo video

5:45 master hand not letting bulborb in smash bros 2018 colorised

9:29 the constant whistle blows is the truest part of this entire short

2:00 this whole white pikmin getting mad and then being launch nearly ended me. I cant be laughing this loud at work 🤣🤣

"NOTE: No real Pikmin were harmed during the filming of these movies." ... Except for that Bulborb, it's 100% dead.

The Pikmin language consists of -ne -ow -hu -na -wa -no -pikuhmen -AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -brrrrrr -woomy -**death noises** -illustrations

Love the detail of the frantic whistling as the backho collapses. Nearly every pikmin player has had that moment

This video is how I encountered Pikmin for the first time

White pikmin gets launched into orbit. Olimar: Well, that happened.

2:00 White Pikmin: **Gets shot into the stratosphere** Olimar: Oh no! Anyway...

There are a total of 4 onscreen deaths in this film, 3 being Pikmin, and 1 Bulborb. Two blue Pikmin are killed, 1 via electrocution, the other by predation from the Bulborb, as same with the red Pikmin. The White Pikmin is fine, as its shown that Pikmin don't take fall damage, nor do they do in-game, but in this case, due to their unique petal parachute ability. So no, I won't be counting that. However, the number of Pikmin appear to be cut short by the end, suggesting that a large majority were lost during the collapse of the machinery. If I assume right, additionally, the Fiery Blowhog was situated right underneath the crane, and the yellow Pikmin in that electrified formation deep within the machine. Because of the lack of distance of Olimar's whistle, and the Fiery Blow Hog being *right underneath* the crane and in a weakened state, they can be counted as assumed casualties, adding an additional 25 deaths, or 29 so far. Though I'm not dedicated enough to count each and every Pikmin, (although I might in the future), we can easily see from a glance that there are WAY more than the standard cap of 100 Pikmin working on this sight. More like a few hundred, but not a thousand. By the end of the film, there are 8 Pikmin standing around the deceased Bulborb, and another 22 standing with Olimar. So 30 in total. If my assumption is correct, then HUNDREDS OF PIKMIN WERE LOST. Good lord, Olimar lost a whole playthroughs worth of Pikmin in a single incident! That machine probably flattened the poor things. You got that many Pokos, sure, but at the cost of decimating like 75% percent, if not more of the Pikmin population that he cultivated.

1:54 As the white pikmin, I took that personally

9:32 The fact that they had to censor that scares me.

A cool fun fact about these shorts is that Miyamoto storyboarded them using Flipnote Studios

Ok I’m now convinced. We need a Pikmin movie

7:59 this gives me joy when I’m stressed

When Olimar opened his eyes, I felt that fear on a spiritual level

Rest In Peace to the hundreds of yellows powering the machine Edit: I should clarify that I’m talking about them being crushed by the machine when it fell apart, I’m aware of them being immune to electricity

4:48 “wiieeeeee!!! :D”

This is the funniest pikmin short by far. White pikmin goes on a rampage, dust Mario pikmin, bulborb stubs it’s toe(s), and the expressions on the pikmin are just so cute and hilarious

2:30 Well, that got dark quickly

Can we talk about the censored half-eaten Bulborb body?

I love the rapid whistle to call up back in an emergency. Very accurate

This makes me want a movie😂 It’s taken me so long to appreciate Pikmin, but I finally do

Me who's never played any of these: Aww those little guys are soo cute! Little guys: CASUALLY DIE

Olimar spamming the whistle at 9:27 is the most relatable thing as a pikmin player.

this short became the top 3 most viewed video on the youtube channel

the fact that the idea of an excavator becoming a level in pikmin HASN'T been done after this is a crime

2:30 bro they straight up killed him 😨

I would kill for a Nintendo animated series that has little shorts like these for Pikmin and other franchises.

7:49 Why was this so sad😭

This short is proof of why I think Pikmin would absolutely work as Nintendo and Illumination's next animated movie.

Now THIS is what we need during covid.

9:29 if you havent used the whistle like that in a Pikmin game, you aren't a true Pikmin fan.

I'm watching this on my switch 💀

This got a lot darker than I expected

This is like looney tunes but people die when they are killed. I NEED MORE OF THIS

We need more of this. If Shigeru Miyamoto has more time can he make more of these?

2:52 I Love The Fact That Red Pikmin Make An SMB Reference

Oh my god the Mario reference in Pikmin short is so cute!

Game:You can only have 100 pikmin in the field. Short: Game: Wait thats illegal

The fact that he had more then 100 out is so intense

Nintendo: "no pikmin were harmed" *Two blue pikmin left the chat* *Red pikmin left the chat*

10:03 This should have been one of Olimar's victory poses in Smash tbh...

Lol Imagine paying for short films This post was made by switch era gang

I remember watching These a few years back. Now that I’ve finally gotten the chance to play Pikmin I enjoy these more.

I still really love how they incorporated the in game sound track to this animation, it's so cool knowing how certain songs are used in game and seeing them used the same way here

2:52 That Super Mario reference was the best!!

me: sees pikmin crying also me: ;-;

I love the pikmin 2 reference at the end

“It’s just a prank bro” The prank: 4:12

My personal headcanon is that pikmin souls move on from one host to another since their lives are so expendable. I also have it as a coping mechanism for whenever they die

i love how accurately they portray the game experience. so many pikmin die by doing something stupid without being told. no blue dont touch that *dead* no white stay there *dead* yellow get out of there *dead* run for your life red *dead*

This is the third most viewed video on Nintendo’s KZfaq channel. That makes me happy.

These shorts gave me a greater appreciation for the Pikmin, in the games they just seem really lifeless but here they have so much personality

10:02 Should SERIOUSLY be a victory animation for Olimar in Smash Bros.

3:38 That red Pikmin's tiny laugh gives me life.

The bulborb stubbing its toe, my reaction: relatable

Blue pikmin;im going to onion to be reborn

jeez that part where the pikmins are brutally tearing down the flesh of that animal and they even had to censor it is so disturbing

2:54 IT A ME! PIKMINO!

This short makes me realize that Pikmin are just better minions

I’ve watched this about a hundred times. They should make another one of these but with the new pikmin types

This was the most brutal thing Nintendo has ever made

2:01 I no longer see why it is so hard to escape the planet if they can just get some purple pikmin to launch them out of the atmosphere. If olimar or the koppaites ever get stranded on the planet again, they should try this strategy to save time.

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I love the fact that they’ve given the Bulborb it’s own personality too

7:34 Nintendo, we are a family friendly company.

I paid 5 dollars for these. I don’t regret it. These are great.

Now that Dynamo Pictures has become Nintendo Pictures, I hope we get more animation projects like these in the future.

Damn I spent full price for these shorts on the Wii U when they dropped. Don’t regret it one bit. These are of incredible quality, I hope they do more for pikmin 4!

This is why you can't hate the Pikmin. This short is just an overload of adorable.

Is no one gonna talk about how There was a censord corpse at the end?

These characters are so cute! What a creative storyline as well. And the Super Mario part was perfect. I hope they make a full movie of these characters!

I’m the only one that saw this videos on a wii u game?

They're way better than Minions lol.