THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN MAJOR SPOILERS FOR PIKMIN SHORT MOVIES AND POSSIBLE GAME SPOILERS (WHICH I'LL MARK WITH A ^ AND ELABORATE ON AT THE END)
Short #1
Olimar is seen eating something but unknowingly makes it seem as if he is eating Pikmin. A Blue, Red, and Yellow Pikmin walk in and see Olimar using a Juicer to make fruit juice with the "Pikmin". The 3 Pikmin get terrified and slowly walk back as Olimar approaches them while drooling, and reaching out. The Pikmin imagine what kind of horrific meal they'd be turned into by the Captain Olimar and get backed up into a wall, bracing for impact they hide their faces and Olimar makes the grab.... for some carrots^, we breath a sigh of relief and the short ends. This short is charming yet horrific, and the plot twist at the end was quite alright (not really one if you've played the games though).
Short #2
The second short doesn't feature Olimar at all, rather relies entirely on the Pikmin to provide comedy, and it delivers. We follow a Red Pikmin who finds some treasure in a bottle (presumably treasure to get and give to Olimar) and through a series of events ends up stuck inside of the bottle itself. Some fellow Pikmin friends try and help the Red Pikmin, including a Yellow Pikmin using a bomb rock^ to blow up the bottle. However by the end a bunch of Pikmin form a "rope" using the THICC Purple Pikmin as the root and pull free the Red Pikmin. The short closes off with the Red Pikmin on top of the bottle, being carried by other Pikmin, and a THICC Purple Pikmin following. This short is possibly the cutest short as we get to see how Pikmin act with each other while a Captain isn't around.
Short #3
This final short is the longest and most gruesome one yet. We see Olimar guiding an army of Pikmin in and around an Earth Bulldozer, getting parts to (presumably) earn money for Hocotate Freight^. We see some Yellows activate electricity and a bit of comedy. Now lets get to the D E A T H S. A White Pikmin (probably) dies by getting launched into space by a THICC Purple Pikmin. A Red and a Blue Pikmin die to a Bulborb attack, and a Blue Pikmin dies to electricity. For a light hearted series, that's quite dark, especially hearing the Bulborb crunch up the Pikmin. It DOES die at the end though, giving us justice. We get to see so many cute Pikmin interactions and at the end we see Olimar make over 1 trillion Pokos^. This was my favorite short in this collection and I had so much fun watching all of the characters' interactions.
Olimar: We don't really see any development in our intrepid explorer hocotatian Olimar, but he still provides a good characteristic to contrast with the Pikmin. (I wish we could've seen Louie, President, or the Koppaietes though^).
Pikmin: These lovely little plantimals add so much charm. They are the cutest Nintendo characters don't @ me (I wish Rock and Winged Pikmin made an appearance though).
Nintendo needs to make things like this more. This 3D animation works PERFECTLY for these shorts and all the surroundings look exquisite.
Amazing sound design, all the Pikmin "heave ho" sounds are so cute and the enemies sound great as well. And the Pikmin Death SFX are quite frankly, horrific.
Message: Go buy Pikmin 3 Deluxe so that us Pikmin fans can get a Pikmin 4 please, kthxbye.
Favorite Character: Olimar (He is also the only proper character)
Favorite OST: The Forest Of Hope
Favorite Quote(s): "Good", "Great", "Excellent" and "Perfect" (Apparently the Pikmin say these, although not without proper teaching)
Final Score: 95/100
Recommendation Level: 5/5 (If you're a Pikmin Fan), 4/5 (If you are not a Pikmin Fan)
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