Espyo | A deep dive into Pikmin 3 Deluxe's weird controls @srb2Espyo | Uploaded June 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe lets you control the cursor in a myriad of ways, even with the controller's gyro capabilities. But things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface. Even the most basic cursor control rules have some awkward exceptions. Even the most intuitive control layouts come with some bizarre drawbacks. Even the confusing gimmicks...are a lot more confusing than you think. In this video, I explore this game's controls, and all of the things that make it a LOT more broken than you might think.
This was a bit of a format experiment, so the audio quality is fairly bad. This entire video was originally a text-only "blog" article on Pikipedia, so you can check that out if you want the documentary in a different format, or want to be kept up to date with new jank I find and erratas, or just can't vibe with the narration format of this video.
pikminwiki.com/User:Espyo/Gyro
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Establishing the basics
2:41 Though, even the basics are janky
5:11 Gyro isn't all that it's cracked up to be
7:12 Gyro-stick: how does it work?
10:56 Gyro-stick: clearly unfinished
15:25 Arbitrary limitations?
18:19 Minor jank
21:15 Convoluted development
23:04 Finishing thoughts
Loose notes:
When I'm demonstrating how lock-on is useless (19:43) you can see me struggle to lock-on to the Pellet Posy because of the blasted gyro reset feature. I swear I'm not hamming it up for the video. I didn't even want to mention that in the video, but I figured I'd leave a cliff-note.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe lets you control the cursor in a myriad of ways, even with the controller's gyro capabilities. But things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface. Even the most basic cursor control rules have some awkward exceptions. Even the most intuitive control layouts come with some bizarre drawbacks. Even the confusing gimmicks...are a lot more confusing than you think. In this video, I explore this game's controls, and all of the things that make it a LOT more broken than you might think.
This was a bit of a format experiment, so the audio quality is fairly bad. This entire video was originally a text-only "blog" article on Pikipedia, so you can check that out if you want the documentary in a different format, or want to be kept up to date with new jank I find and erratas, or just can't vibe with the narration format of this video.
pikminwiki.com/User:Espyo/Gyro
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:32 Establishing the basics
2:41 Though, even the basics are janky
5:11 Gyro isn't all that it's cracked up to be
7:12 Gyro-stick: how does it work?
10:56 Gyro-stick: clearly unfinished
15:25 Arbitrary limitations?
18:19 Minor jank
21:15 Convoluted development
23:04 Finishing thoughts
Loose notes:
When I'm demonstrating how lock-on is useless (19:43) you can see me struggle to lock-on to the Pellet Posy because of the blasted gyro reset feature. I swear I'm not hamming it up for the video. I didn't even want to mention that in the video, but I figured I'd leave a cliff-note.
![All score comments [OLD] - Sonic Heroes](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fRBkh3aYdUA/hqdefault.jpg "All score comments [OLD] - Sonic Heroes
NOTE: This video is outdated and its audio is horrible. Watch this one instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Pd7tw1XDw
Depending on the rating you get at the end of the stage, youre point leading character will have something to say.
For instance, completing any level with an A will have Sonic say one thing, and completing with a C will have him say something different.
The character that is going to comment is determined by his(her) points. The character with the most points gets to comment about the score.
So, I decided to record everyone commenting about every note. There is a total of 60 score comments.
Please note that I DID use cheats. And its pretty obvious. How else could I get the timer at 13:37:00 every time? And I also made every character have the minimum amount of points to get the desired grade. Thanks to Shadows Carbon Copy for his GameFAQs FAQ with the necessary points for Seaside Hill with every team! http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/file/914714/28886
I added annotations because some of them arent quite easy to understand. And I figured out why: Fraps records the sound at around 3x louder. When I import it to WMM, I decrease the volume, resulting in quality loss. Luckily, I fixed that for the other video, the boss comments (see the video responses).
Why did I make this? I was bored. And also, whenever someone, somewhere, needs to know what X character says when (s)he gets X points, they cant say that theres no video about it on the Internet!
And you got it right: Cream is speechless when she gets an A. I doubt that its a flaw in my copy of the game...
Team Sonic: 0:00
Team Dark: 0:42
Team Rose: 1:28
Team Chaotix: 2:20")
![Moment compilation [Audio commentary] - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/il_gtA3S6KM/hqdefault.jpg "Moment compilation [Audio commentary] - Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Ill take the obvious out of the way here: I apologize for the quality. I dont have a capture card for the 3DS, so I tried my best to keep the camera steady and fix all clips in post. Theyre understandable, and thats enough. Please focus on the entertainment value of the moments and not the image quality. Thank you.
That said, welcome to my first (and hopefully last) Super Smash Bros. for 3DS moment compilation! These all happened on versions prior to 1.0.4.
Some notes about the audio commentary: This commentary contains a modest amount of screaming, light Portuguese accents, and the occasional swear. If you dont approve of that, feel free to mute the video, as most clips work just fine without the audio.
Notes:
-0:23 Pikachu had 45% before the very first hammer hit, and ended up with 559% after the last swing!
-0:35 If you couldnt tell, Duck Hunt Duo had pretty high damage, almost 90%.
-4:37 Sorry for the blurriness. No matter how many times I tried, I could never get the camera to focus.
-5:24 If you couldnt tell, Ganondorf had a Franklin Badge equipped.
-5:35 After the Final Smash was over, the Blarggwich just went down normally.
-5:44 Sorry for the screen moving slightly to the left as that moment is starting. I dont know what Vegas has been smoking, but I told it twice to not do it.
Participants:
Deku/Tom http://www.youtube.com/user/SnivyOwnsX3
G98/Gavin http://www.youtube.com/user/GamerNo98
FBV5/Ben http://www.youtube.com/user/foolboyv5
PATATA-man/Arnolds Cat/Joe http://www.youtube.com/user/arnoldscat")
