Grassdigger | Pikmin 2: Courage Reactor Blocked by Paper Bag @grassdigger8695 | Uploaded July 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Day 1 Extinction is required to do this experiment. HSS0136 discovered this glitch here: youtube.com/watch?v=IieBje4CqMo
Once I do Day 1 Extinction, I can grow 50ish reds without crushing any paper bags by day 6. Now, I'm ready to show that we can carry Courage Reactor before any paper bag has been crushed.
Once again, this trick takes advantage of C-Stick mechanics. First, have 34 Pikmin in your army. This allows Pikmin to be swarmed very far from the active leader when the C-Stick is in use. This mechanic is also important for Lugia Skip. Kap discusses this at the start of his tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=jBa6usXNsJQ
Next, throw a few flower reds towards the spot in the video, and quickly whistle them. If done quickly enough, then these reds will stay on the slippery slope. Finally, just hold the C-Stick forwards. The flower reds will fight the slope. If you move more to the right, the Pikmin will have an easier time climbing the slope. After enough time, the Pikmin will cross the one-way invisible wall that is supposed to keep Louie from throwing Pikmin to Olimar before the paper bag is crushed on day 1. Now, it's a simple matter to swarm these red Pikmin over to Courage Reactor.
If you want to see more ways the C-Stick breaks Pikmin 2, I recommend watching these recent videos of mine:
-Draining the Water in Valley of Repose Early (Wii): youtube.com/watch?v=ReFzanO0KXw
-Draining the Water in Valley of Repose Early (GC): youtube.com/watch?v=ReFzanO0KXw
-Getting a Pikmin past the 35-weight paper bag on day 1: youtube.com/watch?v=OmR-JbgrjMM
Soon, I'll upload a video on crushing the 35-weight paper bag before the 15-weight paper bag, which has unintended consequences!
At the end of the video, I show that Pikmin that aren't in a safe zone will die from sunset if the Courage Reactor is collected. This is important to know when routing speedruns of this game, since a lot of time would be lost if the player lost a bunch of Pikmin after collecting the first aboveground treasure in Valley of Repose.
Day 1 Extinction is required to do this experiment. HSS0136 discovered this glitch here: youtube.com/watch?v=IieBje4CqMo
Once I do Day 1 Extinction, I can grow 50ish reds without crushing any paper bags by day 6. Now, I'm ready to show that we can carry Courage Reactor before any paper bag has been crushed.
Once again, this trick takes advantage of C-Stick mechanics. First, have 34 Pikmin in your army. This allows Pikmin to be swarmed very far from the active leader when the C-Stick is in use. This mechanic is also important for Lugia Skip. Kap discusses this at the start of his tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=jBa6usXNsJQ
Next, throw a few flower reds towards the spot in the video, and quickly whistle them. If done quickly enough, then these reds will stay on the slippery slope. Finally, just hold the C-Stick forwards. The flower reds will fight the slope. If you move more to the right, the Pikmin will have an easier time climbing the slope. After enough time, the Pikmin will cross the one-way invisible wall that is supposed to keep Louie from throwing Pikmin to Olimar before the paper bag is crushed on day 1. Now, it's a simple matter to swarm these red Pikmin over to Courage Reactor.
If you want to see more ways the C-Stick breaks Pikmin 2, I recommend watching these recent videos of mine:
-Draining the Water in Valley of Repose Early (Wii): youtube.com/watch?v=ReFzanO0KXw
-Draining the Water in Valley of Repose Early (GC): youtube.com/watch?v=ReFzanO0KXw
-Getting a Pikmin past the 35-weight paper bag on day 1: youtube.com/watch?v=OmR-JbgrjMM
Soon, I'll upload a video on crushing the 35-weight paper bag before the 15-weight paper bag, which has unintended consequences!
At the end of the video, I show that Pikmin that aren't in a safe zone will die from sunset if the Courage Reactor is collected. This is important to know when routing speedruns of this game, since a lot of time would be lost if the player lost a bunch of Pikmin after collecting the first aboveground treasure in Valley of Repose.
