Grassdigger | Pikmin 2 Glitch: Bitter Sprays from Spicy Drops @grassdigger8695 | Uploaded December 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This glitch was first documented by Claris Robyn here: youtube.com/watch?v=47aYAtpIN7Q&t=5m23s
HSS0136 also does the glitch in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2HZSlOmQE
For a long time, we didn't understand this glitch. We all thought that the glitch happened because a petrified enemy was killed just before a spicy drop was consumed, and that the glitch didn't have to do with the drops that come out of the petrified enemy.
Then, Minty Meeo did this glitch without having bitter sprays, meaning that it could not have happened because of a petrified enemy being killed. Here is the video Minty Meeo provided for proof: youtube.com/watch?v=9oCeBMo_v5Y
Then, Flying Pandoral Dog suggested to me that the glitch happened to Minty Meeo because a nectar egg broke at the same time he drank a spicy drop. While this may not have been the case for Minty Meeo, this caused me to find out that as long as a nectar drop appears at the same time a spicy drop is consumed, you obtain a bitter spray!
The window for this glitch is pretty lenient: 7 frames, about a quarter of a second. It will work as long as a nectar drop appears, but it won't work if a spicy drop or mittites appear instead. The nectar can appear from nectar eggs, Honeywisps, Beetles, or grass (grass digged).
Things get even more interesting. If a bitter drop appears at the same time a spicy drop is consumed, the glitch occurs. In fact, if the reverse experiment is performed (drinking a bitter drop at the same time a spicy drop appears), you get a spicy spray instead of a bitter spray! But if nectar or a bitter drop appears instead, you still get the bitter spray.
There's only one theory I have that ties all these things together. I believe that the game keeps track of what drop a leader is drinking, but when a nectar/spicy/bitter drop appears after the drop has disappeared, the game thinks that this new drop is the one being consumed. To make this theory work, it follows that if it were possible for a leader to drink a nectar drop, he would get a bitter spray. Perhaps bitter sprays are the "default" spray that leaders obtain.
The nice thing about this glitch is that now it's possible to obtain bitter sprays without collecting bitter berries. This is certainly handy for some challenge runs, such as 6-day runs (where getting bitter sprays on day 3 is too time consuming) and possibly low-igt runs (where we could collect 10 spicy berries instead of 10 bitter berries, which may save a minute, since spicy berries are easier to obtain). This may even be practical for speedruns, if the player is low on bitter sprays.
One more thing: while it's now possible to get both sprays by just collecting spicy berries, it's been possible for a while to get both sprays by just collecting bitter berries. It turns out that if you collect bitter berries before spicy berries, both spray drops will drop naturally, which HSS0136 shows here: youtube.com/watch?v=1i3taHkR2LQ
This glitch was first documented by Claris Robyn here: youtube.com/watch?v=47aYAtpIN7Q&t=5m23s
HSS0136 also does the glitch in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=Jh2HZSlOmQE
For a long time, we didn't understand this glitch. We all thought that the glitch happened because a petrified enemy was killed just before a spicy drop was consumed, and that the glitch didn't have to do with the drops that come out of the petrified enemy.
Then, Minty Meeo did this glitch without having bitter sprays, meaning that it could not have happened because of a petrified enemy being killed. Here is the video Minty Meeo provided for proof: youtube.com/watch?v=9oCeBMo_v5Y
Then, Flying Pandoral Dog suggested to me that the glitch happened to Minty Meeo because a nectar egg broke at the same time he drank a spicy drop. While this may not have been the case for Minty Meeo, this caused me to find out that as long as a nectar drop appears at the same time a spicy drop is consumed, you obtain a bitter spray!
The window for this glitch is pretty lenient: 7 frames, about a quarter of a second. It will work as long as a nectar drop appears, but it won't work if a spicy drop or mittites appear instead. The nectar can appear from nectar eggs, Honeywisps, Beetles, or grass (grass digged).
Things get even more interesting. If a bitter drop appears at the same time a spicy drop is consumed, the glitch occurs. In fact, if the reverse experiment is performed (drinking a bitter drop at the same time a spicy drop appears), you get a spicy spray instead of a bitter spray! But if nectar or a bitter drop appears instead, you still get the bitter spray.
There's only one theory I have that ties all these things together. I believe that the game keeps track of what drop a leader is drinking, but when a nectar/spicy/bitter drop appears after the drop has disappeared, the game thinks that this new drop is the one being consumed. To make this theory work, it follows that if it were possible for a leader to drink a nectar drop, he would get a bitter spray. Perhaps bitter sprays are the "default" spray that leaders obtain.
The nice thing about this glitch is that now it's possible to obtain bitter sprays without collecting bitter berries. This is certainly handy for some challenge runs, such as 6-day runs (where getting bitter sprays on day 3 is too time consuming) and possibly low-igt runs (where we could collect 10 spicy berries instead of 10 bitter berries, which may save a minute, since spicy berries are easier to obtain). This may even be practical for speedruns, if the player is low on bitter sprays.
One more thing: while it's now possible to get both sprays by just collecting spicy berries, it's been possible for a while to get both sprays by just collecting bitter berries. It turns out that if you collect bitter berries before spicy berries, both spray drops will drop naturally, which HSS0136 shows here: youtube.com/watch?v=1i3taHkR2LQ
