Grassdigger | Pikmin 2: Two More Softlocks on Day 1 @grassdigger8695 | Uploaded August 2018 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Note: a softlock is when you are unable to progress through the game except by resetting. I can't even pause and end the day, since it's day 1.
A while ago, I showed a day 1 softlock that can happen on Wii: youtube.com/watch?v=zmSOSSavOno
However, this isn't a softlock on the GC version, since day 1 extinction can be done to end the day. If you haven't heard of day 1 extinction, have you been living under a rock? Just kidding. HSS0136 discovered it, here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=IieBje4CqMo
While day 1 extinction can prevent a softlock from happening, it also causes the 2 softlocks shown in this video. (Cut off one head, two more will take its place!) In the first softlock, simply let 2 or more Pikmin fall into the abyss anytime between Louie approaching the red Onion and crushing the paper bag. Now, crushing the paper bag is impossible. Thus, there's no way to collect a treasure. Also, there's no way for Louie's Pikmin to die, so I also can't get an extinction. The only other way to end the day is by letting both leaders die, which is also impossible. Therefore, I am truly softlocked, and I'm forced to reset.
The second softlock is a little more involved. This one takes place after the paper bag is crushed, once 20 Pikmin are in the field. First, make sure one of your reds are flowered. Next, put this red beyond the 35-weight paper bag, which I demonstrated here: youtube.com/watch?v=OmR-JbgrjMM
Note that I'm not softlocked yet. In the above video, I showed that I could hold a leaf Pikmin and switch to flowers by using the D-Pad in order to pick up the flower red that's beyond the paper bag. But if I lose all of my leaf reds, then this flower red would become stuck past the paper bag. Day 1 extinction allows me to lose the rest of my reds. Now, I'm softlocked, with no way to end the day. I can't get an extinction, since there's no way to retrieve the red past the paper bag. I also can't collect a treasure, or let both leaders die. Again, I'm forced to reset. Note that I used a different method to do day 1 extinction, which wasn't necessary, but I thought I'd show it. I first showed it in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=lqtkYdUWcKo
Note: since day 1 extinction is integral to both of these softlocks, these softlocks cannot be performed on the Wii version.
Here is one more unrelated day 1 softlock that can be done on GC or Wii, found by HSS0136: youtube.com/watch?v=KLQCTs8F30I
Note: a softlock is when you are unable to progress through the game except by resetting. I can't even pause and end the day, since it's day 1.
A while ago, I showed a day 1 softlock that can happen on Wii: youtube.com/watch?v=zmSOSSavOno
However, this isn't a softlock on the GC version, since day 1 extinction can be done to end the day. If you haven't heard of day 1 extinction, have you been living under a rock? Just kidding. HSS0136 discovered it, here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=IieBje4CqMo
While day 1 extinction can prevent a softlock from happening, it also causes the 2 softlocks shown in this video. (Cut off one head, two more will take its place!) In the first softlock, simply let 2 or more Pikmin fall into the abyss anytime between Louie approaching the red Onion and crushing the paper bag. Now, crushing the paper bag is impossible. Thus, there's no way to collect a treasure. Also, there's no way for Louie's Pikmin to die, so I also can't get an extinction. The only other way to end the day is by letting both leaders die, which is also impossible. Therefore, I am truly softlocked, and I'm forced to reset.
The second softlock is a little more involved. This one takes place after the paper bag is crushed, once 20 Pikmin are in the field. First, make sure one of your reds are flowered. Next, put this red beyond the 35-weight paper bag, which I demonstrated here: youtube.com/watch?v=OmR-JbgrjMM
Note that I'm not softlocked yet. In the above video, I showed that I could hold a leaf Pikmin and switch to flowers by using the D-Pad in order to pick up the flower red that's beyond the paper bag. But if I lose all of my leaf reds, then this flower red would become stuck past the paper bag. Day 1 extinction allows me to lose the rest of my reds. Now, I'm softlocked, with no way to end the day. I can't get an extinction, since there's no way to retrieve the red past the paper bag. I also can't collect a treasure, or let both leaders die. Again, I'm forced to reset. Note that I used a different method to do day 1 extinction, which wasn't necessary, but I thought I'd show it. I first showed it in this video: youtube.com/watch?v=lqtkYdUWcKo
Note: since day 1 extinction is integral to both of these softlocks, these softlocks cannot be performed on the Wii version.
Here is one more unrelated day 1 softlock that can be done on GC or Wii, found by HSS0136: youtube.com/watch?v=KLQCTs8F30I
