Grassdigger | Pikmin 2 Wii: Draining the Water in VoR Early @grassdigger8695 | Uploaded July 2018 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
It is possible to drain the water in Valley of Repose before destroying the underwater wall blocking the path to the drain. It isn't too helpful, as blues are still required to destroy the drain. However, in certain playthroughs that are limited in blue Pikmin, it would be advantageous to destroy the drain before destroying the underwater wall, as the wall would take forever to destroy with just a few blues.
First, I throw blues to the area that you normally don't have access to until the underwater wall is destroyed. The blues can be thrown here because of the extra throwing range that the Wii version offers. I showed this technique once before in this meme speedrun, where I collect a Cannon Beetle corpse as quick as possible: youtube.com/watch?v=D7f_D2brJjs
Next, I C-stick the blues to be by the underwater wall. Lastly, I need to C-stick them towards the drain and dismiss them there. It's important that I have around 35 Pikmin in my army when I do this, as Pikmin can swarm further away from the leader when this number of Pikmin follow me. This is also important when doing Lugia Skip. Kap discusses this at the start of his tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=jBa6usXNsJQ
One other thing: I only want a few blues to be following me before I dismiss them by the drain. This is because of dismiss mechanics. When Pikmin of a specific type are dismissed, they all go for a particular point. This point is calculated as the average of the positions of the Pikmin (as long as this position isn't too close to the leader). Notice that if more blues were following me, then these blues would be further away from the drain. Consequently, the position that the blues dismiss towards will be further away from the drain, as the positions of these extra blues would affect the average position.
At the end of the video, I show that we can collect Dream Material while the cutscene that focuses on it plays. I was hoping that this would cause another instance of Object Restoration Failure, but nothing strange happened. If you want to know more about Object Restoration Failure, check out this video and read the description: youtube.com/watch?v=1lIIQSkPB6E
Here is another video about collecting treasures during a cutscene: youtube.com/watch?v=Q-C5rgYp9t4
It is possible to drain the water in Valley of Repose before destroying the underwater wall blocking the path to the drain. It isn't too helpful, as blues are still required to destroy the drain. However, in certain playthroughs that are limited in blue Pikmin, it would be advantageous to destroy the drain before destroying the underwater wall, as the wall would take forever to destroy with just a few blues.
First, I throw blues to the area that you normally don't have access to until the underwater wall is destroyed. The blues can be thrown here because of the extra throwing range that the Wii version offers. I showed this technique once before in this meme speedrun, where I collect a Cannon Beetle corpse as quick as possible: youtube.com/watch?v=D7f_D2brJjs
Next, I C-stick the blues to be by the underwater wall. Lastly, I need to C-stick them towards the drain and dismiss them there. It's important that I have around 35 Pikmin in my army when I do this, as Pikmin can swarm further away from the leader when this number of Pikmin follow me. This is also important when doing Lugia Skip. Kap discusses this at the start of his tutorial: youtube.com/watch?v=jBa6usXNsJQ
One other thing: I only want a few blues to be following me before I dismiss them by the drain. This is because of dismiss mechanics. When Pikmin of a specific type are dismissed, they all go for a particular point. This point is calculated as the average of the positions of the Pikmin (as long as this position isn't too close to the leader). Notice that if more blues were following me, then these blues would be further away from the drain. Consequently, the position that the blues dismiss towards will be further away from the drain, as the positions of these extra blues would affect the average position.
At the end of the video, I show that we can collect Dream Material while the cutscene that focuses on it plays. I was hoping that this would cause another instance of Object Restoration Failure, but nothing strange happened. If you want to know more about Object Restoration Failure, check out this video and read the description: youtube.com/watch?v=1lIIQSkPB6E
Here is another video about collecting treasures during a cutscene: youtube.com/watch?v=Q-C5rgYp9t4
