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Posted by spenser - 3/8/2002 6:39:47 PM
whoops
my first post was supposed to be 247
not 257
sorry
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Posted by redpichead - 3/8/2002 7:04:18 PM
I decided to give Forest of Hope a couple of
runs and I came out with this.
Forest of
Hope-528
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/8/2002 8:29:04 PM
It's difficult to explain an effective strategy
for the Forest Navel, but a few things are important to
remember:
1) Never leave too many Pikmin doing nothing. Idle
Pikmin are the Devil's workshop, as I've come to discover, because
you will find yourself straining for a decent score if you let 40
Pikmin sit at the onions for more than about 20 seconds.
2)
Always try to get the pearl. It only takes a few Pikmin to build
that bridge, and you can always come back to it later. Find a way to
connect some to the bridge and then do other things while it is
being built.
3) This is kind of debatable, because I can do
the level with or without Flowering my Pikmin before reaching 100.
But, in MANY cases, it is highly beneficial to flower your Pikmin
when you have about 50-60 or so and use them to your advantage while
you harvest the rest
4) Building the bridges that are close
to the onions (leading towards the Puffstool area) is almost
completely useless and time consuming, in my opinion, and I wouldn't
waste Pikmin trying to do it unless you really feel that you've
found a way to make it benefit your runs.
5) Remember, it is
TOTALLY okay to mismatch Pikmin on large pellets on this level, for
example, if you've cleared out an area and the only pellet left is a
red 5 and you and you have 5 blues... Get it! You can always call
them back later, and even if you don't call them back in time, you
will still get at least a few Pikmin for your trouble.
6)
Make sure you have 100 FLOWERED Pikmin and at least 20 extras (My
numbers are generally 120-140) by NOON. If not, you are not having a
good run and you most likely will not end up with a decent
score.
Good luck to all who are still working on this
level!
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Posted by redpichead - 3/8/2002 9:03:22 PM
Right Now I'm trying to come as close to
SnapDragon's score's as possible
Impact Site-242?
(I
haven't played in a while)
Forest of Hope-528
Forest
Navel-397
Distant Spring-425
Final
Trial-243
Any updates on your scores Snap?
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/9/2002 1:02:01 AM
Well, there's clearly something major I'm just
not getting on Forest of Hope yet, but for what it's
worth:
Forest of Hope - 424
...inching up.
:)
Also, so far no luck at all getting another 273 on IS -
not even close, really. 240s and 250s are still the rule.
Hrm.
Posted by topotheclass - 3/9/2002 1:47:08 AM
Tomato, what I try to do in FOH is a series of
"sweeps". I'll take whatever pikmin I have (42 in the beginning,
usually about 96 thereafter) and go out and conquer the enemy. After
I defeat a baddie I leave it where it is and continue. Once I've
completed the sweep, I pull a U-ie and start heading back toward the
onions, picking up monsters and pellets as I go.
So my
general FOH strategy is to do 4-5 of these sweeps, and that's about
all the time there is. I'm still making small refinements to my
strat. In particular, I still have difficulty in both pearl areas,
having enough good guys with me to beat the baddies (without making
an extra trip to the onions for more). I haven't figured out a way
to get the monsters in the pearl area by the water without using
bomb-rocks, and my yellows are maddeningly inconsistent about where
they place those things after I throw them.
Snap, I don't
want to rekindle a dead argument, but I want to ask you to please
reconsider your previous statement about not ever posting another
video. Not only are they "educational" (in the sense of showing a
damn good strat), but it's also downright enjoyable to sit back and
watch someone with such a high level of skill perform. I swear,
sometimes it seems like the clock moves slower for you than for the
rest of us. It's just cool. Don't let some no-credit-giving punk
deprive us of our chance to see you in action. I'm looking forward
to seeing how you handle Pikmin 2!
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/9/2002 10:26:33 AM
Hey top. Thanks for the tips!
What I've
been doing sounds similar, sort of, and I'm still very much in the
process of trying to figure out what order to do things in and so
forth.
I've found that if I head right out towards the bay
with my 42, I almost always lose one or two right off the bat to
that group of three bugs right outside the gate (guess I have to
start learning their names!). If I go the other way, there are two,
and I can usually get them without losses, and the three that are a
little farther along (the black ones) seem easier to lure out one at
a time than the red spotted ones, so if I'm careful I can usually do
it without losses. I get the flowers and head back, and I always
send them to the red onion. So far I never deliberately grow
anything but reds.
After they get back and I harvest them,
I've got around 70 or so, which is enough to go out to the bay and
take out all the little bugs (and sometimes the first big one)
without losses. By the time I get them back, I've got 100, which I
flower and then take on the wider sweeps.
I don't think I've
managed to get both pearls yet, and I've never tried bombing the
bugs by the matchbox. I should! That always slows me
down.
I've found that I can throw two yellows up the ledge to
the oyster next to the bay, and they'll bomb it perfectly, but the
pearl burps out too far to throw yellows to from below. Ah well.
:)
I've also found that I can get the blue 10 that's up on
the hill by the black bug by flinging yellows at it from the bay
level. To reach that far, you have to wiggle BOTH joysticks at the
same time, while you throw. Without three hands, this is difficult,
but I can usually manage it. It results in a more reckless kind of
flinging but you get much more distance, and they usually find their
way there. Not sure whether it's a net time-saver or
not.
It's a fun level, for sure. Didn't Snap say he managed
to wipe it clean, and it was only a matter of how many pikmin he
lost? Ye gods!
Posted by redpichead - 3/9/2002 8:09:50 PM
Hey Ferret what are your most recent scores in all the level's? Mine are posted up above
Posted by redpichead - 3/9/2002 9:23:36 PM
Final Trial -281
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/9/2002 11:00:36 PM
All of my highest scores are on the most recent
leaderboard. Well, maybe not all of them let's see... I got my
Impact Site to 273, my Forest Navel to 397... I haven't had a new
Final Trial score yet, but I do know that my other scores are posted
and my Forest of Hope score is below 400... (391, I
believe)
:)
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Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/11/2002 7:11:30 AM
Pikmin Leader Board - March 11,
2002:
Impact Site:
1. 273 (SnapDragon)
1. 273
(Nathan Ian Bowers)
1. 273 (JimiThingR)
1. 273
(TomatoMan)
1. 273 (Ferret5317)
Forest of
Hope:
1. 563 (SnapDragon)
2. 547 (topotheclass)
3. 528
(redpichead)
4. 507 (spenser)
5. 424
(TomatoMan)
Forest Navel:
1. 414 (SnapDragon)
2.
397 (redpichead)
2. 397 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
2. 397
(Ferret5317)
5. 348 (JimiThingR)
Distant
Spring:
1. 516 (SnapDragon)
2. 425 (redpichead)
3. 376
(Ferret5317)
4. 303 (Kalizam)
5. 298
(ProkopTheGreat)
Final Trial:
1. 299
(SnapDragon)
2. 281 (redpichead)
3. 232 (Ferret5317)
4. 217
(RockMFR)
5. 202 (yoshifan18)
This topic needed a
*BUMP*... Too bad there hasn't been many updates. C'mon, guys! What
are you doing lately? Beat some scores for goodness
sake!
Don't be discouraged by the top 5 Impact Site, if you
match the score, additional positions will be added just for you!
topotheclass? Where are ya?
IF I MISSED ANYBODY, I'M
SORRY! I did pay close attention to make sure that I didn't and
so if I missed you, I apologize. You will see your score on the next
Leader Board!
Forgive me for excluding "the controversial
score". It is my choice and if you disapprove please take it out on
me.
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Posted by Jimithingr - 3/11/2002 8:11:22 AM
I have recently taken the 5th place in FN, I got a 373 so please when the next update hits update my 348 with a new and improved 373. This is a tough level, but man its just as fun as the IS. BY the way, in case of any of you are interested... Mario Golf/Tennis, are being made for the Gamecube!!!!! I said it all along, if they release a Mario Golf for the GC there will be no other game that comes close. And if they do this like the original, we have the best sports game ever on our hands, once again! Also, Final Fantasy is returning to Nintendo, so all you RPG nuts like me, look up and smile, cause someone is watching over us.
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/11/2002 9:11:04 AM
I'm dismayed. When I got my 273 on IS, I figured
I had cracked the great nut and mastered the level. I assumed that
from then on I'd be on easy street, and the main challenge would be
in finding ways to do 273 faster, like Nathan describes. I've
tried maybe a dozen or so runs since then, and haven't even hit 260.
Very dispiriting! I'd feel better if I could knock off 264s somewhat
casually, and go for 273s with a good chance of success. I'm still
doing something wrong.
I think I have a notion of what I need
to do on Forest of Hope: learn to use bomb-rocks against monsters,
so I don't need a huge swarm behind me all the time. Seems like
being able to go after a perl with a handful of yellows must be a
pretty key component of a successful strategy, otherwise you just
don't have time to get everything, or even get close. Breaking 500
seems like it has to involve that, let alone getting near Snap's
563. Ack.
I agree, bump the topic!! I'm still playing!
Haven't even touched the other three levels yet.
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/11/2002 1:15:22 PM
BTW, Ferret, not to re-ignite the discussion,
but my vote would be to include all reliably-reported scores on the
high score list for this board. I didn't tape my 273, but if I had
and people saw it, they'd probably say it looks a lot like Snap's. I
was winging it in certain sections, but basically following the
pattern he showed in his 273: lower areas and 10s;
matchbox-flowers-beetle; log area, 20s and water; "red mountain",
flamespout flowers and "yellow mountain."
I'd say include all
reliable scores from this board. Just my $0.02, though.
Posted by soulja246 - 3/11/2002 4:31:34 PM
Sup ppl, i did manage a 399(damn! 1 away....) on
DS, so im on the list somewhere. My best on FN is still 328, and i
cant get any higher, so thats why im working on DS.
pikmin wa
daisuku desu ne
~lata
Posted by Jimithingr - 3/12/2002 11:28:14 AM
Bump...
Posted by Kingfisher - 3/12/2002 1:16:59 PM
Well, let me just say that I'm new here. I've
had a great time reading over all the posts in this thread. The
struggles you people have went through with Challenge mode is
unbelievable.
I only wish I could have seen some of these
movies! Believe it or not, recording a run had never occured to me.
I think I'll be trying it soon in order to analyze my approach to
some of the levels.
Pikmin is such a great game. The wife and
I play it constantly. I'm afraid that I'm not really up to "par"
with most of these scores.
My highs are
IS -
217
FH - 307
FN - 331
DS - 363
FT -
218
Currently, I'm obsessed with Forest Navel.
Any
hints or suggestions would be greatly
appreciated!!!
Currently, I try to collect all the close
fives and tens (along with the breadbug) to make a group of around
90 or more. Then I try to make a run at the Blue and Yellow in the
'shroom area as well as the pearl and big 10's and 20's along the
ledge.
Try as I might, I just can't seem to get the remaining
20 and 10 behind the wall and the 20's and 10's in and around the
water at the same time. I can usually get a few of each, but not
both.
Any help?
thanks!
Posted by Kingfisher - 3/12/2002 1:47:58 PM
Ooooppppsss....
My first post and it's a
misreported set of scores
After checking my game my offical
totals are...
IS - 217
FH - 363
FN - 331
DS -
292
FT - 218
Before I was just trying to recall them from
memory.
Sorry.
Posted by soulja246 - 3/12/2002 6:01:55 PM
I'm right there with ya man on FN. My high is 328, i can't seem to top it tho. I'd really like to know the path these ppl take to get high 300's scores.
Posted by Jimithingr - 3/12/2002 6:20:08 PM
Welcome Kingfisher....
Basically The FN
is a tough level in all. Alot of us are obsessed with it, so here is
some tips for you, my high is 272 and almost had a 389 today.
1.) Collect all the 5's and singles and the yellow 10 blue
10 and red 10 and 2 red 5's behind the base. you'll have around
105-116 depending on your strategy
2.) Collect 100
(Flowered!) pikmin and this is how I do it. I take my guys to get
the yellow 5 and red 10 at the top of the beach towards the pearl. I
got down with 25 yellow, about 30 red, and the rest blue, or which
ever works for you.
3.) I throw about 10 yellow (so you have
10 left to get the yellow 10) on the bridge to start building and
which ever other color I have the most of I throw another 10. By
this time that I am done collecting the 10's and 20's above that
area the bridge is done and I have all my guys carrying
something.
4.) After the 10's and all are being carried back
I work my way to the bridge and get the pearl (if you don't know,
throw your guys on the edge of the pearl instead of up front, its a
weak spot.) It should take about 2 tries.
5.) Then the rest
of your guys you have left over after all that in that area (about
10-15 guys) go for anything else on the way back to the base.
6.) Last figure the rest for your own strategy which ever
works best for you. Do not get the blue and yellow by the lighted
area like you mentioned, that takes way to much time and is not
worth it. The wall right by there is easily taken down and get the
yellow and red pellets in there. Its very easy points.
I
hope this helps if you get stuck do not hesitate to throw a question
on the board. we'll do our best to help you out. Good Luck
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/12/2002 7:06:07 PM
I HATE re-posting messages. But, I feel this is
a special exception.
From: Ferret5317 | Posted: 3/8/2002
8:29:04 PM | Message Detail
It's difficult to explain an
effective strategy for The Forest Navel, but a few things are
important to remember:
1) Never leave too many Pikmin doing
nothing. Idle Pikmin are the Devil's workshop, as I've come to
discover, because you will find yourself straining for a decent
score if you let 40 Pikmin sit at the onions for more than about 20
seconds.
2) Always try to get the pearl. It only takes a few
Pikmin to build that bridge, and you can always come back to it
later. Find a way to connect some to the bridge and then do other
things while it is being built.
3) This is kind of debatable,
because I can do the level with or without Flowering my Pikmin
before reaching 100. But, in MANY cases, it is highly beneficial to
flower your Pikmin when you have about 50-60 or so and use them to
your advantage while you build up to 100.
4) Building the
bridges that are close to the onions (leading towards the Puffstool
area) is almost completely useless and time consuming, in my
opinion, and I wouldn't waste Pikmin trying to do it unless you
really feel that you've found a way to make it benefit your
runs.
5) Remember, it is TOTALLY okay to mismatch Pikmin on
large pellets on this level, for example, if you've cleared out an
area and the only pellet left is a red 5 and you and you have 5
blues... Get it! You can always call them back later, and even if
you don't call them back in time, you will still get at least a few
Pikmin for your trouble.
6) Make sure you have 100 FLOWERED
Pikmin and at least 20 extras (My numbers are generally 120-140) by
NOON. If not, you are not having a good run and you most likely will
not end up with a decent score.
That's all you really need to
know. As far as strategies go, keep practicing because the only way
to master this level is to come up with your own great
strategy!
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Posted by pneumo45 - 3/12/2002 8:39:18 PM
Landing Site:ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX! Eat that! Try writing a schedule for fouteen minutes. I couldn't get over like 150 'til I tried this.
Posted by PatrickSim - 3/12/2002 8:43:51 PM
Forest Navel - 364
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Posted by Kingfisher - 3/12/2002 10:01:47 PM
Thanks for the tips ppl!
One thing I'm
trying to do to cut time (and it's dangerous) is instead going
AROUND the beach path to the pearl and the big pellets, I've tried
taking 70-80 pikmin down along the puddle edges to the old shell and
tossing them over into the pearl area.
It works really well
with smaller groups, but it's darn hard to not drown the red and
yellows this way. I honestly believe it saves some time, maybe a few
seconds at most though.
Today I collected 72 pikmin BEFORE
the second small dot! Then I picked the pearl and it's 10B, 20B,
10Y, and 20Y, the Shroom 20Y and 10B, the Wall 20R and 10Y, the Pond
20B and 10B, and the Bridges 20Y.. I thought It was going to be a
terrific score! But because I sacrificed sooo much time on those big
pellets I missed all the Puddle 10's and just about every 5 on the
stage not at the onions. That sucked. I ended with 293
overall.
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/12/2002 10:19:16 PM
Forest of Hope - 429
Just
inching forward... actually did 429 twice tonight. I'm
getting both pearls now, but I can't imagine how on earth it's
possible to grab everything on this level. If I go for both pearls,
I've got no time to do the bridge or the back area by the blue 10.
If I do either of those, I lose a pearl.
Yeesh.
Posted by Jimithingr - 3/13/2002 8:22:04 AM
[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]
Posted by Jimithingr - 3/13/2002 8:22:14 AM
Basically The FN is a tough level in all. Alot
of us are obsessed with it, so here is some tips for you, my high is
272 and almost had a 389 today
I need to correct this
mistake, it was actually a 373 and almost had a 389...Sorry for the
moronic confusion. Math isn't my strong point. heh
Posted by Ahlyis - 3/13/2002 11:55:24 AM
Which of those posts is the echo? the italics or
the normal one? :-)
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Posted by Jimithingr - 3/13/2002 3:41:29 PM
Yeah sorry about that, learning how to the Bold and Italics thing. Gamefaqs is screwy sometimes, their posting procedure gives you errors and says it didn't work but it does. Sorry about the echo..echo..echo.
Posted by Blossom02134 - 3/13/2002 4:52:59 PM
I got over 200 on forest of
hope.
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vidEo gamE, just go with the flow!
Posted by squarex2003 - 3/14/2002 12:00:57 AM
Hey guys, it's been a while but I've been very
busy with school, confirmation, and tennis practice recently. I've
had barely any time to play. But I make room here and there. I would
first like to thank Nathan for his suggestion of throwing and
holding Pikmin from a large group: makes it much more efficient,
faster, and you don't have strays grabbing pellets at every chance
they get. I haven't tried IS for the longest time so my score still
is only 186, but I will soon break 200 if I seriously play it again.
I have been recently focusing on FOH. I find that level very fun and
addicting to play. I am starting to get a pattern down, but need
some readjustment to get both pearls. I have only been able to get
one so far, but it was a very sloppy run. I hope to refine it in the
near future and actually make the top ten list, but it looks like
I'll have to beat the lowest record which is 424. That's pretty high
considering my best is 364, but I will try to improve. So I'll keep
in touch. Good job for all your scores. I have been reading every
day and congratulate you all. Hope you all refine your
scores.
-Squarex
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Posted by TomatoMan - 3/14/2002 6:02:43 PM
Forest of Hope - 442
Yes, still at
it. Still got a ways go to!
Posted by topotheclass - 3/14/2002 10:11:33 PM
Tonight, I did the
impossible...
Forest of Hope - 565!!!
Finally,
after many, many attempts, I was able to best Snapdragon's
fabled 563, and come within 4 dead critters of a perfect FOH run,
which has never been accomplished to my knowledge.
I haven't
posted in a while because I generally only like to post when there's
news to report, and I hadn't been able to improve on my previous
best of 547. My last few posts have lamented about how difficult it
is to control the yellows when they're asked to lay some bomb-rocks
on some baddies. I thought that until I mastered that technique, I
would not stand a chance at approaching a high score.
I was
wrong. I decided to forego the bomb-rock technique except for one
case. I used the bombs on the two bulborbs by the "first" pearl (the
one closest to the onion, not the one by the matchbox). Other than
that, all enemies are dispatched by a swarm of good guys. It's a
tricky strategy to carry out, because obviously you always have to
have a good supply of pikmin with you whenever you go on the
offensive, which is just about all the time. But if you need lots of
pikmin with you to fight, who's going to carry the prizes back?
That's the problem I had to deal with, and several times I had to
wait a while by the onions as the pikmin brought the pellets/enemies
back so that I could call them back for more action.
The
answer was just a matter of trial and error, as I figured out the
right sequence of what to do when, and lots of practice. On many of
my recent runs, which have ended in the high 400s or low 500s, I've
had lots of points "on the way", close to the onions but not quite
there, when time ran out, so I knew I was close. I knew that if I
could just go a little faster, be a little more efficient, I had a
chance. This last run was nearly flawless. I flew around the course
and finished up with the last bulborb being sucked up just as the
countdown clock hit 7.
Of course, I know that Snap doesn't
take very kindly to being number 2, and I fully expect him to make
an all-out assault on this record. But at least for a little while I
can be satisfied in knowing that I'm on top of the leader board.
Wooohooooooo!
Speaking of Snap, I want to acknowledge that he
achieved his score months before my recent best, after many
less attempts than me, and yes, I did incorporate some of his
strategies from his vid (not much, about 15-20%) in my strat. So,
credit where credit is due, Snap, you are still king of this board.
I guess I can now move on and join the fun on Forest Navel!
That's it for now, all. Keep on Pikin'.
Posted by topotheclass - 3/14/2002 11:05:40 PM
Just tried Forest Navel a couple of times. Current best is 344. Pretty good fun, but lots of walking, huh? I'll you all posted on my progress...
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/15/2002 12:22:23 AM
Woo hoo!!!!! That's so awesome, topotheclass!
You know, SnapDragon needs to get beaten every once in
awhile to keep the board alive =)
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Posted by topotheclass - 3/15/2002 12:22:39 AM
Latest update. Forest Navel - 375, just eeking ahead of Jimithingr for fifth place on the tote board! All right, now we're getting someplace. Later...
Posted by Jimithingr - 3/15/2002 7:58:34 AM
ARG! "Topotheclass" You had to go and beat my score, I don't know HOW! you did that quick, hats off to you. I told myself just yesterday that I was done playing for a while, I'm a rutt and cannot get out of it. That and I figured I would start playing again when someone beat my score. Well sure enough the day after I open my big mouth here comes you with +2 lead on my score. Anyway back to endless hours of colored numbers, and more "pulling weeds"
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/15/2002 11:05:06 AM
Top - that's an absolutely amazing score.
Wow!
I'm still:
a) Not looking at any vids of FoH, so
I have no idea how you guys are doing 500+ scores... since I got so
much help on IS, I thought I should do FoH on my own and see if I
can come up with a winning strategy. 442 is still my best, so
there's something major I'm just not getting still.
b)
Struggling to put together even one more decent IS run. I guess the
gods had their thumbs over mine when I did that 273, I haven't been
close since. I think I've done one 259 and the rest are all in the
240s and even 230s. Ick. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, it feels
like I'm doing the same things I did in the 273 and they just aren't
working anymore. :P
Pikmin still own'z me. I tried to play RL
a little last night and just went "feh" and popped Pikmin back
in.
Posted by topotheclass - 3/15/2002 1:58:51 PM
Just did another run on FOH, my first since my
recent 565. I got a 559, and a dwarf bulborb was inches away from an
onion, which would have made it 563. I really think I've got the
strat down now, to where I can consistently get very high,
near-perfect scores. I guess there's only one thing left for me to
do on FOH...
569.
I'll keep you all posted on my
progress.
Oh, also, I did a couple of more FN runs, but I
haven't been able to approach my best of 375. It's a tough course,
and I think your resource deployment skills are tested more on this
level than any other. Of course, I still haven't tried DS!
Later...
Posted by Kingfisher - 3/15/2002 2:28:45 PM
Topoftheclass... that is a great score for
FN.
I just put together my best run... 353.
I
love/hate this game. ARG! I need to get a higher score!!!!
:)
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This is a "Ruuunnn, Little Man, Ruuunnn"
scenario.
Posted by SnapDragon - 3/16/2002 8:53:30 PM
That's incredible, top! Way to go...
From
the way you're tiptoing around, I guess I've now got a reputation
for being nasty when beaten, or something. :( That was kind of a
unique circumstance, though. I must admit, of all the levels (except
FT for obvious reasons), this was the score I least expected to be
beaten!
Now I suppose I must set my sights on approaching
569... ack! Damn, it seems totally impossible to do the whole level
without any accidents! It took plenty of tries just to get a
successful run, even without caring about Pikmin deaths. Yeek.
Posted by squarex2003 - 3/17/2002 12:24:58 PM
Hey guys. I've been playing and have come up
with this score:
IS: 193
Ya... Pathetic I know.
But it just seems I have no time. I don't even know how to get
anywhere higher on this score. Actually, I think a 20 may have not
made it on this run. The clock just ticks so fast. I wish there was
an easy way to get the ten pellets... My connection is nowhere near
fast so I haven't seen any videos of other runs...My strategy must
be off. Anyone give me any pointers?
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So many games, so
little time to beat them all...
::===ROGUE LEADER===::
-Play it Loud-
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/17/2002 2:41:53 PM
*In a cheesy "It's Curtoon Time" kinda
voice*
Practice, practice,
practice!
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THEY ARE ALOD TO BE FEED -
xIcexClimbersx
< Pikmin 9-DC / SSBM - Sector Z Squadron -
GO FOX! / Super Monkey Ball: Master! >
Posted by topotheclass - 3/17/2002 3:08:35 PM
Snap, I didn't mean to imply that you were nasty
when beaten. Certainly any of us would be upset if we felt slighted
or taken advantage of. No, my comment of your "not taking very
kindly to being number 2" was a reference to your
uber-competitiveness, nothing else.
And when I pointed out
that you acheived your score months before I got mine, that was just
a simple statement of fact. I'm just an average gamer at best. I
just like Pikmin a whole lot and I've played a couple of Challenge
Mode levels a bunch of times. You achieve in one day scores that
many of the rest of us are unable to beat in months. The fact that I
now hold a spot above you in the standings for FOH should not imply
that I am anywhere near your level of gaming skill. You're in a
whole different league, brother. That's all I was trying to say.
Besides, the giving of props is nothing new on this
board.
That said, I want to point out that I have recently
completed a run of FOH in which I lost only 1 pikmin.
Unfortunately, it was not a very efficient run. I missed out on a
couple of bulborbs and a dwarf, and ended up with a 540. The thing
is, it takes extra time to be careful and make sure none of your
guys gets chomped. The way I swept the level clean is by being
reckless and rushing the baddies most of the time, and not really
focusing on plant-critter survival. So we have diametrically opposed
sides here: careful and slow, or fast and careless. Hmmm, there's
got to be a way....
Posted by cowman1 - 3/17/2002 3:30:23 PM
on the Distant Spring I managed to get
946
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moo
Posted by Ferret5317 - 3/17/2002 8:11:52 PM
cowman, if you want to lie there are plenty of
other boards for you to do it on. I strongly suggest Super Smash
Bros: Melee. You'll find a lot of people there who will believe
anything you say
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THEY ARE ALOD TO BE FEED -
xIcexClimbersx
< Pikmin 9-DC / SSBM - Sector Z Squadron -
GO FOX! / Super Monkey Ball: Master! >
Posted by TomatoMan - 3/18/2002 2:52:30 PM
So: is anybody going to manage a 278 on Impact
Site? Seems like Snap and Nathan would have the best shots at
it...
I finally managed a 272 last night after a lot of
frustrating tries and experiments with alternate routes and methods
that seemed promising but didn't bear much fruit in the end. Still
have just the one 273, a 272, and a 270. And two 264s.
I
also, on one occasion, got the beetle in a good corner and pummeled
him enough to get the second 5 out of him... but I was so excited I
screwed the rest of the level up. :P
Posted by cowman1 - 3/18/2002 3:35:46 PM
Sorry about that I ment 646 . It may seem
imposible but if you get evry enemy and pelet its possible
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moo
Posted by Ahlyis - 3/18/2002 7:09:20 PM
Cowman, I'd have to agree with ferret. If you
want to lie, go somewhere else.
You at least could have made
a good lie. If you had come in and claimed, say 520 on Distant
Spring, you might have gotten a few people to wonder. But to come in
from nowhere and claim 140 MORE than the best overall Pikmin player
in the world (aka Snapdragon) just points you out as an obvious
liar!
Go away, we don't need or want liars like you
here.
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I'm just a pigment of your imagination.
Posted by cowman1 - 3/18/2002 7:50:19 PM
How do you know Snap isn't
lyen
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moo
