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These are the full, expanded threads from the preserved GameFAQs threads. I had to exercise some wicked Perl voodoo to extract the actual text, bad HTML and all, from the archives provided by RockMFR 5 (and DistantSpring54), and patch up the code so it's valid. We couldn't preserve the links to the author name or message detail because they don't seem to work anymore.

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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/7/2002 4:24:53 AM

Can somebody else please post some scores? I want to update the Leader Board... But right now it's just my DS scores, I think... C'mon!

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Posted by TomatoMan - 5/7/2002 9:55:51 AM

Glad you're still kickin', Ferret. I have purposely left myself cubeless for a couple of weeks because I'm in a real crunch work-wise and don't seem to have the willpower to leave the damn thing alone if it's sitting there. I'll be back in the saddle soon enough and then I'm going to try to bring my FT and FN scores up!

Posted by Ahlyis - 5/7/2002 11:58:57 AM

Wow! OK, I guess I'm gonna have to install AIM so I can get the video. If I do, I'll add it to the files I've already posted. I don't think I could add a Hi-Res version, it would just be too big. If Tomato converts it to Quicktime though, I could probably put up the low-res version along with the WMV version.

No new scores yet for me. I rented Nightcaster for the Xbox and am playing it right now. It's long, but pretty simple.
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 5/7/2002 5:37:02 PM

Forest Navel - 398

Woo freakin' hoo! Hey wait, it sounds kind of pathetic to say "woo hoo" after beating one's own score by a single, solitary point, doesn't it? But I'm excited because my 398 kills the 3-way tie for second place on this level! I now have sole possession of second place on the Forest Navel! Believe me, this is a huge accomplishment. Pretty much any hardcore Pikmin Challenge Mode competitor will agree with me when I say that FN is the most aggravating level in the game. The funny thing is that this particular run started out rather poorly. While I was waiting for everything to arrive back to the onions at one point I was forced to just stand around and wait. That's annoying. I can do better. I know I can. Maybe I will.

Yeah so I'm back. But I need a job and have to get my life in order so I don't know how much Cubing I will be doing in the coming weeks. At least I'm back, though - providing Ferret with one extra score to update the list with. Once again, WOO HOO!

Posted by TomatoMan - 5/8/2002 6:05:17 PM

That's annoying. I can do better. I know I can. Maybe I will.

I have no doubt of that, Nathan! My words to you are:

Keep the VCR running!

Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/8/2002 9:42:22 PM

Ahlyis, sorry I missed your IM. In the future, if you see me signed on - you can right-click on my screen name and select "Get File"... As long as there's no firewall problems (happens sometimes) you should be able to download it from my AIM share directory.

This does not apply to anyone who is not on my buddy list, but I added your name. :)

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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/10/2002 2:34:25 AM

The Distant Spring - 582

This would make a very pleasant video, I had a nice finish and only one really big mistake. So, although it is only one mistake, I'm quite upset about it (8 or so Pikmin munched be a stupid clam, due to my own carelessness).

So, that and the usual disappearing Pikmin make me want to try again to hopefully pull off a 590.

Right about now, the only think keeping me from getting 600 (during any run where I actually get everything I am supposed to, and get it back in time) is the randomness of the colors that are dropped by enemies. If I can get nearly all blues I will be able to do it. Hopefully I will be able to keep this up until that happens. Oh, and of course I need to NOT lose a bunch of Pikmin to the ClamClamp. (ARGH!)

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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/10/2002 2:47:40 AM

Just in case some of you are not checking the main page anymore, you can check out my disappearing Pikmin theory.

Tested, and approved:
http://cgi.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.asp?board=32499&topic=2894065

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Posted by Ahlyis - 5/10/2002 10:56:10 AM

Until Ferret gets us a new video, here's a link to his 569 run:

ftp://exchange.rational.com/exchange/outgoing/dwood/FerretDruidDS569.zip

The file is about 142MB in size. Once again, please only download this once and don't repost this link elsewhere. Thanks.
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Posted by Ahlyis - 5/10/2002 11:38:35 AM

One question Ferret. How do you get the camera to swing in front of you as you pick Pikmin from the ground? Somehow you get it to keep rotating to stay so that the onion is always behind you. What do you press to get this effect? I always end up with the camera facing towards the 'target'.
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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/10/2002 9:40:07 PM

Ah, I knew someone would ask that eventually.. Good question :)

To do that, just lightly hold the L button while you are plucking. Then, you can actually pan the view in whatever direction that you want. I found it to be quite useful when trying to get a view of the surrounding area while I'm a pluckin' :)

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Posted by RockMFR 5 - 5/11/2002 10:12:26 AM

582? You're crazy, Ferret!
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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/14/2002 10:24:26 AM

*bump* ...Poor, sad, lonely topic...

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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/20/2002 10:05:56 PM

I guess that everyone has moved on with their lives... I'm quite depressed about it, but I suppose I can't just let the competition die. I'll be taking over this topic until further notice, and I'll be refreshing the leaderboard soon as well.

Anyone who wants to participate, please post your scores in BOLD and I will add your name to the top 5 if you qualify!

I'll miss all of my old Pikmin buddies... :(

*sigh* Oh well, such is life! BRING IT ON, CRUEL WORLD!

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Posted by Ahlyis - 5/21/2002 10:43:01 AM

I'm still here, though I'm not actively playing Pikmin anymore.

To be honest, I'm waiting for something decent to come out for either the GC or Xbox. It's pretty sad that I'll be happy with just a decent game. Whatever happened to only being excited if something really good came out? Oh well, I guess tons of mediocre games have left me starved for ANYTHING worth playing.

Pikmin was an awesome game, but I think I've burned my way through it long enough. I shall remember it fondly and will keep the Pikmin board in my favorites for a long time to come. :-)
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Posted by TomatoMan - 5/22/2002 12:13:53 AM

I'm here too - was playing Pikmin tonight, in fact! :P I had to detox a little because I had been way overdoing it. I was trying Forest of Hope again, and am still stuck in the low 400s.

I've been really keenly aware lately of how much I wish there had been an "untimed" play option in the game. I think in all senses it's a superb game, but the forced stopping in Challenge Mode seems like a really unfortunate choice in retrospect. I've been keeping an eye on the GameShark with the question of whether it might permit a hack of a clock-stopping nature, but its May release was just pushed back to August, and no details of what it can do are available yet. Makes me suspicious.

I'm not sure I'm going to be bettering my scores by much, but I don't think my enjoyment of the game is going to diminish much either. There's something about the buildup, the orchestrating of a symphony of co-ordinated pikmins marching their pellets back to the onions, the blurps of new seeds and the poinks of freshly-picked pikmins ready to get to work that just works for me.

The board is in my Mozilla menus and I'm not going anywhere. I just have less to report these days other than "still no new high scores for me." :P

Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/22/2002 5:12:12 AM

I have not heard a thing from topotheclass or redpichead. No AIM, either. I talk to Nathan and JimithingR in AIM so I don't miss them. LOL

Ugh, it's late. Tired. Monkey Ball... (I know, I kinda gave it up for awhile then I got hooked again like a whore on crack)

I actually still make DS runs every now and then, but if I don't play for a few days I have to do about 10 runs before I'm back up to the skill level I left off at...

Perhaps I will dedicate this three day weekend to trying to accomplish my long-awaited goal of 600 on Distant Spring. If so, you'll be hearing from me quite soon Steve. :)

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Posted by TomatoMan - 5/23/2002 12:08:41 AM

What the hell, a high score is a high score, even if it's still laughably far from the top scores. :P

Forest of Hope - 458

w00t!

Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/23/2002 4:14:38 AM

Wooo hooo! Go Steve!

You know, I think my high score is 469 for FoH. So, you're going to be doing better than me soon :)

About that leaderboard... Hmm.

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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/23/2002 4:26:37 AM

Pikmin Leader Board - May 9, 2002: (Yay!)

Impact Site:
1. 278 (TomatoMan)
2. 273 (SnapDragon)
2. 273 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
2. 273 (JimiThingR)
2. 273 (Ferret5317)
2. 273 (spenser)

Forest of Hope:
1. 569 (SnapDragon)
2. 568 (topotheclass)
3. 544 (spenser)
3. 529 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
4. 528 (redpichead)

Forest Navel:
1. 439 (SnapDragon)
2. 398 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
3. 397 (redpichead)
3. 397 (Ferret5317)
5. 390 (JimiThingR)

Distant Spring:
1. 582 (Ferret5317)
2. 516 (SnapDragon)
3. 507 (redpichead)
4. 501 (JimiThingR)
5. 470 (Nathan Ian Bowers)

Final Trial:
1. 299 (SnapDragon)
1. 299 (Ahlyis)
3. 281 (redpichead)
4. 267 (Ferret5317)
5. 241 (TomatoMan)

That leaves SnapDragon with two untied high scores! Someone should try to do something about that... :)

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Posted by Xel23 - 5/24/2002 6:43:54 AM

I'm considering writing a Challenge Mode Walkthrough. Everyone, please post your exact strategys used(and if you did, please elaborate)here and I'll give you full credit. Some of may think this will make everyone get highscores(it is intended to) but that won't be nessarily true becuase Challenge Mode still requires skill, which no guide can give. Thank you for your cooparation.

Anyway, this game needs a Challenge Mode guide, it's the only In-Depth FAQ missing.
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Posted by Ferret5317 - 5/24/2002 10:23:08 AM

Do you intend to compile all 5 levels into one guide? If not, then we might as well submit our own guides for each level.
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Posted by Ahlyis - 5/24/2002 12:44:25 PM

Well hell. Xel got me started and now I've written a Final Trial Challenge Mode full walkthrough. I'm submitting it now.

Sorry Xel, but I don't see any reason to compile them all into one file. I think it will be easier for player to find what they want if each is in a separate file. But thank you for giving me the push to get this done. :-)
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Posted by Xel23 - 5/24/2002 12:56:37 PM

Oh well, thanks for the compliment though. I guess I'm gonna write a Impact Site Challenge Walkthrough right now.
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Posted by TomatoMan - 5/24/2002 8:47:00 PM

Here's my Impact Site walkthrough. Again, special credit for this should go to SnapDragon since a lot of it was inspired by his run, and to the other regulars on the board who offered fine-tuning advice.

http://slinberg.net/pikmin-is-walkthrough.txt

Please do not link to this file, just download it.

Posted by SnapDragon - 5/27/2002 2:17:52 AM

Hi guys. Just got back from a bit of a vacation (and E3!). I see you've totally decimated TDS, Ferret. Wish I knew how you managed that! I think my strategy would top out at 550-560, and I'm not even sure I could get that high. You're insane. :)

I guess I'm probably done with Pikmin for good, which is a bit of a shame. It was definitely fun while it lasted, especially with you guys around to make it challenging. Maybe I should go capture my latest runs now (and lose my FN record).

Take heart, Ahlyis, I saw some great stuff down the line at E3. :) And I'm really, really excited about the Xbox Live system. Someday soon, I may end up playing those of you who own Xboxes directly! Hooray! (now if only there were a puzzle game other than Tetris scheduled...)

Posted by BLAH38 - 5/27/2002 7:10:25 AM

I still want to know is there any site where I can see the 9 day challenge videos? (Other than AIM)
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Posted by GSGold - 5/27/2002 3:59:32 PM

I'd like everyone to laugh at me.
Impact Site - 128
Forest of Hope - 108
Start laughing right now.

Posted by Ahlyis - 5/28/2002 11:24:55 AM

*thinks about laughing* Nah, my scores used to be like that too.

Hey Snap (and Blah too) did you take a look at the DS video from the link I posted a few pages back?

I'd take you on live Snap :-) I've got an Xbox. In fact, right now I'm playing Project Gotham Racing and having quite a blast. Driving games aren't usually one of my favorite genres. But PGR is laid out almost EXACTLY the way I would design a game. Tons of things to do. Tons of stuff to unlock, most of it useful. Stuff that gets unlocked just for playing X amount of time or covering X amount of miles. Difficult challenges. And, so far, impossible gold medal levels.

Gimme a game with tons of variety and objectives with rewards and I'm loving it :-) That was Pikmin's only problem IMO. Great game engine, but not nearly enough challenges or in-game rewards.
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Posted by niles - 5/31/2002 1:52:48 PM

Forest of Hope: 264

Okay, so I'm not so great in challenge mode yet. Laugh if you must:)
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Posted by BLAH38 - 5/31/2002 2:13:04 PM

Here are my scores:

Impact Site: 159

Forest Of Hope: 286

Forest Navel: 217

Distant Spring: 273

Final Trial: 180

I don't know how to bold. Wait, I might know...

IS THIS BOLD?

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Posted by BLAH38 - 6/1/2002 2:44:15 PM

Forest Navel: 232

It's an improvement, but I could have gotten 262. The 10 pellet and the 20 pellet from Beady's lair were REALLY close to the onions, but didn't make it.
I still haven't gotten the Pearl yet, but I'll try to do that next run.
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Posted by GSGold - 6/2/2002 12:41:28 AM

Mwahaha, everyone laugh at me, or cheer me on, I am advancing!

NOTE: I got the other 3 scores because i beat the game, so i can do all 5 stages now:

IS: 116
NOTES: Stupid Flint beetles...
FoH: 180
Notes: This one took me eternity to figure out.
FN: 143
Notes: I have no idea how i got this myself...
DS: 143
Notes: You gotta be kiddin, my score is the same as FN's!
FT: 137
Notes: Maybe it's because i beat Beady without Yellows...

Enjoy laughing, commenting, or adding them to the scoreboard (yeah RIGHT!)...hey, maybe we could add a Newbie leaderboard also? With a top 3, maybe? *ideas popping up*

Posted by BLAH38 - 6/2/2002 11:16:31 AM

Forest Of Hope: 304
I got one of the pearls this time (ACB area) but didn't get all the bulborbs or the yellow 20 pellet.
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Posted by GSGold - 6/2/2002 3:38:15 PM

Could someone give me a link with some strats for all the stages? I'm seriously suffering in all areas, can't get over 200 in ANY of them.

Posted by GSGold - 6/2/2002 4:51:59 PM

FN: 158
I work much better only using one color, so I used Blues this run, I got 3 10s, a 20, and 2 5s on the way, I was scared about the "traffic jam". Never happaned, and i got this score once a 1 blue pellet popped in on 2

Posted by Agent Wesker - 6/2/2002 11:20:28 PM

I haven't really sunk my teeth into Challenge Mode a whole lot but my girlfriend loves playing it. Here are her high scores:
IS - 154
FoH - 303
FN - 157
DC - 257
FT - 132
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Posted by GSGold - 6/3/2002 1:08:49 AM

Wow, i beat her in FN and FT! That means i'm NOT the worst player!

Posted by GSGold - 6/3/2002 1:09:14 AM

That means i'm NOT the worst player, i beat her in FN and FT!

Posted by Agent Wesker - 6/3/2002 1:13:13 AM

Update: She just pulled a 151 on the FT.
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Posted by GSGold - 6/3/2002 1:52:51 PM

Mwahahaha, I still beat her in FN though! I tried to improve my score but i ran outta time in RL, because my brother wanted to watch his TV.

Posted by Agent Wesker - 6/3/2002 5:45:09 PM

189 on FT
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Posted by GSGold - 6/5/2002 12:57:58 AM

I got some new high scores for myself:
FN - 165
Too much stuff on the way, must try again.

Foh - 195
My goal of 200 in any stage was sweeped off my feat, but now that gives me more insparation!

Posted by Turtleboy00 - 6/5/2002 4:53:41 PM

I just rented the game (this is my last day)
and I got 157 on the landing site (i think thats what its called but its the first level anywayz)
Is this any good?

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Posted by Ahlyis - 6/6/2002 11:17:49 AM

157 is pretty good for your first day. The record (and almost certainly unbeatable) is 278 by Tomatoman. 264 is a perfect run ignoring the flint beetle. Several have gotten 273 from a perfect run and the flint beetle. Only Tomatoman has managed to hit that ****ed beetle enough to get to 278. Anything higher is theoretically possible, but only theoretically.

But 157 is still quite good for your first day. My first try at Challenge mode only yielded about 127 on Impact Site.
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Posted by SnapDragon - 6/6/2002 11:05:28 PM

Actually, we're pretty sure that TomatoMan's 278 is the theoretical maximum, too. You can't get any more pellets out of the Beetle.

Posted by TomatoMan - 6/7/2002 12:17:35 AM

All I have to say is, thank God I managed the 278, because I haven't managed to do ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS NOTEWORTHY! :)

As I mentioned a while back, I did hit the flint beetle ten times in a normal game once and he didn't give anything up past the eighth hit. Who knows, maybe he'd barf something else up on 11 or 12 or 13 or 22... but I just can't imagine how you could even hit him 11 times. The ONE time I did ten (never did nine, managed a handful of eights in hundreds of tries), I had the beetle perfectly pinned against the matchbox and was raining reds on him one after another with no intervals - it was really about as good as you could get. And this is the beetle that emerges near the matchbox to begin with, and he runs right into it - the one in Challenge Mode comes out of the bush near the firespout and has some distance to travel first if he does manage to wedge himself in there.

I guess until someone studies the object code we'll never know for sure, but I'm sleeping pretty comfortably with the notion that the 278 could be tied, but not beaten. :)

Tried a FN run today just for giggles, first time I've played in a few weeks. Got around 245. Turned it off again. :P

Posted by TomatoMan - 6/7/2002 6:17:43 PM

Every time I think I've kicked this game for good, it finds its way back into my head.

I'm THRILLED with this:

Forest of Hope: 508

That's my first score over 500 on any level! And it beats my old high score by 50. I'd forgotten how good that feels! I've never seen any videos of this one, so I'm making my own path up as I go, and I think I made a big improvement. Still plenty of room for improvement overall - I didn't have time for the bridge area and the blues in the water, but I think I got everything else, although a couple of dwarfs didn't get counted under the onions as time ran out.

Pathetic that I'm still at it, but there it is!

Posted by Ferret5317 - 6/8/2002 11:47:35 AM

200th post!

I'm glad to see that, despite the somewhat depressing slowdown, the challenge is still on for some of us. :)

I have not really played much at all since I decided to get hopelessly addicted to online gaming. (Currently running Dungeon Siege and Warcraft 3 Beta. Warcraft 3 rocks. It's just awesome!)

I see we have a few newbies here too, and hopefully their scores will get up to top 5 sometime :)

Congrats on the 508 TomatoMan! That's one level that I really don't like at all, and perhaps I'll try harder in the future to pick up that controller and work on it, hehe..

No updates to make, I suppose. Well, peace all

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