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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 GasMan - 10/11/2002 1:20:57 PM

Impact Site - 238

Only a few more, but still. <grins>

I always seem to run out of time no matter how I alter the way I do things. Always the bell rings for halfway through the day just as I move the cardboard box back and I still have to pull up a load of pikmin from under the onions...

Getting frustrating now. Might need to try a different way.

Posted by smoky progg - 10/11/2002 5:41:24 PM

My scores(I'm new):
IS:121 (help!)
FoH: 450
FN: 332
DS: 370
FT: 194

Are those good? (other than IS…)
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Posted by Ahlyis - 10/12/2002 12:56:57 PM

They're a good start. Just keep practicing. :-)
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Posted by Grenade Guzzler - 10/12/2002 3:23:44 PM

Are the days on IS and FT really longer than in the regular adventure? I find they are not...
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Posted by SuperStein - 10/12/2002 3:46:53 PM

Me thinks IS and FT is particulary short days!

Posted by smoky progg - 10/13/2002 10:06:23 AM

IS: 178
I really don't know how I went up that much. I just did every thing a LOT faster I guess.

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Posted by TomatoMan - 10/15/2002 9:52:31 AM

Here are Rogue's latest scores:

<http://tomatoman.net/pikmin/R7Allscores3.jpg>

If I'm not mistaken, if we called this thing today, Rogue would be the champ in terms of best overall scores. Really impressive.

IS: 278
FoH: 569
FN: 442
DS: 520
FT: 299

I'm away from both my DVD-burning machine and my Cube for the rest of the month, so I probably won't have much to add over the next few weeks, but I'll be back soon enough!

TM

Posted by Ahlyis - 10/15/2002 11:37:35 AM

I've gotten side tracked by SMB2 and haven't been playing Pikmin the last week or two. I don't foresee Pikmin playing in my immediate future either. But not to worry, I WILL be playing again eventually! :-)
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Posted by Rouge7 - 10/15/2002 1:45:54 PM

Thanks for putting my pic up, TomatoMan! I guess it's not a bad collection of scores, but I had a lot of tips learned from this thread and the last.

Looks like most of us will be on hiatus for a while, I will be busy with Mario Sunshine for some time...
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Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/15/2002 3:44:07 PM

Finally perfection number 3.

Final Trial 299

I am now going for the 422 on forest navel. My sister broke my digital camera so I don't have a picture right now but I will try to get it fixed today and get that picture ASAP.

Posted by SuperStein - 10/16/2002 9:14:22 AM

congrats Rouge!
BTW, I won a free game of my choice 2day, but i dunno wich i want :-/

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/17/2002 10:07:58 PM

Distant Spring 419

I was going for FN but I am not in the mood. So I am going for DS.

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/18/2002 11:21:26 AM

Distant Spring 485

Posted by whitemage 200 - 10/18/2002 11:56:08 AM

im here
nothing great but anyway
fn: 312
tips anyone?
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Posted by whitemage 200 - 10/18/2002 11:57:03 AM

whoops sorry not 312 its...
302
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Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/19/2002 4:27:18 PM

Is there any way I could look at the challenge mode scores(the sequel) thread. I was just wondering because my friend is new to Pikmin and I wanted to show it to him as a reference.Anyway I finally got my camera fixed so I will get that pic soon. Right now I am hard at work trying to break 500 on DS.

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/21/2002 5:45:57 PM

Where is everyone?

Distant Spring 512

All I could think about on this run is how did ferret every get a 582. I could maybe squeeze another frog into my run but I am cutting pretty close as it is.

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/21/2002 7:59:54 PM

Distant Spring 520

I had another blue 5 right there just needed another second.

Posted by robluvsnic - 10/21/2002 8:47:12 PM

I don't know about everyone else, but I haven't touched Pikmin since I got SuperMarioSunshine.
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Posted by Ahlyis - 10/23/2002 4:16:53 PM

Pikmin is a game I'll always come back to, but right now I have new games I'm still working on. Currently, it's SFA, SMB2 and MP4. eventually, I'll get tired of these and be back at Pikmin.
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Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/24/2002 3:01:29 PM

Distant Spring 521

Collected more than usually but got very unlucky not one frog dropped a blue 5!

Posted by Mikepharvey - 10/26/2002 10:00:27 AM

hi guys. i thought i would inform you all my score got in the magazine. so all english people should check out cube magazine. not played pikmin since sms came out but will play it when i have completed that
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/27/2002 2:54:42 PM

Impact Site - 278

Well, I finally got it. It took about 20 tries this afternoon. I just happened to pound the living crap out of the flint beetle. It was the third time ever that I got the second 5-pellet out of him. I think I figured out why I only got a 276 on one of the other two tries - I'm pretty sure that one of the two 5's from the beetle went to the wrong onion.

So now I have the 278, the 569 and the 442. My Distant Spring score of 470 is not bad but I very much dislike the level. And I hate Final Trial - I've played it maybe 10 times and my highest score is 207. I just don't enjoy playing these levels but they're the only ones left to play. So I probably won't be posting scores for a while. I will, however, be checking in to see how other people are progressing.

Okay, gotta go read more Chekhov.

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/27/2002 7:33:08 PM

Final Trial - 264

Well, I guess this score negates the comments I made in my last post. I got this score on my third try - not bad considering my previous high was 207. It would have been a better score but I lost 3 Pikmin to the Snagret....and then I accidentally killed Olimar on the firespout while going for the blue 20. Because I killed Olimar the pellets I had on the way to base didn't count. I would never have gotten the blue 20 back in time, though. So I think my score would have been 276 if I hadn't committed suicide.

Actually, I'm starting to enjoy this level. I don't know why....I guess maybe it's because I don't have to worry about losing ground on the other levels. Maybe I'll go for the 299. It should be a lot easier than the 278 or the 442 were.

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 10/28/2002 6:26:38 AM

Distant Spring 533

Posted by Rouge7 - 10/28/2002 9:48:54 AM

Congrats Nathan, the flint beetle was a thorn in my side also. cocoapuffs999, excellent work on DS you might force me back early...
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/28/2002 9:27:00 PM

Final Trial - 295

I've got my final strat at last. There were two or three things I was doing in my runs that needed to be revised so that I could get the blue 20. The main thing was that I finally realized you can drop down from the Snagret area over to the blue 20. I don't think there can possibly be many different ways of getting a 299. So I doubt if my strat is terribly unique this time.

I lost three Pikmin to the Snagret just by being sloppy and drown one in my haste to throw extra Pikmin on the last returning pellets.

I should have the 299 shortly....then there'll only be Distant Spring left (ugh). By the way, I did one run on Distant Spring just to see if I wanted to play it or Final Trial first and ended up with a 481, a tiny improvement over my previous high of 470.

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/29/2002 11:19:27 PM

Final Trial - 299

Woo-wee, Jethro! I gone up n' done it! It was close, but I made it....only three days since I started. This was the quickest level I perfected out of the four - I had only played the level about 10 times before I started working on it hardcore the other day. I'm really happy! Now there's only Distant Spring left to go!

I had two heartbreakers tonight before I reached the summit. In one of my runs I had every pellet well on the way back to the onions before the countdown had even started. I spent a little time adding guys to the bigger pellets just to make sure everything turned out right. Then I made a couple of rounds of fireworks when I realized the counter had stopped at 294. I still had about six seconds left on the countdown so I ran to the back of the level. I found the red 5-pellet over at the Snagret gate with only four Pikmin on it....one of the little turds had failed to grab it! I was so mad but it was too late to salvage the run. The worst part was that I wasted so much time at the end when I could've been hunting for errors and correcting them.

I had another run (two runs before my 299) where I had one yellow die fighting the Beady Long Legs right as he was dying. I decided to finish the run just to see what would happen. Long story short, I ended up killing the Snagret very quickly and got a 298. It was very upsetting. I'm glad I didn't let it get me down because I succeeded only two tries later.

So I've got four "perfects" now. I put "perfects" in quotes because it's still open to debate whether or not it is possible to get more than 442 on the Forest Navel. I thought about this possibility long and hard today and again I came to the conclusion that it is quite impossible. I highly doubt anyone can make a strong contrary argument.

Forest Navel was the most difficult. Then Impact Site, Forest of Hope and Final Trial (in that order). Distant Spring shall be a challenge, indeed. I'm setting my sights on a 540 but I will approach the level as I have the others: just try to beat my personal high each time.

I'll have a screen shot of my scores very soon.

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/30/2002 12:51:07 AM

Challenge Mode High Scores as of 10-30-2002

Impact Site:
1. 278 (TomatoMan, SuperStein, cocoapuffs999, *Mikepharvey, Rouge7, *Nathan Ian Bowers)

Other Top Scores:
7. 273 (Snapdragon, JimiThingR, Ferret5317, spenser, Cork, Ahlyis)
13. 266 (Xel23)
14. 253 (jakemrjr)
15. 246 (Lewellyn)

Forest of Hope:
1. 569 (Snapdragon, SuperStein, Nathan Ian Bowers, cocoapuffs999, Rouge7)

Other Top Scores:
6. 568 (topotheclass)
7. 556 (Grenade Guzzler)
8. 544 (spenser)
9. 543 (Ahlyis, TomatoMan)
11. 528 (redpichead)
12. 501 (Xel23)
13. 490 (Lewellyn)
14. 469 (Ferret5317)
15. 450 (jakemrjr)

Forest Navel:
1. 442 (Rouge7, Nathan Ian Bowers)

Other Top Scores:
3. 439 (Snapdragon)
4. 407 (Mikepharvey)
5. 397 (redpichead, Ferret5317)
7. 390 (JimiThingR, SuperStein)
9. 349 (jakemrjr)
10. 347 (Xel23)
11. 332 (smoky progg)
12. 321 (cocoapuffs999)
13. 313 (Ahlyis)
14. 312 (TomatoMan)
15. 303 (AdvanceGamer)

Distant Spring:

1. 582 (Ferret5317)
2. 533 (*cocoapuffs999)
3. 520 (Rouge7)
4. 516 (Snapdragon)
5. 501 (JimiThingR)
6. 481 (Nathan Ian Bowers)
7. 449 (TomatoMan)
8. 443 (topotheclass)
9. 439 (jakemrjr)
10. 437 (robluvsnic)
11. 403 (Xel23)
12. 402 (Ahlyis)
13. 399 (Souja246)
14. 382 (SuperStein)
15. 376 (cocoapuffs999)

Final Trial:
1. 299 (Snapdragon, Ahlyis, SuperStein, Rouge7, *Mikepharvey, *cocoapuffs999, *Nathan Ian Bowers)

Other Top Scores:
8. 281 (redpichead)
9. 278 (jakemrjr)
10. 267 (Ferret5317)
11. 242 (Secrano)
12. 241 (TomatoMan)
13. 220 (robluvsnic)
14. 218 (Kingfisher)
15. 214 (Trent Easton, Xel23)

Notes:

-- I modestly gave myself asterisks on IS and FT because I have no screen shot yet.

-- Mikepharvey and cocoapuffs999 also have yet to verify some scores (if I'm not mistaken).

-- If I left anyone out, please tell me.

-- Remember to put all your new high scores is bold

Posted by GasMan - 10/30/2002 6:23:17 AM

Congrats Nathan and cocoapuffs999 on the Final Trial count. :)

I completed Pikmin last night actually. Started with a new save and just played most of the day. Was a nice change of pace. Unfortunately my surviving pikmin numbered less than total lost pikmin throughout the game so I may need to go and see if I can fix that. :) Final Trial was a good level, quite enjoyed that. Also, after figuring out Distant Springs layout it seemed to be a decent level aswell. Overall, loved every minute of every level in Pikmin. Will most definitely be playing it over in the not too distant future. 30 parts in 21 days. I may be slow but I get there in the end. :D <grins>

Posted by TomatoMan - 10/31/2002 9:09:57 PM

I thought I had posted a "congratulations" two days ago, but apparently I forgot to post after the preview, or something. :P

So, again: Congratulations, Nathan! With four #1 scores, looks like you've taken the overall #1 spot on the board. Amazing work!

I'm getting home in a couple of days, and looking forward to playing a bit more. Three weeks without my cube... gaah! :)

TM

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 10/31/2002 10:06:33 PM

Distant Spring - 528

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

I can breathe! I can breathe! Woo-hoo! Tomato, your above post was a little premature. Until just now Rogue was the #1 Pikminer. Rogue had four perfect scores and a 520 on the Distant Spring....I had four perfect scores and a 481 on the Distant Spring. But I'm happy (very very very happy) to announce that your above post is now completely accurate.

Before this run my highest score was 495 (I didn't bother posting it because I didn't want to post until I reached 500). I just kept tinkering with different strategies until one finally clicked. The big breakthrough was when I decided to run 100 Pikmin around the level, killing everything and assigning guys to only the colored pellets. This way I was able to make an easy swipe of the level toward the end of the run without worrying about what colors I used. It was also important that I decided not to worry about the pearls right away. I took care of them as I passed by on my killing spree. Frankly, I think I'll have a difficult time recreating my strategy. But remembering the two techniques above should help a lot.

There were two items I didn't get that would have been quite feasible had my nerves been settled: the red 10 on the peninsula not far from the onions and the frog right by the yellow onion. I was too panicky to bother with them.

Now I really need to get a screen shot. If I only could have gotten that frog I would have gotten into second place behind Ferret! Cocoapuffs, watch your back! That 533 is very impressive! I really didn't think it would be so hard to break 500 on this level. I pay immense respect to Ferret for his unholy score.

Well, I don't know what else to say so I'm going to wrap it up. I can't believe I said I wouldn't be posting many scores after I got my 278. How stupid was that?

Posted by Mikepharvey - 11/1/2002 4:46:34 AM

and he does it again

FOREST NAVEL 442.

how do you do bold?? i am pestering the guy in my corridor at uni to lend me his digital camera so expect a photo soon. i firmly believe 452 is possible.
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Posted by Xel23 - 11/1/2002 6:16:08 AM

I was wondering do most of you guys ever use my Challenge Mode Guide? I want to update it but I want to be sure if it's being used.
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Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 11/1/2002 6:27:11 AM

Wow congrats Nathan and slow down.I moved on to forest navel but I might have to play Distant Spring again because I really don't want to be beaten on that level.

Forest Navel 349

Also I will get a picture. I haven't forgotten just busy.

Posted by GasMan - 11/1/2002 6:37:24 AM

Xel23 - Yeah, I've got it on my hard-drive here and use it to compare my current strategies (heheh, strategies? More like frantic evacuations :o ) with how the 'Big Dogs' do it. Really is quite an eye opener. As TomatoMan mentioned earlier in the thread though, different strategies for different people. I find it tough to even get anywhere near my own personal best following anyone elses strategy.

However, it's great that they are all located in the one location for reference purposes. :)

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 11/1/2002 11:46:53 AM

Great work, Mike. Forest Navel is a grueling level because you need every second on the timer. It's amazing that even one of us got to 442....it's unbelievable that there are now three of us.

Mike, here's why I am 99.9% sure that 442 is the highest possible score for FN (I'm trying to think of the best way to word this): There is a delicate balance when you are working with such a large level with so many big pellets. Since many of the valuable pellets take forever to make it to the onions it is crucial to always have a formidable amount of Pikmin with you at all times. This seems easy, but when you tackle areas you need to send a bunch of Pikmin back with big pellets and still keep a bunch for other areas. In other words, a good amount of Pikmin need to be at the base whenever you return for reinforcements. This makes it difficult to alter the delicate balance by picking up a 20 where you would normally have picked up a 10. Whereas the 10 pellet has made it back to the base by the time you return, the 20 pellet will still be en route and you will end up with 10 less Pikmin to work with. On top of all this trouble, the bridge to the pearl complicates things.

It's hard to put into words what I'm trying to say. But the basic idea is that it is incorrect to think that you can simply take your strategy and replace one of the 20's you normally leave behind with a 10. This will not work. If you want 452 (assuming it is achievable) it will most certainly take some hard core adjustments to a pre-existing strat, possibly even a completely new one.

When I get sick of Distant Spring I will probably tinker some more with Forest Navel. As much as I doubt the possibility of 452 or more, I cannot help but desire to do the "impossible."

That's all I've got to say. Mike, stick with the level and find out for sure what the situation is....if you get a 452 it would be a most commendable feat.

By the way, I'll give you my best explanation of how to do bold and italic. Here is how something you want to be in bold will look when you are typing it:

<.b>452?<./b>

Now if you simply remove the periods from inside the brackets you will get the desired effect:

452?!?!?!?

Anything inside the brackets ( < and > ) is referred to as a "tag." Another common tag is the italics tag. When you want this effect you just substitute the B's with I's. It's relatively simple. If my explanation is still inadequate then use a search engine to look for a beginner's site to writing Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). Hope this helps.

Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 11/1/2002 12:44:46 PM

I forgot to include this in my last post. Xel, I like your work with the strategy guide for Challenge Mode and know that it will be a great help to a lot of players. I didn't even know it was there until you brought it up today. Do you think you could possibly include my Forest of Hope strategy in it? The whole thing is posted in pains-taking detail on this thread (September 30, I think). It would be an honor.

Posted by Xel23 - 11/1/2002 1:32:58 PM

Sure.
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Posted by Mikepharvey - 11/1/2002 6:30:18 PM

i think i was a bit hasty with 452 but i am sure 447 is possible. all i have to do is not bother with the yellow 5 at the end and get the yellow 10 in the bll area. i could have done it on my 442 trial but didnt want to risk a mistake.

Forest navel 442

hope the bold works.
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Posted by Nathan Ian Bowers - 11/1/2002 8:50:36 PM

Distant Spring - 542

I'm really going to have to brainstorm after this one. This run went almost completely according to the strat I devised to reach 540. I missed one dwarf bulborb and lost two guys fighting a frog. Other than those two things, I pulled my strat off. So now I need to really start working. I'm in second place but to make my score significantly higher I'm going to need to make some adjustments. I can think of one frog I could easily work into the strat without losing much time at all. But that would give me exactly 560 (assuming I don't forget that dwarf bulborb or lose any guys) - I'd still need an extra 22 to tie Ferret. I never get the blue 20 or any of the stuff in the center of the level (inside the logs where the puffy blowhog is) so maybe I could make something of that. Dunno yet. But I consistently break 500 now and am getting better with every run.

Mike, good to see you got the bold to work. It'll make compiling leader boards a little easier. Cocoapuffs, sorry. I know you'll be fighting with me tooth & nail and it should be a good battle. I'm looking forward to it. Let's take Ferret down! Xel, thanks for including me on the Challenge Mode strategy guide. TomatoMan, hurry up and get back to your Cube! The board is awfully slow without you.

Enough chatter, back to the game.

Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 11/2/2002 7:54:10 AM

Congrats Nathan. I am now quitting Forest Navel and coming back to Distant Spring. I want second back.

Posted by SuperStein - 11/2/2002 9:30:54 AM

Krikey!

Nathan, Rouge7, you've been beaten!

I think THIS says it all!

Mikepharvey: Forest Navel: 447
http://ftp.home.no/mariokart/pics/geek.jpg

BTW, your other pic Mike:

http://ftp.home.no/mariokart/pics/Picture%20002.jpg

I'm proud to host that first pic. BTW, hey guys!

Posted by Mikepharvey - 11/2/2002 11:56:24 AM

thanx stein. i was just about to announce my triumph but you beat me to it. basically i got the 10 yellow in the bll area instead of the nearby 5.

forest navel-447

all my other scores are also proved so remove the asterisks please.
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Posted by Mikepharvey - 11/2/2002 12:01:21 PM

oh, and by the way, the guy i lent the camera off thought it was very funny to name it its name
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Posted by TomatoMan - 11/2/2002 10:19:26 PM

For a second I thought both mikep AND stein had pulled 447s. Wow.

You didn't tape your 447 run, did you mike? If we're still thinking about doing the DVD, we want the best runs on it.

Congratulations! I can't believe what you're all doing here. Just amazing. I'm not even close to a #1 score on any of the other levels, all I've got is that 278 on IS. Jeesh. :)

TM

PS Nathan: if you're able to, please start taping your DS runs if you get close to Ferret's scores. Looks like his 582 might be lost, although I've got a tape of his 569.

Posted by Mikepharvey - 11/3/2002 7:14:40 AM

unfortunately no. i am at uni and i left my video recorder at home. i may bring it to uni next time i go home and go for it again. i actually could have got a 452, but i was not thinking at the end and did not realise there were 3 yellows in my final group i took down to get the last blue 5s so i could of picked up the yellow 5 as well. well i have not given up this level yet so i will try and get 452 very soon. and try and tape it if i have my video recorder.
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Posted by cocoapuffs999 - 11/3/2002 7:29:34 AM

Forest Navel 382

Congratulations Mikepharvey on that 447.

Posted by SuperStein - 11/3/2002 8:38:39 AM

Cocoapuffs999 Scores

http://ftp.home.no/mariokart/pics/dsc_370.bmp

Well done cocoapuffs! ;-)

Posted by Xel23 - 11/3/2002 9:46:27 AM

I submitted v5.5 of my guide about 2 days ago and it still isn't up yet. Anyone know how long it takes to go up?
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