"I feel like a purple Pikmin"

- Reggie

The first portable Pikmin game.
Yep, the first, and so far only.
Ever.
Never been any other.
Nope, never.

"I am pleased to report that my nephew has pikmin fever"

Me: one of us, one of us, one of us!

This was my first pikmin game. And I just have to say: Thank you, Arlo for convincing me to buy this game and introducing me to something that brought me immense joy.

As someone who's never played pikmin 3, p3dx is basically the pikmin 3 I've been waiting 16 years for, and I enjoyed it!

Winged pikmin are the cutest. The little "heave-ho" sound they make when they're pulling something out of the ground is adorable.

After starting this game recently, I've officially become a Pikmin stan.

Me playing normal hardness, “man this game is hard”
Arlo and everyone else playing ultra spicy mode, “needs more hot sauce”.

Arlo, if you want a really tough Pikmin challenge, I recommend trying to beat the main story while collecting all fruit in 10 days, which is the fewest possible days to do that. I’ve been playing Pikmin for years and years and this is still a really tough challenge for me. I think you’d really like it.

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate that you added subtitles, Arlo.

"which Pikmin is the cutest?" Yes

Pink Pikmin I find the absolute cutest thing ever created. I think every Pikmin type is absurdly cute but the Pink Pikmin just take it to the highest level

Arlo's been screaming in happiness for so long that it took him nearly a month to collect his thoughts.

I think the argument for Rock Pikmin being the cutest is... Rock Solid

We know one thing that Arlo is thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Huh I didn’t realise there were pointer controls in this game

Nintendo: we couldn't keep track of the pikmin online
Also nintendo: does some sort of wizardry to make splatoon run extremely well online all the while keeping track of extremely precise splotches and splashes of paint

Working in retail I often felt like a Pikmin - mindlessly moving stock from one shelf to another.

I don't know if that's a good or bad effect on my mind from the game, but it did make the day a little more fun.

Arlo: Playing Pikmin like a normal person

Me: STOP LETTING THEM DIE D:

Ultra Spicy is very underwhelming. The only thing it makes noticeably more difficult is the fight against the Quaggled Mireclops due to the tighter drowning time limit. Elemental deaths in general are faster but there are not enough enemy types that take any real advantage of it and the extended whistle range makes it even less of a real problem. Pikmin 3's fundamental enemy design doesn't lend itself to a more interesting challenge due to how forgiving they are in general with them being slow to start attacking,  there being too many ways to stun, and Pikmin kill limits that are way too reserved. This is most obvious with the mini-bosses.

Another issue with the fundamental difficulty is that Pikmin walking speeds are also now unified when they follow you instead regardless if they're a leaf or a flower so your squad's hitbox is way smaller. Enemies weren't really tweaked to take this into account, making them even less capable of picking off stragglers. This is most obvious with the Scornet Maestro fight.

Now the lower difficulty is great for getting newcomers into the series but c'mon Nintendo! Give me the option to let enemies be able to wipe out over a quarter of my squad if I'm not careful.

Edit: Also Yellow Pikmin are probably the cutest, at least after the shorts came out.