Can You Beat Pikmin 3 Without Swapping Captains?

Hey guys, I want to start crediting the people who actually find these insane tricks better on this channel. It’s something I haven’t been great at doing but I want to rectify that, starting with this video. All of these tricks were found by the pikmin speed running community, for this run specifically Drought Ender found most of them. So please thank Drought Ender for his hard work because it keeps these olds games alive.

These guys fr have become my favorite pikmin youtubers the moment i saw their first video😭

Ah yes, can you beat pickled men the third as the five yr old who couldn't figure out switching captains

Fun fact: While referring to the playable characters as 'captains' is very common, most of the playable characters in the Pikmin series aren't actually captains. Of the seven playable characters (nine if you include Oatchi and Moss) across the series, only Olimar and Charlie are referred to as captains, with Charlie even noting that Olimar is the captain of a ship as opposed to himself being the captain of an expedition.

I don't think we as the audience truly appreciate how much time and effort goes into these videos. Sure, this video wasn't as hard as some of their other challenges, but it still likely took many hours to complete. Then they had to go through all that footage and condense it down into 24 minutes (and for their other challenges its likely even worse) and summarize everything that happened in the entire playthrough to wrap it up in a neat easily digestible video. It doesn't sound like much, but it adds up to a lot of time! Thanks Press A! for giving us some of the best Pikmin videos on the platform! :3

20:11 RIP that one Rock Pikmin. He died as he lived, being stoopid as hell.

Instantly Clicked when I saw "Press A!" And "Pikmin". You dont know how much scurrying on the channel I was looking for more Pikmin stuff lol. Much love for the channel <3

The thing is, getting over to alf's side and back is all that was needed, he could've just built both sides with brittany.

Nice video! In case anyone’s curious, many of these tricks were a pretty big community effort when the speedrun community was first looking into Swapless. APerTAS found what we call “backdoor Phosbat”, the out of bounds movement to get from the semi-OoB ledge to the Phosbat cave, originally using the old dodge whistle setup by the Whiptongue Bulborb and a different clip past the invisible wall. That trick’s used in the any% speedrun as well nowadays, but it was originally developed specifically for swapless. The dodge whistle tricks used here were developed by Dodiou before Drought Ender found we could actually just use the snitchbug to get on the ledge. Drought Ender also found the swarming Sheargrub trick in Tropical Wilds.

don't apologize for showing us cool tricks, thats one of my favorite parts of these

This has gotta be the only challenge run I've seen of Pikmin 3 that makes the Scornet Maestro an actual boss fight and not a joke

You can even go the extra mile and collect all 66 fruits without swapping. Most of them are just collected normally, but a few that seem very tricky if you don't know how. I was the first person to ever do a "Swapless - All Fruits" speedrun of Pikmin 3.

Once again Pikmin is a very balanced game with no bugs or exploits at all, lmao. Seriously these videos are so nice to watch.

why does it feel kinda symbolic that you leave behind the LEMON XD

Of course you have PTSD from Backwards Paper Mario. However, it's a good idea to run a more mild challenge to cleanse your palate, that way a more challenging run doesn't break you.

in the distant tundra, you probably could have done the joustmite trick to get Brittney to the other side to get some rock pikmin, throw them over, and then do go back and do her side normally and do alph's side the following day to gain access to the yellow pikmin and skip the phosbat chipping calamity. and in the tropical wilds, you absolutely didn't have to do that dodge whisle tomfoolery. you could've thrown some pikmin over, and then literally just walk the long way around the map. the only thing in the way is some water the pikmin can't cross.

This would make an AWESOME speedrun category. Reminds me of minimum captures in SMO

You made the "dual bridge" section way more complicated than it needed to be I think. Rather than go out of bounds several times, you could've just dedicated that day to building Brittney's side of the bridge. Then, since the game would put you in control of Alph on the next day, you'd build his side then and complete the structure, AND have easy access to the Yellow Pikmin to boot! Assuming, of course, that bridge construction can be done that way. You might still need to use the beetle to get Brittney over early if Yellows are required on Alph's side, and if non-Yellows are needed on Brittney's? Then I guess it isn't actually possible.

It’s a good time when Press A uploads

We love seeing all the glitches and tricks. Never stop showing us.❤