Forum:Pikmin Stuff

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Found some stuff: new image (from spanish site) Pikmin 2 soundtrack WOOT http://forums.ffshrine.org/showpost.php?s=a1d52573d1a390a1925f7c9799567749&p=967634&postcount=35 Its not illegal if you own the game. Right? IAMAHIPO ocolor 21:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Saw the latter on GameFAQs recently. Not really sure about the law...GP

LOL, Olimar break dancing! From a old nintendo game. go to 3:50 on video. It was a game nintendo never released. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbaNZ7IwrxY IAMAHIPO_ocolor 23:13, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, go to the wikipedia article for Pikmin to get the japanese name. Type it into google and translate the japanese wikipedia page. Its so funny XD. Also, they have a lot of information.

Look at this picture XD: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amocarski/1520870216/ IAMAHIPO_ocolor 01:11, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Seems the Japanese called Titan Dweevil 'DAIOUDEMEMADARA'... Page is here (translated) for those who want to see.GP

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Hey guys, lets have a contest to design a new web icon. The blue Pikmin is a bit... creepy, no offense. It has to be 16 pixels wide, and 16 pixels high. [image removed] rough 16x16 grid.

Er, I don't get why you made a grid; we all know what 16x16 means. I sort of get what you mean by 'creepy'...and a better one would be good. Make sure to save it as BMP or PNG, though, before converting to ICO.GP

I did 16x16 grid so you can copy + paste into word, and plan it easily with the fill button. IAMAHIPO_ocolor 19:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay, but I don't use Word. Anyway, wouldn't it be easier just to resize the area thing in Paint to 16x16, then zoom to 800% and use the pencil?GP

Admitted, I could have gotten a better one. But what should it be? Red, Yellow and Purple Pikmin don't fit due to their facial features. White would look "creepy" aswell. Louie wasn't accepted, so would be Olimar. What else is there? A "P"? A sprout?--Prezintenden

I actually liked the Louie icon, but I guess I could see why some people thought it looked like an old lady. Anyway, think there's enough space to do a small Onion, maybe without the stilts? Maybe even just a flower, white or pink.

Yeah, I'd think a flower for the icon, or maybe a leaf. It'd also be nice if we could customise the Monobook skin (I assume that's what you all use as it's the default). Green would be Pikmin-y. Maybe even a curved sidebar like at my site?GP

Here's mine: File:Pikipedia Icon2.png IAMAHIPO_ocolor 00:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

File:Pikflower Icon.PNG Best I could come up with. I'm not really used to pixel art. Also, Green, more power to you if you'd like to change the theme. —Jimbo Jambo

I would still prefer a leaf, though. Not sure. And ocolor, try to crop the image before uploading. There's far too much whitespace.GP

File:Pikleaf Icon.PNG Alright, how's this? Admittedly the edges are a little rough, but...well, it can always be edited again. I still like the flower though. :x —Jimbo Jambo

Woa now... Why didn't I hear about this? I'll have something ready soon. InfectedShroom.

Here: File:Pikmin Icon 3.png IAMAHIPO_ocolor 03:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

There, no more edges in Ocolors' pic. Hmm, my favorite so far is the leaf... Maybe IS can top it?--Prezintenden

What do you mean "no more edges"?

Edges = white borders. So far, I like the leaf one the best; I think it'd be a good replacement if there are no others to come.GP

I just made one I worked really hard on: (I love this one) File:Pikmin Icon 4.png IAMAHIPO_ocolor 00:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't mean to sound rude, but why don't you just start with a 16x16 canvas? —Jimbo Jambo

Macs, and apple work, is a bitch :( I have to count pixels :(. Anyway, what do you think?

Macs are awesome. Apple Works may not be, but I have Photoshop and ti iz teh pwnzrz. :P BTW, I'll add my entries as soon as possible. So far, I've made a few Leaves and an onion. InfectedShroom.

Cute. I do like the texture. Very...textury. I want to touch it... —Jimbo Jambo

InfectedShroom- They can't run most games, almost no freeware. Slow. Bad video card. Bad ram. Only good apps is safari and itunes. Photoshop you can get on PC, for free from freeware. No hypercam. Images open in some wierd thing that sucks. Imovie TERRIBLE, can't uploud to youtube, and it mysteriously quits. No stuffit. All files save as unusable types. They do look sexy though. IAMAHIPO_ocolor 01:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hm... I guess most of that's true enough. Oh well. IS

For image editing programs, ocolor, you could try PAINT.NET (I believe that's the program's, not a site's, name) or the GIMP to see if they work on your Mac. There are free replacements for pretty much anything you can think of.GP

So, have we decided on an icon? IAMAHIPO_ocolor 04:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I think we're still waiting on 'Shroom. —Jimbo Jambo

If there are no more to come soon, we should vote on what we have here. Just put your sig for your vote like I have. Of course, we can add others if they are still to come, and you can vote for a couple if you can't decide, I think. Or split your vote?

1. File:Pikipedia Icon2.png
2. File:Pikflower Icon.PNG
3. File:Pikleaf Icon.PNG
   • GP
   • Prezintenden
   • InfectedShroom.
4. File:Pikmin Icon 3.png
5. File:Pikmin Icon 4.png
   • IAMAHIPO_ocolor

Oh, and I think we could do with a new logo too (currently and ). I may try that; didn't make a logo as I fail at pixel-art.GP

Agreed. What do you plan on making? I had the sudden thought of displaying the Pikmin Planet for the Monobook. I know it seems a little adventurous, but not too far-fetched. We should also exploit the fact somehow that the Quartz book picture is wide. The group of Pikmin we have now is in the right direction. Maybe we could have lots of pixel-art Pikmin line up? Well, just me talking.--Prezintenden

Alright, I have all of mine on a single sheet. Would you like me to split it or is it alright as one sheet? InfectedShroom.

It'd probably be easier leaving it as one until there's a verdict.GP

Um, go ahead and decide without me. I won't enter. Mine aren't that great. InfectedShroom.

You're still free to vote on which you think we should use.GP

Okay, if no-one else wants to vote, are we decided on the leaf?

And, Prezintenden, I was a bit bored so I quickly put together a few images to make what I thought you might be thinking about with the planet. No idea if it's what you meant. Image here. I wasn't sure about the transparency of the Pikmin, or whether it should even have them, but the Wiki is about them, after all... I added the glow on the planet and the redness at the sides. Also, if you have any suggestions as to improving it, I can easily make any changes. I do have a large version if it's too small to see.GP 19:33, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I voted. And about the planet... It looks pretty good, If I have a say in it. The text looks a little cheesy, though. Maybe go here and look for another? I dunno, just a suggestion. InfectedShroom.

Oh, sorry, I somehow missed your comments. What I thought of was the Pikmin Planet with a white background and a Pikmin head (slighlty transparent) on it. Something like in one of the cutscenes. Of course, that was just a brief thought. Well, I have to agree with the font, but it came out great; maybe it could be a bit bigger, though. ...I just liked the idea of letting the picture "flow" into the Monobook skin (I'm trying to use a German word that doesn't exist in English, but you get the point). However, if we customize the Monobook and/or Monaco skin, that wouldn't really be relevant.

Also, could we use promo pictures for the wide one? And insert the leaf?--Prezintenden

I added the leaf literally just now. You'll have to bypass your cache to see it. As for the font, yeah, I think it's wrong as it's not curced like everything else in the picture, and the white just doesn't work. And the size is just what I saved it as; I've still got the project file that's about 750px wide.GP 16:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

The link now points to an updated image (changed the font, hopefully for the better). It's also large.GP 17:13, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the font looks much better. :D InfectedShroom

Would we actually consider this as the non-wide logo? It's not odd or too cluttered or anything?GP 19:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... Do you want the answer from the Photoshop part of me? Because there are a couple things that need changes, if you would like to hear them. If not, it's still a gerat logo. :D Alright, how about we start all over again. I should think things over before I say them.

Hai! My name's InfectedShroom. So... Um... I'll get to my userpage.

Random Quote Section

Here is where I might put a random quote from time to time.

Super Mario Bros.

A sonnet by IS

Super Mario Bros. is very fun
Stomping Goombas and getting to Bowser,
We know this game can be the only one.
And to the end I get ever closer
I could definitely play this all night
And I reach the end around the morning.
Mario and Bowser begin to fight
Mario dodges Bowser's flaming
No loss of life if he dodges it all
Bowser lets a ton of flame unload.
But we watch as Bowser begins to fall.
Defeated! Here's a message from Toad:
"The Princess is in another castle."
Dang, this game is such a hassle!

LOL, I had to make that in English class. I laughed as I was making it. :P

Knights of the Wiki

(To the tune of Knights of Cydonia by Muse. NOTE: it is from the point of view of a troll/spammer.)

Come, ride with me,
Through the articles of MarioWiki,
I'll show you a Sysop, falls asleep on the job!
And how can we win?
When fools can be 'crats?
Don't waste your edits or your edits will waste you!

No one's gonna block my account!
The time has come to spam things up!
You and I must fight for our IP's!
You and I must fight to survive!
No one's gonna block my account!
The time has come to spam things up!
You and I must fight for our IP's!
You and I must fight to survive!

No one's gonna block my account!
The time has come to spam things up!
You and I must fight for our IP's!
You and I must fight to survive!

Yeah, I know, pretty dumb, but funny!

Lyrics for Myself

Of Street Spirit (Fade Out)

Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things will one day swallow whole
Fade out again, Fade out.

This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all, go under
fade out again, fade out again

Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things will one day swallow whole
Fade out again, Fade out again

Immerse your soul in love
Immerse your soul in love

Something else for myself

A quote from Thom Yorke (lead singer of Radiohead) about the above song.

Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn't write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It's called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it. I'd crack. I'd break down on stage. That's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That's what's meant by 'all these things you'll one day swallow whole'. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion. I'd crack...

Our fans are braver than I to let that song penetrate them, or maybe they don't realise what they're listening to. They don't realise that Street Spirit is about staring the fucking devil right in the eyes, and knowing, no matter what the hell you do, he'll get the last laugh. And it's real, and true. The devil really will get the last laugh in all cases without exception, and if I let myself think about that too long, I'd crack.

I can't believe we have fans that can deal emotionally with that song. That's why I'm convinced that they don't know what it's about. It's why we play it towards the end of our sets. It drains me, and it shakes me, and hurts like hell every time I play it, looking out at thousands of people cheering and smiling, oblivious to the tragedy of its meaning, like when you're going to have your dog put down and it's wagging its tail on the way there. That's what they all look like, and it breaks my heart. I wish that song hadn't picked us as its catalysts, and so I don't claim it. It asks too much. I didn't write that song.