they literally have boss themes from all 4 Pikmin games they could've used in Smash, yet the team keeps using the main pikmin theme / main area themes instead(and in some cases, making stuff up like environmental noises). I'm willing to bet that this song won't even be in the next game in favor of a Sun-Speckled Terrace remix or whatever.
My favorite part about this boss fight was when he roared in the final phase and I lost 72 Pikmin. Rest in peace fallen soldiers, you did your absolute best
@@christian0hisn't olimar's son, like. 10, at most. Like not saying you're wrong, but imo it'd be kinda weird to see your 10 year old son in your 20-something year old coworker?
@@8pierrot89 You know how older adults talk down to younger adults once they have kids? Saying stuff like "Once you have kids" or "When I was in college"? Even if at most Olimar is only a decade older than Louie. He's still a kind person and would begin to emphasize with Louie at that point. Honestly I don't see anything weird about it considering Louie bascially has the mind of a demented child and is also an inexperienced employee.
I can imagine in pikmin 5, louie doing something that can literally destroy both PNF-404 and Hocotate. Then Olimar would be like "Oh, he's just messing around, guys. He didnt mean any harm!"
I mean yeah, I kinda had a eureka moment last night realizing *why* the guy doesn't wanna go back This is hot off the coattails of him eating the shipment of Golden PikPik Carrots, right? Of _course_ the guy doesn't wanna go back, he's not about to face the wrath of his boss 😭
Really love every “vulnerable” theme is more upbeat than the last in addition to more organic instruments overtaking the guitars, letting the player know they’re getting closer and closer to defeating the boss. There are some great nods like the Ice phase containing hints of the Primordial Thicket leitmotif (Because that's the area you fight the boss in) and the final “Vulnerable” theme being a remix of the one from Pikmin 3’s boss theme. This was also probably the best final boss in the series thus far.
@@kidplaysgame3590the trick is to use winged pikmin so if they panic, they don't immediately kill themselves. Unfortunately, this takes away from using the other necessary types. Pick your poison i guess.
I think what makes this theme stick out to me is not only just the fact Pikmin has NEVER delved into heavy metal like this before, but just how absolutely frantic and unnerving it is. There’s barely a melody to latch onto, there’s only orchestration in the VERY brief windows you have to attack, it NEVER sounds heroic or triumphant(even when it’s vulnerable, it still sounds crazed). You aren’t fighting just a buffed creature, or a freak of nature, or even a stacked and strapped omega Spider. You are fighting PNF-404’s APEX PREDATOR. A dark reflection of the little rescue pup that’s been helping you the entire game, with the abilities of the even littler army that’s also been helping you the entire game.
Another thing is how it feels like a melody starts to form in the last two phases, or how at the very least more consistent riffs and drum patterns happen
i feel like the reason why the music for p4's final boss is so tonally different is because this is AN ACTIVE MURDER ATTEMPT, the previous final bosses were powerful (or armed for titan dweevil's case) creatures following instincts defending itself against the sudden attack (or attempting to get back something they obsessed over for plasm wraith's case)
Which is really scary for the fact that this creature is still the size of a lapdog. Which raises a scarier question of how much worse other animals on this planet evolved, because if PNF-404 is truly earth, *How bad have creatures that are a genuine threat to humans, such as crocodiles, hippos and lions got?*
@@Murr248 the fact that none of the human buildings or objects have eroded or grown moss on them in the game also suggests that humans haven't gone extinct, or another intelligent life form the size of humans have taken their place. imagine if, in a future pikmin installment, you have to confront a human or a creature it's size.
If you showed this song to someone and told them that a track called "Environmental Noises" techically came from the same series, they'd get you tested to see if you're under some kind of influence
I lost 95 Pikmin on that bossfight, once I got to the gloom phase he annihilated my original squad of whites purple and ice, I got the glow seed out which thankfully I'd never used up before to refill to 100. Insane stuff.
The fast-paced nature of the boss mixed with all the insta kill attacks makes Ancient Sirehound the most insane Pikmin boss yet. Plus nobody expected metal music in a Pikmin game. By far the best in the series.
Funny thing, i find this thing is more of a pitbull than anything Monster Hunter has ever put out. Well.. scratch that. The odogaron is still pretty much a pitbull.
Not the kind of music I expected from a Pikmin final boss, but considering the utter danger this one poses, it's pretty appropriate. Seriously, that electric phase is really hard to survive without Pikmin getting killed! if you don't use Glow Pikmin
I beat the game with no casualties (There were a few Glow Pikmin casualties, but their deaths dont get registered to the death count, so it doesnt count) 100 Glows entered the final boss but 4 died
Pikmin 1,2,3 boss theme: You are fighting with enormous, mystic, horrfying creatures, prepare yourself This: *YOU ARE IN THE DOG WRESTLE GO WHACK YOUR OPPONENT!*
You're telling me Louie is not only the final boss, but he also has an incredible prog-metal boss theme as well... Goddammit if it wasn't for TotK this would be such an easy GOTY
I must say I like this final boss a lot and would have never expected metal music in my Pikmin game even though if you know how to fight him he's relatively easy but that doesn't mean he is not good at killing Pikmin the last phase with his instant death poison and scatter scream cost me more than half of my Pikmin which left me shocked.
@@ScaredSackless4566 I also like the titan dweevil because it scared me as a child and the concept of housing treasures with multiple elements. But it is straightforward to deafet use yellows for electricity and you don't have to worry about the rest. I guess the titan dweevil would be even more easy if electricity wasn't an Insta kill.
@sonic176yt7 Pikmin 4 is a weird alternative timeline "what if" scenario for Pikmin 1 where Olimar ACTUALLY uses the Interstellar Radio to call for help (and there's also Moss there, because why not?), which eventually leads to events of Pikmin 2 and 3. I think.
@@Poyomini yeah cuz in the first game, the description of the interstellar radio reads at some point "I would use it but it would take too long, I must continue my search!"
The electric phase and part of the final phase are in 5/4 time (or 10/8, i can't really tell) and I think the fact that they put that rhythm time in metal music is fucking insane
What really gets me is the first phase and ice phase, which I think may be in 15/16 and 17/8. There's also alot of meter changes leading into the vulnerable states. I sure do wonder who'll have the guts to cover this song lmbo
it might be a while before any comprehensive soundtrack gets uploaded, it seems like a ton of different enemy types add unique layers to the music which cant be easy to put together
Haven't seen anyone talk about it but the music that plays when the boss is vulnerable is a remix of the vulnerability music that plays during the Sandbelching Meerslug boss in Pikmin 3 That being said they did a great job with putting more music genres into the game and still make them sound like they belong even if you have no idea what the boss actually is. The vulnerability music and little sillier interludes/transitions where that trumpet comes back is just tell tale pikmin music and it's wonderful
This is like the modern day equivalent to "Porky Means Business!" given the context. The universe itself would shatter if Louie and Porky were to ever meet
Unironically the best pikmin boss in all of the pikmin games, and pikmin 2 was my favorite. Only time i genuinely had trouble was the electric phase, didn't learn fast enough when he was open and took a couple of tries to realize I'm supposed to get rid of the thunder fuzzballs. Didn't help i didn't bring any yellow pikmin with me either.
I think one of my most favorite parts about this song is not only does it legit defy pikmin music, but the various rythm changes, and the fact that every single time the sirehound is vulnerable, you can here a similar leitmotif in each phase's vulnerable state
When Louie said that “the true ultimate experience begins now!” And summoned a giant animal capable of using heat, cold, shock, and wave? Attacks to kill you and your pikmin
The fact this is so different to any other kind of music in Pikmin (in addition to what you're actually fighting) makes it pop all the more. Just watch out for those gloom puddles in the final phase :')
This so out of place for a pikmin game, and I love it. Just looking at the thumbnail and hearing this kind of music play over it is amazing to say the least.
Pro tip: during the Fire phase, trick Louie into shooting fireballs at the burning hairballs by standing in front of one and dodging. They’ll explode and make a shockwave, but if you jump over it and detonate all of them, it’ll be much more manageable when he starts making the Sirehound do shockwave sumo stomps.
Most of this Boss was surprisingly easy, but without destroying the Fire or Electro Furballs and keeping distance in his final phase when he yells, you can lose a ton of Pikmin. Plus, if you don't buy any immunities or upgrades whatsoever, this fight is still quite a challenge, especially that electro phase!
@@freshbowloflightningbolts Naah Plasm Wraith is too repetitive and easy to cheese (just bring 100 rock pikmin and you pretty much can't lose). This boss is actually difficult and exciting and kind of terrifying tbh
@@looney1023But this boss is piss easy with 2 purples, which you will always have due to the Water Wraith floor, and a bunch of Glow Pikmin, removing a lot of the testing of using different Pikmin types. In 3, all the Pikmin were useful, and just using rocks would not be the optimal strategy due to how slow that can be and the fact you are still on the clock for the fight and don’t want to waste time for mere safety.
I didn't expect this to go full prog metal with those uncommon time signatures and wildly shifting motifs lmao. I did it deathless but I was just stank-faced throughout. What an amazing boss, what an amazing game
I LOVE that they included odd time signatures into this, it really gives us insight into Louie’s mind. He’s a complete and utter lunatic, sure, but he’s also an absolute idiot. Yes, he did try to kill people who were trying to rescue him, (on two separate occasions,) but he’s so dumb he doesn’t even know WHAT he’s even doing half of the time. As the track goes on and you beat common sense back into him, the track slowly becomes more stable and regular, like he’s starting to realise what’s REALLY happening. But, eh, this whole thing’s a power trip and a half so he’s going to enjoy this at least for a LITTLE while longer.
i love how pikmin can just have a complete tonal shift from the rest of the game and have it work so well a disco spider that plays party music and uses airhorns and dances around? sure thing. a giant menacing dog with heavy metal controled by louie that is like bowser with a 5 stage boss fight using an insta kill hazard in the final phase? why not. a cave you can only use blues in with varies hazard types and creepy ambiance that leads to being chased by an extradimensional steamroller? yeah that works they really seem to know how to make something weird for the series and do it like; perfectly i do know some people arent a big fan of this boss cause of the heavy metal and how different it is but i think it comes together really well. space dogs are a big focus of the game and are sort of what the game focuses around really (pikmin 1 it was the shipwreck; 2 it was the debt; 3 it was the food supply and now its castaways and space dogs) so having the final boss be the ultimate castaway (louie) on the spaciest dog in all of space checks out really well also i dont think the element thing needs any explanation; its sort of out of nowhere but cmon man; rule of cool
This music caught me so off guard when I reached this boss. Honestly, this and the Groovy Long Legs were probably my favorite boss fights in the game. I was kind of disappointed that there weren't as many original bosses in this game compared to some of the previous Pikmin games. You can only fight Emperor Bulblax so many times...
Groovy Long Legs music is more a beat with some slight synth added. Ancient Sirehound meanwhile sounds like a full on Kirby boss theme. Both are really good pieces though.@@krubbington
@@chuggarchive how about we agree that you are a jerk Everyone can have their own opinion And that it is the internet so no one cares about your opinion to begin with. Also i to enjoy this music, it is rather catchy! also instead of throwing insults at me why dont you try to get me to see things from your perspective? It would be alot more time efficient and unlike insults, actually accomplishes something in the long run. Or you can continue to assume that i am a mere child that does not know of the...3? other pikmin (or was it 4?) Or has even played them, both opinions, being completely wrong. But as i said ITS THE INTERNET we could go in circles all day and night an neither of us would get anywhere, So lets not ok?
@@KirbyBulborbPikminjakeArchive you never gave your side dumb pluck. All you did was come on here talking about some damn opinions or some shit. Pretty clear you didn’t intend to accomplish anything. Also, you haven’t played any other game have you? It’s not hard to know how many Pikmin games there are kid. 1, 2, 3, that hey pikmin garbage, and 4 (hey pikmin was actually not that bad but was too weird gameplay wise to be called a pikmin game.)
@@chuggarchive I know you can say whatever you want, But, Please, Can you please calm down and make a nice comment to people? Like i said, Please not say about 1,000 cuss words with this reply, Please.
So, we know that from the game, Smoky Proggs are what happens when a Mamuta egg gets inundated with Glow Sap. How the hell can this dog manage not just the various elements, but also the instakill gloom without collapsing upon itself? And more importantly, how did it manage to acquire these powers?
![Pikmin 3 Deluxe OST - Golden Arachnorb Battle [Complete]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dwn4Gsid8ME/mqdefault.jpg)
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the battle against the apex predator of this planet. And the dog
😂
truly one of the 'king of bugs' moment of all time
Now that's a classic gag, haven't seen something like that in a while.
Why it take me so long to get this joke 💀🏥🚑
@@sonic176yt7Because… GET GOOD
-comes out of nowhere
-celebrates Pikmin 4
-posts the final boss theme with no spoilers in the thumbnail
-leaves
-refuses to elaborate
Peakmin Channel
The thumbnail alone has my attention
Heavy Metal is perfect to describe the inner mechanisms in Louie’s head
The inner machinations of his mind are an enigma.
One cannot describe such thing.. Louie is a maniac all I'm saying
Really? I figured the inner mechanisms in his head sounded like cuckoo clocks.
He talks about the dogs as if they're cars, so it makes sense that he sees the Sirehound as a monster truck.
One shudders to imagine what inhumane thoughts lie behind that mind...
they wanted something to fit into the next smash bros pikmin stage
I love your videos I hope you show any out of bounds Pikmin 4 stuff in the future.
count on it @@KurobaroNoMajoAki
It would be very jarring to see this song in the same playlist as Garden of Hope’s remix wouldn’t it?
they literally have boss themes from all 4 Pikmin games they could've used in Smash, yet the team keeps using the main pikmin theme / main area themes instead(and in some cases, making stuff up like environmental noises). I'm willing to bet that this song won't even be in the next game in favor of a Sun-Speckled Terrace remix or whatever.
@@krubbingtonthey used boss themes from hey pikmin and that's it.. felt very disappointing
“Okay, easiest final boss so far, but still pretty fun”
-Me, circa Phase 1
"No way that's the final boss' hp. Oh well, the other bosses were easy too- WHY IS HE GETTING BACK UP?"
@@liljon042WHY DID HE CHANGE COLORS?!?
WHY IS HE FLYING NOW ?!?!!!
*_HOW CAN A DOG FLY!?_*
THATS NOT POSION THATS FOG
My favorite part about this boss fight was when he roared in the final phase and I lost 72 Pikmin. Rest in peace fallen soldiers, you did your absolute best
I literally almost finished the fight deathless then the same thing happened. Pikmin 2's trolling has a worthy predecessor in this fight.
YIKES.
That roar with Smokey progg death-puddles was playing DIRTY😭
That being said I lost like 30 gamers in that moment 💔💔
All my pikmin died that part
This game really likes giving it's deadliest boys, deadly weapons
HEAVY METAL IN A FUCKING PIKMIN GAME. WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED
The Pikmin franchise always come with surprises in each new title!
Would you have expected dubstep either?
@@Monobrobedub-step attached to the boss who's signature move is stepping on your Pikmin... Seems fair
It's not only heavy metal. It's progressive metal. There's even bits of djent in places a well.
They were going hard on the Guitar.
Scruffy is probably going to lose his mind when he hears this in-game.
He’s gonna love the musical variety in this game compared to the other games
He probably will
He already is, I think, and he's only on day 3 (or at least, that's how far he's posted in his Let's play)
Can't wait for the video it'd be so good
so hyped to see that in six months
I like how Olimar never gives up on Louie, old timeline and new.
Louie: *causes mayhem on the planet*
Olimar: "Its ok, I can fix him."
Olimar sees his son in Louie. So he can only emphasize with him and not go too hard because he misses his son too much
@@christian0hisn't olimar's son, like. 10, at most. Like not saying you're wrong, but imo it'd be kinda weird to see your 10 year old son in your 20-something year old coworker?
@@8pierrot89 You know how older adults talk down to younger adults once they have kids? Saying stuff like "Once you have kids" or "When I was in college"? Even if at most Olimar is only a decade older than Louie. He's still a kind person and would begin to emphasize with Louie at that point. Honestly I don't see anything weird about it considering Louie bascially has the mind of a demented child and is also an inexperienced employee.
I can imagine in pikmin 5, louie doing something that can literally destroy both PNF-404 and Hocotate. Then Olimar would be like "Oh, he's just messing around, guys. He didnt mean any harm!"
I burst out laughing when the final phase began and it started flying.
My new favorite Pikmin boss.
Bet you stopped laughing when you lost a ton of pikmin probably
started laughing when i saw him use his ears as wings
started crying when he massacred my pikmin with his death vape
Laughing until you learn that was Progg fog and not poison
Really gave me Roar of the Jungle Dragon vibes for some reason
Same but I lost all my pikmin
I can't really blame Louie for not wanting to go back to his boss, honestly.
I mean yeah, I kinda had a eureka moment last night realizing *why* the guy doesn't wanna go back
This is hot off the coattails of him eating the shipment of Golden PikPik Carrots, right? Of _course_ the guy doesn't wanna go back, he's not about to face the wrath of his boss 😭
@@KynG5iirc in this weird timeline where 4 replaces 1 he hasn't eaten the carrots.... yet.
@@VampLovr54but he probably would if the chance comes by!
@@VampLovr54 erm actually it takes place in between pikmin 2 and 3 theres quite a few lines that hint towards pikmin 3 being after 4 🤓
@@addyraid pikmin 3 is definitely after 4 but from what we see olimar is absolutely flabbergasted by the existence of yellow and blue pikmin here
My dog don’t bite
The dog in question:
This song is such a shift in tone compared to literally every other Pikmin game but I love it Nintendo just knows how to do music like this
They went down the Kirby secret boss route for this final encounter and I couldn't be happier
@@ToxicPeaThat emoji jump scared me 💀
Just like Yoshi Island
Really love every “vulnerable” theme is more upbeat than the last in addition to more organic instruments overtaking the guitars, letting the player know they’re getting closer and closer to defeating the boss. There are some great nods like the Ice phase containing hints of the Primordial Thicket leitmotif (Because that's the area you fight the boss in) and the final “Vulnerable” theme being a remix of the one from Pikmin 3’s boss theme.
This was also probably the best final boss in the series thus far.
Defo! I didn't notice the Primordial Thicket Leitmotif in phase 2 the first go around; what a cool leimotif reuse!
im excited to see scruffy analyze this theme
Are there any other letimotifs from other areas or themes?
@@danielaguirre6051Olimar's Shipwreck Tale has motifs that reference Pikmin 1 levels. Serene Shores for example, has Distant Spring in it.
@@amandamakin1542 I meant other letimotifs in the final boss theme
Its absolutely criminal that this doesnt play in the piklopedia if you wanna re fight it.
For real!!
At least they did Groovy Long Legs justice
@@justsomewheel9379because the music actually comes from it
"Fuck it, we DOOM now"
-The Pikmin 4 composers, probably
The final boss was absolutely incredible to fight and I loved how it went from happy peaceful music to Heavy Metal insanity.
Is the last phase really that bs?
@@kidplaysgame3590 I beat it deathless, but I can confirm it is. My simple advice: Just keep your Pikmin close.
@@kidplaysgame3590 As long as you ride on Oatchi so the Pikmin aren't spread out, it's easy to avoid the poison, or gloom.
@@lucar1154ah yes, tears of the pikmin kingdom 4
@@kidplaysgame3590the trick is to use winged pikmin so if they panic, they don't immediately kill themselves. Unfortunately, this takes away from using the other necessary types. Pick your poison i guess.
I think what makes this theme stick out to me is not only just the fact Pikmin has NEVER delved into heavy metal like this before, but just how absolutely frantic and unnerving it is.
There’s barely a melody to latch onto, there’s only orchestration in the VERY brief windows you have to attack, it NEVER sounds heroic or triumphant(even when it’s vulnerable, it still sounds crazed).
You aren’t fighting just a buffed creature, or a freak of nature, or even a stacked and strapped omega Spider.
You are fighting PNF-404’s APEX PREDATOR.
A dark reflection of the little rescue pup that’s been helping you the entire game, with the abilities of the even littler army that’s also been helping you the entire game.
Another thing is how it feels like a melody starts to form in the last two phases, or how at the very least more consistent riffs and drum patterns happen
i feel like the reason why the music for p4's final boss is so tonally different is because this is AN ACTIVE MURDER ATTEMPT, the previous final bosses were powerful (or armed for titan dweevil's case) creatures following instincts defending itself against the sudden attack (or attempting to get back something they obsessed over for plasm wraith's case)
Which is really scary for the fact that this creature is still the size of a lapdog. Which raises a scarier question of how much worse other animals on this planet evolved, because if PNF-404 is truly earth, *How bad have creatures that are a genuine threat to humans, such as crocodiles, hippos and lions got?*
@@Murr248 the fact that none of the human buildings or objects have eroded or grown moss on them in the game also suggests that humans haven't gone extinct, or another intelligent life form the size of humans have taken their place. imagine if, in a future pikmin installment, you have to confront a human or a creature it's size.
imagine the final boss was just a human toddler lmao
WE MAKING IT OUT OF PNF-404's ATMOSPHERE WITH THIS ONE🔥🔥🔥
THE KOPPAITES EATING GOOD TONIGHT🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THE HOCOTATE FRAIGHT DEBT WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WE'RE NOT GETTING THE BAD ENDING WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥.... oh wait.
WE LANDING WITHOUT ACTUALLY CRASHING WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥
moss is not
Louie: I'm going to kill and consume everything on this planet. Get in my way and I'll kill you too.
Olimar: He a good lad
'He's just a bit of a fixer-upper."
I read Olimar’s line in Wallace’s voice.
@@Cheeyze LMFAOO
Thanks for uploading this, I've been craving this theme since I fought this boss. Also props for not putting the boss name in the title
i wanted to put a spoiler warning in the thumbnail too but you can't upload custom thumbnails without verifying your phone number rip
@@pikmin4sweep I love mass data harvesting 😃
@@pikmin4sweepI think final boss in the title is a good enough spoiler warning anyway.
For being the first time Pikmin uses metal music, this goes *batshit **_insane_*
Also fire phase is literal fire my god 🔥
Rename this to “Louie’s Theme”
@@diddykong2143 Louie's theme is already a song, in the pikmin 3 soundtrack
i love how whenever its vunerable regular pikmin instramints shine thru and more and more as you wittle him down
YES BRO!!!!!!
The fire phase was also insanely easy
If you showed this song to someone and told them that a track called "Environmental Noises" techically came from the same series, they'd get you tested to see if you're under some kind of influence
Phase 1: 0:00
Phase 1 Vulnerable: 0:46
Phase 2 (Ice): 0:55
Phase 2 Vulnerable: 1:39
Phase 3 (Electricity): 1:54
Phase 3 Vulnerable: 2:42
Phase 4 (Fire): 2:51
Phase 4 Vulnerable: 3:27
Phase 5 (Gloom): 3:38
Phase 5 Vulnerable: 4:19
Boss Defeat: 4:36
legend
ill add these as sections now, i never got around to it because i stayed up until like 1am putting together 28 different tracks for this lol
Only now realizing how similar the vulnerable music is to the vulnerable music in Pikmin 3
Gloom? Is that what they’re calling that element? I called it phantom element since it’s an instakill on any pikmin including glow pikmin.
@@cometcartoons8528yup. its mentioned in a loading screen for the smoky progg
WE RUNNING OUT OF GLOW PIKMIN WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥
Ok, this is good😂 When I fought the boss I used up all 70 of my glow seeds trying to keep up. Too relatable!
I lost 95 Pikmin on that bossfight, once I got to the gloom phase he annihilated my original squad of whites purple and ice, I got the glow seed out which thankfully I'd never used up before to refill to 100. Insane stuff.
you know i forget you could use glow pikmin in caves you i just beat the final boss without it
the electric phase wiped half my pikmin 😭
I beat it deathless, then went back to test Glow, but it didn't respawn
The theme of 58 pikmin dying all at once
This boss was really easy, how did you lose that many Pikmin?
Use Purple and Glow Pikmin, you can finish the boss with zero deaths.
@@ChonnaMaePascual still free with default pikmin
@@prestonandtom9337its easy but if you mess up it will kill a lot of pikmin, especially in the final phase
@@ChonnaMaePascual I didn't do that and it was still easy.
The fast-paced nature of the boss mixed with all the insta kill attacks makes Ancient Sirehound the most insane Pikmin boss yet. Plus nobody expected metal music in a Pikmin game. By far the best in the series.
truly the dark souls of dandori
Dude that fire phase version of the track is straight heat
Of course it is, its fire.
Not gonna lie, it is a hot track
@@jupiter9099 totally
Watch this comment section become all fire related jokes
I think it resembles Doom OST lol it's awesome
Remember that, for all this theme is, this dog is like, the size of a Yorkshire Terrier.
No it's not, size of a big tin can at best
@@sonic176yt7 You're BOTH wrong! It's the size of a Shih Tzu puppy.
No it's the size of the S. S. Beagle
Wait which dog are we talking about?
@@evanhernandez2071 the sirahound
I love how the final phase's vulnerable stage is almost like the full version of the first phase's, almost to say that "this is it, just a bit more!"
Just like Origami King, a franchise with no business having metal absolutely owns it. Guess you could say it rocks it.
but… paper mario has had metal since day one??
What about Rawk Hawk or the final boss of the original PM game
@@Reecee I completely forgot about those
@@Reeceeoh hey
Metal can fit in with any series. Nothing can change my mind about that.
I love How every single time the boss is vulnerable its basically a remix of the pikmin 3 boss vulnerable theme especially the final one
it was really nice to hear that again, especially since area bosses kinda went away
@@Samookely sire hounds an area boss literally
@@brumpseriesandstuff for one area, but not every single one.
I’m not complaining about the lack of area bosses mind you
@@SamookelyMan, I still miss how cinematic the Pikmin 3 bosses were.
Ah yes that time that Pikmin became Monster Hunter.
Bro turned into Alatreon
Hearing the metal theme and seeing it shooting electric fur balls gave me some mad Zinogre PTSD right there
Hearing The Metal And Seeing It Fly Gave Me Astalos Vibes.
When he flew and shot out red-black clouds of death, it reminded me of Valstrax too.
Funny thing, i find this thing is more of a pitbull than anything Monster Hunter has ever put out.
Well.. scratch that. The odogaron is still pretty much a pitbull.
Not the kind of music I expected from a Pikmin final boss, but considering the utter danger this one poses, it's pretty appropriate.
Seriously, that electric phase is really hard to survive without Pikmin getting killed! if you don't use Glow Pikmin
the smoky phase makes it almost impossible to not lose pikmin at least electricity doesn't insta kill like pikmin 2
I beat the game with no casualties (There were a few Glow Pikmin casualties, but their deaths dont get registered to the death count, so it doesnt count)
100 Glows entered the final boss but 4 died
I actually didn't use glow pikmin in the final battle...unless you count me throwing about 5 into a candypop bud.
@@danielaguirre6051 That's impressive! Did you rewind when any died?
@@danielaguirre6051lol u needed 100 glows 😂 30 glows and 2 purples your dandori needs work 😂
Pikmin 1,2,3 boss theme: You are fighting with enormous, mystic, horrfying creatures, prepare yourself
This: *YOU ARE IN THE DOG WRESTLE GO WHACK YOUR OPPONENT!*
Pikmin 4: YOU ARE IN A DOG FIGHTING RING
Pikmin 4: [bowser music]
Pikmin 4: Unexpectancy part 1 & 3 but pikmin
You're telling me Louie is not only the final boss, but he also has an incredible prog-metal boss theme as well...
Goddammit if it wasn't for TotK this would be such an easy GOTY
It gets second place
@@klaptrap1131well 3rd place now bc of BG3
I must say I like this final boss a lot and would have never expected metal music in my Pikmin game even though if you know how to fight him he's relatively easy but that doesn't mean he is not good at killing Pikmin the last phase with his instant death poison and scatter scream cost me more than half of my Pikmin which left me shocked.
Yeah, this isn't the Titan Dweevil, you actually got to be way more involved & careful this time.
@@ScaredSackless4566 I also like the titan dweevil because it scared me as a child and the concept of housing treasures with multiple elements. But it is straightforward to deafet use yellows for electricity and you don't have to worry about the rest. I guess the titan dweevil would be even more easy if electricity wasn't an Insta kill.
I'm just glad we didn't have to finish the game with a dandori battle, would've been unfair as hell
@@Leostar-Regaliusthe last one was kinda hard though
I wouldn’t call that final phase poison I called the phantom phase.
Nintendo gave their hardest boss theme to a shih tzu and im all for it
A superpowered shih tzu, but still.
Louie fans got their wish. They get to fight him as a final boss FOR THE SECOND TIME
Cannononicly one after the other because 4 is a prequel to 3
me who is literally louie
@@klaptrap1131well no because every game before 4 is wiped off the face of pnf-404
@sonic176yt7 Pikmin 4 is a weird alternative timeline "what if" scenario for Pikmin 1 where Olimar ACTUALLY uses the Interstellar Radio to call for help (and there's also Moss there, because why not?), which eventually leads to events of Pikmin 2 and 3. I think.
@@Poyomini yeah cuz in the first game, the description of the interstellar radio reads at some point "I would use it but it would take too long, I must continue my search!"
The electric phase and part of the final phase are in 5/4 time (or 10/8, i can't really tell) and I think the fact that they put that rhythm time in metal music is fucking insane
amazing music/ sound design.... although I'm not a fan of heavy metal in a pikmin game. The ART is praiseworthy
you would love prog metal
Not uncommon for metal, probably one of the most pretentious variants of rock music; of course it would have odd time signatures!
What really gets me is the first phase and ice phase, which I think may be in 15/16 and 17/8. There's also alot of meter changes leading into the vulnerable states. I sure do wonder who'll have the guts to cover this song lmbo
Thank you, it's about time someone uploaded this
yooooo
it might be a while before any comprehensive soundtrack gets uploaded, it seems like a ton of different enemy types add unique layers to the music which cant be easy to put together
who put DEATH METAL in my PIKMIN GAME?!
We need to make sure they get a raise!
Haven't seen anyone talk about it but the music that plays when the boss is vulnerable is a remix of the vulnerability music that plays during the Sandbelching Meerslug boss in Pikmin 3
That being said they did a great job with putting more music genres into the game and still make them sound like they belong even if you have no idea what the boss actually is. The vulnerability music and little sillier interludes/transitions where that trumpet comes back is just tell tale pikmin music and it's wonderful
I wasn’t expecting to hear FUCKING metal music in a pikmin game.
This is like the modern day equivalent to "Porky Means Business!" given the context.
The universe itself would shatter if Louie and Porky were to ever meet
This boss theme has to go in my top 5 fav. final boss theme so far. Goes under #1: Two Planets Approach the Roche Limit.
I adore two planets approach the roche limit
@@Scott...it comes from Kirby and the forgotten land.
Unironically the best pikmin boss in all of the pikmin games, and pikmin 2 was my favorite.
Only time i genuinely had trouble was the electric phase, didn't learn fast enough when he was open and took a couple of tries to realize I'm supposed to get rid of the thunder fuzzballs. Didn't help i didn't bring any yellow pikmin with me either.
basically had the same thing happen to me but I actually had yellows.
If you don't have yellow you can easily use your Glow Pikmin seeds since they're immune to all elements. That's what I did.
Same thing with me, but i just took everyone back to the beginning and broke them with Oatchi and it wasn't too bad
You can get rid of them??
I was doing my damnest to jump over everything and keep my 100 original alive 😅😂
@@wintersong2266I had 100 pikmin so I couldn’t do that either
During the last phase I didn’t know he could roar multiple times in a row and all my Pikmin died 😭
WE MAKING THIS FIGHT WITH WRONG TYPE OF PIKMIN 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
I think one of my most favorite parts about this song is not only does it legit defy pikmin music, but the various rythm changes, and the fact that every single time the sirehound is vulnerable, you can here a similar leitmotif in each phase's vulnerable state
When Louie said that “the true ultimate experience begins now!” And summoned a giant animal capable of using heat, cold, shock, and wave? Attacks to kill you and your pikmin
The fact this is so different to any other kind of music in Pikmin (in addition to what you're actually fighting) makes it pop all the more. Just watch out for those gloom puddles in the final phase :')
The Binding of Louie, Antibirth
Louie casually getting away with attempted murder for the second time:
I legit threw 6 white Pikmin into the gloom because I thought it was poison 🤦♂️
I get Paper Mario: Origami king at the “vulnerable” parts of the song
I did NOT expect this from a Pikmin game! It was thrilling and fun and the music rocked! Definitely my favourite cave in all of Pikmin!
i was very excited to see what the final boss would be, and i was so happy with how it turned out. I’m glad it was both well designed and dangerous
How did I not realize that different phases have different "vulnerable" themes? They're my favorite part of the whole theme.
This so out of place for a pikmin game, and I love it. Just looking at the thumbnail and hearing this kind of music play over it is amazing to say the least.
Can’t wait for GaMetal to get on this one.
Pro tip: during the Fire phase, trick Louie into shooting fireballs at the burning hairballs by standing in front of one and dodging. They’ll explode and make a shockwave, but if you jump over it and detonate all of them, it’ll be much more manageable when he starts making the Sirehound do shockwave sumo stomps.
I love that you are referring to trick Louie and not the Sirehound itself, knowing well its not the sirehound making these actions thats for sure.
Or you could just destroy them with reds.
Most of this Boss was surprisingly easy, but without destroying the Fire or Electro Furballs and keeping distance in his final phase when he yells, you can lose a ton of Pikmin. Plus, if you don't buy any immunities or upgrades whatsoever, this fight is still quite a challenge, especially that electro phase!
my headcanon is that louie goes to mosh pits while this plays idk don't ask me why
Wait a minute...
This isn't a Pikmin music...
This is...
A Paper Mario music !
thats what i said to myself while thinking "man i really should've bought that shock collar"
It does sound like TOK's metal.
The vulnerable phases sound like they were ripped straight out of The Shifty Sticker
This isn't Paper Mario music...
This is...
GRAND METROPOLIS!
Definitely sounds like a Stapler or Galacta Knight boss theme. The Nintendo composers hit the ball right out of the park with this one!
Nintendo games are getting a serious knack for metal final boss themes lately, and I am all for it
Same.
The flying variation of the music is lucky it’s my favorite cuz I was stuck on that phase for a while lol
Now that I think about it, this reminds me a lot of Paper Mario: The Origami King final boss theme.
you can hear a bit of the Leafy Showdown theme (dandori battle) at 3:28 when he's vulnerable, lots of neat details in here
I was NOT expecting this for a Pikmin boss theme and yet it fits perfectly. Best final boss in the series!
Wrong. Plasm Wraith.
@@freshbowloflightningboltsunlike the plasm wraith you actually have to try
@@freshbowloflightningbolts Naah Plasm Wraith is too repetitive and easy to cheese (just bring 100 rock pikmin and you pretty much can't lose). This boss is actually difficult and exciting and kind of terrifying tbh
@@freshbowloflightningbolts nah bruh it’s impossible to lose to plasm wraith with rock pikmin. He’s a cool design but thats such a huge oversight
@@looney1023But this boss is piss easy with 2 purples, which you will always have due to the Water Wraith floor, and a bunch of Glow Pikmin, removing a lot of the testing of using different Pikmin types. In 3, all the Pikmin were useful, and just using rocks would not be the optimal strategy due to how slow that can be and the fact you are still on the clock for the fight and don’t want to waste time for mere safety.
Anyone else notice how the dogs eyes were red while Louie was on top but when he got off he calmed down. Y’all think he was controlling the pup??
It’s Louie, of course he was 😂
The boss seems to normally be pretty docile without Louie so I’m sure he was why it attacked in the first place
I laughed out loud when this started playing, it was the last thing I was expecting. Such a great ending to a near perfect game.
you ain’t built for these sublevels son
I didn't expect this to go full prog metal with those uncommon time signatures and wildly shifting motifs lmao. I did it deathless but I was just stank-faced throughout. What an amazing boss, what an amazing game
Heavy metal in a Pikmin game. Never thought I'd live to see the day. This theme is awesome.
I LOVE that they included odd time signatures into this, it really gives us insight into Louie’s mind. He’s a complete and utter lunatic, sure, but he’s also an absolute idiot. Yes, he did try to kill people who were trying to rescue him, (on two separate occasions,) but he’s so dumb he doesn’t even know WHAT he’s even doing half of the time. As the track goes on and you beat common sense back into him, the track slowly becomes more stable and regular, like he’s starting to realise what’s REALLY happening. But, eh, this whole thing’s a power trip and a half so he’s going to enjoy this at least for a LITTLE while longer.
WERE GOING THROUGH 20 SUBLEVELS OF HELL WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🗣🔥🗣🗣🔥🗣🔥🗣🔥🗣🔥🗣
I NEVER WOULD HAVE EXPECTED METAL IN A PIKMIN GAME I'M ALL FOR THIS
i love how pikmin can just have a complete tonal shift from the rest of the game and have it work so well
a disco spider that plays party music and uses airhorns and dances around? sure thing. a giant menacing dog with heavy metal controled by louie that is like bowser with a 5 stage boss fight using an insta kill hazard in the final phase? why not. a cave you can only use blues in with varies hazard types and creepy ambiance that leads to being chased by an extradimensional steamroller? yeah that works
they really seem to know how to make something weird for the series and do it like; perfectly
i do know some people arent a big fan of this boss cause of the heavy metal and how different it is but i think it comes together really well. space dogs are a big focus of the game and are sort of what the game focuses around really (pikmin 1 it was the shipwreck; 2 it was the debt; 3 it was the food supply and now its castaways and space dogs) so having the final boss be the ultimate castaway (louie) on the spaciest dog in all of space checks out really well
also i dont think the element thing needs any explanation; its sort of out of nowhere but cmon man; rule of cool
This OST reminds me of Paper Mario Sticker Star/Origami King. Metal works surprisingly well in both Paper Mario and Pikmin.
This music caught me so off guard when I reached this boss. Honestly, this and the Groovy Long Legs were probably my favorite boss fights in the game. I was kind of disappointed that there weren't as many original bosses in this game compared to some of the previous Pikmin games. You can only fight Emperor Bulblax so many times...
This reminds that time they went Heavy Metal with Baby Bowser in Yoshi’s Island. Unexpected but appreciated
I adore this boss theme. It’s so high energy and action packed.
*louie has not taken his pikpik flavoured normal pills*
This is the furthest you could get from a Pikmin song in terms of instruments, but you know what it works.
And gloovy long legs music?
@@perritogamer2630 groovy long legs's music is diegetic so at least it makes a little bit of sense
Groovy Long Legs music is more a beat with some slight synth added. Ancient Sirehound meanwhile sounds like a full on Kirby boss theme. Both are really good pieces though.@@krubbington
Never noticed how the first vulnerablility theme has a motif from the Rescue Command Post's theme
3:39 Wasn't expecting a Pikmin track to be djent all of a sudden.
I absolutely love that the vulnerable theme is a callback to the vulnerable theme from the pikmin 3 bosses!
This is for myself
0:00/0:01 First Phase
0:46 Stunned
0:55 Ice Phase (Phase 2)
1:38 Stunned (Ice Phase)
1:54 Electric Phase (Phase 3)
2:41 Stunned (Electric Phase)
2:48 Fire Phase (Phase 4)
3:28 Stunned (Fire Phase)
3:37 Gloom Phase (Phase 5/Final Phase)
4:20 Stunned (Gloom Phase)
4:36 Defeated
The Fire Phase(Phase 4)is my favorite.
Now that im relistening im pretty sure that the vulnerable music is that "unknown song" the pikmin can sing
反撃のときにベースキャンプのbgmのアレンジになるの好き
You’re right that’s such an amazing detail holy
i never noticed that oh my god
I love how you don't kill the big guy, just giving em several leafy belly rubs
Hearing this song kick on after the cutscene I just paused and absorbed it for a minute because metal music, in my Pikmin game?!
I don't care if I get hate because of this opinion, but this is my favourite Pikmin final boss song.
Lmao it's because you're like 9, haven't even played the other games I guarantee you.
@@chuggarchive how about we agree that you are a jerk Everyone can have their own opinion And that it is the internet so no one cares about your opinion to begin with. Also i to enjoy this music, it is rather catchy!
also instead of throwing insults at me why dont you try to get me to see things from your perspective? It would be alot more time efficient and unlike insults, actually accomplishes something in the long run. Or you can continue to assume that i am a mere child that does not know of the...3? other pikmin (or was it 4?) Or has even played them, both opinions, being completely wrong.
But as i said ITS THE INTERNET we could go in circles all day and night an neither of us would get anywhere, So lets not ok?
@@KirbyBulborbPikminjakeArchive you never gave your side dumb pluck. All you did was come on here talking about some damn opinions or some shit. Pretty clear you didn’t intend to accomplish anything. Also, you haven’t played any other game have you? It’s not hard to know how many Pikmin games there are kid. 1, 2, 3, that hey pikmin garbage, and 4 (hey pikmin was actually not that bad but was too weird gameplay wise to be called a pikmin game.)
All I said was that this was my favourite final boss song in the Pikmin series, but it turned into a huge fight and I don’t understand that
@@chuggarchive I know you can say whatever you want, But, Please, Can you please calm down and make a nice comment to people? Like i said, Please not say about 1,000 cuss words with this reply, Please.
This theme perfectly embodies the anger and fear I felt when I first saw Louie's silhouette in the ID badges page in the meny.
This sounds like it's from paper mario
Cant wait for pikmin eternal
So, we know that from the game, Smoky Proggs are what happens when a Mamuta egg gets inundated with Glow Sap.
How the hell can this dog manage not just the various elements, but also the instakill gloom without collapsing upon itself? And more importantly, how did it manage to acquire these powers?
Guess pnf-404 has dog bias and just really likes mr ancient, master of elements. (But yeah how does silly big dog become last airbender)
Sounds like paper Mario
I like it
Devs: Just another Pikmin game, flower guy goes pew pew. Do whatever with the music.
Composers: