pikmin has to be the least datamined game of all time because what do you mean it took 23 fucking years for someone to find this model that was just sitting around in plain sight in the pikmin 1 iso
I was reminded about this last night.
While ripping models for a Pikmin video, I found an early, pure-black Pikmin model in one of the folders, with slightly different proportions & no major features (like in the concept art). I was also able to load their model in-game.
#Pikmin