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This Month In Retronauts: May 2025 edition

🕑 Added 2025-05-25 11:00:13 +0000 UTC

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Astrogamer

For the QotM, I'll go with the Waterwraith from Pikmin 2. It's a bizarre enemy that only appears if you stick around a floor too long in a particular hole. So if Play the game normally, you will randomly be exploring and then a cutscene will play with two iron logs dropping and then a gelatinous creature rolling around and crushing everything that ends up in its path. And since you can't hurt it normally, it's pretty scary and devastating. The hole becomes more of a stealth mission where you kite the wraith away from the other captain trying to recover treasure. But if you make to the end of the hole, you are rewarded with Purple Pikmin and the ability to wallop the guy and break its logs. He then becomes harmless and a scaredy cat as you chase it around the arena.

CapNChris

Since Stuart brought up his nationality so many times, I was reminded to openly thank him for his public service of dispelling the harmful myth (which is very prevalent in the United States) that British people are charming, sophisticated, and cultured. I also want to hear about the United Kingdom that includes white cider, the Daily Mail, and holidays in Spain. But seriously, I appreciate Stuart’s sense of humor and the fun mix that it adds to the podcast.