Saved game: Difference between revisions

The only times a game saves without asking, besides ''Pikmin 3'', which never asks, are in ''Pikmin'', when the options are changed, and in ''Pikmin 2'', when a player enters a cave or sublevel. The exact reason for the latter is unknown, but it could be related to the cave's [[Randomness|random]] method of generation not always delivering a fair layout. This allows the players to reset the console and retry the same sublevel with a different layout, as opposed to restarting the entire day. Because having the game ask to save at each sublevel would become annoying to the player, the save was made automatic. An [[unused content|unused]] setting inside the game's files makes the game ask each time, instead of saving automatically. The automatic saving can be bypassed by removing the memory card in slot A on the GameCube games, at which point the game will warn that it could not save, and give the player the option to continue without saving. As a result, this method is not possible in the ''New Play Control!'' remakes. In ''Pikmin 2'', going through the messages that appear when the memory card is absent is faster than waiting for the game to save.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4zsu8GCVKc YouTube video comparing the time it takes between saving and not saving in ''Pikmin 2'']</ref>