Pikmin 2, Pikmin humming Ai no uta

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(06-30-2012 04:44 PM)Liraxus Wrote:  http://www.pikminwiki.com/Ai_no_Uta

Ai no uta was a song shown in Pikmin trailers in japan, you couldn't hear it outside of the internet in America except for one way...

In pikmin 2, If you gather 20 of each Pikmin species, they will hum a verse of Ai no Uta.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCdASxymgJk

The song became extremely popular in Japan and even outsold Pikmin itself.

Its also a song in SSBB. Anyway the Lyrics are a little bit disturbing:
Uprooted, we follow only you alone
Today we'll carry, fight, multiply and be eaten again
Abandoned, we'll meet up again and be thrown
But we'll follow you until the end of our strength
Shall we go out to play?
Maybe we'll go out for a while
Ah, ah... under that sky
Falling in love...
In this planet where many things live
Today we'll carry, fight, multiply and be eaten again
Uprooted, gathered and blown away
But we won't ask you to love us
Shall we go out to play?
Maybe we'll try even harder
Ah, ah... under that sky
Falling in love...
We combine our strength, fight and get eaten
But we'll follow you until the end of our strength
We'll fight, be silent, and follow you
But we won't ask you to love us.

For us it is a lovely song but for the Japanes this sounds depressing as hell
The pikmin are completely resigned to their fate of their inevitable deaths. They come into life, completely and totally aware of their expendable nature, resigned to their fate, knowing they'll never know love.