Any Pikmin Fans Out There?

[Gunpowder]

Anyone ever played/own any of the Pikmin games?

Pikmin (2001)
Pikmin 2 (2004)
Pikmin 3 (2013)

I have all 3 and it's probably my favorite gaming franchise in existence; but I also know it's relatively unpopular (at least in comparison to Nintendo's other projects). So, for those who've given it a fair go, what are your thoughts? Love it? Hate it? Don't care much for it?

& if you've played more than one, which one's your favorite?

[snake]

Pikmin's cool. I love the soundtrack more then the games though.

[CyberCubed]

Considering they were two of the best games on Gamecube and Pikmin 3 is fantastic, I'm not surprised to see people like them.

Its a shame it took 9 years for Pikmin 3 to come out after Pikmin 2. Let's just hope we don't have to wait another 9 years for Pikmin 4.

[Peanut]

I think Pikmin 3 is incredible and easily the best game in the series.

I like both 1 and 2, but I was kinda up and down on 1 for a long time. Something about the weird lighting through a lot of it sorta upset me way back when it came out. No idea why.

Have you seen the Pikmin shorts they put out on Wii U and 3DS? Those things are great, too. Wish there was a show.

[snake]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Considering they were two of the best games on Gamecube and Pikmin 3 is fantastic, I'm not surprised to see people like them.

Its a shame it took 9 years for Pikmin 3 to come out after Pikmin 2. Let's just hope we don't have to wait another 9 years for Pikmin 4.

Nintendo probably won't release a new Pikmin game on the Wii U. Hopefully they do remakes of them for the e shop or something, because I'd love to get a chance to play them.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I think Pikmin 3 is incredible and easily the best game in the series.

I like both 1 and 2, but I was kinda up and down on 1 for a long time. Something about the weird lighting through a lot of it sorta upset me way back when it came out. No idea why.

Have you seen the Pikmin shorts they put out on Wii U and 3DS? Those things are great, too. Wish there was a show.

I actually just found out about those from a friend of mine a few hours ago. Haven't seem them yet, but plan on watchin' em extremely soon.

I thought Pikmin 3 was incredible, too, but I personally found it too similar to the first (not that that's necessarily a problem). I like Pikmin 2 the most because of its replay value, what with the randomly generating cave layouts. That was a blast. As a kid, I'd always reset my game til I got an easy layout; nowadays I do what I call "no-reset runs", and just roll with whatever I'm given.

Interesting stuff, though, about the lighting in the first game. I remember it changing as the day went by, but never really considered it "off"... Huh. Never really thought that much into it, I guess.

Originally Posted by snake

Nintendo probably won't release a new Pikmin game on the Wii U. Hopefully they do remakes of them for the e shop or something, because I'd love to get a chance to play them.

I dunno, I think a fourth for Wii U is in the cards. They already have most of the character/enemy models taken care of, so it'd be exponentially less work to make another game. That's what they did with 1 & 2, was reuse the same level and character designs. So I can see that happening again with 3 & 4. Hopefully, anyway.

Edit: And yeah dude, the soundtracks are phenomenal. 'Specially the first one, IMO.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

One of the best franchises ever IMO. Love all 3 games SO much. Pikmin 3 is the my fav. I love everything about them, the music graphics character designs, just everything. I actually find it hard to let any of my Pikmin die

Missed the Purple and White Pikmin in story mode on Pikmin 3, but loved the 2 new types.

I strongly advise anyone to play the multiplayer modes on 2, and 3, they are awesome fun.

Anyone know why "Captain D" was not used in Pikmin 3?

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by TheBlueTurtle1

I strongly advise anyone to play the multiplayer modes on 2, and 3, they are awesome fun.

Anyone know why "Captain D" was not used in Pikmin 3?

Really wish I knew someone who was as into it as me, 'cause I don't get to do multiplayer very often... Most of my friends'll usually play one round, then never play again because I'm "way too good" at it.

And the team ended up not using character D because they decided it'd be too confusing to control 4 characters at once. At first I was kinda bummed about that, but after having thought about it, I have to agree with them... They were smart for ditching him. Though it still would've been cool to see him incorporated into the story somehow.

[oldmanwinters]

Played the P3 demo for the first time this week. I really like it!

Never played the first two games though. Do y'all prefer them on Gamecube or with Will Play Control?

[TheBlueTurtle1]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

Really wish I knew someone who was as into it as me, 'cause I don't get to do multiplayer very often... Most of my friends'll usually play one round, then never play again because I'm "way too good" at it.

And the team ended up not using character D because they decided it'd be too confusing to control 4 characters at once. At first I was kinda bummed about that, but after having thought about it, I have to agree with them... They were smart for ditching him. Though it still would've been cool to see him incorporated into the story somehow.

He could have been used in multiplayer mode. I think Pikmin 4 should try and include a co-op story mode, and online play.

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Played the P3 demo for the first time this week. I really like it!

Never played the first two games though. Do y'all prefer them on Gamecube or with Will Play Control?

Wii Play controls work best for me.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Played the P3 demo for the first time this week. I really like it!

Never played the first two games though. Do y'all prefer them on Gamecube or with Will Play Control?

I've never played the Wii versions, so I can't accurately say; but the motion controls seem kinda cheap to me, considering how much your throwing range is increased. Takes away a lot of the challenge, in essence. I'd stick with Gamecube.