When did Hey! Pikmin come out?

Hey! Pikmin was released on 13 July 2017 for Nintendo 3DS.

Hey! Pikmin (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Hey! Pikmin

Captain Olimar has crashed on an unknown planet inhabited by Pikmin and his first 2D platformer will give you a new perspective on his adorably fierce partners. Touch the screen to throw Pikmin into action…

67 13 July 2017

What Hey! Pikmin is

Hey! Pikmin is an adventure game developed by Arzest and released in 2017. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Captain Olimar needs a lot of Sparklium to refuel his ship, the trusty S.S. Dolphin 2. That means it’s time to get out and look around! But be careful...not everything on the planet is friendly."

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Pikmin series

Hey! Pikmin is the 32nd of 41 entries we hold in the Pikmin series. It arrived 3 years after Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The next entry was Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018. Its critic score of 67 is 16 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.

See all 41 Pikmin games in release order →

How it was received

Hey! Pikmin holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 29% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Hey! Pikmin launched on 13 July 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Splatoon 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Splatoon 2.

Cheats and codes

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