Pikmin
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Pikmin is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 25 December 2008 on Wii U and Wii.
What Pikmin is
Pikmin is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Pikmin just got a bit more perfect! Whether you are a Pikmin fan or have yet to be bewitched by its charms, NEW PLAY CONTROL! Pikmin now makes full use of the Wii Remote's point-and-select capability, which will delight anyone who enjoys a real-time strategy adventure.
How it plays
It is played from a third person 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
Pikmin is the 25th of 41 entries we hold in the Pikmin series. It arrived 11 months after Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The next entry was Pikmin 2 in 2009. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Pikmin holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Pikmin launched on 25 December 2008, within three weeks of Spelunky Classic, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Dissidia Final Fantasy and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Spelunky Classic, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Dissidia Final Fantasy, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pikmin yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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