Pikmin
Pikmin is a whole new breed of gameplay from Nintendo. The quirky, life-under-the-microscope title delivers a unique experience like few before it with a blend of real-time strategy, adventure, and puzzle…
Pikmin is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 26 October 2001 on Nintendo GameCube. The main story takes about 4 hrs to finish.
What Pikmin is
Pikmin is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2001. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Nintendo GameCube only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Captain Olimar, a man of high vocabulary and the only employee of any merit who works at Hocotate Freight. After all the hard work he goes through, Olimar decides to take an interstellar vacation in his personal ship, the S.S. Dolphin. He puts the ship in auto-pilot. With no real place in mind, Olimar relaxes within the comfort of his ship. Suddenly a meteorite smashes into Olimar's ship, and he is knocked unconscious. Meanwhile, 30 parts of his ship careen towards a seemingly undiscovered planet. Olimar awakes to find his beloved ship in ruins! He must find all 30 (or 25) ship parts with the help of his newfound friends, the Pikmin, in order to get back to his home planet.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric 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 first of 41 entries we hold in the Pikmin series. The next entry was Pikmin.com SpaceForce in 2001. 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 2001 averaged 72, so it scored 8 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 184 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 4 hrs.
What it launched against
Pikmin launched on 26 October 2001, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto III, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Halo: Combat Evolved, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
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.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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