- Developer:
- Nintendo
- Publisher:
- Nintendo
In Pikmin, you will take on the role of the intrepid Captain Olimar, a spaceman who has crashed onto an unfamiliar planet after a comet collides with his spaceship. This space explorer must collect the 30 lost parts of his vessel, which are scattered throughout the planet, while relying on his silver spacesuit to protect him from a deadly poisonous atmosphere.
Fortunately, help is readily available in the form of Pikmin sprouts - small, indigenous plant-like creatures that offer more than meets the eye. You can control Pikmin sprouts individually, in groups, or as one vast legion of more than 100 Pikmin sprouts at one time.
The Pikmin sprouts prove extremely useful when fulfilling missions such as carrying objects back to the base camp, defending Pikmin nests, defeating enemies and building bridges and roads. Thwarting your efforts are numerous alien beasts that safeguard valuable items like pieces of the spaceship.
Pikmin is a race against time. Players must make sure all the Pikmin are not destroyed. They must also carefully monitor the remaining life of the spaceman. With practice, players can rear Pikmin sprouts of different colors, then train them and watch them grow into three different forms - leaves, buds and flowers.
With real-world floral imagery and ultra-realistic backgrounds, the unique world of Pikmin is once again brought to life albeit this time on the Nintendo Wii.
Scenery changes as the sun moves across the sky, plants waver as the Pikmin brush by them and dust clouds rise beneath the legions of stomping feet.
The Wii Remote makes selecting, grouping and giving orders to your Pikmin more fluid and more intuitive than ever before making it more accessible to all levels of players.
This version of the game also sees an updated save mechanism, which now allows you to restart play from any day you please - perfect for retrying a particularly puzzling challenge!
Prepare to immerse yourself in lush, real-world landscapes that are home to hundreds of creatures and objects - all simultaneously moving in different and unique ways. Pikmin takes real-time strategy to the next level, placing you in unfamiliar environments where you must learn strong management skills and long-term planning in order to succeed. Pikmin will keep your brain burning for hours as you race against time solving puzzles and battling foes with an army of cute and loveable creatures to help you.