Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
GameCube
- 2nd Dec 2001
- 14th Jun 2002
- 26th Oct 2001
- Series
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Reviews
Filled with Nintendo magic, Pikmin will enlighten your life while it lasts.
Pikmin is a game like no other we've played before, and we've played a lot. You control Captain Olimar, a space traveller who has crashed on a strange planet. During the crash 30 parts of his ship have been spread across the world. What makes this worse is that your life...
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Pikmin Guides
Top Piks, as ranked by you
We're republishing this list in celebration of Pikmin 2's 20th anniversary today, 29th April. Enjoy! It's now a decade since Pikmin 3 first sprouted on Wii U in its non-Deluxe form, and with the release of Pikmin 4 and the previous mainline entries in Shigeru Miyamoto's garden-inspired real-time strategy series on...
Guide Pikmin Timeline Story Recap - What Happened Before Pikmin 4?
Whocotate?
It has been over seven long years of waiting, but we are finally nearing the official release of Pikmin 4. The game sprouts on Switch on 21st July and there's even a free demo out now, so you can start getting (re)acquainted with the plucking and chucking mechanics that have defined the series for the past 22 years. It was playing...
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Pikmin News
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th April)
Hallownest awaits
It's the weekend folks, which means it's time to find out which games we'll be sinking a few hours into. Before that, however, let's check out a recap of what's been going down this week. First up, we found out that the Switch might have an even bigger task ahead of it if we want it to become the best-selling console of all time...
Feature That Time Nintendo Played God To Sell Pikmin To Gardeners
A bloomin' marvellous bit of marketing
Do you ever do something knowing full well that future you will thank yourself for it? Like booking the week off after a festival, saving a couple of slices of Domino’s for the next morning, or not going to Milton Keynes? That smug satisfaction that comes with mastering the art of foresight is, I believe, one...
Poll Which Dormant Nintendo Franchise Would You Most Like To See Return?
We'll never let go
Whenever Nintendo brings a franchise back from the brink of extinction, it's always cause for significant celebration. Take Pikmin, for example: yes, it's hardly the most obvious example since we received Hey! Pikmin in 2017, but it's been over a decade since Pikmin 3 launched on the Wii U. Despite the ongoing rumours and hints...
News Pikmin 1 & 2 Drop On Switch eShop Today, With A Physical Bundle On The Way
Available individually, or bundled with a discount
It seems that Nintendo's current console is now the premier place to experience the Pikmin series (sorry, Hey! Pikmin and Pikmin Bloom), with the announcement today that both Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2 are joining Pikmin 3 Deluxe and the upcoming Pikmin 4 on Nintendo Switch — and they're out today!
Poll What Other GameCube Title Deserves A '10/10' Remake Or Remaster?
F-Zero? Eternal Darkness? Rogue Leader?
You might have seen by now, but the reviews for Capcom's Resident Evil 4 remake have been published, signaling yet another modern survival horror classic that can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the original. Our own pals over at Push Square and Pure Xbox gave the remake a score of 10/10 each, with the former...
Soapbox After 10 Years I Finally Got A Wii U, Here’s What I Thought
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, following up on his piece from a few weeks back, Jim delivers his verdict on the ten-year-old console and how it holds up in 2022 ... Picture the scene. The year...
Random Nintendo Bug Testing Tapes Show Early Builds Of Smash Bros., Pikmin And More
Scratching that glitch
The role of a debugger is an important one in any kind of games development. These are the people who play through the games as they are being developed, pointing out any moment in which it goes wrong and crashes or lets the player do something that they shouldn't normally be able to. In years gone by, the debuggers had to...
Random Former Luigi's Mansion Dev Is Now Heading Up The Silent Hill Franchise
From one horror to the next
Last night, Konami finally lifted the lid on its plans for the Silent Hill franchise and, as expected, there's nothing of any real note for Switch owners; we're really quite sad. However, one interesting and fun little discovery made the rounds on Twitter shortly after the presentation. It turns out that the producer for...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 3rd)
Time for some downtime with our favourite games
In the week that brought us the results of Splatoon 3's first Splatfest, we have been busy with lots of quality gaming content over here on Nintendo Life. September is now upon us which not only means that we are preparing for a complete barrage of new gaming titles coming to our consoles over the next...
Poll Pikmin Is Now 20 Years Old - Which Is Your Favourite Game In The Series?
Whistle-blower
With all the talk around the launch (and state) of Nintendo 64 games with the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, it may well have slipped your notice that Pikmin — the Nintendo RTS series that grew from an idea Shigeru Miyamoto had while chilling in his garden — is now two decades old. Yes, time marches on and we retro gaming...
About The Game
Nintendo sprouts a new kind of fun with Pikmin, available exclusively for NINTENDO GAMECUBE.
Created by legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, Pikmin is an inventive life simulation and action-strategy title that pushes the limits of the imagination, offering fast-paced 'thinking' action while teaching players the importance of caring for and nurturing creatures to create a symbiotic relationship.
In Pikmin, players take on the role of an intrepid spaceman who crashes onto an unfamiliar planet after a comet collides with his spaceship. The space explorer must collect the vessel's lost parts, 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. Players can control Pikmin sprouts individually, in groups, or as one vast legion of more than 100 Pikmin sprouts on-screen 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 the effort are numerous alien beasts that safeguard valuable items like pieces of the spaceship.
"Thinking about what would be fun is our fundamental aim, and with the very imaginative Pikmin adventure, we have created a new genre of gameplay unlike anything players have seen before," says Mr. Miyamoto, General Manager of the Entertainment Analysis and Development Division and Director for Nintendo Co., Ltd., and considered the world's foremost video game designer. "After playing Pikmin, kids will want to explore their own backyards in search of Pikmin sprouts."
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 brought to life by the NINTENDO GAMECUBE system's expressive graphic powers. 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. 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, putting players in unfamiliar environments where they must learn strong management skills and long-term planning in order to succeed," says Peter Main, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Nintendo of America Inc. "NINTENDO GAMECUBE was built to bring games like this to our customers."
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Great game
This game is AWESOMLY good! Lots of people dislike this game, and that makes me sad. SUPER SAD! If u dont like this game then it's your loss. If you've never played it, play it and also play the 2 sequals, Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3!
I rate this game a: 4/5
So much fun with this one. I've recently bought a copy, bc my brother sold the old one few years ago. Reminding myself of how cool this one is brings me joy, ngl.
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