Topic: Hey! Pikmin

Pikmin are marching onto the 3DS

Sidescrolling action adventure that seems to keep true to the Pikmin roots.
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Edit: Edited the title! The game is now called Hey! Pikmin.

My first reaction was to cringe when i saw the announcement, but after seeing a little gameplay i think this has a lot of potential to be fun. It certainly won't be the same experience as a standard pikmin game, though.

I love pikmin, its one of my most favorite franchises,

But this 3ds game has me sceptical.. Is the idea bad? No, but I just feel like the game needs a lot of tuning. Like even the new enemies we seen look very low quality in detail compared to enemies we'd see in pikmin 2 and 3. I was actually surprised pikmin 3 gave high quality models and designs pikmin 2 gave, this looks like where they forgot that artistic style of making things seem naturally real in their environment.

If fights consist of strategy and action like hitting a bulborb's eye, then running under it, ok thats cool, that's creative considering its 2d and there isn't much "walk around" as in the past games, but that only makes sense to me if it were say an emperor bulblax considering there is no drastic need for "tactical" measures to kill the most iconic enemy in the franchise in the other games. I feel like they got its nose wrong, but thats me being piky. (no pun intended)

I don't think its the pikmin game me, or from reading comments lately anybody asked for, like MPFF, but I don't think its a game we'll reject and we'll still enjoy for a fun pikmin filler apposed to a franchise absence like the span between pikmin 2 and 3.

I will say though, I purchased my Wii U BECAUSE of pikmin 3, and I didn't purchase too many games besides that on the console, would this new pikmin game urge me to purchase a 3ds if I didn't own one? I can't see it.

I assume this is going to be more of a spin-off. In EU they put the first Pikmin (Wii version) on Wii U VC, if you want the more traditional version of Pikmin

As long as a proper game is on the way to NX, Im hyped. If not, and this is pikmin 4, I may have nothing left to keep me on Nintendo consoles

its being developed by the yoshi's new island guys apparently.

@WebHead That's good to hear.

3DS could have easily handled a true Pikmin game. I suspect that Nintendo went this route to try and make the game easier for younger players. My daughter has been playing Pikmin 2 on the GameCube and she struggles sometimes to get the Pikmin to go where she wants.

I am sure this is the new Pikmin game that we have been hearing about, but it is not Pikmin 4. Nintendo never said that the new game was Pikmin 4. It is the press reporting on it that added the "4".

@RatKing64 Well, if this game isn't made by the EAD4, but by the same team from Yoshi's New Island, that means that Miyamoto wasn't talking about this game, but he was actually talking about Pikmin 4.

@Octane No it's not, those guys suck. xD

@WebHead Pikmin's New Island???

@Joeynator3000 So does this game, perfect match

Anyways I was excited, but if those guys are making it, then...never mind. >_>

If it was really Pikmin 4 wouldn't they have called it that in the Direct? If I recall they said the Title had not been finalized

It could have been considered Pikmin 4 during development, but they knew it wouldn't be the 4th Pikmin game in the series, if that makes sense lol

Still getting this because I never got into Pikmin 3 like my kids did.

Nope.

So, Pikmin: Zip Lash? I thought that game was mediocre.

@Vinny how do we know it's like zip lash from less that ten seconds of gameplay?

2.5D graphics and slow pacing instantly reminded me of it.