Topic: Pikmin 3 - OT

I just started a 3rd playthrough of Pikmin 3. I bought Pikmin 1 and 2 for Wii but never could get into them. I like the concept I was just bad at them. The touchscreen controls work great and the game feels like a WiiU masterpiece to me. I play on the gamepad with the tv off and I'm sold on the gamepad as a controller. I wish there were more games like that. I'd like to see a 3DS version or even an HD Pikmin 1/2 on Wii U with the same control scheme.

I'm on the other end with the experience.
I also got Pikmin 3 with the MK8 promotion, and I'm glad I didn't buy this full price. The game itself is fine, no complaints, the problem is with the stylus controls--and it's a major oversight: THERE IS NO CONTROL OPTION FOR LEFT-HANDED PLAYERS. I have to reach with my right hand in order to press the L button, or ZL button, while using my left hand to hold the stylus. It's too awkward for me, and it's a real disadvantage when facing the bosses.

Maybe I didn't see a left handed option in the menu. Anyone know about this?

Pikmin 3 was excellent but the lack of a coop campaign and the length of the campaign was a let down for me.

In some ways it was one of the best games for essential gamepad use but it also supported off-tv play perfectly. Wii U is built for strategy games but so far Pikmin 3 is the only one I can think of.

I seen someone recently post on Miiverse that the Nintendo Land version of Pikmin did allow for left hand use. They also said to bad Pikmin 3 didn't so I'll assume no option for it. However it was just added recently so maybe there still is hope to update it.

@Nintenjoe64 I thought the length was just right actually. I found all the fruit on my first play through and it lasted me At least 15 hours and took me 50 something days to complete. The last area alone was long enough tbh and was too long imo.

The only thing I don't know about was all the secret files. I found I think 4 or 5. Does anybody know what they do if anything?

For the secret files you have to visit some site I think, not sure on that anymore.

But I found the game to be a tad short, my first run was a bit over thirty days with all the fruit and I only got faster. What I really missed were the dungeons they had in Pikmin 2. These things were amazing, they expanded the time spend in area and filled it up while keeping the overall area's to 4/5, something 3 could really have benefitted from.

I didn't care for the second one as much because of the underground areas. I thought they took up far too much of the game and I wanted to explore more on ground level. That's why I still thought the first was a bit better.

That's exactly how I felt about 2. It was too much of the same. Throw that in with the incessant dinging of the treasure finder and I was driven insane by the end, lol. I don't ever want to play the game again.. Pikmin 3 on the other hand pretty much does everything right. It's the best of the 3 and every time I think about the game it makes me want to boot it up.

@Spuratis

I agree with you, and I still believe Pikmin 3 is the best Wii U game thus far. The mission mode is so addictive!

Yup, the mission mode is excellent and well worth it playing unlike previous challenges. They provide some hard challenges. Pikmin 3 is definitely one of the top Wii U games.. it's a hard call for me though. I probably put more time into DKC:TF and Wonderful 101, but that just means I was more obsessive about certain goals in those games.

The only thing for me missing in Pikmin 3 was real world items. I liked those far better then the fruit but it at least fit the story line. Just seems to me Nintendo didn't want to license all those all over again.

The caves in 2 seem to be quite popular, mainly because they make the game longer. To me they're just tedious. I didn't even feel like finishing the game because of those. ._.

@Spoony_Tech
I like that so far every part has different things to collect.

@Spoony_Tech That is a good point, I do kind of miss them now that you mentioned it. I thought something felt a bit off and I'm betting that's it, the lack of real world items. I think it's a nostalgia thing to like seeing those items in the game.

Pikmin is one of the very few games that actually has a good reason for a timer to exist in the game (I mean, 2D Super Mario games, why is there a timer?). For me it was one of the fundamental aspects of the game, therefore I didn't really like the caves either, as they completely took away that mechanic. I'm glad they went back to the original style of Pikmin.

I totally agree about the timer. One of my Miiverse friends had said they hated it but I had told him this game wouldn't be very good without it. I can't imagine just collecting anything I want and then just leave the area and go to the next to do the same.

I do however wish it was just a bit longer though. Say another 5 mins. Otherwise is my favorite U game to this point!

I've downloaded Pikmin 3 for free after buying MK8 and I must say I couldn't choose a better game. I had played the original Pikmin on the Gamecube when it released and I didn't quite like it back then (well, I was somrthing like 6 years old), but now I've just fallen in love with the third installment. I'm not saying it's the best game on the Wii U because it has MK8 and 3D World as well, but I think it's certainly one of the best games of 2013.

Some world records in the mission mode are extremely good (both in single player and in co-op). Co-op missions and the battle mode are the most played parts at our house. Those parts make it a perfect 2-player game.

Yep, my son begs me everyday to play against him. He can now beat me almost 50% of the time and boy does he rub it in lol! The only one we did co-op was the CHRISTmas map.

Yep, I followed you because I read your NL profile. Read my Miiverse One and we share one great thing in common!

I never got a chance to play multiplayer until a week ago. It's quite fun, even if the 2nd player I had was meh at best at the game (but he had the advantage of having Wiimote+nunchuck so it almost evened out). Sadly we didn't get to play Bingo Battle, which is apparently one of the most underrated multiplayer modes in gaming.