New Play Control! Pikmin
Release Date: March 9, 2009
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Also Known As: Pikmin
Also on: GCN
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo EAD
E for Everyone: Mild Violence
Also Known As: PikminAlso on: GCN
Genre: Real-Time Strategy
Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo EAD
E for Everyone: Mild Violence
Eight years (or nearly 3000 days) have passed since Nintendo released Pikmin, a thoroughly entertaining action-strategy romp for GameCube. Now, Wii owners who either missed the franchise during its first run or don't mind going back to it again can experience it with a welcomed new save function, an added 16:9 widescreen mode and, most importantly, new Wii pointer-based controls. These additions update and improve upon what was already an excellent Nintendo exclusive effort that never received the same caliber of attention as its Mario and Zelda based brethren. Pikmin is great fun on Wii, but ...
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Latest New Play Control! Pikmin News & Updates
Remembering Pikmin
Dec 1, 2011 - Celebrating 10 years of plucking, tossing and whistling at little flower-headed plant soldiers.
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Column: Nintendo is Lazy and You Don't Care
Dec 11, 2009 - Matt Casamassina writes about how Nintendo has been cutting costs and taking shortcuts ever since it launched Wii. Even when some of its titles disappoint, are gamers giving the company a free pass? Read Matt's column to dissect his take on the matter.
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Cheers and Tears: Strategy Games
Jul 31, 2009 - Turns out, there are not a lot of strategy games out on the Wii. And with such a limited selection, you run into the obvious dilemma: most of these games suck!
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New Play Control! Pikmin Review
Mar 11, 2009 -
Eight years (or nearly 3000 days) have passed since Nintendo released Pikmin, a thoroughly entertaining action-strategy romp for GameCube. Now, Wii owners who either missed the franchise during its first run or don't mind going back to it again can e...
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Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis Lead Nintendo's New Play Control! Lineup
Mar 9, 2009 -
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unique motion-sensing controls have already helped to make Wii the nation's top-selling video game console. With today's launch of the New Play Control! series from Nintendo, Wii owners can use those same fun, intuit...
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About this Game
Part of Nintendo's New Play Control! series of titles of classic Nintendo games remade for the unique control systems of the Wii, this game brings back the first in the Pikmin series with controls designed around the Wii Remote.
This quirky, life-under-the-microscope title delivers a unique experience like few before it with a blend of real-time strategy, adventure, and puzzle elements. Taking advantage of the GameCube's graphics power, Pikmin sports lush texture work that brings to life a microscopic fantasy world. Players control Captain Olimar, a lovable little astronaut, who crash landed on a planet inhabited by even more lovable little plant creatures known as Pikmin. Olimar can command these creatures RTS-style, assign them tasks, make them attack foes, and gather resources. The ultimate task is to rebuild Olimar's space ship before a 30-day time window elapses.
New Play Control! Pikmin Ranking
Ranked #98 out of 2966 Wii rated games.
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