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Description

After crashing on a strange unexplored planet, Captain Olimar must gather the thirty missing parts of his space ship, before his life support runs out in thirty days and he succumbs to the planet hostile atmosphere. Luckily the Pikmin, a plant/insect life form native to the planet, are there to help him. Olimar must gather and lead the Pikmin in this real time strategy game to collect the missing pieces of his ship while combating the planet's strange and sometimes hostile flora and fauna.

Alternate Titles

  • "皮克敏" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
  • "Pikumin" -- Japanese title
  • "ピクミン" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Pikmin GameCube $9.39  
Pikmin GameCube $9.39  
Pikmin GameCube $9.39  
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User Reviews

A great title to start off your GameCube collection bowser724 (26) unrated
Another Homerun from the master Shigeru Miyamoto!! Oblio (109) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Colorful Puzzle/strategy Hybrid that Must be Played! Weston Wedding (54) 4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars
A truely great revolution of a game. Bob the Stickman (267) 4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars4.33 Stars

The Press Says

GamesFirst! Jan 15, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
IGN Dec 03, 2001 9.1 out of 10 91
N-Europe Nov 05, 2002 9 out of 10 90
N-Zone Jul 06, 2003 88 out of 100 88
4Players.de Jun 22, 2002 88 out of 100 88
NZGamer Apr 07, 2004 8.8 out of 10 88
Game Informer Magazine Jan, 2002 8.5 out of 10 85
G4 Tech: Tech TV Sep 30, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Gameplanet Aug 16, 2002 3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars 70
Snackbar-Games.com Feb 05, 2006 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars 40

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Trivia

Captain Olimar's spaceship is named Dolphin. "Dolphin" was Nintendo's project name for the Gamecube.


This entry was contributed by Andrew Grasmeder (205) and Opipeuter Inconnivus Bronze Star Contributing Member (14376)
 

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