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

Part of the Following Groups


Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Pikmin GameCube $4.98  
Pikmin GameCube $4.98  
ebay.com
Pikmin    
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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

The Press Says

GamesFirst! Jan 15, 2002 5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars5 Stars 100
Nintendojo Jan 04, 2002 9.5 out of 10 95
IGN Dec 03, 2001 9.1 out of 10 91
Kombo.com Nov 16, 2003 9 out of 10 90
NintendoWorldReport Nov 11, 2001 9 out of 10 90
4Players.de Jun 22, 2002 88 out of 100 88
PAL Gaming Network (PALGN) Jan 30, 2003 8.5 out of 10 85
Game Revolution Dec, 2001 B+ 83
The Age Jul 18, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
ntsc-uk Jul 03, 2002 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

At the start of a day the game dumps the information for that day onto the GameCube's internal memory. Therefore the game-disc can be removed without interrupting gameplay until the day ends.


This entry was contributed by Andrew Grasmeder (205) and Opipeuter Inconnivus Bronze Star Contributing Member (14372)
 

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