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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.9
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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 Title

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User Reviews

A great title to start off your GameCube collection bowser724 (27) unrated
Another Homerun from the master Shigeru Miyamoto!! Oblio (108) 4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars4.83 Stars
Colorful Puzzle/strategy Hybrid that Must be Played! Weston Wedding (53) 4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars4.17 Stars

The Press Says

GamePro Dec 04, 2001 5 out of 5 100
Christ Centered Game Reviews Jun 01, 2005 99 out of 100 99
Outer Space Aug 16, 2004 9 out of 10 90
GameSpot Dec 05, 2001 8.9 out of 10 89
N-Zone Jul 06, 2003 88 out of 100 88
Netjak Jan 04, 2002 8.5 out of 10 85
The Age Jul 18, 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
GameCell UK Apr 04, 2003 8 out of 10 80
ntsc-uk Jul 03, 2002 7 out of 10 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 to the MobyGames database was contributed by Andrew Grasmeder (207) on Jan 22, 2002.
 

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