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
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Nintendojo |
GameCube |
Jan 04, 2002 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| GameSpy |
GameCube |
Dec 16, 2001 |
  |
90 |
| Nintendo Life |
GameCube |
Jan 02, 2006 |
 |
90 |
| Gamesmania |
GameCube |
Jun 14, 2002 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| Nintendojo |
GameCube |
Jan 08, 2002 |
8.6 out of 10 |
86 |
| Nintendo Difference |
GameCube |
Jun 17, 2002 |
17 out of 20 |
85 |
| Gamereactor (Sweden) |
GameCube |
May 08, 2003 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Silicon-Fusion.com |
GameCube |
Jun 20, 2002 |
|
80 |
| Gameplanet |
GameCube |
Aug 16, 2002 |
|
70 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Wii |
Feb 02, 2009 |
13 out of 20 |
65 |
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Trivia
Disc
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.
References
- Captain Olimar's spaceship is named Dolphin. "Dolphin" was Nintendo's project name for the GameCube.
- If you break down the name of Captain Olimar into component Japanese letters, o-ri-ma, you'll notice it is "Mario" backwards.
Awards
- Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
- 2001 - Innovation in Console Gaming Award
- GameSpy
- 2001 – Ga,eCube Game of the Year
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