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You need some practice!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

What's weird about Nintendo is that they made a game with a time limit. Pikmin is really fun but with a time limit. The graphics make the game beautiful, otherwise the gameplay is excellent. Sure it can get repetive, but other than that it's really fun! I would strangely recomend practice for people who think this game is hard. So I would suggest to rent this game or buy the sequel for practice.

The Story
A Capt. by the name of Olimar, just came back from the worst intersolar vacation. While he was drinking tea to calm his nerves he was struck by a meteor. He crashed landed on a strange backwater planet, thus meeting the Pikmin.

The Pikmin
What would be Pikmin without Pikmin?! Nintendo sure did make a cute little alien thing. Though it is sad to hear the cry when the die, and see the coloured ghosts fly upwards, I still enjoy the little things.

The Enemies
Enemies are the backup in the game, some are hard others are easy. Others are stupid (going in water and killing themselves). Pikmin hate the enemies, but Capt. Olimar is doing them a favor to kill the beasties and breed Pikmin!!

Overall
Overall the game is excellent, even though the time limit may be the worst asset of the game, it's pretty good once you collect tons of the ship parts.

I was "Pik"ed!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For this item, I'm a little disappointed. I ordered the Pikmin 2 game, but was sent the Pikmin game. When I went back to the Amazon site, the page was gone. Since we were on vacation at the time, didn't even notice that it was confirmed incorrectly. Because Amazon is sometimes "Amazonian" to approach, trying to rectify it was useless. As for the game, my children play it and think it's pretty good, though they really wanted the Pikmin 2 game. Oh well!

Awesome Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 14, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pikmin is a game with great graphics and gameplay. The story is that a man named Olimar crashlands on a planet with creatures called Pikmin. Olimar can call them to him, throw them at enemies, make them wait for him, destroy walls, build bridges, and carry dead enemies and pellets to the ship. The only problem is that the game is too short, because he only has 30 days to collect the parts of his ship. Besides that, Its a great Gamecube game.

Robert J.

Overall Great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 03, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing this game for years. It is a great game and I am glad I bought it. There are great graphics and a very creative form of battle. You play as a 2cm tall alien named Olimar from planet Hocotate and you crash on a distant plaet (earth). The goal is to collect your 30 ship parts which have been scattered all over earth. All seems hopeless when suddenly you find a small spacecraft. It resembles an onion so that is what Olimar names them. Suddenly, the onion springs into the air and sprouts "legs." Then, a red seed pops out. This is a Pikmin seed. You then have to bring food back to the onion using the Pikmin. As you bring food to the onion, more seeds pop out. Eventually, you find your ship's engine. This allows you to go to the next area: the Forest of Hope. There' you find a yellow onion. Out pops a yellow Pikmin seed. These Pikmin can carry small bombs to break down walls or defeat enemies. After finding a number of ship parts, you can go to a cavern in the forest called the Forest Navel. You find a blue onion submerged in a small pond there. When you approach it, it jumps up and spits out a blue Pikmin seed. These blue pikmin can actually breath underwater! After that, you have to find the rest of your ship parts to go to the Distant Spring. This area has nothing to offer but strong enemies and ship parts. There are about 10 parts here! After finding them all, you have to go to the final level: the Final Trial. Here, you have to fight a huge enemy called the Emporer Bulbax. After killing it, it spits out a piggy bank. after carrying this back to your ship, you are ready to take off. Olimar bids the Pikmin goodbye and flys off in his ship back to Hocotate. It sounds easy but there is a catch, you have to beat the game in 30 in-game days. The days last about 15 minutes so you should be able to get at least one part a day. If there is anything I learned from this game, it's how to lead an army into war against giant, mutant beetles.

Pikimin

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It took me a long time to find this game in such a great condition. It really made us happy.

the best EVER

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best ever. it is a twist of strategy, and a lot adventure, as you explore the facinating world of the pikmin.

Graphics-4 of 5 this games graphics were great only on some levels you could see only one color when you looked out into the vast unexplored emptiness.

Gameplay-5 of 5 the game play was well done and for that I thank nintendo.

Storyline-5 of 5 For me I have ot understand the storyline in order to fully like the game. If i can't tell what the stary line is than I don't want to play it as much seeming as though it's pointless.

Over all it's a good game and I suggest everyone ot play it . It truly is the best EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explore Discover and Enjoy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I first played Pikmin it was unlike anything, I had ever played before. You are Olimar crash landed on a planet with only 30 days to live. Your spaceship has been torn to pieces, which you must retrieve, and at the crash spot, you find these interesting creatures that look like plants. Oh, you are also only a few inches tall. While Pikmin are more useful then tribbles, they are extremely cute, and you proceed to implore their help to gather the missing pieces of your ship through obstacles such as giant ladybugs, rock walls, and other items.

This game is not violent, and encourages strategy, problem solving, and puzzle breaking. Featured in James Gee's What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy. This title should be played by anyone who is has little to no experience with video games. A true classic this game was truly unique in a time when games where starting to lack originality.

too much to do, to little time, awful game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 27
Date: July 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

dont buy this game,

at the beginning its easy but not evan 30 minutes into the game and its way too hard.

i hate it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 20
Date: June 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

when i bouhgt it i thougt it would be fun i got home and started to play it and about a hour later it got to hard and boring

I DEFINATLY DONT RECOMEND IT

ITS A TOTAL WASTE OF YOUR $ & TIME

It's an Alien World

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: August 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I personnally loved Pikmin. The lighting in the game was great. It wasn't too bright, or too dark. The graphics stood apart from the other Game Cube games to me. It was 3-D and had fairly large courses. Ultimatly, the best part of the game was dicovering a new "spiecies" of Pikmin, and then making millions of them to tag along. Overall, this game is five stars all the way. So if you have a Game Cube, (which I'm sure you do because you looked up Pikmin, which is only for Nintendo Game Cube) buy this game as soon as possible!

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