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Pikmin is a game that launches early in the life of the Gamecube, already out in the US and Japan it is a game few of you make take little notice of, but as soon as you hear, Nintendo's next game series and made by Shigsy, ah now I thought that might grab your attention.
Pikmin is a Real Time Strategy Game involving you finding over a hundred little Pikmin of various colours and abilities in order to get back your space ship parts. Sounds all a bit odd but the game is absolutely brilliant despite being on the short side. But Pikmin is the next game to move along side Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, Metroid and Star Fox etc... And Nintendo is advertising as such. Pikmin is a big selling game not along the same lines as Mario and Pokemon but still a massive hit and many advertisement methods is going about assuring this. And yes as usual Nintendo is going about it in an odd way.
Not resting on hype or simple TV ads Nintendo have gone, quite frankly a little insane. In New York Pikmin wondered the streets, gave games to less fortunate children, opened doors to shops, helped people into their cars and many more odd jobs. Yes they are just blokes dressed up and looking stupid but nevertheless this is quite frankly odd! During the “What would you do for a Gamecube” competition one guy dressed as a Pikmin and ate Pikmin food (You don’t want to know). Pikmin's sales were also a bit quiet in Japan until the Pikmin single was released (don't laugh), it beat many Giants in the Japanese music industry to reach number one, before you ask it isn't from the game but from the TV advert of Pikmin and this has made Pikmin another Gamecube million seller.
It gets even weirder when I tell you Nintendo have been given the rights to name a new breed of flower, the, yep you guessed it Pikmin Flower. This Flower is yet to be released in America (an April 2002 release) and is already out over here under the botanical name of 'Bacopa Cabana' (ha they may get games first but we get flowers way before them). Peter Main, Nintendo’s executive vice president Claims it to be an example of "Nintendo creativity" I'd call it insanity personally!
But this just proves to me of how Nintendo hoped this to be their next Mario or next Pokemon, and indeed it is a brilliant Real Time Strategy, another work of genius from Shiguru Miyamoto, another huge selling Nintendo game with a promising future. But this is not Mario or Pokemon; it is more like Star Fox or Metroid a brilliant game that enjoys amazing success but not reaching the dizzying heights of Pokemon, Mario or Zelda. But this doesn't matter, it is an new genre for the Big N, a new genre conquered by this developing giant and a must have title for any Nintendo fan. And we get to witness yet another rise of a great Nintendo game a game that will spawn many sequels and copy cats.
It's Bloomin’ (sorry) Crazy, a plant game, no one else other than Nintendo could of thought of this. And as more and more Pikmin advertising info leaks through I can't help but feel Nintendo have finally gone slightly mad.
Here's to the future.
Pingo.
Pikmin is a Real Time Strategy Game involving you finding over a hundred little Pikmin of various colours and abilities in order to get back your space ship parts. Sounds all a bit odd but the game is absolutely brilliant despite being on the short side. But Pikmin is the next game to move along side Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, Metroid and Star Fox etc... And Nintendo is advertising as such. Pikmin is a big selling game not along the same lines as Mario and Pokemon but still a massive hit and many advertisement methods is going about assuring this. And yes as usual Nintendo is going about it in an odd way.
Not resting on hype or simple TV ads Nintendo have gone, quite frankly a little insane. In New York Pikmin wondered the streets, gave games to less fortunate children, opened doors to shops, helped people into their cars and many more odd jobs. Yes they are just blokes dressed up and looking stupid but nevertheless this is quite frankly odd! During the “What would you do for a Gamecube” competition one guy dressed as a Pikmin and ate Pikmin food (You don’t want to know). Pikmin's sales were also a bit quiet in Japan until the Pikmin single was released (don't laugh), it beat many Giants in the Japanese music industry to reach number one, before you ask it isn't from the game but from the TV advert of Pikmin and this has made Pikmin another Gamecube million seller.
It gets even weirder when I tell you Nintendo have been given the rights to name a new breed of flower, the, yep you guessed it Pikmin Flower. This Flower is yet to be released in America (an April 2002 release) and is already out over here under the botanical name of 'Bacopa Cabana' (ha they may get games first but we get flowers way before them). Peter Main, Nintendo’s executive vice president Claims it to be an example of "Nintendo creativity" I'd call it insanity personally!
But this just proves to me of how Nintendo hoped this to be their next Mario or next Pokemon, and indeed it is a brilliant Real Time Strategy, another work of genius from Shiguru Miyamoto, another huge selling Nintendo game with a promising future. But this is not Mario or Pokemon; it is more like Star Fox or Metroid a brilliant game that enjoys amazing success but not reaching the dizzying heights of Pokemon, Mario or Zelda. But this doesn't matter, it is an new genre for the Big N, a new genre conquered by this developing giant and a must have title for any Nintendo fan. And we get to witness yet another rise of a great Nintendo game a game that will spawn many sequels and copy cats.
It's Bloomin’ (sorry) Crazy, a plant game, no one else other than Nintendo could of thought of this. And as more and more Pikmin advertising info leaks through I can't help but feel Nintendo have finally gone slightly mad.
Here's to the future.
Pingo.
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Yep, Miyamoto has said he has a Pikmin 2 nearly finished.
If Pikmin's succesfull I see many Sequels,Spinoffs and GBA games!!!
Pikmin's success didn't dwarf the success of Super Smash Brothers Melee, but what would you expect from a sequel to another amazing title, a sequel that features all of Nintendo's biggest game characters but then Smash Brothers also decided to advertise Pikmin. As one of the trophies (one of two hundred) you can win one that features hundred of little Pikmin, a nice touch especially considering it launched in direct competition.
The biti sadly missed off.
The biti sadly missed off.
Next we'll have the Super Mario Mushrooms.
ahem......or do they already grow about?
ahem......or do they already grow about?
Pikmin is a game that launches early in the life of the Gamecube, already out in the US and Japan it is a game few of you make take little notice of, but as soon as you hear, Nintendo's next game series and made by Shigsy, ah now I thought that might grab your attention.
Pikmin is a Real Time Strategy Game involving you finding over a hundred little Pikmin of various colours and abilities in order to get back your space ship parts. Sounds all a bit odd but the game is absolutely brilliant despite being on the short side. But Pikmin is the next game to move along side Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, Metroid and Star Fox etc... And Nintendo is advertising as such. Pikmin is a big selling game not along the same lines as Mario and Pokemon but still a massive hit and many advertisement methods is going about assuring this. And yes as usual Nintendo is going about it in an odd way.
Not resting on hype or simple TV ads Nintendo have gone, quite frankly a little insane. In New York Pikmin wondered the streets, gave games to less fortunate children, opened doors to shops, helped people into their cars and many more odd jobs. Yes they are just blokes dressed up and looking stupid but nevertheless this is quite frankly odd! During the “What would you do for a Gamecube” competition one guy dressed as a Pikmin and ate Pikmin food (You don’t want to know). Pikmin's sales were also a bit quiet in Japan until the Pikmin single was released (don't laugh), it beat many Giants in the Japanese music industry to reach number one, before you ask it isn't from the game but from the TV advert of Pikmin and this has made Pikmin another Gamecube million seller.
It gets even weirder when I tell you Nintendo have been given the rights to name a new breed of flower, the, yep you guessed it Pikmin Flower. This Flower is yet to be released in America (an April 2002 release) and is already out over here under the botanical name of 'Bacopa Cabana' (ha they may get games first but we get flowers way before them). Peter Main, Nintendo’s executive vice president Claims it to be an example of "Nintendo creativity" I'd call it insanity personally!
But this just proves to me of how Nintendo hoped this to be their next Mario or next Pokemon, and indeed it is a brilliant Real Time Strategy, another work of genius from Shiguru Miyamoto, another huge selling Nintendo game with a promising future. But this is not Mario or Pokemon; it is more like Star Fox or Metroid a brilliant game that enjoys amazing success but not reaching the dizzying heights of Pokemon, Mario or Zelda. But this doesn't matter, it is an new genre for the Big N, a new genre conquered by this developing giant and a must have title for any Nintendo fan. And we get to witness yet another rise of a great Nintendo game a game that will spawn many sequels and copy cats.
It's Bloomin’ (sorry) Crazy, a plant game, no one else other than Nintendo could of thought of this. And as more and more Pikmin advertising info leaks through I can't help but feel Nintendo have finally gone slightly mad.
Here's to the future.
Pingo.
Pikmin is a Real Time Strategy Game involving you finding over a hundred little Pikmin of various colours and abilities in order to get back your space ship parts. Sounds all a bit odd but the game is absolutely brilliant despite being on the short side. But Pikmin is the next game to move along side Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Donkey Kong, Metroid and Star Fox etc... And Nintendo is advertising as such. Pikmin is a big selling game not along the same lines as Mario and Pokemon but still a massive hit and many advertisement methods is going about assuring this. And yes as usual Nintendo is going about it in an odd way.
Not resting on hype or simple TV ads Nintendo have gone, quite frankly a little insane. In New York Pikmin wondered the streets, gave games to less fortunate children, opened doors to shops, helped people into their cars and many more odd jobs. Yes they are just blokes dressed up and looking stupid but nevertheless this is quite frankly odd! During the “What would you do for a Gamecube” competition one guy dressed as a Pikmin and ate Pikmin food (You don’t want to know). Pikmin's sales were also a bit quiet in Japan until the Pikmin single was released (don't laugh), it beat many Giants in the Japanese music industry to reach number one, before you ask it isn't from the game but from the TV advert of Pikmin and this has made Pikmin another Gamecube million seller.
It gets even weirder when I tell you Nintendo have been given the rights to name a new breed of flower, the, yep you guessed it Pikmin Flower. This Flower is yet to be released in America (an April 2002 release) and is already out over here under the botanical name of 'Bacopa Cabana' (ha they may get games first but we get flowers way before them). Peter Main, Nintendo’s executive vice president Claims it to be an example of "Nintendo creativity" I'd call it insanity personally!
But this just proves to me of how Nintendo hoped this to be their next Mario or next Pokemon, and indeed it is a brilliant Real Time Strategy, another work of genius from Shiguru Miyamoto, another huge selling Nintendo game with a promising future. But this is not Mario or Pokemon; it is more like Star Fox or Metroid a brilliant game that enjoys amazing success but not reaching the dizzying heights of Pokemon, Mario or Zelda. But this doesn't matter, it is an new genre for the Big N, a new genre conquered by this developing giant and a must have title for any Nintendo fan. And we get to witness yet another rise of a great Nintendo game a game that will spawn many sequels and copy cats.
It's Bloomin’ (sorry) Crazy, a plant game, no one else other than Nintendo could of thought of this. And as more and more Pikmin advertising info leaks through I can't help but feel Nintendo have finally gone slightly mad.
Here's to the future.
Pingo.
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