Pikmin 2 (GC) Reviews

Pikmin 2 continues the travails of Captain Olimar, he's been rescued from the planet in Pikmin 1 using the endogenous Pikmin species to recover the parts from his ship. Now, he returns to his company but is told he needs to raise some cash to allow the company to survive so he returns to the Pikmin world and goes on a treasure hunt. On ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever wondered if there's life on other planets? Or maybe there's life on this planet that we haven't yet found? Well, Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo's mastermind, certainly thought about such things. Creative man that he is, Miyamoto developed this idea into a game, titled Pikmin, and released in 2001. Thanks to its monumental popularity, ...  Read the complete review

Before I write this review, I have to tell you a few things about myself. Firstly, I love video games. I'm not into fighting games or shooting games or anything, but I'm a huge fan of games like Zelda and Mario, that are fun but not to easy. Secondly, I am totally obsessed with cute things. I know a lot of girls are, but if I see something cute I ...  Read the complete review

The gaming industry at the moment is full of sequels and licenses. While lack of imagination is a cause because of the spiralling costs of developing games and no guarantee of a return developers just can’t take the risks these days to develop new franchises. Even Nintendo are prone to this and while its first-party games are some of the best out ...  Read the complete review

Pikmin is one of the only must have games on the Gamecube, not because there isn't better games but because it is the only brand new franchise developed by Nintendo on the system. In fact only Metroid Prime comes close to the inventiveness and freshness this sparkling new series from Nintendo offers. And so it is with great enthusiasm ...  Read the complete review