Pikmin (GC)

I first played Pikmin, (a super cute Gamecube game), at a close friends house years ago, (it must have been 2002ish). I really loved it at the time and I've wanted a Gamecube ever since but for one reason or another I never got one. So imagine my surprise on Christmas morning when I one of my presents and it's a Gamecube. The same friends who first introduced me to it had given me it for Christmas along with Pikmin. Needless to say I couldn't wait to set it up so Boxing Day morning I was up with the larks, (or maybe robins), and playing Pikmin. ****** Now for those of you who don't know the Gamecube was a little cubic games console, ...  Read the complete review

Pikmin are cute. Too cute. There I?ve said it. When playing this game you will become attached to each and everyone of your Pikmin, unless you have a heart of stone that is. You will feel sorry for each one of the little guys that gets eaten, drowns or gets left behind. We have the now legendary Shigeru Miyamoto to thank for this. He is the man behind such gaming icons like Donkey Kong, Link and, of course, our favourite fat plumber Mario. Pikmin sees him taking a slightly different approach into his normal gaming fare and he explores the genre of real time strategy but adds his own personal style. ...  Read the complete review

Notice the reference to Popstars tagline? My humour really is wasted..... Ever since I saw a few pictures of this game last year, I was drooling in anticipation and that was just at the sight of something that may not of been. It's release in Japan was a huge success, quickly being heralded as a classic. The mastermind behind Mario and Zelda, Shigeru Miyamoto, was behind this game. He watched the insects in the garden of his new house (a very rare thing in Japanese cities), mainly ants, working hard together, gathering food and things. Something in his head clicked and the concept for Pikmin was born. And thank god for those ants, ...  Read the complete review

Pikmin is probably the most highly anticipated game to date for Nintendo’s new console the GameCube but is it any good? Well good or bad I will say that this game is guaranteed to be unlike anything you have played or even seen before. The game was created by Nintendo’s in house genius Shigeru Miyamoto who was apparently inspired to create the game after watching some ants go about their daily business in his back garden. In Pikmin you take control of a spaceman called Captain Olimar. Olimar is a small man (about the size of a 50p piece according to the game manual) who, for a video game character, has a very humane and involving ...  Read the complete review

Pikmin is a very simple game but as with all games its simplicity is its strength not its weakness. Pikmin was one of the first hits for the then new game console GameCube which I had for about 5 years. GameCubes as a concept I always found to be generally looked down by the serious players who owned XBoxes but it was what it was, its games tended to be bright, colourful and fun to play. Pikmin is a game where a spaceman has crashed on a strange planet, as he crashed his ship disintegrated and he lands with only 30 days worth of air. That gives the game a set time period, when he crashes he discovers a type of plant called a Pikmin, they are in different ...  Read the complete review