------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Formats: Nintendo GameCube™ and Nintendo Wii™ Launch Date: 12/03/01 and 03/09/09 ESRB: E (Everyone): Mild Violence Game Type: Action/Adventure Game Type 2: Mass Action Strategy Accessories: Memory Card Players: 1 MSRP: $19.99 Developer: Nintendo Pikmin Help Menu Pikmin Codes - Pikmin Screenshots Pikmin GCN Review Gameplay 10 out of 10 - Graphics 10 out of 10 - Music is 10 out of 10 - Overall 10 out of 10 Wii Overview The enhanced New Play Control! Pikmin game lets players point the Wii Remote controller at the screen and use it as a cursor, making it easy to select either a single Pikmin or an entire army. When a player tosses Pikmin, they fly wherever the cursor is pointing. Captain Olimar has crash landed on a strange, alien world. With the pieces of his ship scattered across the planet, his only hope for survival lies with curious creatures he calls Pikmin. The captain must rally his newfound Pikmin friends and find the missing pieces of his ship ... before it's too late. With newly added Wii motion controls, players simply point the Wii Remote™ controller at the screen to wrangle an army of Pikmin and put them to work. The New Play Control! features open this highly rated Nintendo GameCube™ game to a new generation of players while giving players who loved it the first time a new way to experience it. Players take command of up to 100 Pikmin and order them to swarm dangerous predators, demolish barriers and haul critical parts back to their ship. The game combines action and strategy with fun characters. Game storyline: Everything is going smoothly for Captain Olimar until a comet collides with this spaceship and forces him to crash land on a strange, alien world. After the rough landing, he quickly learns that his ship has broken apart while entering the atmosphere -not to mention the fact that his spacesuit is the only thing between him and a deadly poisonous atmosphere. He enlists the help of the Pikmin, small, indigenous plant-like creatures that inhabit the world, to search out the missing pieces of his ship before he succumbs to the noxious atmosphere. With a horde of Pikmin at his command, he just might have a chance. How to progress through the game: In Pikmin, players must set out and explore the strange, lush planet and enlist the help of the indigenous Pikmin creatures to find the missing ship parts. Olimar has just 30 days to find all the parts before his air supply runs out. During the adventure, players encounter new types of Pikmin, each with its own special abilities. As players find more parts, new areas of the world are opened up, filled with dangerous native species and other hazards. Characters: Captain Olimar, Pikmin Controls: With new Wii controls, commanding an army of Pikmin is easy and fun. Players simply point the Wii Remote controller at the screen and use it as a cursor, making it easy to select a single Pikmin or an entire army. The cursor also makes it much easier to hurl Pikmin intuitively - they fly wherever the cursor is pointing. Special powers/weapons/moves/features: Captain Olimar doesn't have any special weapons or super powers. Instead, he has an army of helpful Pikmin. Players can control up to 100 Pikmin at a time. There are several different kinds of Pikmin, each with its own special ability. For example, red Pikmin are immune to heat and fire, while blue Pikmin can survive in water. Players need to use strategy and command their Pikmin well to defeat predators and solve puzzles. GCN Overview They're small. They're plantlike. They're Pikmin! And they can be a space traveler's best friend! Stranded on an unknown planet, Captain Olimar must enlist the help of these native Pikmin. Together, they must rebuild Olimar's spaceship and defend themselves from attackers. Time is tight. Cooperation is key. This innovative action-strategy game is unlike any other game you've ever played! Features Command masses of multi-colored Pikmin to accomplish tasks like defeating enemies, carrying valuable items, building bridges, bombing walls and more. Each type of Pikmin has a different ability. Red Pikmin can withstand fire, blue Pikmin can survive in water, while yellow Pikmin can fly higher and destroy obstacles by using bomb-rocks. Control the Pikmin sprouts individually, in groups, or in one large Pikmin posse of 100 creatures. The surreal world of Pikmin is brought to life by amazing graphics and incredibly detailed, often hilarious animation. Gameplay challenges include defeating enemies, solving puzzles and ultimately collecting all of the spaceship parts before Olimar's life-support system runs out. Captain Olimar has a limited number of days to explore the planet's wide range of environments. Each day is monitored by a constantly moving sun meter at the top of the screen. You have to make sure to complete your tasks and gather your stray Pikmin before the sun goes down, or they'll fall prey to the planet's nocturnal natural predators. To produce new Pikmin, you have to defeat enemies and carry them back to the Pikmin nests, called onions. If you want to make more blue Pikmin, command your blue Pikmin to carry defeated enemies and food back to blue onions. If you need red Pikmin, then make sure to assign red Pikmin to carry fallen prey back to home base. Once you get the hang of it, it's not difficult to keep a healthy stock of all types of Pikmin in reserve. You can have up to 100 Pikmin out at the same time, but you can store as many as you'd like in the onions. In addition to the different colors of Pikmin, each Pikmin can be grown into three different forms: leaves, buds and flowers. Pikmin begin their lives as leaves, but they mature into buds and flowers if you leave them in the ground after sprouting. Flower Pikmin are stronger and faster than bud and leaf Pikmin.