Homestar Runner Wiki Forum

I just got Pikmin 1 and its really fun. So here we can just discuss the whole series. Anything about Pikmin just talk about it here.

_________________

THE FORUM HAS MOVED HERE COME JOIN US!

They melt my heart.

_________________

I loved Pikmin 1, and I've been trying to get 2 on eBay for the last few days, but I keep getting outbid because I don't want to spend more than thirty bucks.

It's supposed to be way better than the first one, though, and if it is, that's a good thing since I really liked the first one.

_________________
beep beep I'm a Jeep

Yeah, I'd say that it's better than the first one, but it really is going for high prices nowadays for some reason. Thankfully, I bought my copy awhile ago for about $16 via Blockbuster.

_________________

Pikmin is awesome. I only have 2 and Never beat it. But man is it fun. Olimar is awesome in brawl too.

_________________

NEW FEATURE!! Click my signature to go to my wiki page! All my wii codes are there.

I haven't played either Pikmin game, but I've heard good things.

I've heard Pikmin 2 was better, but I've also heard it called "Pikmin Easy Mode".

_________________

PIKMIN? ON MINI-BIKES? Madness.

_________________

NEW FEATURE!! Click my signature to go to my wiki page! All my wii codes are there.

I don't like Pikmin 2 as much as the first

90% of the gameplay takes place in the underground areas. Which are pretty much boring, repetitive, and uncreative.

_________________

Pikmin is pretty much one of my favorite series ever. I rented Pikmin 2, beat it within the week (not that its short or anything, just played the heck out of it) and then later borrowed the first Pikmin. Then when Olimar was revealed on the dojo website I got all into the series again and did myself a huge service in actually buying Pikmin 2 off eBay. ($30, sorry Jitka)

Both are great games and unique as far as Nintendo's flagship series go, though it may not be for everybody... In my opinion Pikmin 2 is much better than the first, though both are great, but the second is longer and has much more replay value. If you want my advice, I'd say rent Pikmin to see if you like the formula (you can easily beat it in a week) and if you enjoyed it buy Pikmin 2.

No idea where you heard Pikmin 2 is some sort of "easy mode" Acekirby, it's much more challenging, expecially when you get to the later levels and dungeons. It basically takes the time-based exploration formula from the first game, and then on top of that adds areas that take away the clock but limit your number of pikmin, so its much more combat based where you try defeating enemies and puzzles without taking high losses. Even without the 30-day time limit, the urgency to work quickly is still there (thanks to letters from home) and it's a much harder game later on.

Pikmin can be beaten in about 8 hours... Pikmin 2 will take you at least 20 to get all the treasures (repaying the debt is really just half the game). Plus Pikmin 2 has both competitive and cooperative multiplayer that are really great if you have a competent friend, so there's a lot of replay value there as well.



TL;DR: Great series, rent the first, if you like it buy the second.

_________________

I've had the first for years, but I want the second. Currently I have the high bid of $20 for an auction ending tomorrow, but no way will it stay so low.

_________________
beep beep I'm a Jeep

I played both of them, and I love both of them. Pikmin has potential to be "up there" with other successful games series, like Kirby. I'm hoping for a third game to come out. I want to march my army of carrots for a third time!

_________________

I heart Pikmin! I rented the first one from Blockbuster (you guys ever been to that museum?) years ago (...of course it was) and really loved it, but I didn't enjoy the limitations like how you only had as many days as Jitka is willing to spend for the sequel. I bought the second one then, and I have no idea how long I've had it, but it's even better than the first. Advebture mode rocks, battle mode is insane and will give anyone a cherry obsession (those who've played it know exactly what I mean), and challenge mode...never tried it, actually. Anyway, I haven't played the game in ages, and I've kind of been itching for an RTS, so I've been wanting to restart Pikmin 2, but the thing is, I have...6 awesome Wii games I've never finished, as well as Metroid Prime 1 & 2, which I finally got yesterday, and I don't get to play Wii much anyway, so obviously it's been tough to get back to Pikmin.

Who else agrees they should totally make a Pikmin for Wii and/or DS? I'm just imagining actually flicking Pikmin around. Only problems are 1) How would you swarm the Pikmin in either one without a C-stick? and 2) The graphics won't be as good on DS, and beautiful environments are a big part of what makes Pikmin so great.

Your hand would be fatiuged in seconds of gameplay



Touch Screen or Wii pointer

[/quote]

2D graphics

_________________

Miyamoto, the Pikmin series' creator: "I certainly don't think we've seen the last of Pikmin ... I definitely would like to do something with them, and I think the Wii interface in particular is very well suited to that franchise." And in a recent interview he singled out Pikmin 3 as something he wants to do now that he's done with Wii Fit. So it's definitely coming eventually, so here's hoping something gets revealed at E3.

Also if you want something to start with Jimmie without devoting tons of time into single player, go ahead and get a Pikmin-playing friend and do challenge mode co-op. Solo it isn't anything to write home about, but being able to work together with a friend to beat the clock is pretty great. Though aiming for the "Perfect" no-pikmin-death ranking on all of them will be a quick way to strain a friendship.

_________________

Not really. You could just make small motions with your wrist for the Wii one (maybe you would choose a spot with the reticule, lock on by holding a button, then start flinging Pikmin...it could improve your accuracy by not having the reticule move when you do, like in MP3:C), and then on the DS you could make tiny flicks from your leader in the direction you want to toss the Pikmin, then they go flying, or it maybe could lock on too.



Touch Screen or Wii pointer[/quote]
But would those work better for controlling the reticule?
[/quote]

2D graphics[/quote]

Heh, that would be interesting to see.

And Josh...That sounds great and all, but it's that versus Brawl, GH3, Galaxy, Prime 3, Fire Emblem, Twilight Princess, Metroid Prime 1 (I'm gonna move on to Echoes when I'm finished, then restart Prime 3), and a lot of unfinished Virtual Console games, all competing for my attention, and my mom has the Wiimote so I have to ask permission to play. See how that might be hard?

I've played pikmin 2, I love it! I havn't played Pikmin 1 yet (cause once we got it we got Brawl too, so I've been playing that, and I main as Olimar! w00t!) Pikmin 3 PLEASE that would be soooooo cool!!! Hoping for something in E3.

_________________
Luckily, I'm a lame sandel wearing hippie with a ponytail that's been down these rapids with groups of tourists many times-Strong Bad---I wonder how you spell tabasco, TABASCOOOO-Homestar

lern2 quote tag


No matter how small the motions are, it would be tiring. Imagine waggling 10 times to kill a small enemy. Now imagine doing it 50 times. It would simply be a bad design choice to make throwing Pikmin be controlling by waggling.



What.

You Control Pikmin with Pointer/touch screen and move with control stick/control pad.

_________________

What if it used the classic controller? Then there would be two analog sticks.

_________________
Luckily, I'm a lame sandel wearing hippie with a ponytail that's been down these rapids with groups of tourists many times-Strong Bad---I wonder how you spell tabasco, TABASCOOOO-Homestar

Extremejon speaks the truth. That is a terrible idea. Sometimes you gotta throw fifty or more of those guys at a time, expecially when attacking airborne enemies. Plus it'd make it really hard to aim. Button press please!

I could definitely see the Wiimote/Nunchuk set-up working. For ordering, instead of using the c-stick, maybe you could hold down a button (like B ) and then the cursor would be an ordering pointer.

_________________

Making you buy a specific controller for a game is a bad idea

_________________

You could use the GameCube controller, because come on, who has a Wii that didn't have a Gamecube?

_________________
beep beep I'm a Jeep

90% of Nintendo's new audience

_________________

Think so? Well, Gamecube controllers can't be going for too much nowadays, right?

_________________
beep beep I'm a Jeep

They're pretty hard to come by because they aren't sold in most stores anymore, you have to go online. I think Nintendo's official store has some maybe, but that's a bit inconvenient.

I would not be surprised if it supported Classic and GameCube control schemes (like Smash Bros and Mario Kart), but for the Wii a Wiimote/Nunchuk scheme is pretty nessecary for the target audience of people who own Wiis.


If there's one thing I want in Pikmin 3 it's co-op main campaign. I got two captains, give me this please.

_________________

Some stuff about Pikmin 3 on Pikipedia

Some of it may or may not be true.

_________________

THE FORUM HAS MOVED HERE COME JOIN US!

It doesn't have any facts at all other than it's been announced.

_________________

This was my experience with Pikmin. My mom bought it for me along with my gamecube in december 2001. I played it, kind of thought it was cool, and then the end of the day came and all my pikmin went in to that gay little whatever it was. Then the next morning, I come to take my Pikmin out. I couldn't figure out how to do it, I was 8 and I sucked at video games. So I never played it again.

I hate that game.

_________________

You stand under it and press 'A'.

_________________

NEW FEATURE!! Click my signature to go to my wiki page! All my wii codes are there.

*sniff* shut up

_________________

Pikmin really isn't a game for someone without enough attention span to read onscreen instructions before quickly skipping through it.

My younger siblings have a little 9-year-old friend who ran into the same problem. That and he likes killing pikmin for fun.

_________________