The problem I have with Pikmin is, that I can't progress unless all my Pikmin survive. It makes it stressful to play and play is very slow. The time limit was a huge factor.

This release is essentially the Wii versions of the original GameCube games but yeah I agree it holds up very well.

I have a lot of nostalgia for Pikmin and love the series. Now my kids are playing it too so I couldn't be happier!

It was definitely one of the most memorable gaming experiences from my childhood. I agree with you that the graphics were standout to me on the GameCube. Great environments they created. On a replay I did several years ago, I found it was far easier than I felt it was when I was young, which makes sense, but I remember feeling very stressed out by the 30-day mechanic then, haha. Great game, makes me want to do a replay.

And Pikmin 2 was great in its own right as well. I remember finding the bosses and dungeons much more challenging (and frustrating) and did miss the time limit mechanic, but it still was great fun.

One of my favorite series ever. My only issue is that the later games tended to be very short with not much replayability. I paid $60 for Pikmin 3 and beat it in a day, with effectively 0 replay value. Feelsbad

That's great to hear. I am new to the series (only played Pikmin 3 demo), so would love to start from the first game, but was afraid how well it will hold up.

Thanks for the review!

It’s pretty yank tbh, but I immediately bought 2 and 3 after finishing one, I’ve truly been sleeping on this series.

Just played it for the first time a few weeks ago, and it was a lot more fun than I expected!

I grew up watching lets plays of Pikmin 3 when it came out, so that was my first real foray into the Pikmin franchise. When seeing footage of Pikmin 1, it looked crude in comparison at first- especially things like the onion models, which looked so simple compared to how they appeared in 3.

But, I decided to actually play the pikmin games, and seeing as I have a homebrewed Wii, I just got the gamecube version and played it on that (I know the new play control version exists too).

Really fun, and while there are aspects of the game that could have been polished, it was really fun, and struck a nice balance between challenging but not oppressively so.

Like you also mentioned, I too was surprised by how forgiving 30 days was. It felt short enough to actually make me feel pressured to work as fast as I could, but not to the point where I was genuinely concerned of getting the bad ending.

There were times when I did use a guide to at least figure out where some of the ship parts were, and the only ones I couldn't figure out were the ones inside of regular enemies, like the normal puffy blowhog in Distant Spring.

Distant Spring, in the end was probably my favorite stage in the game, as some of the methods for acquiring ship parts made you think, and the different ways you could traverse the map and different shortcuts you could take gave the level some nice choice on the player's end.

How do they hold up without nostalgia to help out?

I find older games that people like to gush over, like Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, don't hold up for me (without nostalgia) nearly as much as it does for those with nostalgia - almost always because the camera, menu, or movement controls are so hopelessly outdated that the game is frustrating to play.

Might that apply to Pikmin 1 and 2 too, or are they pretty good to try out even for someone with no nostalgia for them?

It’s pretty yank tbh, but I immediately bought 2 and 3 after finishing one, I’ve truly been sleeping on this series.

I’m so glad Pikmin is starting to get more recognition!

Finally feels like Nintendo is realizing how important it is to make their older games available to modern audiences