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New Play Control! Pikmin |  | From: Nintendo
Department: Electronics
List Price: $29.99
Buy Used: $12.50
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1478
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: real_time_strategy_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: RVL P R9IE
Model: RVL P R9IE
UPC: 045496901431
EAN: 0045496901431
ASIN: B001CTL5GQ
Publication Date: March 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Life under a microscope fantasy world | | • | Unique experience | | • | Adventure | | • | Puzzle elements | | • | Control Captain Olimar, lovable little astronaut |
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Product Description
Pikmin Wii
Amazon.com Product Description
Life under a microscope fantasy world, Pikmin delivers a unique experience like few before it with a blend of real-time strategy, adventure, and puzzle elements. You control Captain Olimar, a lovable little astronaut, who crash-landed on a planet inhabited by even more lovable little plant creatures known as Pikmin. Olimar can command these creatures RTS-style, assign them tasks, make them attack foes, and gather resources. The ultimate task is to rebuild Olimar's space ship before a 30-day time window elapses. Command lovable little creatures RTS-style Rebuild Olimar's space ship before a 30-day time window elapses 
Pikmin
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 Overcome predators
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Coordinate the Pikmin to help you get back home
View larger. | The Story
Stranded in a vast and strange world, Captain Olimar faces a daunting challenge. When he crash-landed on this alien planet, the pieces of his ship scattered far and wide, and it would be a near-impossible task to recover all of them by himself. Luckily, he has been able to befriend curious creatures he calls Pikmin. Only with their help — and your quick thinking — will he be able to collect all the pieces of his ship and finally make his way home. Key Game Features: - Befriend the odd alien creatures known as Pikmin and seek their aid in your quest to return home
- Use your Wii Remote to pluck up the Pikmin and put them to work
- Command your own Pikmin army of up to 100 creatures at once
- Enlist the help of multiple Pikmin to overcome predators, demolish barriers and haul critical ship parts
- Coordinate the actions of the Pikmin to help you collect the missing pieces of your ship
- For 1 player
Redesigned for the Wii Remote
Action and strategy combine in fun and innovative ways in New Play Control! Pikmin. Point your Wii Remote at the screen to pluck the Pikmin and guide them in the tasks you assign them. Command up to 100 Pikmin at once to take on big jobs, including swarming predators, demolishing barriers and more, and coordinate the creatures' actions to help you find all the pieces of the ship before it's too late. 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, and with remastered Wii controls, it has never played better!
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 13
 New Play Control Pikmin March 16, 2009
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is an excellent game for those who missed the game on the GameCube (Like me). People who already have it for GameCube will not find anything new here. The motion controls work really well with this game. The only thing kind of frustrating is the camera mover, but what game doesn't have that problem? Here is a rating on each area of the game on a 1-5 star rating system
Graphics: ****
The graphics for this game were considered top-of-the-line 8 years ago, but are still pretty good today.
Gameplay: *****
This is one of those games that are great in gameplay, superb in graphics, and suitable for kids.
Controls: ***
Controls were really good for Gamecube, but are kinda odd feeling for Wii, but are still easy to use.
Storyline: **
This game has a good storyline, it really does, but the reason I gave it a lower rating is because it doesn't go really in-depth.
Cover: *****
Yes, you read this correctly, the cover. I like how they didn't drastically change the cover, something most companies do.
Plus, there are two covers. You just need to flip the cover-thing-a-ma-jig under the plastic around.
Overall this is awesome game, but I'd recommend to people who don't have it for GameCube.
This game was meant for the Wii! April 10, 2009
James R. Horrocks (Salt Lake City, UT USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game was already a classic on the Gamecube that I enjoyed very much, but I felt that the controls were somewhat clunky and hard to get used to. This new version however, features new Wii pointer controls that take this game to a new level. These new controls are perfect for this game! The new controls make this game 10 times better than it was before. I found that the Gamecube version got very stale and boring after a while but this new version is hard to put down, even after playing for hours. GET THIS GAME! For $30, how could you lose?
In-Depth, Addictive and fun game play August 9, 2009
Qlazarus (Vancouver, B.C.)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The original Pikmin was an underrated game on The Gamecube Console back in 2001. Now it seems to be suffering the same fate. The title and cover suggest a cutesy and shallow game experience for the very young ones only. However this is an in-depth real time strategy game that is a lot of fun and I'm a big fan of games like StarCraft and even Warcraft III! It is certainly far from shallow! The Wii controls on this game work perfectly and complement the game well. Overall If you missed it on Gamecube (or finished it back in 2001 like me) this is your chance to enjoy an amazing game experience and at this price, it's a steal!
Actually when I passed this version a couple weeks ago I immediately started playing it again from the beginning, no breaks with other games, and then I passed it and immediately started playing it again, each time passing it at a better time. You won't want to put it down! I know I sure didn't. Now I can't wait until they release Pikmin 2 for the "New Play Control" series!
first time to pikmin.. love it! March 20, 2009
Goatcrapp (Brooklyn, NY United States)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful
I never got the original pikmin, so to me this is a whole new experience..
what a great little game. tons of fun, and easy to play.
My 9 yr old daughter loves this game! April 11, 2009
L. Morgan (Baltimore, MD USA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is another game that has been approved by my 9 year old daughter. She loves this game & will play it for hours.
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