GameCube User Reviews

Pikmin is the real time strategy game. Pikmin's main goal is to put a timer on the player, making a certain pressure on the player. The timers not too strict unless you're a new player. The different Pikmin types get and can be used in cool unique ways that really add to the experience. Some people may say the games combat's not great, but I think it's the best in the series. There isn't many unforgivable fights or encounters that aren't avoidable, and the enemies bring diffrent things to the tables, needing to plan what to do with diffrent situations. I enjoy playing in a world where time is everything, and being miniscule adds a sleek loneliness on the package as a whole. I highly recommend to anyone wanting a refreshing experience with great design and puzzles.

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- This game was an almost entirely new concept for me, which actually challenged my brain a bit. Using Pikmin as your weapon, your tools, and forgeable all in one is definitely unique.- OST is overall very weak. I understand we're on an alien planet so the music is supposed to symbolise that, but that's all it does. There no sense of feeling from any of the music, which is a shame.- The game makes it very easy for you to reset your day if you want to. Almost urges you to, which is a tool I definitely utilised. In fairness, while the game feels like kids were the target audience, there are many ways to quickly lose a majority of your Pikmin via very small mistakes. I can see why it is so easy to just restart the day.- Quite the variety of enemies I was quite impressed by.- I know In the Night Garden is a show for toddlers, but the general art style and scenery gives me those vibes.- I don't know who was possessed to do this, but on the final area, the music is very creepy. Something I might expect to hear on a play ground in the Resident Evil universe, not quite from a kids game.- This game is very small. However, it doesn't feel like the mainline quests were actually the main focus of this game. It feels more like an arcade game with quests added later to give the solo player something to do. There's definitely a 'High Score' aura about this game. Less about just beating it, and more about how little days you can beat it in. Considering that, the replayability is almost infinite, especially with the arcade mode.

Este juego es una obra maestra tanto en jugabilidad como narrativamente una ves q te acostumbras a las mecánicas se transforma en un juegazo

DO NOT START THE PIKMIN SERIES BY PLAYING THIS GAME. I didn't love this game originally, but It wasn't until replaying 3 and Finishing 4 that I really begin to like it. I definetely prefer the slow burning non existant timer of 2 and 4, but this game is still incredibly enjoyable. The fact that it's still this replayable in 2025 is insane.

I really like Pikmin. But the gameplay, controls, and camera of the first games are really bad aged. I don't understand the developer back than. It's simply bad and avoidable. There are a lot of unfair situations in the game. You can't control the camera, and you can't switch Pikmin types for throwing. You have to split up and choose the group you want. It's not fun. If you want to start playing Pikmin, you should check out the third game, as the controls didn't changed in the second game. The ending of Pikmin 3 is disappointing, though. Pikmin 4 is the best so far. But the first two games are just awful. With better controls I would give it a 8 of 10. Maybe the Switch version of Pikmin 1 & 2 is better.

This is a revolutionary masterpiece that brilliantly applies Shigeru Miyamoto's game design philosophy, even to console RTS-like gameplay. While it may look simple, it possesses genuine depth. I'm also a big fan of the intricate, biology-inspired creature designs, the harsh world that contrasts sharply with the cute Pikmin visuals, and the cynical humor surrounding the protagonist, Olimar.

This Game Really uses the time system,Ithink this game is very overrated, not so hard not so easy and you have to be patient but lets be honest THE GAME IS FULL OF GLITCHES

Fantastico juego muy entretenido con mecanicas muy innovadoras para su epoca

Pleasant little real time puzzle game reminiscent of Kirby. A bit lacking in excitment but nice and relaxing to play.

Ecellent jeu de strategie et de gestion. Poursa sortie le jeux est très neuf et rafraîchissant. Perso je vient de le refaire et niveau graphique sur le portage switch sa suit bien. J'adore la liscence et ces unbon premier

The best pikmin game, this games time management system is so fun, and its just super relaxing to play, cause while you still have to get stuff done, if you go at a decent pace there is no worries of failure

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So charming and fun! Perfect length too

This is a really good game. By far has the best combat mechanics in the series. And has a fun to collect but not too overwhelming collectable. The balance between the types is the best in the series. There are some cons to this experience. This review is based on the switch version. The pikmin get stuck on everything and are very stupid. Its impossible not to get at least one pikmin death without something stupid happening. The game is too short and can be beaten in one sitting. The game lacks many proper boss fights Swarming feels clunky sometimes and often fails. The forest naval is really annoying and I hate it lol. The game lacks a proper challenge mode that the other games have. Overall the game is really good for its time and incredibly fun! Great if you have some time to kill and the gameplay loop is very addicting, and it has great enemy design.

A nice and original puzzle game, i remember having some fun watching my friends play it.

The Good • The areas are very well-designed along with wonderful music and visuals. • The progression is very good. • Olimar is a wonderful character and full of charm. The Bad • The Pikmin AI is jank. They tend to trip and get stuck on things, meaning you’ll have to suddenly stop to help them. Overall Pikmin 1 still holds up as a game I want to come back to, even all these years later.

Pikmin is an extremely fun game, but relatively short and for a brand new series at the time and now this game was a great example of an exciting new series coming and showcases the GameCubes capability's whilst having great art design and graphics for GameCube standards. Great debut.

I enjoy these little characters and animals however pikmin can sometimes be really stupid and trip over or do stuff that I didn't tell them to do

The start to one of the best video game franchises ever! Must play since they ported it to the switch!

Mise à part ses graphismes et ses aspect technique très lent, le jeu est fun a jouer, étant un fan de la license pikmin j'ai accroché dès les premiers instants, la limite des 30 jours est très intéressante, qui te pousse à aller le plus vite possible, contrairement à l'opus suivant (ça veut pas dire que je préfére le 1). Je trouve aussi comme défaut l'équilibrage des pikmins, tu peux très bien finir le jeu avec quelques pikmins jaunes et une cinquantaine de bleu, après je trouve également les bleus pas très intéressant dans cette opus : Il ne sert qu'à débloquer des accès, ou à aller dans l'eau, alors que le rouge est fort au combat et résiste au feu et les jaunes peuvent prendre des bombes et être lancés plus haut, en fait y'a toujours eu le rouge et le jaune avec plusieurs capacités et le bleu sur le côté qui sert à débloquer le reste de la map avec sa seul compétence de savoir nagé. Niveau gameplay le jeu s'en sort très bien, mais un gros défaut subsiste qui entache le gameplay c'est la lenteur des ordres donnés aux pikmins. Niveau histoire... Le jeu n'y prend pas tro attention mais on peux quand même noté l'aspect découverte avec les notes écrites par olimar. Bref excelent jeu en mon sens, je mettrai un 9,5/10 si cela serait possible mais tant qu'un jeu n'est pas parfait le 10 n'est pas permis.

Why do the pikmins always stuck on the road? And they turned me into one of them at the end. Is this a bad thing? Maybe to be a pikmin is a happy thing. Who knows.

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Best game in the Pikmin series. Very addicting with very high replay value. Great atmosphere and sense of isolation. The maps are extremely well designed. I know some people think the game is too short, but I disagree. It’s the perfect length for this type of game.

Solid game. Pikmin excels in its visual and sound design, as well as how everything is communicated to the player. The game's main goal of collecting 30 parts in 30 days is established immediately so you know the means of escaping the planet. It lets you get right into doing whatever you want with only a few tutorials in the earlier days, and the game opens up quite a lot past the first three days. I can see myself coming back to this in the future to improve my score, since the game is quite short and easy to get back into replaying. This game is an excellent and enjoyable experience and I believe it's a contender for Miyamoto's magnum opus. The only reason this isn't a 10 is because the sequels have much more content and features and the Pikmin AI gets a little funky at times.

If you ask me anything about this game I would be baffled. I never understood Pikmin in any shape and form, and the strategy guide failed to bring any clarity to what I was doing. This game has a timer of 30 days, and you collect random objects as part of your mission. The game’s title comes from the creatures that are the staple of it in Pikmin. You pluck them out of the ground, and then you try to build an army of them to complete your tasks. I cannot really say anything more about this game when I simply could not understand it at all.

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You grow plants and make them fight, honestly the original Plants Vs. Zombies. Jk, this game is a masterpiece, and everyone should play it, if it gets ported to switch buy it, its graphics look very good on the Gamecube.

PIKMIN is easily my all time favourite game. However I acknowledge that Pikmin is not perfect and suffers from being hard to describe from a genre perspective. I would Highly Recommend PIKMIN to anyone.

This is how you how'd other Nintendo fans that you were hardcore and mentally insane. Pikmin 1 is the most **** unfair, game you'll play and that's why it's amazing. This game doesn't hold your hand it doesn't care about your feeling it will beat you for not learning its mechanics. Pikmin 1 and 2 force you to think and understand everything. This game is intimidating to first-time players but you'll slowly learn about bomb rock usage, Pikmin importance, how fast enemies can kill your Pikmin, Pikmin Path AI, how to avoid tripping, etc. Pikmin 1 has a lot of similarities to old arcade games in all honestly because the game its self isn't that long and beating it isn't the point. The point of Pikmin master the game beat it in, as few in-game days as possible. Pikmin is a series that more people need to try and while its difficulty can be overwhelming at points it's well worth it in my opinion.

Pikmin, another great franchise that was born in Nintendo's most innovative period - the early days of Gamecube. Pikmin is far from being a perfect game but it has all the charm of a cult classic. Over shadowed by the innovative Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin was frequently overlooked by Gamecube gamers. That was a HUGE mistake! Pikmin has so much to offer. It has the fun of any great Nintendo game packed into an intriguing and simple story mixed with the need for strategy to survive in the game. The game is quite short as time is of the essence in the game. A must have game for Gamecube collectors and nothing less than a classic from generation 6.

A great game for sure! I love the strategy and having to handle multiple tasks at once. But it can be tedious at times choosing what colored Pikmin to use. Other simple quality of life improvements are in the future editions. But still a solid game as long as you are willing to sit down for a few hours.

The first Pikmin game is a very enjoyable game even today and started the phenomenal Pikmin franchise. The gameplay loop of battling enemies using the Pikmin and repairing your ship by locating and retrieving the ship parts, is very rewarding. And planning out how best to tackle a day to get the most done is very fun. However, the game shows it age at certain times, with plucking new Pikmin taking ages and some enemies being invincible during attack animations. In addition to the main game mode, it is a challenge mode where you can see how much you can collect and how many enemies you can defeat in one day. The soundtrack is in my opinion the best part of the game, my god the soundtrack is amazing! I have made a more in depth review on my YT channel. [link omitted per site rules] Final score: 7.5

infinitly replayable, awesome level design and fun gameplay. Pikmin is a joy and one of the Gamecube finest titles.

Oh boy! I said looking at my game to play it. I want to be honest Pikmin is an awesome **** big part of it is the **** of course, the sweet feeling of choosing which Pikmin come with you.like opening a new phone **** people saying this game is boring are the **** you know how to play, you will like this game!

My personal rating for "Pikmin" (GC): 7,4/10 - Good Gameplay: 8,5 Video: 7 Audio: 7 Scope: 4,5 Balance: 7,5 Story: 6

피크민이라는 게임은 내가 느끼기에는 재미있는 게임이라고 생각한다. 귀여운 그래픽을 가지고 있지만 피크민들이 죽을 때 특유의 매력이 나오고 스릴감이 느껴지는 게임이다. 참신한 설정들과 주변에선 쉽게 볼 수 없는 장르라 미야모토 시게루의 작품이라는 생각이 들고, 스토리는 꼭 봐야하는 것은 아니지만 볼 때마다 소소한 재미를 준다. 하지만 브금은 취향이 갈릴 수 있는데 피크민이 죽어갈 때와 평화로운 브금은 상황이 맞지 않는다고 생각하기도 하지만 이 것도 이 게임에 특유의 매력을 만들어 준다.

Fresh idea, entertaining game, game design could have been better since I got stuck with not finding the yellow pikmin and having to restart the game. 8 is a proper score I think.

A very unique game and interesting game mechanics. The story is weird but weird in a compelling way that makes you want to finish the game.

an absolutely fantastic game, for a gamecube launch title it looks and sounds absolutely stunning with nice vibrant colours, incredible models and sound design. the gameplay is unique and works well with very few problems like movement and aiming (which is fixed in the 2009 re-release on the wii), the games difficulty can be brutal at times to players new to the game but upon each re-visitation you come to understand and improve upon the game. while this game does have it's problems they are few and far between - the major one is as stated before the inability to move and aim at the same time in opposite directions - while this can be annoying it only truly affected my experience when it came to the final boss fight, another issue i find is the pikmin themselves getting stuck on terrain and me losing them or falling through bridges causing them to drown because their AI path-finding buggers up but as stated before this dint effect my experience. overall a fantastic game worth a purchase (get it on the wii if you can).

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Pikmin is a series I adored from the start and for amazing and great reasons. The games never get old and are original and have great gameplay. But the second one IS better.

At first, this game got me confused. I look at it again to realize a tiny adventure is actually great to view but I'd probably get lost and get myself in a sticky situation if I played this in any platform.

Great game, but a bit short. I've always loved the satisfying feeling of taking down the big enemies in these with such tiny little creatures. The music is peaceful, and the imminent 30 day countdown always gives a sense of urgency to gather up all the parts of your ship ASAP. The 3 Pikmin types provide you with allot of environmental puzzles (such 1 type being able to swim, while the other 2 types just drown) to make you strategise about how to get to certain areas without killing the majority of your army. Great fun!

This game is one of the better titles for the Nintendo Gamecube. I like its originality especially. While there are some annoying glitches they don't make the game unplayable in the slightest. My only complaint is that it's very short.

This game is just amazing. Why I give it a 8? Because, you are on a time limit. Even though its on a time limit, its still an amazing game! I suggest to get it, as long with Pikmin 2, and as long with Pikmin 3, if you have a Wii U.

One of the most creative games to appear in nintendo, hugely entertaining, challenging and beautiful. It is very funny to play. Sequels have been quite good but this first episode deserves the highest rate. Saludos.

A true masterpiece, this game will challenge you, hard. Play it, you won't regret a single second. I would of given this game a 10 if it had not been for the tight stiffness of the controls, other than that, beautiful game, thanks Nintendo!

Awesome game, but the difficulty is way too hard at times. Extremely original and addictive. I really don't like how there's a time limit to finish the game and a lack of boss battles. Besides those flaws, the graphics are still good by today's standards, and the player will stay intrigued for days trying to get all of olimar's ship parts back and growing your pikmin population. The sequel improved on all of these problems, and it is a better game, but if you love nintendo, do yourself a favor and buy this game, and it's 2 sequels!

Having crash landed on an unknown planet Captain Olimar has only 30 days in which to rebuild his spaceship and escape before his life support system can no longer function. He soon finds himself aided in his quest to recover his mission spaceship parts by strange creatures known as Pikmin. Essentially a real time strategy title the player can order these Pikmin (of which there are three different types with different functions and abilities) in groups of up to 100 to collect said parts, as well as other valuable objects, over the course of thirty days. Of course everything is not quite that simple and Olimar will often find himself face to face with carnivorous beasts, which will eat Pikmin for breakfast if given the chance, as well as all manner of environmental puzzles to solve. Featuring a level of charm that only Nintendo seems to be able to deliver Pikmin is amongst the very best strategy games available on any console and should be part of anyone’s collection.