mobbles1

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).

After hearing much praise for the game i finally got to playing it on my game cube to find that in reality this game is quite mediocre (not bad just mediocre). the gameplay can be very fun at times but most of the time it is a slog and not very enjoyable (essentially every level that isnt sonic), the tails and knuckles gameplay is not fun in the slightest. the overall presentation is pretty poor also, a lot of the time characters talk over each other and quite often at the same time the music is too loud to hear them anyway. thankfully the sonic levels are very fun and fast paced and not to mention some very memorable music tracks which definitely makes it worth the price of admission on it's own.