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is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2001. It was created and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, and is the first game in the Pikmin series. The player controls Captain Olimar, an astronaut who crash-lands on a mysterious planet. Olimar befriends creatures he calls "pikmin", and utilizes their abilities to collect the missing parts of his spaceship he lost during the crash. The player has 30 days to recover the pieces and repair the ship.
The game was both a critical and commercial success. The game has spawned two sequels, Pikmin 2 (2004) for the GameCube and Pikmin 3 (2013) for the Wii U. In 2009, Pikmin was re-released for the Wii as part of the New Play Control! series.
is a real-time strategy video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto with being developed and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin, which are used to collect items, destroy obstacles, and fight giant monsters.
The series currently features three entries. Pikmin and Pikmin 2 were both released for the GameCube and later ported to the Wii as New Play Control! titles and Pikmin 2 as a " Nintendo Selects" game. A third installment, Pikmin 3, was released for Wii U. A fourth title in the series was confirmed to be in development by Miyamoto in 2015.
Pikmin may refer to:
- The Pikmin series of video games
- Pikmin is the name of the first video game in the Pikmin series
- Pikmin 2 is the name of the second video game in the Pikmin series
- Pikmin 3 is the name of the third video game in the Pikmin series
- Bacopa Cabana, known in English as the pikmin flower