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Kotaku: Pikmin 3 (Wii U) at E3 2012 confirmed
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StreetsAhead
Member
Pikmin 3 ... it's been 10(?) years, but finally we have confirmation it'll be seen in public. Cannot wait.
Hero of Legend
Member
8, Pikmin 2 came out in 2004 IIRC.
StreetsAhead
Member
Never got around to Pikmin 2 (shameful, I know), but I loved the first one. Was too busy beating Star Fox Adventures and Beyond Good and Evil.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
1. OMFG I'M SO EXCITED!
2. Pikmin 1>Pikmin 2
3. I can't see MamaRobotnik's gif and feel left out.
4. There is no way Pikmin 3 will live up to how much I am hyping it
5. OMFG I'M SO EXCITED!
Lol, oh god..
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Surrealistic environs, and Claymation characters plz.
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
Olimario must be jizzing in his pants.
I'm getting all nostalgic for GCN. If F-Zero and a new Metroid Prime game are revealed, I'll shit my pants. Plus, NEW Legend of Zelda.
I'm getting all nostalgic for GCN. If F-Zero and a new Metroid Prime game are revealed, I'll shit my pants. Plus, NEW Legend of Zelda.
crisdecuba
Member
This is exactly how I feel. Hell, even if it's launch "window" (i.e. by Christmas), I'll get the system on day 1.
Hero of Legend
Member
I'm also fucking glad that we're getting a real in-house sequel to an old favorite, which is too rare.
Yoshi's Island DS (by Artoon) being a sad one, obviously DKCR wouldn't have been by Rare so that's fine, plus Retro's awesome.
Luigi's Mansion 2 is by Next Level, so I'm very skeptical.
To me Kirby's Return to Dreamland is essentially Kirby 64 2, or Kirby's Dreamland 5 (64 being 4), and that's by HAL, and it's awesome.
Pilotwings Resort isn't really a Pilotwings, it's Wii Sports Resort with the name pasted on it, but Monster did the grunt work, actually it's better this way than in-house as it shows Monster is still close to Nintendo.
See where I'm going? I'm positive the original team will be behind Pikmin 3, no way they're going to pop up and say "Guess what, our 3rd-party partner _____ is behind this!" Wouldn't make sense who on Earth would they even pick? Just don't.
Yoshi's Island DS (by Artoon) being a sad one, obviously DKCR wouldn't have been by Rare so that's fine, plus Retro's awesome.
Luigi's Mansion 2 is by Next Level, so I'm very skeptical.
To me Kirby's Return to Dreamland is essentially Kirby 64 2, or Kirby's Dreamland 5 (64 being 4), and that's by HAL, and it's awesome.
Pilotwings Resort isn't really a Pilotwings, it's Wii Sports Resort with the name pasted on it, but Monster did the grunt work, actually it's better this way than in-house as it shows Monster is still close to Nintendo.
See where I'm going? I'm positive the original team will be behind Pikmin 3, no way they're going to pop up and say "Guess what, our 3rd-party partner _____ is behind this!" Wouldn't make sense who on Earth would they even pick? Just don't.
CrunchyFrog
Member
BELIEVE!
Kinda OT, but does anyone have links to hi-res/raw images of all these "real life" Pikmin marketing stills?
invaderzim69
Member
Yes. I felt that Pikmin 1 is better than Pikmin 2, but not by much. You should still play it to see the other new pikmins. Awesome little guys!!! I always tried to make sure they didn't die.
Do you mean the New Play version of Pikmin 2? Was that not released in the US?
Quicksilver4648
Member
Did you guys just hear that?
It was the sound of many Wii U doubters just performing a sudden 180 and are now trying to fund a Day 1 purchase.
It was the sound of many Wii U doubters just performing a sudden 180 and are now trying to fund a Day 1 purchase.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
I can't wait XD
If this has a reasonable chance of being a launch title, my day one Wii U purchase has been secured. I'll even camp out and livestream it on GAF!
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU
Also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfiAsWR4qU
StreetsAhead
Member
Just looked at the Pikmin Puzzle on the 3DS again. Good lord, the final game will (hopefully?) look even better than that? 49 days...
Chet Rippo
Member
So do I. I wish I bought it at the time...
But I love the first Pikmin, so I'm looking forward to Pikmin 3.
I'm also fucking glad that we're getting a real in-house sequel to an old favorite, which is too rare.
Yoshi's Island DS (by Artoon) being a sad one, obviously DKCR wouldn't have been by Rare so that's fine, plus Retro's awesome.
What? It was a solid game. That prize goes to Yoshi Topsy Turvy, which was awful.
Fixed that for you
soxinthebox
Member
Didn't really enjoy the previous 2 :/
Will be interesting to see what they do regardless.
Will be interesting to see what they do regardless.
Fixed that for you
But I already checked the box ;(
Pseudo_Sam
Survives without air, food, or water
I would pay good money for tiny posable Pikmin. Just scatter em all over the place.
Will real Pikmin come along and think that they are treasure?
Believest!
Even if it would look like that some people would claim that WiiU is weaker than PS360.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
walking fiend
Member
Wii U is going to be so day 1.
Bring the fucking E3 on!!
Bring the fucking E3 on!!
Actually, I think pikmin will be so good with photorealism; grass, soil, earth, flowers are already quite beautiful in their original form; I mean, nature is most beautiful by itself!
I'm in camp photo-realism. Pikmin has the added benefit of not having human beings in it. The big Achilles heel of realistic games are people. If it's all close-up nature shots with simplistic little ant creatures it should look phenomenal.
My new wallpaper, thank you!
My new wallpaper, thank you!
Gahiggidy
My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
A challenge with a photo realistic Pikmin, I think, would be the ground geometry. Where as on Gamecube you could get away with mostly flat, yet excellently textured, surfaces, that same strategy would look not so great in HD textures. Real world nature is very, very rough.. which I don't think any hardware can handle up close. Plus, you kinda need flatish surfaces to design the game play around.
Gianni Merryman
Member
To be fair I don't like the pits that much and that's a big downside, and although I like very much Pikmin 2 I haven't finished yet 100% because of that.
Pikmin 2 is bigger and has more variety than the original game, on the other hand Pikmin was short but perfect overall.