not only do they make their shown footage look better, but they rarely even show off the best looking stages. they keep those as surprises. it really is something else. it shows how different their game development strategy is to their competitors.
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Pikmin 3 Direct 2013.6.26 - 8 pm Japan Time (12 pm BST, 7 am EDT)
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not only do they make their shown footage look better, but they rarely even show off the best looking stages. they keep those as surprises. it really is something else. it shows how different their game development strategy is to their competitors.
Freezie KO
Banned
The animations for the creatures in Pikmin have always had so much character. Textures shmextures. The animations really matter to create the world of Pikmin, and Nitnendo nails it.
Really, that's kind of sad I loved the feature.
You must of missed it...
Going to add more to it to make it feel like a nintendo arcade/kiosk.
*slowclap*
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
showing real gameplay footage running on actual hardware takes years of experience
I have to admit I've never played Pikmin 1 or 2. Until yesterday I wasn't even hyped for this game. But I watched the Japanese Nintendo Direct and it simply amazed me. This game looks awesome in motion and the whole idea just got to me. I pre-ordered it and can't wait now to play it in a month!
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
So we know white/purple Pikmin are in the game, they're in all the art and we've seen footage of them. There was a purple Pikmin in the lastest video, even. But what I'm starting to doubt is their inclusion in the campaign proper.
We've got five clear spaces for Pikmin to show up in these menus, and really no space for another two to be inserted. I also saw a white flower for making white Pikmin in the Nintendo Direct, but it was only in the challenge mode footage. The purple Pikmin was also challenge mode footage. I'm thinking that red/yellow/blue/rock/winged will be the canonical five in the campaign, but certain challenge mode levels will have the white/purple flowers that let you use the other dudes.
We've got five clear spaces for Pikmin to show up in these menus, and really no space for another two to be inserted. I also saw a white flower for making white Pikmin in the Nintendo Direct, but it was only in the challenge mode footage. The purple Pikmin was also challenge mode footage. I'm thinking that red/yellow/blue/rock/winged will be the canonical five in the campaign, but certain challenge mode levels will have the white/purple flowers that let you use the other dudes.
StreetsAhead
Member
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I'll be really disappointed if Purples and Whites are locked off to the challenge/multiplayer mode. Seems really likely now too.
It's POSSIBLE that if there are still caves from time to time, you could make whites/purples in there, but maybe they can't actually exit the cave with you. But yeah at the very least it's lookin unlikely that you'll be storing any of them in your onion.
[Edit] There are whites and purples at the end of this old Nintendo Direct, but the little mini-ship means it's also challenge mode. So... yeah, lookin pretty cut and dry here.
my hype for this has really skyrocketed in the last month or so
For a brief while I was even considering canceling my pre-order, but at this point I CAN'T WAIT.
That's interesting... not gonna lie, lack of white pikmin in the story mode is a bit disappointing, but purple and rock pikmin seemed a bit redundant anyway.
For a brief while I was even considering canceling my pre-order, but at this point I CAN'T WAIT.
That's interesting... not gonna lie, lack of white pikmin in the story mode is a bit disappointing, but purple and rock pikmin seemed a bit redundant anyway.
I'll be really disappointed if Purples and Whites are locked off to the challenge/multiplayer mode. Seems really likely now too.
Maybe they are saved for post game content as well? Seems really weird that they just leave them out like that.
Do rock pikmin have the strength of 10 pikmin like the purples do? I honestly don't know
Outtrigger888
Member
Now it just needs some blue led around the edges. Need to recut holes for cords, thats why theres a book underneath the console.
Also..
New, great, footage of Pikmin 3.
http://nintendoeverything.com/126819/more-pikmin-3-footage/
Looked into it, and doesn't appear to be the case. Not entirely redundant, then!
Outtrigger888
Member
Thanks. You cant tell from the picture, but the paint job is a little crappy thanks to cheap spray paint. Good enough.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
Rock Pikmin seem pretty unique in general. Their big thing is just that they are "hard." It translates more to defense than anything. Can't be skewered by enemy spikes, can't be squashed by frogs. Break fragile things when thrown against them. Can't actually latch on to enemies to repeatedly hit them, they just bounce off and run up again to crash themselves against them.
Purple guys have heaviness, doing huge damage when they land on an enemy and stunning them, and they can carry 10x as much. I thought they'd be really similar to rock dudes at first but they don't seem to actually share much of anything. I wish they were included in the campaign, though, and tweaked a bit like how the yellow guys gained the electricity trait in 2. Maybe a tweak for the whites as well, since "do a lot of damage if eaten" is a pretty tragic skill.
That's not always true.
I'll never forget how hyped I was and the taste of disappointment. First time I was thoroughly disappointed with a Nintendo title.
chertipros
Member
I'm holding out hope. I remember the graphical improvements for games like Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land from E3 to release were staggering. Kid Icarus Uprisings jump was big too, but that was like 2 extra years of dev time.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
It's nice to see Pikmin 3 looking much better right before release. I have to say though, does this game just look like a much larger version of Pikmin 1, with elements of 2 (multiple trainers, dungeon like sections, etc.)? That's generally what I wanted from Pikmin 2, so I'd like that.
I really wonder whether they will market this a lot or not. Clearly they've started their Japanese marketing campaign. I do hope they do that in the US/Europe as well, as Pikmin 3 will be a nice contrast from the large amount of platformers the Wii U is getting.
I really wonder whether they will market this a lot or not. Clearly they've started their Japanese marketing campaign. I do hope they do that in the US/Europe as well, as Pikmin 3 will be a nice contrast from the large amount of platformers the Wii U is getting.
Freezie KO
Banned
Tathanen said:
I don't mind if the main game only has 5 pikmin types, but I will miss throwing a purple pikmin on top of a bulborb and having it deflate like a balloon.
Maybe fruits/treasure will be buried further underwater, so only blue pikmin can grab it.
To get fruits/items undersea? To fight enemies at sea? Passing over a body of water was not the Blue Pikmin's only advantage.
I am pretty sure Purple/White are still in.
They are, but it's looking incredibly likely that they will only be available in challenge/multiplayer modes and not the actual single player game.
Yes, and I just want to take this opportunity to say I think it's hilarious that rock pikmin attack enemies by tackling them, lol
They are, but it's looking incredibly likely that they will only be available in challenge/multiplayer modes and not the actual single player game.
Oh yeah didn't really think about that. Who knows. If they are only available through caves again maybe there will be some caves in multiplayer.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
If they do caves this time, I would hope they aren't randomly generated. I'd prefer carefully hand-crafted levels instead.
Moving through water was their only advantage. Though I guess you might be right about combat if pink Pikmin are even worse.
If they have underwater items just to make blue Pikmin useful it'll be kind of lame, honestly.
Well yeah moving through the water was their only ability through that ability they had multiple advantages.
Indeed, it does.
E3 2012:
June 2013:
while it is improved, it is a slightly misleading comparison, the old graphics were not that dark. Looks like you grabbed a still from while it was still fading in. It was still pretty dark though. Looks like most of the big picture improvement has been boosting saturation and brightness in general.
abstract alien
Member
So long as the mods allow it and people with no interest in the game to begin with keep drive by posting, it will happen. At least for the first few pages of the thread. They will fade off though.
Freezie KO
Banned
It'll happen, but hopefully people are enjoying the game and discussing it enough to drown out JordanN.
For me, the worst part about the OT will be the week of waiting before America gets the game while Europe already has it.
abstract alien
Member
Who exactly is in charge of these things? I want to curse NoA, but they can't just be saying, "Ah, one week later!" (or double in the case on W101) can they? I just don't really get it. Ignorance on my part, most likely.
Freezie KO
Banned
I would assume it's an NoA decision (especially since we know who their new CEO is), but I don't know. The wait for Pikmin hurts most because of my anticipation, but the extended W101 delay is just salt in the wound.
Whoever it is, it's probably the same jerk that's holding Kirby's Dreamland 2 hostage while the game has been out on VC in Europe and Japan for almost a year.
Very bummed. For a game like Pikmin, my only chance of playing multiplayer would've been an online mode. I won't be able to even give it a try now.
StreetsAhead
Member
I used the start of this video for the comparison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxWIvaD2XQI
It doesn't appear to get any brighter to me. Sure, the end does, but that's a different time of day.
Can't wait for the Mario and Luigi Dream Team OT, where we have to wait a month while the rest of the world already has it. Or the W101 OT. Or the Bravely Default OT. Or the Layton 6 OT. Or the Flipnote 3D OT. Or the
StreetsAhead
Member
You'll have LoZ 3DS & DKTF before Japan and Pokemon at the same time, though.
That's a plus, right?
Sure! Simultaneous Pokemon is a wonderful thing, I hope it's the start of a trend; but I'm not all that excited for Zelda tbh. It's really odd that Japan is getting Zelda in 2014, but with a holiday consisting of Pokemon and Monster Hunter it's probably for the better, it would get eaten alive
Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze is 2014 in Japan too? That's especially odd if that's the case, had no idea. Huh.
Probably old, but I haven't seen the trailer at Nintendos site before:
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/5NLPKm0PujJNXboKgTR5hd_fB5igNwEJ
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/5NLPKm0PujJNXboKgTR5hd_fB5igNwEJ
lol who put some Star Wars dog fights in my Pikmin? ePik!
Is it only me who finds the graphics much sharper than Xbox 360/PS3? (I know I know they're 7 years old machines but still)
ArchedThunder
Banned
Is there a version of this direct with english subtitles?