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Pikmin 3 Review Thread [UP2: All reviews are live]
- Thread starter TheRedSnifit
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UK pre-order.
Thin penis on a balloon.
I'm trying my hardest to see, can't.
100% already? Damn
EightBitNate
Member
I can see it if I only look at the Pikmin part
100% already? Damn
All star coins and all secret exits
Brilliant game. 100% Nintendo quality.
Arc Christelle
Member
I love Pikmin. It taught me the glory of violence.
Gang Violence
37 out of 40...
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
37/40 from famitsu? Oh wow Nintendo cheaping out.
Reallink
Member
Famitsu 37 out of 40...which is probably equivalent to a 7 or 8 from other outlets.
You do not predict actual scores based on famitsu rating...
Famitsu's score is worthless. It isn't equivalent to anything.
Moz La Punk
Member
Edit: no
Man the embargo here is still some way off. Cant say shit. Ill keep in touch with you folks when the time is there
Could you post a GIF that resembles your experience in a abstract way?
shira
Member
Dose money hats are expensive. I guess the Wii U isn't printing enough money.
3 buckets of water out of 6 tanks of gasoline
Could you post a GIF that resembles your experience in a abstract way?
For Pikmin fans this game will be
But yeah, really strange embargo since Japanese people are already playing it. :/
I know right? These days anything less than a 39 spells trouble.
It's really not that bad.
It has a flow of tutorial -> free exploration -> tutorial -> more freedom. I played about 2 hours today and have no problems with the pacing.
Plus, it's been like 10 years, with a new control scheme too, so I think it's more than fine. Besides, everything is so charming...
Mad Bowser
Banned
37/40 according to Famitsu is "okay"
It was always this way, just everyone else was too. Other and new outlets have gotten better, but Famitsu has stayed the same.
Vampirolol
Member
I like you
Uhh nope, it was when nintendogs got a very high score that it slowly began to lost its credibility.
I am Michael Bolton
Banned
Yep. Nintendo game it is. I'll be avoiding it due to the hand holding that has become like a virus in their recent releases.
Yoshi
Headmaster of Console Warrior Jugendstrafanstalt
What are you talking about? Pikmin 3 absolutely is not handholding, you have a huge amount of freedom and there are nearly no tutorials. Everything there is are some yellow cards you may pick up or may not pick up which give you small hints.
I certainly don't trust Famitsu scores, but I don't know why people always latch onto Nintendogs as some sort of proof that their reviews are bunk. I tried it and didn't care for it that much, but it was a pretty damn unique product at the time and it accomplished what it set out to do very well.
It's okay man, let him believe what he wants.
SporeCrawler
Member
well w101 is comming out very soon after that.. also there is little king story on wii which is a very similar game.
I am Michael Bolton
Banned
Nintendo needs to stop with the tutorial bullshit being required. Let those of us who don't want to go through tutorials the option to avoid it. Tutorials and hand holding were one of the key aspects that ruined skyward sword.
Nintendogs got a perfect score. I like the game, it was unique for its time, it was new. I get that, but not a perfect score, not by a long shot.
Also, I'm not using it as proof, i'm saying Famitsu's reputation fallout happened starting with Nintendogs.
SporeCrawler
Member
Famitsus reputation fallout happened with them handing out 40s like candy (which started 2008 not 2005)
DashReindeer
Lead Community Manager, Outpost Games
I honestly don't know to what you are referring with regards to this game, though. The tutorials come in the form of data entries that are optional to collect, are easier enough to skip even if you do collect them, and are simple and straightforward enough not to get in the way.
Mostly this game seems like classic Nintendo design at its finest, teaching you the mechanics of the game by focusing your attention on specific concepts and then letting you experiment on your own.
Are there some other kind of tutorials that I didn't notice? If so, they couldn't really be too intrusive or handholdy, right?
It started with Nintendogs,that's when suspicion of their credibility was discussed. The 40 diarrhea may have started a bit later, but in 2008 Famitsu was already a bit on the meh side.
You're right, I didn't mean to say "proof" but rather "evidence". I just think it's such an odd choice to single out Nintendogs (and I know many people do). So it got a perfect score... I dunno, how do you judge a game like that, anyway? It was polished and significantly better than almost anything else like it so I don't see any objective reason why it shouldn't have received very high marks. Obviously there were ways in which it could've been better, but that's true for everything. If the purpose of a review is to recommend something to a reader, and the reader of a Nintendogs review is someone who's interested in a game like that in 2005, seems to me it would be worthy of the highest possible recommendation.
Sammy Samusu
Member
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Nintendo please make tutorials and hand holding optional! It destroyed Skyward Sword. Fi destroys Navi in terms of annoyance.
Pseudo_Sam
Survives without air, food, or water
It's odd because Pikmin is not exactly a straightforward game for newcomers. Some tutorial-ing is going to be necessary with any RTS.