《皮克敏》系列上线 25 周年前瞻：一文回顾从初代到《皮克敏 4》的系列历程
In a week, the Pikmin series turns 25. Here's a Purple Pikmin-sized tribute to the series.
《皮克敏》系列将在下周迎来 25 周年。初代 2001 年在日本发售，玩家指挥 100 只皮克敏收集飞船零件；《皮克敏 2》2004 年发售，取消 30 天时限并支持双人合作；《皮克敏 3》登陆 WiiU 与 Switch，而《皮克敏 4》加入 Oatchi 并带动系列热度，其强化版下月推出。
2001 was a different time for Nintendo. PS2 was doing great, Dreamcast died and XBox was shrouded in mystery. But amongst all the clamour of the new generation, one tiny launch window game came out in Japan nearly 25 years ago. For the approval of the Era society, I present Pikmin.
A gem of a title where you control an army of 100 to collect rocket parts of your crashed ship to get back home. It was an RTS that got overshadowed at the time by Melee and by the shocking (at the time) changes to Nintendo's two main franchises. But those who stuck with Miyamoto's new child found a lovely rewarding game... that can make you feel for every mistake you made.
Pikmin 2 followed in 2004. Featuring co-oprative play as you and your coworker Louie scavenge the Pikmin homeworld for treasure to pay back your companies debt. Filled with dungeons to explore and the removal of the originals 30 day time limit, this is a fan favourite. It even had small e-reader minigames in the Japanese version. But it also came at a time when the image of Nintendo was more "kiddy" to use period accurate terminology, so it was a cult classic.
Rerelases came and went for Wii with various changes to controls and sometimes branding changes (in 2, the treasures are brands from our world like Duracell and Vlassic pickles.) We'd have to wait a bit for Pikmin 3.
Harkenning back to the first one a bit more is WiiU's Pikmin 3. It was seen as the best of the series to date... but it was on the WiiU so nobody noticed untill the Switch ver. In it, a group of 3 explores must find enough fruit to bring back to their homeworld to avoid starvation. It had a challenge mode that was beloved by many. But this is where things go a bit strange.
Photo apps and short were made, as were apperances in NintendoLand and SmashBros. But it wouldn't be untill 10 years later after ports on Switch that we got 4.
Featuring a return to 2's style and the debut of helper dog Oatchi, this is where the series got it's big boost. So much so that a upgraded version comes out next month. Dandori is love, Dandori is life.
So yeah, the series is 25 in a week's time. I guess it needed time to go from leaf to bud to flower, as the series now has lot of merch and even appeared in a movie before Wario did. (Maybe i'll talk about him some day.) Happy early 25th!
hey pikmin is meh at best. But not compete garbo. There, I said it.
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