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Pikmin 3 |OT| Starvation, Slavery, and Savage Creatures in a Cute, Colorful Package
- Thread starter Aguila
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Agreed. although olaying with my 9 year old daughter we're haloy with gold. Mission mode DLC please Nintendo!
It is a great game for sure. The main campaign is waaay shorter than SMG, though. But there is also Mission and Bingo mode to extend the re-play.
I'm not sure I would compare it to SMG, but Pikmin 3 can stand on its own legs. Very polished and entertaining experience. It is definitely one of the best (if not the best) games Nintendo released recently.
So I bested the final boss and was prompted to save my file with the warning that it would erase previous data. I chose no as I hadn't collected all the fruit. So it isn't like Pikmin 2 where you can go back and finish everything, but more like Wario Land where you are graded by your performance during that run?
But if one does start again, do you have to explore the map again or do you get to keep an image of what you have seen. It would make planning much easier on second playthroughs for more effective performance.
But yeah, that final level. Once you get enough space you can just run keep sending the Olimar carrying Pikmin running around in giant circles, but it sure does start off nerve racking. And it took me a while to realise I was fighting the boss all wrong. Once I realised you were meant to attack his big attacks rather than dodge them it was much easier. I was trying to chip gold sludge off him while waiting for him to do that spin attack.
But if one does start again, do you have to explore the map again or do you get to keep an image of what you have seen. It would make planning much easier on second playthroughs for more effective performance.
But yeah, that final level. Once you get enough space you can just run keep sending the Olimar carrying Pikmin running around in giant circles, but it sure does start off nerve racking. And it took me a while to realise I was fighting the boss all wrong. Once I realised you were meant to attack his big attacks rather than dodge them it was much easier. I was trying to chip gold sludge off him while waiting for him to do that spin attack.
Nocturnowl
Member
If you save the game you can still go back and collect the fruit but you'll have to jump one day back in time to do so and then you can carry on from there, at least that's how I think it goes, that and the final boss will of course have to be beaten again.
Not sure about the answer to the second question.
Not sure about the answer to the second question.
GiantBreadbug
Member
... I can't take this anymore. Waiting until October to play this and W101 is too brutal, I'm honestly debating to buy a cheap Wii U for these two games and then sell it once I get my original console back. This is brutal
The Librarian
Banned
... I can't take this anymore. Waiting until October to play this and W101 is too brutal, I'm honestly debating to buy a cheap Wii U for these two games and then sell it once I get my original console back. This is brutal
Da F is wrong with you, man! Why happened to your original console?!
Linkstrikesback
Member
Keep hitting the eyes and it won't even try to eat your pikmin.
They always get at least a couple ;-;
I believe Pikmin 3 has perfected the time management introduced in the first Pikmin, but the one thing which does annoy me is fighting bosses. Even though you can pick right back up where you left off on the next day, I think time should've been stopped during boss fights. It's not like time never halts throughout the game anyway; there are a few instances where this happens. If you're really getting clobbered and require a new day to regroup, you could still take the option to end the day manually mid-battle.
It's the one scenario where that time pressure feels more frustrating than enjoyable to me. Getting stopped in your tracks when the day ends is real irksome, and moreover it's one situation where you're likely to suddenly lose possession of Pikmin without notice. Things could go very badly, very quickly.
It's the one scenario where that time pressure feels more frustrating than enjoyable to me. Getting stopped in your tracks when the day ends is real irksome, and moreover it's one situation where you're likely to suddenly lose possession of Pikmin without notice. Things could go very badly, very quickly.
papercan55
Member
Big piece of advice for new players, do not rush this game...
if you've already finished it, go back and carry on if you can.
The chatting between the 3 characters get's amazing later on, for me past day 40.
Every time you get the chance, make sure you use the talk option between days.
Most people are going to miss some of the best dialogue nintendo has ever produced.
elizabeth the duck (not the floating rubber duck)
almost made up for the lack of piklopedia for me.
if you've already finished it, go back and carry on if you can.
The chatting between the 3 characters get's amazing later on, for me past day 40.
Every time you get the chance, make sure you use the talk option between days.
Most people are going to miss some of the best dialogue nintendo has ever produced.
elizabeth the duck (not the floating rubber duck)
almost made up for the lack of piklopedia for me.
MAX PAYMENT
Member
Is anywhere in the US doing a midnight release?
No, midnight EST so 9 PM PST.
I KNOW!!!
it's so damn good. even the conversations between just alph and brittany are fantastic
sweeet, thanks
Bingo Battle is the greatest...
My friend and I literally played for 5 hours without realizing where the time went.
Pikmin should be considered a systemseller. It is so perfectly crafted and I love every second I play of it.
Two wishes I have: I wish you could share/save the videos of your missions, and I wish Bingo Battle was online though.
My friend and I literally played for 5 hours without realizing where the time went.
Pikmin should be considered a systemseller. It is so perfectly crafted and I love every second I play of it.
Two wishes I have: I wish you could share/save the videos of your missions, and I wish Bingo Battle was online though.
It's back home, and it's NTSC. Didn't bring any of the consoles because of the amount of luggage I had. I thought I could get it shipped and download the games here (switzerland) but that turned out to be much harder than I thought. So now I either wait until October or, as I said, buy a cheap basic Wii U for this and W101.
What's worse is that I've been seeing Pikmin 3 copies all over the place for over a week, but I can't buy it
.I don't want to throw money just like that, and they are only video games after all. But I really, really want this game, but you probably know that already.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Its been a long time coming but tomorrow Ill have this.
Miyamoto hinted at replay sharing as being a feature he'd like to add at some point.
The hategates you mean
Paging Amir0x...
It's actually weird that we got a game that was hate-free for two weeks! We should celebrate that historic feat.
tch I'm not even gonna be in this here thread.
If things go according to plan, I will do NOTHING except play Pikmin 3 on Sunday and Monday. No GAF bs, just straight up Pikmin 3.
That and take a shit but I could just bring the Pad to the toilet.
CosmicQueso
Member
And that's why off tv play is fantastic, people.
starwarsfan541
Banned
Tomorrow, I get to play Pikmin for the first time, it looks really good.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
I hope this thread is often on the first page as America gets the game.
Although I see a ton of glowing comments, I wish the thread was a bit more active as it once again proves(despite what the naysayers say) that Miyamoto still has it and he's still one of a kind.
I'll have to see if that's true for myself tomorrow or in a few days.
Pikmin's not my favorite series of all time but I think it's definitely one of the most interesting and clever.
Although I see a ton of glowing comments, I wish the thread was a bit more active as it once again proves(despite what the naysayers say) that Miyamoto still has it and he's still one of a kind.
I'll have to see if that's true for myself tomorrow or in a few days.
Pikmin's not my favorite series of all time but I think it's definitely one of the most interesting and clever.
Soren01
Member
I'm interested to see how many people will perceive the first few days as hand holding, because I've had some people say that to me. For the record, I didn't think it was hand holdy at all, but some people here get really uppity about tutorials.
I heard some of those complaints and I really don't get it. The only times I didn't feel like I was figuring things out on my own were for the most basic of basic stuff, in the first half hour or so. The things anyone familiar with the series would know already, but someone new might require a brief explanation of because they aren't versed in the "language" of Pikmin. The game doesn't "ruin" anything for you, in that sense.
Then again, I liked Skyward Sword, so I'm probably not the right person to talk to about hand-holding.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I 30-pieced NPC Pikmin 1 out of over-hype today. Five hours, 20 days. Not a great run, I lost like 400 pikmin like an idiot, but just wanted to get the game in my brain before I played 3 tomorrow. Got super-frustrated by a ton of little mechanical things, most of which are all fixed in Pikmin 3, so I'm pretty thrilled about that.
You know how we were all a little bummed about how the Pikmin group doesn't reshuffle when you throw Pikmin? They just remain still and teleport into your leader's hand? I WISH that was how it was in Pikmin 1, the group reshuffling when I threw Pikmin made them fall off narrow platforms all the time. And getting them to cross any sort of bridge was a nightmare. The tighter packing in Pikmin 3 is gonna be a godsend. I can really tell that they just identified a ton of mechanical pain points from the first games and patched them all up. Gonna feel SOLID aw yissss.
You know how we were all a little bummed about how the Pikmin group doesn't reshuffle when you throw Pikmin? They just remain still and teleport into your leader's hand? I WISH that was how it was in Pikmin 1, the group reshuffling when I threw Pikmin made them fall off narrow platforms all the time. And getting them to cross any sort of bridge was a nightmare. The tighter packing in Pikmin 3 is gonna be a godsend. I can really tell that they just identified a ton of mechanical pain points from the first games and patched them all up. Gonna feel SOLID aw yissss.
Yeah, the teleporting thing has obvious practical value in this game. If they didn't make that allowance, the C-button switching wouldn't work as well. The feature is a godsend.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Oh god..Pikmin 3 will be nagged on this for years..idk if twilight princess style tho. I havent played the damn game yet! Its killin me! lol
Smiles and Cries
Member
Is it up yet? or should I wait for midnight to check
Gaiaknight
Member
30min till the game goes live for everyone!
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Alright lets race and see who will download it the fastest!
Im buying retail
Smiles and Cries
Member
Alright lets race and see who will download it the fastest!Im buying retail
not even sure why I am downloading it the last few games I downloaded from eShop I have not even launched them once
just have not been feeling like playing games
only been touching my EVE online account and ACNL
I have no hype for Pikmin 3 hopefully W101 gets me back into playing Wii U
so tonight I try this out with no hype
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Same here except ive been playing 3DS I really have no pikmin hype either well except for today. The thought of getting it tomorrow is cray.
Ive been debating wether or not to head up to walmart myself, or just wait till morning.
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