Pikmin

A strategy game released by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2001. Captain Olimar, stranded on an unknown planet, commands creatures called Pikmin to recover the parts of his spaceship.

Produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, the game drew on technology from Nintendo's earlier Super Mario 128 demonstration.

Developer

Nintendo EAD

Publisher

Nintendo

Players lead up to 100 Pikmin of different types to recover ship parts within a 30-day limit, each day lasting about thirteen minutes.

Platform

Nintendo GameCube

CPU

IBM PowerPC 'Gekko' 485 MHz

Media

8 cm optical disc (approx. 1.5 GB)

Platform specifications are sourced on the console page.

Japan

26 Oct 2001[1]

North America

3 Dec 2001[1]

Europe

14 Jun 2002[1]

Director

Shigefumi Hino, Masamichi Abe

Producer

Shigeru Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Kimura

Designer

Hiroaki Takenaka

Composer

Hajime Wakai

Credits are limited to what the sources state.

• GAME2000

  Dreamcast

  Jet Set Radio

  ジェット セット ラジオ

  Release

  JP 2000.06.29

  Dev

  Smilebit

  Genre

  Action / Sports

• GAME2001

  PlayStation 2

  Ico

  ICO

  Release

  JP 2001.12.06

  Dev

  Sony Computer Entertainment Japan

  Genre

  Action-adventure

It had sold over one million copies as of March 31, 2002, and HD versions were released for Nintendo Switch in 2023 (English Wikipedia).

Series: Pikmin

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