Quick Look: Hey! Pikmin

Yaaaas Pikmin

Hey Packmin

I wish this game was a regular pikmin instead of the sidescroller thing.

Is it just the recording that makes the frame rate look like dog shit?
40 bucks also seems pretty steep for this seemingly run of the mill puzzle platformer. Music is pleasant though.

Seriously, at first I thought there was something wrong with my computer/video player!

@boonsong: i thought the same thing. framerate looks garbage in this video, which is a bummer. the music and normal pikmin charm had me kinda interested in this one too. maybe there's a 3ds vs. new 3ds performance difference.

I had a hard time getting into Pikmin until I forced myself to actually stick with 3 to the end. Turns out it's really awesome!

Man, what is with Nintendo making shitty platformer versions of all their games on 3DS?

Ehhh, I just want another Pikmin RTS.

From what I've played of this game (and I've played tons), no. That's just how the game runs.

@quipido@boonsong @braves01: I'm playing on a new 3DS and the frame rate is good. It doesn't look like this.

@artmaddox: Yes, I should note. I don't have a new 3DS.

That is honestly garbage that it's so badly optimized on the regular 3DS. It's not like it's a looker.

@jeff is mistaken, there is a triple ship in Pikmin 3, also known as PikPlus in some regions. ;)

So this Olimar guy just shows up on random planets and enslaves the indigenous tribesfolk to toil for him?

Seriously. It's an ugly game too. It looks like the worst kind of GBA games.

Did they just propose mini amiibo blind boxes?

It's like they WANT my fiancee to go broke!

Pikminema.

that's that fucker from balloon fight... sensible chuckle.

You sold me on this the minute you mentioned Yoshi Stories. Loved that game when I was a kid.

Having played the demo version of this available on the eShop, seems like a bit of a quick-and-dirty spin-off (developed by Arzest of Yoshi's New Island "fame", no less) without too much depth. None of the open-ended level design of the original games, no resource management, no constraint like a time-limit to keep you on your toes (I still insist that Pikmin 2's greatest flaw was removing the time limit, resulting in a massive collect-a-thon that became increasingly boring over time). It just seems to be mostly going from point A to point B, with every obstacle solved by just throwing pikmin at it.

If you've always been interested in Pikmin, but don't know where to start, AND you happen to have a Wii (or Wii U) lying around then try the "New Play Control!" version of the original Pikmin. It made me a Pikmin convert and includes a bunch of improvements to the original game, including widescreen support and the ability to aim with the wii remote.

I tried the Demo and it runs 100% smooth on my New 3DS, so it just seems like Nintendo couldn't even figure out how to optimize this super simple and honestly pretty bad game for the 3DS.

@mysterysheep: Pikmin 3 is what sold me. Honestly, if you have a Wii U Pikmin is a must-have title. It's definitely more complicated than Pikmin 1 though, so if you're not used to RTS games I'd agree that you should start with 1.

@braves01: Pikmin 3 is definitely solid, and the visual splendor that the HD visuals allowed that game was fantastic. It's what I imagine those games should have always looked like. I'm still a bit of a stickler for the time-pressure of the original game though. Loads of people hated that and felt it was too stressful, which is why I think 2 was so embraced despite it having a bit of a bloated size with very little stakes to the gameplay (and a bunch of randomly-generated, less interesting levels). I appreciate that they tried to tow the line a bit more in 3 by having you collecting fruit and needing to have a food buffer. I felt like it was very easy to have a buffer at all times naturally as you played though.

I dunno, I feel like there was something very singular about the dynamic of the first game. You'd be forced into situations where'd you have to improvise with the resources you had and actively avoid certain enemies in order to make a beeline for necessary ship parts. It was weird mix of lighthearted and dark, with you exploring these natural, calming environments but with the possibility of death looming over you at all times. As refined as 3 is in all other aspects (to the point of maybe being one of the only games I know that has like, what, 5 different control schemes or something?), I still think it misses a pretty fundamental thing that made that first game so unique. Granted, I think I'm probably in the minority though.

EDIT: Also, apologies for being such a lunatic about Pikmin!

I really like pikmin 1 & 3, never played 2, but this game looks very boring.

Boy, that frame rate is pretty terrible, big bummer, since the game doesn't look too hot

Pikmin is one of those rare games that was actually really good with a wii remote. It was like playing with a mouse and being able to click where you wanna throw pikmin. I'm not sure how much i'd enjoy a Switch version with standard controls.

Anyway this game looks kinda boring.

"I know you guys are doing physical labour for me...but I have an issue that needs taking care of"

HitMin, coming 2019? I'd buy it.

Just walking around and the frame rate drops for sustained intervals, wtf. Why did Nintendo let this out the door like that?

Amiibo. Lootboxes.

Preempting 2018's Please Stop?

This conceptually looks like a first or second year regular DS game. It looks like one graphically, too, with that framerate straining to accommodate big hoards of Pikmin.

Looks like this is another letdown like Chibi Robo! Zip Lash.

I own a New 3dsXL and the frame rate is totally fine, fun game with the stress of my job recently its been very nice. :)

holy smokes what an ugly & bad performing game.

game looks alright, but nothing special.

Is the framerate really as terrible as it looks here?