I'm not doubting that there are Pikmin fans, but how many would genuinely be upset if Olimar wasn't in the new Smash? Or how many would buy a console for a Pikmin game? Heck, how many people are willing to click on this thread because it has Pikmin on the title? Pikmin as franchise is a paradox: they're real-time strategy games, but they're sold on console; it presents itself as a cutesy and cartoony game for kids, but it is hard and demanding from its player and it guilt-trips you for the horric stuff it happens within the cutesy facade. This is one IP quite hard to wrap your head around.
I think Pikmin's charm and appeal lies on how it basically refuses to be categorized by anything, it's a collection of ideas somewhat done before, yet it's unique. It's a "niche" game in its most pure form (it's one of the IPs created by Miyamoto, a game that prioritizes fun), a genre of games that, in recent years, if it fails to sell it gets canned forever.
But sadly, in recent years, there are only two ways you can look at it: Pikmin is either a franchise that gives people hope for the AAA market as games like it, Grow Up, and others show that they still think about the niche market... OR Pikmin is something Nintendo is doomed to waste money, time, effort to desperately to catch on, that not only doesn't sell their systems, but alienates its installbase and serves to highlight lack of quality control among that company.
You may be confused by the latter argument so let me tell you this: Pikmin 3 was hinted at by Miyamoto back in 2007, people wouldn't hear about it again until 2011 as they confirmed it was moved to the Wii U and that it existed, and in the Iwata Asks segments, somehow they failed to bring this game up. Here's the theory that's been circulating around Miyamoto keeps bluffing to the news sites that they are making the game, and the investors have no option but to let it happen, because with Pikmin 3 only recently reaching 1 Million copies sold and Shigsy saying there are more games on the way, there is definitely something fishy going on there, how is there with many GameCube classics, Pikmin is getting all of this "love"?
Yeah, the future ain't looking good for it, regardless of NX's performance, Pikmin's days might counted. What do you think? Is Pikmin worthy of being a AAA franchise or a complete waste of time, effort and resources that could go into something else?
I think Pikmin's charm and appeal lies on how it basically refuses to be categorized by anything, it's a collection of ideas somewhat done before, yet it's unique. It's a "niche" game in its most pure form (it's one of the IPs created by Miyamoto, a game that prioritizes fun), a genre of games that, in recent years, if it fails to sell it gets canned forever.
But sadly, in recent years, there are only two ways you can look at it: Pikmin is either a franchise that gives people hope for the AAA market as games like it, Grow Up, and others show that they still think about the niche market... OR Pikmin is something Nintendo is doomed to waste money, time, effort to desperately to catch on, that not only doesn't sell their systems, but alienates its installbase and serves to highlight lack of quality control among that company.
You may be confused by the latter argument so let me tell you this: Pikmin 3 was hinted at by Miyamoto back in 2007, people wouldn't hear about it again until 2011 as they confirmed it was moved to the Wii U and that it existed, and in the Iwata Asks segments, somehow they failed to bring this game up. Here's the theory that's been circulating around Miyamoto keeps bluffing to the news sites that they are making the game, and the investors have no option but to let it happen, because with Pikmin 3 only recently reaching 1 Million copies sold and Shigsy saying there are more games on the way, there is definitely something fishy going on there, how is there with many GameCube classics, Pikmin is getting all of this "love"?
Yeah, the future ain't looking good for it, regardless of NX's performance, Pikmin's days might counted. What do you think? Is Pikmin worthy of being a AAA franchise or a complete waste of time, effort and resources that could go into something else?
