VGEsoterica
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Nintendo always seems to do one of two things...either iterate and improve on their existing and amazing franchises (Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8) or they come out of left field with a game so new and different for them that it almost feels "not Nintendo". (Pikmin, Splatoon, Captain Toad)
On paper Pikmin seems like it shouldn't work. Lead a bunch of different colored plant men around in a world that's oversized and focus on collecting "exotic" items that are just every day things? I mean it sounds interesting but hard to see a lot of gameplay there.
In execution? I feel like only Nintendo could take a concept as simple as the above and turn it into a franchise that's so damn charming, unique, interesting to look at and actually challenging if you really break down the resource management mechanics of it all...and I feel like only Nintendo could take something so charming and simple and turn it into such a unique and addicting game and franchise.
Plus the fact Miyamoto came up with the idea when gardening? Fits the concept perfectly. I can 100% see him probably watching some ants move around and thinking "hmm...there's a game here somewhere"
That's why I love Nintendo. They somehow keep reinventing what they do and how they do it. Suddenly Splatoon 3 takes place in an apocalyptic setting? Bowser and Mario go kaiju big sized? Somehow a company that's been making video games from before I was born keeps managing to make these games that feel so inventive and new.
Really bummed that we didn't get any info from the most recent Nintendo direct though about Pikmin 4. Is that ever coming out? lol
Curious what everyone else's "other" Nintendo games are? or those games like Pikmin 3 that are so different it somehow makes them better? (Play L.O.L on Dreamcast if you like Pikmin. Trust me
On paper Pikmin seems like it shouldn't work. Lead a bunch of different colored plant men around in a world that's oversized and focus on collecting "exotic" items that are just every day things? I mean it sounds interesting but hard to see a lot of gameplay there.
In execution? I feel like only Nintendo could take a concept as simple as the above and turn it into a franchise that's so damn charming, unique, interesting to look at and actually challenging if you really break down the resource management mechanics of it all...and I feel like only Nintendo could take something so charming and simple and turn it into such a unique and addicting game and franchise.
Plus the fact Miyamoto came up with the idea when gardening? Fits the concept perfectly. I can 100% see him probably watching some ants move around and thinking "hmm...there's a game here somewhere"
That's why I love Nintendo. They somehow keep reinventing what they do and how they do it. Suddenly Splatoon 3 takes place in an apocalyptic setting? Bowser and Mario go kaiju big sized? Somehow a company that's been making video games from before I was born keeps managing to make these games that feel so inventive and new.
Really bummed that we didn't get any info from the most recent Nintendo direct though about Pikmin 4. Is that ever coming out? lol
Curious what everyone else's "other" Nintendo games are? or those games like Pikmin 3 that are so different it somehow makes them better? (Play L.O.L on Dreamcast if you like Pikmin. Trust me