Hey! Pikmin’s simple stylus-driven action might be a turnoff for hardcore Pikmin fans. We played this 2D side-scroller at an event in New York and it feels aimed at getting a younger audience in touch ...

Translating a 3D series into a 2D puzzle-platformer is a big risk, and it’s easy to imagine the result feeling like a watered-down spinoff at best. Yet Hey! Pikmin is anything but diluted. It’s out ...

Hey! Pikmin centers around the continuing misadventures of Captain Olimar, as he once again finds himself crash-landed on a mysterious planet. The crippled S.S. Dolphin II needs a resource called ...

Hey! Pikmin is one of two titles launching alongside the New Nintendo 2DS XL this summer, but it may take Pikmin fans by surprise. Although it has many of the series hallmarks — Captain Olimar ...

Poor Olimar. The unlucky captain of the S.S. Dolphin once more finds himself marooned on a planet overrun with dangerous beasts and oddly helpful multicolored plant men. Nintendo has also changed ...

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While the puzzle-platformer was without a proper name for most of its known existence, it was given its title as of the latest Nintendo Direct. Knowledge of Arzest’s involvement came from the game’s ...

Justin Skiles is a writer from Richmond, VA,and is a lifelong lover of games and stories. He holds a BFA in Game Design and Creative Writing from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he honed ...

There's no question that taking a three-dimensional title and transforming it into a 2D side-scroller is a risky venture, especially when the original property is as realtime strategy-driven as Pikmin ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Poor Captain Olimar can’t catch a break. Seemingly on the same planet as before, the protagonist of the Pikmin series has lost his way yet again in ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. This week sees the release of the first Pikmin game for 3DS, Hey Pikmin. Unlike previous entries in the series, however, Hey Pikmin is not a real-time ...