Talk:Pikmin

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The last section of the page labeled 'Pikmin' is pretty poorly written. I would edit it, but I'm unsure as to what the author was intending (also, I'm unfamiliar with Pikmin 2). There are numerous misspellings which should have been caught, and numerous other misused homonyms. The rest of the page looks quite good however. (6/6/05)

Someone Wikilinked waaaay too many random words. Would it be okay to break most of these links? 198.178.132.253 (talk) 22:58, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Pikmin 3
Stop putting Pikmin 3 in the See Also section. There isn't an article on it, so there's not point in putting a link to it. The Ðark Crusader 03:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC) Pikmin 3 has been confirmed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.169.76.145 (talk) 14:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Pikmin 3 has mixed feelings about how confirmed it is, and I don't think there are enough citeable sources to actually form an "upcoming release" style article on it. That said, it doesn't make sense to link to "Pikmin 3" (as the text for the link) and actually take the user to a section on the series. It makes sense for that to not be a link unless there's a devoted page to it. 75.87.177.37 (talk) 22:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Louie
I think because the description is here, Louie shoould redirect here rather than to the Pikmin 2 page. Also, pictures should be added next to thier descriptions.

Fair use rationale for Image:Pikmin-2-2.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:55, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Why were Captain Olimar's and Pikmin's pages deleted?
I think that Captain Olimar and Pikmin have a lot to do in the series and should not be taken out. And since they now have an appearence in Brawl, they're popularity will just increase. Don't say they are insignificant, they're important. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.181.178 (talk) 21:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Nothing can be done, I'm afraid. There aren't enough fans of Pikmin to rescue any article but the games. After all, it takes quite a bit of time to hunt down citations, and it takes approximately 20 seconds to kill an article.

Oops, wasn't signed in.

Kirby-oh (talk) 02:09, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The core of the info is here, and I'm willing to resurrect the Olimar page if there's enough info to put on it. Honestly, though, this article needs to be kept under control first. I had to do major work on it to get it to this point. Coreycubed (talk) 14:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Red Pikmin OF.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Distant Planet
Um yeah if you don't remember, there was no name for the Planet that Olimar crash landed on, so the name "Distant Planet" for the SSBB stage makes sense, since the planet was distant. So we have to get rid of the speculation about the level and it being apart of Pikmin 3Onepiece226 (talk) 20:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Onepiece226

Merger of Captain Olimar
The article violates WP:NOT in its first two sections, violates WP:NOT in the next section, then PLOT again, two sentences that are probably okay, unsourced WP:TRIVIA, and finally a section that may be okay again. An appropriate summary of the character can already be found in the series article. To support the character article, it needs content like a creation&conception section, a sourced characteristics section and a reception section from reliable sources. Interested editors are encouraged to add such content to ultimately keep the article, or the article will be merged/redirected back to the series article. Volunteers? – sgeureka t•c 07:28, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Snapshots
Please consider adding this gallery as a list of relevant photos about Pikimin and Captain Olimar RyanTMulligan (talk) 16:19, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Pikmin 3
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/16/liveblog-from-nintendos-2008-e3-developer-roundtable/

"7:38 In response to a question about whether or not a new Pikmin is in the works, Miyamoto says he'll announced the new game when he's ready. Apparently he's ready now. "We're making Pikmin," the translator says. OMG MEGATONZ! Huge applause from the audience."

However, please be sure to not create an article for it - we know nothing of it thus far, so we shouldn't need an article. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Pokemon
what is pikmin? don't you mean pokemon? 76.212.7.40 (talk) 23:39, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you have questions about the content of the article, read it. The article is very explanatory. Bovineboy2008 (talk) 23:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Read the article, but if your to lazy to do it then pikmin is a video game —Preceding unsigned comment added by Voltageman78 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Good Work
This is good work.(Wikieditor626 (talk) 23:18, 17 January 2009 (UTC))

i second that, great job--Bazil4385 (talk) 16:43, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

I third that and stuff —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.179.26.161 (talk) 17:08, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Pikmin 3 Details
Myamoto said "I certainly don't think, we've seen the last of Pikmin" couldn't he have been hinting Captain Olimar in Super Smash Bros. Brawl or New Play Control! Pikmin/Pikmin 2? 99.241.163.57 (talk) 20:20, 2 August 2009 (UTC) Somedbody add teh GDC bit. miyamato himself confirmed Pikmin 3 at Game developers conference, and it should definitely be added —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.171.1.45 (talk) 04:42, 20 April 2010 (UTC)

Genre?
Pikmin is not what I would think of when I hear the phrase real-time strategy. RTS suggests controlling an army base and trying to capture other army bases, not a big-nosed alien wandering around using a bunch of anthropomorphic vegetables to solve puzzles. Can't think what else you would call it, mind. Maybe an adventure game with strategy and puzzle elements? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.13.2 (talk) 00:51, 21 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Just because a game doesn't match the visual style of others in its genre doesn't mean it's not within that genre itself; by that reasoning I could say "when I think of online shooters I don't think of squid people spitting non-lethal ink at each other and swimming through it." Pikmin does involve building and controlling an army, securing resources, protecting your base, and taking advantage of your units' specializations, all in real time and within a time limit, as with any other RTS. Therefore, it belongs within the RTS genre. 2601:4A:4000:720:1439:BE6:4F99:FF17 (talk) 16:08, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

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Pikmin 4 - E3 2017 Update
Just a brief update from Miyamoto from E3 2017 regarding Pikmin 4. Nothing particularly new to report though. -AnonWikiEditor (talk) 20:17, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

Hey Pikmin
Why doesn't "Hey Pikmin" have an article? I tried creating one but my edit got reverted with no explanation. What gives? --47.41.8.219 (talk) 01:02, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Case for name change to Pikmin
Should this article's name be changed to "Pikmin" and the existing page called "Pikmin" be renamed to "Pikmin (video game)"? Reasons for would be consistency reasons based on other Nintendo series articles and because typically "Pikmin" refers to not the first game but the series both officially and by the consumer base. ~ P*h3i   (talk to me)  04:35, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 10 December 2019

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: Consensus to move. (closed by non-admin page mover)  SITH   (talk)   10:36, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

– There are 4 Pikmin games and a possible 5th on the way, making it unlikely that the original Pikmin is the primary topic. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 10:16, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Pikmin (series) → Pikmin
 * Pikmin → Pikmin (video game)
 * Support, even if just to get rid of the bad disambiguation "series". --Gonnym (talk) 17:12, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Only under exceptional circumstances is a single game primary over its series (in essence, the sum is almost always greater than its parts). Also, yes, the (series) disambiguator should be deprecated outright. -- Netoholic @ 18:58, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Support per nom and WP:COMMONSENSE. Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 3 seem to be notable enough to not make the first game a primary topic |Pikmin|Pikmin_2|Pikmin_3. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 21:50, 11 December 2019 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Pikmin Descriptions
It seems redundant to have in depth descriptions of each pikmin type in both the gameplay and the plot section. It would be better to only include these descriptions in one of the two sections. Bagel82 (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2024 (UTC)