How Pikmin Bloomed Back Into Relevancy
<h1>What is Pikmin?</h1>
<p>For those unaware, which is no doubt quite a few, Pikmin is the criminally underappreciated game series by Nintendo. It originated on the Gamecube back in 2001, with a sequel three years later in 2004. Pikmin is a cozy, yet intense strategy game where the player has hundreds of little creatures called Pikmin under their command. The player uses these Pikmin to complete tasks and fend off enemies. The games are adored for their slight challenge and <a href="https://www.trillmag.com/entertainment/gaming/the-powerful-popularity-of-farming-games/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">cute and comfy atmosphere. </a>Pikmin 1 was well received, though its home console held it back from selling well.</p>
<p><img alt="The Pikmin 4 captain flinging her squad of Pikmin at an attacking Bulborb." src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:875/0*-6DtJ2XKOAOIexvh.jpg" style="height:395px; width:700px" /></p>
<p>Image Credit: Nintendo</p>
<h1>Small world, Smaller Sales.</h1>
<p>The Nintendo Gamecube was not a very popular console in its prime. While well-liked today, at the time, the Gamecube was an unpopular option, especially when it was competing with the original Xbox and the Playstation 2. As such, many games on the Gamecube, while reviewed well, did not sell much due to the overall player base of the console being smaller. Pikmin 1 only sold 1.6 million copies. To compare, Luigi’s Mansion, a Mario Spin-off on the GameCube sold 3.3 Million copies in its lifetime. Pikmin 2, while also reviewing positively sold only 1.2 million copies. For a time, that was it. Save for the ports of Pikmin 1 and 2 to the Wii and the inclusion of series protagonist Captain Olimar in Super Smash Brothers Brawl, that was all the series was for the 2000s. That is until 2013 when the next installment in the series was released.</p>
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