Pikmin Adventure

Pikmin Adventure

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A mechanical Bulborb boss in Nintendo Land. The music that plays in the background is a remixed version of the Titan dweevil's theme.

'Pikmin Adventure is a minigame featured in the Wii U title, Nintendo Land. As its name suggests, it is the Pikmin-themed minigame of the 12 Nintendo franchise-based minigames playable in Nintendo Land.

Unlike the normal Pikmin franchise, Pikmin Adventure is a fast-paced, action packed experience, as opposed to the RTS-styled puzzle solving nature of the normal franchise.Pikmin adventure will also involve a PvP mode in addittion to the cooperative mode that has been seen so far. There will be more info revealed on a later date.

A new level; notice on the bottom left, theres a symbol which displays a new power up along with the hammer power up.

Gameplay

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Pikmin Adventure is played with 1-5 players. One player controls their Mii dressed in Olimar's spacesuit, and use the Wii U gamepad, while up to four others use the wii remote to play as Miis dressed as assorted, larger Pikmin. Olimar also has a group of smaller Pikmin he controls, and are differentiated from the player-controlled Pikmin by their smaller size. In addition, the player controlling Olimar has the option of using his whistle to call every Pikmin to him useing the Icon on the lower left of the touch screen or press ZL, including those controlled by other players. If a player has turned into dung or damaged he/she can be retrived by another without consuming a heart. There are two ways of playing single player and multi-player, with the single player the screen is at more of a close up/dynamic feel. while the Miimin are at a top down veiw, collectively. with the Gamepad is more personal.

Objective

Here is shown all 4 of the Wiimote players plus the Gamepad holder.

In this minigame, the gameplay is similar to the caves featured throughout Pikmin 2; The players must all get to The Ship at the end of each course while avoiding mechanized enemies from the Pikmin franchise, such as Bulborbs.

Players are ocassionally rewarded nectar for defeating enemies or hidden within "?" blocks, which gives them points and a permanent power and speed boost untill damaged. On certain courses, one of the Nintendo Land hosts will drop in a boss creature, such as a yellow Bulborb-like foe, for the players to fight. The players must attack enemies on their weak spots to inflict proper damage, similar to how fighting will become in Pikmin 3. To end the level you must defeat that area's boss and enter your ship to blast off to the next area.

Power Ups

• Gamepad
  • ​Hammer
  • Fist
  • Bomb (one time use)
• Wiimote
  • ​Hammer
  • Spring top
  • Bomb (one time use)

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  LOWER RIGHT: A fist is obtained on a small Pikmin.

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  TOP RIGHT: The blue Pikmin has the Spring top power Up.