Pikmin.com SpaceForce
Pikmin.com SpaceForce is a lost browser game made by Nintendo of America to promote the first Pikmin game. Not much is known about its gameplay, and while archives of the website it was on exist, it's not clear if the game itself is contained within these archives. The game was made with Adobe Flash (known as Macromedia Flash at the time), and was accessed from www.pikmin.com. It was released around November 2001, and taken offline in mid-2002.
Details
The registration page features an image of Olimar and the Pikmin resting on a leafy branch, while underneath a Blue Pikmin runs back and forth. in the top left is a link to visit the Nintendo website. In the bottom right corner, Olimar stands still looking at the viewer. Directly above him, there are two links to download the software required to play the game and a link to the overview page, but now both of those plugins no longer work, rendering the game unplayable.
The main page features the same image as the registration page, but more zoomed-in, a day timer similar to the one in the first game is in the top right, showing the number of days until the web game released. The sign-in area has been replaced with a button that says that the game would be coming soon. It's presumed this would turn into a play button, but the archives for it don't exist. Below that are buttons to access the leaderboards and tips & info. To the left of that bubble is another one which has a log-in area with the title "My Team Headquarters" It is unknown what this refers to. In the bottom right corner, there are buttons for Email updates, Parental info, and an FAQ.
The game overview page has a different background, featuring Pikmin climbing up plants, while the foreground features the Pikmin standing in a line, with Olimar placed to the right of them. This page still has the day timer, but now there is an overview of the first Pikmin game in the top left, and one of the bubbles now holds a separate movie for each the Red, Yellow, and Blue Pikmin, as well as Olimar. What those videos are of is yet unknown. At the bottom of the page, there are buttons for email updates, parental info, FAQs, an overview of the game, and a link to the homepage.
When opening the website a short animation would play, that had the camera pan onto the screen from the right, Blue Pikmin would then fall from the top left, landing on the GameCube logo, causing it to bounce off, and the logo to shake. A Yellow Pikmin then slides in from the right, while the Blue Pikmin that fell begins running back and forth in the background.
Clicking the GameCube icon at the bottom of the page would have sent you to a separate website for the GameCube with something that runs using Flash. However, we are unable to know what it opens at this time.
The game seems to have had you playing as a Pikmin and helping "a Space Explorer" escape a planet, It started with a personality test asking some basic questions that would have determined the Pikmin type which you play as. The actual gameplay is still unknown but it had players collecting "food" which would have boosted the player's score. Once the game was over the player would be congratulated, and if their score was high enough, it would be added to the leaderboard. Bonus points could be collected by finding hidden links on other websites as a cross-promotion for the game, with each one increasing the total by 1-10 points.
Gallery
Presumably the screen after signing in. It has a description of the story.
A personality test taken to determine the Pikmin type of the player.
Could be the results of the test showing the type the player got.
What shows up if you try to exit mid-game.
A hidden link showing a Blue Pikmin on another site that adds to the player's points.
A hidden link showing a Yellow Pikmin on another site that adds to the player's points.
The point value for a red pellet.
The point value for a yellow pellet.
A page displayed when you find food on another site.
Promotional material for the game.
