If you’ve ever read my blog, you know I don’t review games. My blog is about dissecting
games and trying to analyze specifically what the problems are and how to fix
them. Also, I like to give my creative ideas and constructive feedback, in
hopes that I can contribute to the conversation for how games can be better.
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| Thorn Pikmin |
This is not a review of Pikmin 3. If it were, I would say how much I loved the use of the tablet for a map, the art and sound design, the music, the characters, the puzzles. I would say how much I think Pink Pikmin were ingenious, especially when used alongside Blue Pikmin. The Bee-Queen boss battle was furiously fun. I absolutely enjoyed my time with Pikmin 3 for Wii U, which is awesome because I got it for free. When I purchased Mario Kart 8, it came with a download for P3, and to be honest, I’ve loved P3 even more than MK8.
But this isn’t a review. I want to talk about the issues I’ve had with the game and the creative ideas I have for (hopefully) the sequel (please, please make one!).
Rock and Purple
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| Black Pikmin |
First,
I just want to say this: Rock Pikmin are just a rehashed Purple Pikmin. I feel
like Purple Pikmin could have been used to break glass as easily as rock ones.
I feel like making a new “weighty” Pikmin showed a lack of creativity. Why do
the same idea twice? It would have been just as easy to bring back purple as
use rock, since they’re so similar.
Now, I want to say that Winged Pikmin are the BEST. I love them. The new abilities of Yellow Pikmin with that electricity chain thing is AWESOME. Good work! I wish there had been more of this… for example, Red Pikmin could get a fire burning on their leaves if they pass through flame, which would allow them to set fires to piles of brush or monsters. Blue Pikmin could absorb water and shoot it at enemies or move it to make ponds elsewhere… I wanted more of this kind of thing, however Yellow Pikmin were the only one of the old Pikmin to get new abilities. Also, I wish I could have gotten to play with White, Purple, and Bulborb Pikmin just for posterity's sake. Maybe they could have just been a cave-specific thing.
Now, I want to say that Winged Pikmin are the BEST. I love them. The new abilities of Yellow Pikmin with that electricity chain thing is AWESOME. Good work! I wish there had been more of this… for example, Red Pikmin could get a fire burning on their leaves if they pass through flame, which would allow them to set fires to piles of brush or monsters. Blue Pikmin could absorb water and shoot it at enemies or move it to make ponds elsewhere… I wanted more of this kind of thing, however Yellow Pikmin were the only one of the old Pikmin to get new abilities. Also, I wish I could have gotten to play with White, Purple, and Bulborb Pikmin just for posterity's sake. Maybe they could have just been a cave-specific thing.
Missed opportunities for Rock Pikmin:
I had a bunch of cool ideas for how Rock Pikmin could have been differentiated
from Purple Pikmin, and here they are:
