Pikmin (Gamecube)

Straight from the creative mind of Nintendo's own Shigeru Miyamoto (the creator of Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong and more), Pikmin Gamecube is an inventive new kind of game perfectly suited to show off Nintendo GameCube's awesome potential.

Referred to as an "inventive life simulation," Pikmin Gamecube is an action-strategy game featuring incredibly life-like environments inspired by Mr. Miyamoto's own garden in Kyoto, Japan. Players control a spaceman named Captain Olimar who has crash-landed on an unusual planet. The goal of the game is to help Olimar collect his vessel's lost parts, which have been scattered all over the planet.

Luckily for Captain Olimar, the planet is inhabited by strange little creatures called Pikmin Gamecube. Pikmin Gamecube are plant-like life forms that come in three different colors: red, yellow and blue. Each type of Pikmin Gamecube has unique strengths which Olimar must use to his advantage. Red Pikmin Gamecube can withstand fire, blue Pikmin Gamecube can survive in water, while yellow Pikmin Gamecube can fly higher and destroy obstacles by using bomb-rocks. Players can control the Pikmin Gamecube sprouts individually, in groups, or in one large Pikmin Gamecube posse of 100 creatures.