After crashing on a strange unexplored planet, Captain Olimar must gather the thirty missing parts of his space ship, before his life support runs out in thirty days and he succumbs to the planet hostile atmosphere. Luckily the Pikmin, a plant/insect life form native to the planet, are there to help him. Olimar must gather and lead the Pikmin in this real time strategy game to collect the missing pieces of his ship while combating the planet's strange and sometimes hostile flora and fauna.
Pikmin preview:
Assuming that our faith is not misplaced, Pikmin may just turn out to be the killer app for the GameCube, for this writer at least. You can keep your Italian-American plumbers, space-faring foxes and jet-ski racers - give me a crop of little primary coloured plants led by a guy in a bubble helmet any day... - Pikmin screenshotsNintendo Show 2001