![]() ![]() (The Koppites are small, by the way.) They discover these small plant-like creatures called Pikmin, who they command to help them reach fruit, and try to get back in the same place. But they crash-land, and end up scattered in different places. So the aforementioned crew (named Captain Charlie, Alph, and Brittany) is sent to PNF-404 (obviously Earth in the future) to gather fruit and take it back to Koppai. This game follows a crew of three people from the planet Koppai, where everyone is going hungry due to overpopulation and lack of resources (very relevant!). Note: You do not have to play the first two Pikmin games to play this one. I don't have a Switch, but I hope Nintendo ports this game to Switch so more people can play this awesome game. I chose this one, which I think was a great choice. Yes, back in 2014, there was a promotion on the now-defunct Club Nintendo, where if you bought Mario Kart 8, you could choose one of four full price games to get for free, which is awesome. New Play Control! Pikmin 2 – 237,064Ħ.I got this game for free. Pikmin 3 Deluxe is out now for the Nintendo Switch.Ĥ. It’s also worth mentioning that these figures only account for physical sales data, so the sales numbers for Pikmin 3 Deluxe are likely much higher, especially given the uptick in digital sales over the last year thanks to the pandemic. ![]() You can check out the Japanese sales figures for the Pikmin series below. It seems the trend of Nintendo’s first party re-releases enjoying significantly stronger sales on the Switch as opposed to their relatively lower numbers on the Wii U is continuing. To date, the original Pikmin 3 has sold 232,313 units. Pikmin 3 Deluxe’s sales are also well above twice as many as what the original game managed on the Wii U. The GameCube title, which came out back in 2001, has sold 502,996 to date. It has overtaken the original Pikmin’s sales. It enjoyed a solid debut in the region, selling over 170,000 copies in its launch week, and now, it has become the highest selling Pikmin game in Japan to date.Īs Nintendo Everything points out in compiled sales data, Pikmin 3 Deluxe has sold 513,225 in Japan- an impressive figure for a game that launched less than three months ago, and belongs to a series that hasn’t historically been a major seller. Sadly enough, Pikmin games aren’t really major sellers (which would explain why Nintendo doesn’t highlight the franchise nearly as much as it should), but the recently released Pikmin 3 Deluxecertainly seems to be doing well for itself- especially in Japan. ![]()
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