Pikmin to be remade on Wii, first of 'GameCube masterpiece' series

by Ross Miller { Oct 2nd 2008 at 2:10AM }

Nintendo has announced that it will be releasing "Wii de Asobu" (Play on Wii) Selections, GameCube titles remade for the Wii. Not including last year's Resident Evil 4 remake, President Satoru Iwata revealed at today's Japanese press conference that Pikmin will be the first title to receive a Wii makeover. We're really hoping this isn't the Pikmin title Miyamoto revealed at E3.

[Via NWF]

Tags: breakingnews, pikmin, play-on-wii

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

CesarSalad @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:17AM

this better be freaking good. Sometimes the motion crap is just plain stupid

&rew @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:15AM

So... much... Nintendo... news, thanks alot, now my brain is shrapnel on the wall.

B3astofthe3ast @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:16AM

I dunno, maybe this is a sign that a real pikmin is coming?

Ridgecity @ Oct 2nd 2008 3:36AM

it's just testing the waters since these games took 2 developer teams to finish. If it does good enough, Pikmin 3 will be coming.

Abscissa @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:43AM

If it does *well* enough.

Sorry...I couldn't help myself. The Grammar Police is a lifetime commitment, you know.

FSK405K @ Oct 2nd 2008 11:18AM

Good, I'm not the only one who gets frustrated with the inadequate writing skills of "the masses."

Abscissa @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:46PM

@FSK405K: Usually I'm just happy to see someone using proper capitalization, periods, and non-numeric spelling. Yea, that's how bad things have gotten :(

Replica23 @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:32PM

More like trying to sell the hardcore that Nintendo still cares.

Mr.Ironic @ Oct 8th 2008 6:42PM

I think 'good enough' is just fine and I'm English.

You can thank me later for using my language ;)

(01) @ Nov 1st 2008 8:02PM

Yeah, I'm in (I love Pikmin) but if this is what they meant by "Pikmin coming to the Wii" I'll be sorely, sorely disappointed. This also almost guarantees a retool of MP, though with Retro Studios shaken lately I wonder who will do it.

prateeko @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:17AM

I was playing Pikmin 2 on my Wii the other day and thought, "Man, this game would rock with Wii controls"

Of course, I'd enjoy Pikmin 2 with Wii controls, but I WANT a new Pikming built from the ground up to utilize the Wii...

sirpilf @ Oct 2nd 2008 3:03AM

why build pikmin 3 from the ground up for wii when they can just port the first pikmin to wii, add waggle, charge $50 and make millions off a 7 year old product all over again.

McWeen @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:04AM

I would hope this is just to stop Gamestop from getting all the profit from used GC games since more people own the Wii now.

Purple Haze @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:20AM

Any mention of price?

Foetoid @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:21AM

This is top-notch excellent news. I was playing the original Pikmin last night on my 52" Screen, wishing it wasn't so blurry and supported native 16:9. More than likely, Gamecube remakes on Wii will be a lot cheaper than regular retail Wii games. It'll be like a specialist bunch of games. Kinda in the same concept as a 'Platinum' range of games, they'll be instantly distingushable (spelling?) from other Wii games with a special logo so people know it's simply an enhanced GC game with better controls, exactly as they did with RE4. Same game from GC, better graphics with the anamorphic 16:9 and 480p, better controls, cheaper price. People who missed out on the classic GC gems will be able to get thier hands on them. As long as they don't touch Prime 1 and 2, which i think are perfect with the GC controls (and would be far too easy with Wii controls) then I'm happy for them to remake whatever they wish. F-Zero GX with online multiplayer and 480p? Yes please!

Ridgecity @ Oct 2nd 2008 3:38AM

"F-Zero GX with online multiplayer and 480p? Yes please!"

Actually that would probably be a sequel, not a re-release.

Purple Haze @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:22AM

Any mention of price?

Ryan P. @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:41AM

This is horrible news if it means that the new Mario and Zelda that Myamoto said were on the way for the Wii turn out to be Wind-Waker and ughh.... Mario Sunshine.

I wouldn't doubt it, if those WiiHD rumors for 2011 are true it would make more sense to get to work on those starting right now.

Also, this might be why the guys from retro left, being asked to retro fit the Prime series after they said they wanted to move on.

Foetoid @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:01AM

What is wrong with you! Wind Waker in 16:9 480p with TP controls is a wet dream!. I would keep my original disk for the OOT bonus disk still, but i would totally buy a remade WW on the Wii.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:39PM

TP was substandard on the Wii as compared to the Gamecube. But this is a dumb argument anyway. Why aren't they talking about NEW Zelda with NEW innovations. Tacking waggle onto old games is not innovation.

TwEE @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:33PM

Yes Ryan you're right, theres never going to be a new mario or zelda for the wii, because one of the richest companies in japan can't possibly allocate resources to new instalments of their franchises and port older games to the wii at the same time..

and if they could, why would they when theres a rumour on the internet about them putting out a new system at some point in the future.. it would be stupid for them to make games for the wii now, they should just stop..

Hiroken @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:47AM

How is this news? It seems like remaking GC titles for the Wii is all they've been doing all along.

meist3r @ Oct 2nd 2008 4:34AM

Oh hell no you didn't ... did you just announce that you can't finish any new games in the next couple of years and instead you remake older ones to sell them again?

Oh you didn't? *Phew* Sounded a lot like it.

/SCNR

Ethan @ Oct 2nd 2008 4:52AM

To be honest, I miss pointing at things when I stick a gamecube game in.

Hashbrown Hunter @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:50AM

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Bluebrake @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:18PM

Yes, please.

I've never played it, and it's surprisingly hard to find used. A $29.99 price tag would be just about right, by the way...

time @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:02PM

Goddamnit, I'm just about finished with Wind Waker for the cube.

Now i'm not gonna want to play any more cube games for fear of re-release...

Megadanxzero @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:13AM

So they can't be bothered to 'waste' their time making proper new games for us when casual shit like WiiFit sells in the millions, so they decide to rehash some old Gamecube games with minimal effort and pretend they still care about the 'core audience'? I want sequels or, even better, completely new games, not old games that I stopped playing 2 YEARS ago...

Fuck you Nintendo. FUCK! YOU!

OpNickC @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:16AM

Angry, much? Jeez, get over yourself.

Some of us haven't played Pikmin, so this title is new to us. And it's not as if a bunch of new games weren't just announced anyway.

Take a chill pill.

Megadanxzero @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:39AM

If you haven't played Pikmin and you wanted to you'd go out and buy the fucking Gamecube version. Do Nintendo really think their fans will put up with this crap? We don't want remakes of (To be honest, pretty average) old games that we already completely years ago with rubbish Wii controls tacked on.

Fragmit @ Oct 2nd 2008 10:15AM

Waaah Waaah, STFU.

If you don't like it, don't buy it.

You might want to enroll next summer for Camp Quitcherbitchin.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:44PM

Apparently some people here would rather have rehashes of old games you can by at any Gamestop than new games. The more time they waste on rehashing games like this is less time spent on making new games. Why don't they make a Pikmin 3 instead of tacking waggle on?

The fact is Nintendo is making a cash grab and some people here are so willing to attack others who have the audacity to ask for new games. That's ridiculous.

If you have nothing to add to a conversation except to attack another user who's (legitimately) displeased with Nintendo's obvious attempts at cashing in through laziness and fanboyism, then you should leave now, because there's no place for you here.

TwEE @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:42PM

Some of you people actually think that porting over a handful of old games is going to eat so far into nintendos resources that they had to put the next iteration of their key franchises on the back-burner?

Where the hell dose this shit come from really?

Abscissa @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:47PM

"Do Nintendo really think their fans will put up with this crap?"

Unfortunately, most of them probably will :(

"...actually think that porting over a handful of old games is going to eat so far into nintendos resources..."

The point: "Resources spent on rehashing are resources that could have been spent on new games." How is that so hard to understand?

Neebs @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:40AM

A remake? /Sigh...
I played that game just a few ago, it isn't time for it to be remade yet

ed @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:58AM

About fucking time! I held off on many-a GC game just because nintendo hinted they might be doing this.
holy fuck yea!

wont rebuy my original games unless its Windwaker or Prime with their wii counterparts controls. That would be so fucking immense. Oh also 16:9 yes yes yes. missed out on loads of apparently highly rated games on the cube :(

OTAM @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:08AM

But my Wii can already play Gamecube games....

FSK405K @ Oct 2nd 2008 11:19AM

Soon you will be able play them with imprecise controls!

ice~ @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:56AM

GREAT! Remake Smash Bros Melee add functional online play and I'd have a reason to own my wii.... How about a new pikmin?? I mean nintendo..cmon

Envoy @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:01AM

Well Nintendo congrats, I will be re-buying a Wii (if I can find one!) and DSi.

Mr Khan @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:12AM

You ALL fail for forgetting one obvious thing

METROID FUCKING PRIME!

Megadanxzero @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:40AM

No-one forgot it. We just all completed it FIVE YEARS AGO

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:43AM

I've actually never had the chance to play Pikmin on the gamecube, so this is actually pretty damn good news for me. As long as it's priced reasonably(like $30) I'd buy it.

tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 2nd 2008 9:41AM

You can buy it right now for like $5...

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Oct 2nd 2008 12:06PM

Actually not really. I just checked on Amazon and Gamestop and you can find Pikmin for like $20(used)-$30(new). I'll have to see how Pikmin 1 plays using motion controls before I make my decision on which version to buy.

tmmoore_nc @ Oct 2nd 2008 8:52AM

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=13041328&postcount=2372

If the link in this post is to be believed, Pikmin 2, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Mario Tennis (Why not make a new one and make billions, Nintendo?) as well as Metroid Prime 1 & 2 are scheduled for Wiimakes.

Wubbytoes @ Oct 2nd 2008 9:13AM

If these GC remakes are budget titles then it might be ok. But come on, you can already play Pikmin and every single other GC title on Wii anyway.

tmacairjordan87 @ Oct 2nd 2008 9:39AM

After seeing so much positive response from the fanboys here, I can't help but marvel at how Nintendo can take advantage of stupid people...casual and core alike.

You can buy all these games for like $5 now and play them on your wii. So it doesn't have gimmicky motion controls, so what? Are you going to pay spiked prices just for tacky and likely useless motion controls?

Man I'm having too much fun with nintendo's constant fuckups

Vcize @ Oct 2nd 2008 10:54AM

If there's one thing I've learned about the Wii here it's that the core gamers that still defend it have a very odd taste in games. To each his own, of course, but a lot of the games they marvel over I wouldn't play even for free (and I CAN play them for free, coincidentally).

Mr Khan @ Oct 2nd 2008 11:41AM

Bingo, Vcize. I'm still with Wii, and wii-DS alone, because i have a different taste in games than the average joystiq user by far. I don't have any interest in what PS360PC is showing this holiday season, sans LBP and Fable II.

My "blind" fandom is easier to fathom in that light.

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