The Pikmin series of games follows the tales of Max O'Connell, a washed up former-detective who gets called back into the line of duty when his daughter is kidnapped by the Mexican Cartel. He journeys through hell and back to save her, and in the process, finds his own soul.
There's also that thing about a guy controlling the titular sprites to do his bidding, but it's pretty minor.
Anyway, Nintendo seems to have turned its eye towards the cartoon business, and of all their many franchises, it seems they've Picked-min for the occasion.
Polygon
Considering some of their past efforts... well, hopefully Nintendo's learned a thing or two since then.
Anyway, the concept sounds decent enough. My interest in the franchise has always been Pik-miniscule, but hey, it has its fans, and I'm sure Miyamoto will do his best. At the very least, it should be a nice little bonus for 3DS owners.
What do you think? Will it be more droll-imar or dull-imar?
There's also that thing about a guy controlling the titular sprites to do his bidding, but it's pretty minor.
Anyway, Nintendo seems to have turned its eye towards the cartoon business, and of all their many franchises, it seems they've Picked-min for the occasion.
The company behind the Wii U, 3DS and countless colorful gaming creations has been secretly toying around with the idea of creating and releasing a series of original animated shorts based on one of their relatively new video game franchises. The shorts, designed to be viewed on the company's 3DS, would either be given away or possibly sold through Nintendo's online store.
Nintendo's senior managing director and prolific game designer Shigeru Miyamoto is personally overseeing the creation of the cartoons, which are based on the Pikmin series he first created for the GameCube in 2001.
"They'll be released sometime before the release of Pikmin 3" due out this year, Miyamoto told Polygon in a recent interview in New York City. "Possibly as a Nintendo video. If they're popular we could consider selling them."
Considering some of their past efforts... well, hopefully Nintendo's learned a thing or two since then.
Anyway, the concept sounds decent enough. My interest in the franchise has always been Pik-miniscule, but hey, it has its fans, and I'm sure Miyamoto will do his best. At the very least, it should be a nice little bonus for 3DS owners.
What do you think? Will it be more droll-imar or dull-imar?