Everyone talking about the interface is forgetting the obvious.
Pikmin, like a LOT of Nintendo's franchises, was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. They share certain qualities in common because they were all created by the same man.
You wouldn't find it odd that Journey shares similarities with Flower, or The Last of Us with Uncharted, or Portal with Half-Life. Why wonder about the shared ideas between Pikmin and The Legend of Zelda?








