Pikmin 3DS looks kinda bad

[JWeinCom]

leedlelee said:

JWeinCom said:
This seems to be another case of "Nintendo did something different with a franchise and I don't like it".

Nintendo seems to really like the Pikmin franchise, and they're trying to introduce it to a new audience. Maybe you're right and it will suck, but there's no real way to determine that based on the little we've seen.

Let's think about the audience thing for a second...

I've had friends tell me that they can't enjoy the Pikmin games because they're too chaotic or because they find the time constraints stressful...

Pikmin was never going to have mass appeal because of the nature of the game but the characters are very marketable...

Perhaps Nintendo is aware of this, and this is an attempt to expand the brand...

They've been doing this for a bit.  They have the Pikmin as part of the 3DS/Wii U OS (when you transfer) and they also did the Pikmin cartoons.  

  The core franchise isn't going to get that much bigger than 2-3 million at best, but there's room for it to be a bit like Kirby in the amount and variety of spin offs.  I'm actually kind of excited for this.  There haven't been that many games for 3DS that emphasize touch controls, and it reminds me of Mass Attack.