I have only finished 2, I played 1, but never finished it.

I'm not scared off by this approach, I like a challenge, I just hope they balance it out. Exploration was quite fun in 2, but a more difficult time management could be interesting as well.

I'm not going to lie I used to hate the time limit in pikmin 1 but that was when I sucked at it. I just kept resetting if I didn't get the desired things done to not run out of time. Anyway Pikmin 1 wasn't really a game you played once and stop playing. You played over and over again to be a master sorta like a arcade game.

Anyway my main complaint with pikmin 2 is that we spend we too much time in caves so a time limit means no caves or atleast they will be downplayed.

I liked Pikmin 2 better partly because they removed the time limit.

I don't really care, though. Just get the game out already!