Has any body else noticed how far up Pikman 3 has gone in the overall eshop NA charts since it became free with mk8? Seems to me alot were waiting for this game. It's now 5 all time. It wasn't even ranked beforehand. Nintendo has probably noticed how popular it is and there may be hope for more pikman!

Pikmin*

They also probably noticed how little Money it made cause all those copies were FREE

But there's some awesome DLC as well.

OT: It's probably because it was the best option for everybody who got the WWHD bundle in 2013. It shows that there's good potential with Pikmin.

I still haven't found a control scheme that makes me happy with Pikmin 3

I like the way Wii Motion+ & Nunchuk, but it wants me to use Gamepad for pause-menu interactions and that makes me really dislike the games controls.

I also dislike the dual-analog / gamepad only controls. The new stylus/touch based controls not much better. All I want is to play the game without being forced to use the Gamepad, but they don't provide that option.

I got pikmin3 with MK8.
Wow, I really really really really really like it!!!
There are 3 problems I hate:
1 Tooooooo short. I cant have enough of this game!
2 Hate to see pikmin to die

3 The control is somehow awkword.

The point is people had options (especially our European friends) and still Pikmin 3 soars. I'm curious what is is on the European all time charts. I was expecting most people to buy WWHD (there still are millions of Wii U owners that don't own the game yet including myself), many to buy NSMBU (because it also isn't owned by a couple million Wii U owners and it's a fun multiplayer game), and a decent amount to buy Wii Party U because it's a party game. I was expecting Pikmin 3 to be either 3rd or 4th in most popularity for this deal and instead it has skyrocked way past the other 3 to a strong first place. I'm still amazed by this.

You don't think game companies make profit off games that sell less than $60? Nintendo has been releasing many games at various price points. Let's just do some math here. If Nintendo sells 1.5million Pikmin 3 games lifetime, and a third of those sales are at the full price point, while the other 2/3s are at about $30 average, then Nintendo will have grossed about 30,000,000 + 30,000,000 = $60,000,000. You really think the game costed $60million to make?

Well now that the digital WindWaker HD is getting 30% price cut in North America, it's between New Super Mario Bros. U (60$ 2D platformer) or Pikmin 3 (60$ strategy game). Or Wii Party U.

North America doesn't have that many options!

Pikmin Kart 4.

lol

People only being willing to get a game when it's free doesn't show much appreciation for the franchise.