Pikmin
2001 video game developed by Nintendo
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Summary
Pikmin is a video game[1]. Pikmin ranks in the top 4% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,454 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Shigefumi Hino[3]
- Publisher: Nintendo[4]
- Genre: real-time strategy[5]
- Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto[6]
- Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development[7]
- Part of the series: Pikmin[8]
- Platform: Wii[9], Nintendo GameCube[10], Wii U[11], Nintendo Switch[12]
- Game mode: single-player video game[13]
- Language of work or name: Japanese[14], English[15]
- Distribution format: digital download[16], Nintendo GameCube Disc[17], Nintendo Wii Disc[18], Nintendo optical disc[19]
- Input device: GameCube controller[20], Wii Remote[21]
- Country of origin: Japan[22]
- Publication date: December 2, 2001[23], October 26, 2001[24], June 14, 2002[25], December 25, 2008[26], February 6, 2009[27], February 26, 2009[28], March 9, 2009[29], June 21, 2023[30]
- Characters: Captain Olimar[31]
- Distributed by: Nintendo eShop[32]
- Narrative location: PNF-404[33]
- ESRB rating: Everyone[34], Everyone 10+[35]
- Official website: http://www.pikmin.com/[36], https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gpij/[37]
- PEGI rating: PEGI 3[38]
- USK rating: USK 0[39]
- Title: ピクミン[40]
- Different from: Pikmin[41]
- Hashtag: pikmin_1[42]
- Exact match: https://www.pikminwiki.com/Pikmin_(game)[43]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Pikmin include Chaenostoma cordatum[44], a taxon[45].
Why It Matters
Pikmin has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] Pikmin is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for Pikmin include Chaenostoma cordatum[44], a taxon[45].