Pikmin 3 the Real-time action-management game

Here's the trailer anyway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxWIvaD2XQI

I have to say that the New Play Control version of Pikmin 2 is great with Wii remote controls and that's a dead cert that this sequel will be a great game.

We see new stuff like Rock Pikmin and extra leaders whom you can delegate tasks to, adding an extra sense of depth to the action.

Miyamoto described this game as a "Real-time action-management" game. I always have a hard time describing this game to people who haven't played it. Whenever I say "strategy" people immediately start thinking of those PC strategy games or those Final Fantasy Tactics styled games.

Of course this isn't new to me or many other fans. The Pikmin series is 10 years old now can you imagine! I do remember buying the first game during the Summer months after the Gamecube launched. It's a series that never really got hugely popular but did have a good lot of fans.

The theatrics on stage with Miyamoto blowing the whistle and doing funny puppet stuff with a stuffed red Pikmin was fun enough. The way Bill Trinen walked out like a Pikmin and the way Reggie said he felt like a purple Pikmin was strange. Nintendo's PR entertainment always threads this fine line. It's very hard to describe how you feel when watching it.

There's one area where I have to commend them and that is putting a 3 in the title instead of some ridiculous subtitle. I hate titles with subtitles.