What are you playing?

[Garamonde]

I've been hooked down tight to Pikmin 3 for the past couple of weeks, but now that I've completed all of the on-disc content that isn't Co-Op (though I am steadily working through that with my girlfriend) I've got nothing to do until I have some pocket money for the DLC. Not wanting to give up the ghost, I booted the Wii and did a single-sitting run of the original Pikmin, albeit the New Play Controls version.

I honestly liked that a lot less than the GameCube version. Everything felt so imprecise and slow, and the ability to manually march your Pikmin was incredibly hindered with the new setup. (Oh, I guess I forgot to mention that I haven't played the New Play Controls version of either Pikmin game... 2 is going to happen soon.) I did appreciate adding some of the Pikmin 2 sorting options, though. If they'd mixed that with the option for GCN support, and NPC Pikmin would be the definitive version.

Pikmin 2 NPC feels a lot better and is a lot smoother than the first one (but I haven't played the GC versions so it could just be that the Wii's controls are comfortable for me???) so once you complete the first one it should be a lot more enjoyable.