
A third installment, Pikmin 3, was released for the Wii U in 2013. Pikmin 2 was re-released in the Nintendo Selects series in 2012. The first two, Pikmin (2001) and Pikmin 2 (2004), were released for the GameCube and later ported to the Wii as New Play Control! titles in 20. The Pikmin series features four main entries, as well as two spin-offs. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding hazards and fighting fauna that are hazardous to both the player character and the Pikmin.

Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo.
