Pikmin

Squad-command strategy under a hard daily timer reframed RTS ideas for consoles.

Released 2001 Developer Nintendo EAD Publisher Nintendo Platform GameCube Genre Strategy Era Broadband & the console shooter Website pikmin.nintendo.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Pikmin inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Day/Night Cycle ~~1983~~Analog Free-Roam 3D Movement ~~1996~~Contextual Lock-On Targeting ~~1998~~

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