This is definitely one of the best ways to play 1 and 2. Extremely convenient having all 4 pikmin games on the switch and easily playable at any time. The games are based off of the Wii ports of 1 and 2.
Since its based off of the Wii version, Pikmin 1 plays significantly better than it does on gamecube. You can actually change what pikmin type you're throwing now, and there's a lot less bugs (yellows don't drop bombrocks after whistling them like they randomly do in GC 1). Much more fun to play
I've yet to play 2 fully through on this version, but its not much better than the original GC version. GC pikmin 2 didn't have nearly as many issues as 1, so having the Wii version isn't nearly as big of an upgrade. Dungeons actually get easier since many traps are removed from the original 2, which can make the game less fun if you're the type of guy who likes having 10 bombrocks dropped on you.
My biggest issue is the fact that this game is widescreen. It's basically a bunch of lies, it's just the original 4:3 but stretched out. It's really obvious if you look at any text, which is comically squished in both games from this pack. You can set your TV to 4:3 and overall it ends up looking better. The supposed HD textures don't actually look different and is only noticable on the UI.
Lastly I'm not a fan of the swarm requiring you to hold left bumper to use, it overall makes it control much more clunkily. Pikmin 1 and 2 really don't need a freely rotating camera, rightstick would've been better solely as the swarm function like in the originals.
Overall this game isn't really anything special, its just a convenient way to play the adjusted ports of 1 and 2. Definitely worth playing if you haven't played the original 2 games though, and the upgrades to 1 make it much more fun.
Since its based off of the Wii version, Pikmin 1 plays significantly better than it does on gamecube. You can actually change what pikmin type you're throwing now, and there's a lot less bugs (yellows don't drop bombrocks after whistling them like they randomly do in GC 1). Much more fun to play
I've yet to play 2 fully through on this version, but its not much better than the original GC version. GC pikmin 2 didn't have nearly as many issues as 1, so having the Wii version isn't nearly as big of an upgrade. Dungeons actually get easier since many traps are removed from the original 2, which can make the game less fun if you're the type of guy who likes having 10 bombrocks dropped on you.
My biggest issue is the fact that this game is widescreen. It's basically a bunch of lies, it's just the original 4:3 but stretched out. It's really obvious if you look at any text, which is comically squished in both games from this pack. You can set your TV to 4:3 and overall it ends up looking better. The supposed HD textures don't actually look different and is only noticable on the UI.
Lastly I'm not a fan of the swarm requiring you to hold left bumper to use, it overall makes it control much more clunkily. Pikmin 1 and 2 really don't need a freely rotating camera, rightstick would've been better solely as the swarm function like in the originals.
Overall this game isn't really anything special, its just a convenient way to play the adjusted ports of 1 and 2. Definitely worth playing if you haven't played the original 2 games though, and the upgrades to 1 make it much more fun.