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Nintendo Power
Strategy Guides
This is a list of strategy guides licensed by Nintendo that involve Pikmin in some way.
Prima Games
Prima Games is the largest strategy guide publisher in the United States. They have made a number of Pikmin-related guides, with in-depth walkthroughs. On top of that, they also commonly include extra information about subjects in the series that isn't given anywhere else, like the scientific names of enemies in Pikmin. While they are deemed official by Nintendo, they do occasionally contain errors, so how canon their content is is debatable.
The Official Nintendo Player's Guide
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North America
| Game | Name | Description |
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| Pikmin | The Official Nintendo Player's Guide | Part of the Guide series released by Nintendo Power. |
| Pikmin | Prima's Official Strategy Guide | A guide released by Prima. It was released as a stand alone, as well as in a bundle titled "4 guides for the price of 1", which also contained guides for Luigi's Mansion, Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Wave Race: Blue Storm. |
| Pikmin 2 | The Official Nintendo Player's Guide | Part of the Guide series released by Nintendo Power. |
| Pikmin 3 | Prima Official Game Guide | A guide released by Prima. This guide was also released digitally. |
| New Play Control! Pikmin | Prima Official Game Guide | A guide released by Prima. |
Japan
| Game | Name | Description |
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| Pikmin | Pikmin Complete Cheats Guide, Olimar's Planetary observation diary by Famitsu | (ピクミン完全攻略ガイドオリマーの惑星観察記?) This guide is released by Famitsu, a very popular gaming site in Japan. It includes a tear-out poster including all the maps in the first game. |
| Pikmin | Pikmin 100% in 30 days | (ピクミン100ぴきとすごす30?) This guidebook is released by Nintendo Dream, who are known for their Japanese Nintendo Magazine. This guide actually comes with 3 books in a slip case. The first book (red) includes information on obstacles and enemies. The second book (yellow) is really just a holder for a large 4x4 page poster including all the maps of the first game. The third book (blue) shows how to collect every treasure, and features challenge mode strategies. |
| Pikmin 2 | Pikmin 2 Nintendo Official Guide Book | (ピクミン2 任天堂公式ガイドブック?) This is the Official Nintendo guidebook released in Japan. It also includes a small sticker sheet. |
| Pikmin 2 | Pikmin 2 Treasure Recovery Guide by Nekosogi | (ピクミン2 ねこそぎお宝回収ガイド?) This is a Pikmin 2 guide released by Nekosogi. Buying this guide was the only way to obtain the Violet Candypop Bud Pikmin e+ card. |
| Pikmin 2 | Pikmin 2 Complete Navibook | (ピクミン２ コンプリートナビブック?) This guide was released by Dengeki Nintendo, a company known for releasing Nintendo magazines in Japan. |
| Pikmin 3 | Nintendo Official Guidebook Pikmin 3 | (任天堂公式ガイドブックピクミン3?) This guide is officially released by Nintendo. It was released on August 3rd, 2013. |
| Pikmin 3 | Pikmin 3 The Complete Guide | (ピクミン3 ザ・コンプリートガイド?) This guide was released by Dengeki Nintendo on July 7th, 2013. |
| New Play Control! Pikmin and New Play Control! Pikmin 2 | Wii New Play Control Enjoyment Guide | (Wiiであそぶセレクション楽しむガイド?) This book included guides for many of the New Play Control! games in Japan, including Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Mario Power Tennis, Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, and Metroid Prime. It also shared some information on the new features of Chibi-Robo: Plug Into Adventure! and Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It was released on March 31st, 2009 by Nintendo Dream. |
Magazines
Nintendo Power
Region: NA Language: English Nintendo Power is a canceled monthly magazine that was released officially by Nintendo from the years 1988 to 2012. Among the 285 issues released, a couple of issues were focused primarily on the Pikmin series.
Nintendo Power V151
This issue contained information about the first Pikmin game on pages 40-44, and an ad for the game on page 178.
Nintendo Power V152
This issue featured Pikmin on the front cover, and contained information about the first Pikmin game, along with a sticker sheet.
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Nintendo Power V182
This issue featured Pikmin 2 on the front cover, and contained information about Pikmin 2, as well as a Pikmin 2 temporary tattoo sheet.
Nintendo Power V289
This issue released in July 2012 contained information about the Wii U and various Wii U games including Pikmin 3. Subscribers of the magazine received a special cover featuring Pikmin 3 art.
GameNOW
Region: North America Language: English
Issue 5 Vol. 2
The cover of this issue has a bar at the top that reads "PIKMIN SOLVED INSIDE" and a picture of Olimar and red Pikmin in the corner. Inside is a Pikmin themed tear-away poster detailing tips for navigating many of the areas in the game.
GamePro
Region: North America
NGC
Region: UK Language: English
Issue 61: December 2001
Page 12 of this issue has a small blurb which mentions Pikmin had been delayed to December 3rd in the US, likely due to localization issues. Page 23 is dedicated to Pikmin, showcasing some beta screenshots and various details about the game.
Issue 62: Christmas 2001
While NGC usually ran monthly, they had a second bonus issue in December that briefly mentions that Pikmin had been reviewed by the writing team and would appear as the main headline of the next issue.
Issue 63: January 2002
This issue primarily features Pikmin on the cover and includes an in-depth review of the game. This was a first-look at many features the game had to offer for PAL region players, as the game had been released elsewhere but was not set to release in their region until June 14th, 2002.
Gameplay 128
Region: France Language: French
Gameplay 128 August 2002 issue
This issue strangely has little to say about Pikmin, but does include a Pikmin poster in the center of the issue (page 50-51). A couple of the authors also include Pikmin in a list of their favorite gamecube games on page 92.
Actu & Soluces 64
Region: France Language: French
Numero Special E3
This issue of Actu & Soluces 64 goes through the gamecube games revealed at E3 2001, including beta screenshots of Pikmin before release. It also features Pikmin on the magazine cover.
Consoles Max
Region: France Language: French
Consoles Max June 2002 Issue
This issue features a great deal of Pikmin content and makes it the primary focus on the front cover. It dedicates 8 pages (page 70-77) to showing off Pikmin screenshots, and details various enemies you'll find as well as descriptions of all the areas in the game.