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Olimar may refer to: *Captain Olimar, protagonist of the ''Pikmin is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...'' video game series * Río Olimar in Uruguay {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Olimar
is a main character from Nintendo's ''Pikmin'' video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto. He first appeared in ''Pikmin'' (2001), which led to the development of three additional games; two of them featuring Olimar as the protagonist. Olimar also appears in other Nintendo games, being a playable character in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series beginning with its third entry. Reception to the character has been positive both for his appearance in ''Pikmin'' and ''Super Smash Bros.'' Creation and design Olimar was named after Mario; in Japanese, the name "Olimar" (オリマー) is almost "Mario" (マリオ) spelled backwards. Captain Olimar was a late addition in ''Pikmin''; Shigeru Miyamoto said that since initially during the original development the Pikmin would be utilized as weapons to be shot by the player themselves, "it wouldn't be interesting enough" to have a player character. Although Olimar himself was a late addition to ''Pikmin'', Olimar's role as the leader of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pikmin (series)
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. 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. The ''Pikmin'' series features five main entries, as well as a spin-off. 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 2008 and 2009. ''Pikmin 2'' was re-released in the ''Nintendo Selects'' series in 2012. A third installment, ''Pikmin 3'', was released for the Wii U in 2013. The series' first handheld game, ''Hey! Pikmin'', was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2017. '' Pikmin 4'' was announced to be in development by Miyamoto in September 2015, and was officially confirmed for release in 2023 during a Nintendo Direct in September 2022. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |