The harshest critique of capitalism my 12 year old brain had ever experienced.
Pikmin is another game with a strong thesis: the group is mightier than the individual; we must all make sacrifices to the greater cause and in doing so, build something greater than ourselves; we are nothing alone.
Olimar is the capitalist pig taking advantage of this noble mindset for his own profit. He unites the Pikmin and helps them grow in service of rescuing himself, but then after saving his own life, he goes farther and sacrifices a tremendous amount of them simply for some pocket change that he didn’t at all need to get home.
Pikmin 2 takes this farther because that game is all about making a profit, but it’s also a worse game.
Nominate Pikmin today!!!
(thanks 8128)