A highly recommended mass action strategy game for the Wii U. I can see future
Pikmin game installments adding helpful multitasking options like assigning Pikmin with certain general duties (e.g. security patrol, gather food, etc.) instead of certain tasks on the fly.
2001:
Pikmin, Animal Crossing, Golden Sun, Luigi's Mansion 2002: Eternal Darkness, Legend of Starfy (Japan) 2003: Mario & Luigi RPG series, WarioWare, Baiten Kaitos 2004: Mario vs DK 2005: Geist, Battalion Wars, Trace Memory 2006: Wii Sports, Drill Dozer, Electroplankton, Chibi Robo, Elite Beat Agents, Excite Truck (debatable revival of old IP that is different than 80's
installments) 2007: Wii Play, Diasaster: Day of Crisis (not released in NA), Hotel Dusk 2008: Wii Fit, Wii Music, Art Style series which consists of dozens of
games that are all new IPs in their own right, Fossil Fighter, Endless Ocean 2009: Rhythm Heaven 2010: Art Academy, Glory of Heracles (in NA), Line Attack Heroes (in JP), Wii Party, Flingsmash, Fluidity 2011: Steel Diver, Xenoblade, Pushmo 2012: Sakura Samurai, Dillon's Rolling Western, The Last Story, Nintendo Land, Spirit Camera (debatable spin off of other IP) 2013: Pandora's Tower, Kersploosh!