Honestly, a complete guilty pleasure for me. Sure the story isn't great, and the idea of 3 separate games is questionable to say the least. But its the best of the 3 stories, has my favorite cast of characters, and good challenging level design.
A great follow up to Pikmin 1. A lot of great new ideas and new enemies, and fortunately a lot of the enemies and locations have been made more balanced. Although I do miss the threat of a time limit. The ship sucks as both a character and tutorial
The areas and music are a sight to behold. Olimar's monologues are great. The Pikmin are great...when they're not acting stupid. Pikmin idiocy and brutal enemies can be killjoys sometimes.