Pretty fun taken on its own merits, at least until the credits roll. The auto-targeting renders most of your actions weightless, but it's undeniably fun to move in one direction and throw guys in another. The second half of the game didn't really maintain my interest, but I finished it out of a sense of completionism.

If this is Nintendo's idea of making their game more approachable, I think it's a sign that they should retire this series for a bit and design a new game, because most of what was appealing about Pikmin 1 has been shaved off at this point.