A very different game
Pikmin is a different game; period. Very strategic and fun, addictive, and challenging. You control Pikmin at your will, but you only have 30 days to recover 30 missing parts of your destroyed spaceship. The game allows you to control Olimar, who in turn can command up to 100 Pikmin at once. Give the game a chance; it's easy to find for a good price, and if you like it (which you're likely to) part 2 is as good, or better, as this one. I would say its only problem is that it's fairly short, but part 2 solves that quite well.