Pikmin is a great game, but not too fun
The pikmin all have abilities and three colors, each color unique in a way. There is a lot of enemies and even tough ones can take out an army of your little guys, so you must plan before going somewhere on the field.
The game has good graphics and the sound effects also match with reality, just a little, though. It introduces battling time, so it is very hard. Some games like The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask have a system like this. This is slightly different, however, since there is no way to recover lost time.
The game has a few enemy problems, like some can kill your whole army in one attack or such, which is improved in the later game Pikmin 2. The whole fun of it comes from the puzzles and grouping of your army, grouping your army is a great way to bypass puzzles like in some games like Robin Hood: Defender Of The Crown.
In other words, this game is fun and hard, with good sound and music, but VERY hard gameplay, the graphics are very nice s well.