Wow, that's the most scathingly negative opinion of this game that I think I've ever heard. I cannot express how glad I am that I didn't pick this clunker up. The required marriage, no festivals and pussification of the farming portions of the game were enough to deter my purchase beforehand, but I had no idea just how badly they screwed the rest of it up as well.

And you're right, Pikmin 2 is the shiz-it.