The way they sit in the overworld map makes me want to go after them and put an end to their piraty ways.
haha, same here.
What we need is something like..... I dunno, a special mission you can do where you infiltrate the ship.... it'd be it's own seperate platforming area with dungeon map and everything..... fight some crazy boss, and then do a Metroid-style escape as the thing starts falling apart.
This would highly entertain me.
Though whatever is done, I think it should be fairly difficult and require some preparation, otherwise these guys arent much of a threat/presence on the world map.
The whole idea behind them is pretty cool though.