way more finicky than pikmin 3, but pretty rewarding to win at.

i don't like the way you select pikmin. it's based on whichever one is the nearest, and will change without your consent. it's pretty annoying when you don't pick up a pikmin even when you're near them, since you get no feedback. at least pikmin 3 had an indicator.

when I tried to fight the armored beetle, I thought you had to throw a bomb into its nozzle when it was sucking to blow up its hard shell. It turns out you had to throw any pikmin in so that they block it and make it open its weak point. but throwing bombs into it doesn't do anything, so I thought I was doing it wrong. I had to look it up.

technically I haven't tried all the challenges but i'm counting this as mastered as far as i'm concerned.