The best pikmin experience. 3 is already the best game in the series in regards to gameplay IMO, and this game just enhances it. The mechanical changes that this port brings are generally really nice, but I'm not a fan of how many commands are shoved into the Y button.
The multiplayer story mode is the most fun I've ever had in pikmin. If you have a friend who is similarly into the series, it's a great experience. Extremely fun to see how well you can optimize days with 2 people working in tandem, and having a 3rd captain lets either of you switch it up for the sections where you wait.
The added content for Olimar and Louie is short but fun.
The added difficulty modes are kind of redundant, normal is just easy mode and hardmode is basically the same as the Wii U version. Ultra spicy isn't actually hard, it just needlessly reduces your pikmin cap to make it artificially tougher. In reality its just less satisfying to play with a lower cap since it reduces how much you can multitask.
Obviously since its still pikmin 3 it's already an easy game as is, so Ultra spicy being lackluster as an additional challenge is the most disappointing part of this game. If the mode just increased pikmin kill caps + removed how easily you could stunlock enemies, it'd would've been much better. That's the optimal way to improve 3's difficulty imo.
The multiplayer story mode is the most fun I've ever had in pikmin. If you have a friend who is similarly into the series, it's a great experience. Extremely fun to see how well you can optimize days with 2 people working in tandem, and having a 3rd captain lets either of you switch it up for the sections where you wait.
The added content for Olimar and Louie is short but fun.
The added difficulty modes are kind of redundant, normal is just easy mode and hardmode is basically the same as the Wii U version. Ultra spicy isn't actually hard, it just needlessly reduces your pikmin cap to make it artificially tougher. In reality its just less satisfying to play with a lower cap since it reduces how much you can multitask.
Obviously since its still pikmin 3 it's already an easy game as is, so Ultra spicy being lackluster as an additional challenge is the most disappointing part of this game. If the mode just increased pikmin kill caps + removed how easily you could stunlock enemies, it'd would've been much better. That's the optimal way to improve 3's difficulty imo.