Not counting the final boss this game is a wonderful time. A good challenge tho it can be a bit simple in retrospect. The puzzle solving as you slowly figure out each area, combined with the short overall length allow for a great experience as a one off or to come back to trying for more and more optimized days. The big 30 day time limit feels daunting but it given the ease or restarting days and the size of the maps it never felt truly harrowing, its not impossible to run out of days but it is not as tight as it may seem. The boss encounters in this game vary wildly from being jokes to being insane tests of kinda arcane aspects of this game. The final Boss especially just feels bad the idea involves a really good understanding of how bombs stun enemies and it really doesn't work well given the games controls. I find it hard to fault this game for most of my complaints given both its age and how weird it is; but man this game needed a better way to select which Pikmin to throw. Similarly the Pikmin A.I. is rough and can lead to them standing in the way or killing themselves on edges or near water. That said this game is still a wonderful time. May be best to start with pikmin 3 or 4 tho.