Pikmin is seriously the most underrated Nintendo series of all time. There really is no other game like it out there, the satisfaction of taking down massive enemies with your mob of pikmin that you've painstakingly generated opening the way to a treasure that you can successfully carry is so satisfying. On the other hand this game is like a horror game. One misstep and your entire squad could be wiped out in an instant. I finished in just over 9 hours and the ending was funny, but the open world aspect kinda prevented any final boss encounter because each cave had its own boss which was a massive undertaking in their own right. I liked how Pikmin 2 got rid of the time limit, but at the same time it removed a whole layer of urgency that Pikmin 1 demanded and also made each encounter more intense. Still a very fun game and really glad I got to play it.