I'm happy for any Pikmin I can get, so I'm grateful we're still getting mainline Pikmin games, even if they're ~10 years apart. This has most of the Pikmin stuff I love, but the changes--namely the reworking of multi-character management that was so fun in Pikmin 3--aren't so welcome. You get some of that multitasking when giving your character and Oatchi different taks, but it feels dumbed down from the previous game. Adding gear and currency just add a false sense of complexity without meaningfully changing how you play the game. The night missions aren't ever something I looked forward to.
I played this a lot and enjoyed much of it, but it did make me hope for a better Pikmin 5, hopefully this decade.
I played this a lot and enjoyed much of it, but it did make me hope for a better Pikmin 5, hopefully this decade.
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I would start with either P1 or P3. P1 is still a lot of fun (I replayed through the re-released Switch version, like, a few times back-to-back after having played lots of P4). The $30 asking price is steep, IMO, but I already knew I liked it. I played through P2, too, which didn't age as well--just some slogginess I had forgotten about--but it's not bad either. P3 is overall a more interesting game. It has gameplay improvements that make revisiting earlier games a bit rough by comparison. It does eventually have you controlling 3 characters with their own groups of Pikmin, which might be overwhelming to a newcomer, but it's also pretty satisfying. Curious to hear your thoughts if you ever give the series a go!
I hope to play more Tinykin. I enjoyed the demo, though the similarities to Pikmin aren't all that strong, from what I could tell.
I hope to play more Tinykin. I enjoyed the demo, though the similarities to Pikmin aren't all that strong, from what I could tell.
Patteca
3 months ago
(Have you played Tinykin? I really loved it and it’s seeming overlap with pikmin, though I could be wrong in perceiving overlap there.)