The Pikmin series blossoms anew, in a bouquet of fresh gameplay and the best of its roots. Eurogamer's Pikmin 4 review:
It's a feeling I think reflects attitudes to the often slightly-overlooked Pikmin series overall, despite several major incarnations, re-releases, spin-offs, and promotion from the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto himself. In terms of sales it has never troubled the likes of Splatoon or Luigi's Mansion, let alone Mario or Zelda. It's something of an oddball concept, with a cutesy strategy wrapper that hides decidedly more hardcore demands of resource and time management.
The game's same rewarding pace is kept for the rollout of Pikmin themselves, whose typical type-by-type introduction is naturally elongated here by the fact Pikmin 4 makes sure to include every major type featured across the series to date . There's even a gradual pace to how large your squad can grow - and I didn't hit the usual total of 100 Pikmin until after the game's first ending.
Multiplayer options include a PVP battle mode and a Super Mario Odyssey-style assist mode for the main campaign. Full co-op, added to the Deluxe release of Pikmin 3, is not featured.
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