“Pikmin 4” is the 2023 sequel in Shigeru Miyamoto’s bizarre gardening-inspired series about tiny astronauts exploring gigantic environments with the help of the titular plant-creatures. While the original game was an unknown quantity, it became an unexpected hit for the Gamecube, and spawned a truly definitive sequel within the same generation. Alas, the only ‘Pikmin’ games to hit the Wii were ports of the Gamecube titles… with guffed-up controls to boot. Another new ‘Pikmin’ game wouldn’t be released until 2013, which fell flat largely due to questionable gameplay design and even worse controls than before. After another decade at the drawing board, Nintendo has finally graced us with another new ‘Pikmin’ game, and it was only my overwhelming enjoyment of “Pikmin ... |
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