Games

Pikmin 4

Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, Eighting, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10

2023•Strategy•PEGI 7

Taste attributes: actionadventurescience fictionanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalvehiclesfastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical strategy game that is wide-ranging, low-key and pacy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

86 / 100

44 ratings

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About This Game

Meet Pikmin, small, plantlike creatures you can grow, pluck, command, and overpower your enemies with! These curious helpers come in different types—fire is no sweat for Red Pikmin and the brand-new Ice Pikmin can freeze enemies and the environment. Use your Pikmin’s miniature might (and a bit of strategy) to explore this mysterious planet. You get a dog, too! Oatchi, resident good boy and dependable partner, can help with things like smashing obstacles and carrying Pikmin throughout your adventure. With the miniscule Pikmin and a capable canine in tow, no challenge is too big!

Summary: IGDB

Story

When Captain Olimar's ship suffers a freak accident and crash-lands on the mysterious, Earth-like planet PNF-404, he is forced to recruit the strange plant-like creatures known as Pikmin to help recover its missing parts. After sending out a desperate SOS along with his voyage logs, Olimar inexplicably vanishes while continuing his search. His distress call reaches the Rescue Corps, an intergalactic rescue organization, which dispatches a team led by Captain Shepherd to save him. But their ship malfunctions on arrival, scattering the crew across the planet's surface. With the mission in...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionAdventureScience fictionAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalVehiclesAll consuming questRescue/escape/jeopardySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

ExplorationCharacter customizationSpaceshipMicromanagementDogLoot gatheringTiny protagonistMoai

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developers: Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development, Eighting, Nintendo EPD Production Group No. 10
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 21 July 2023
Series: Pikmin
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 35h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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