ever since they showed off the character customization I've been conflicted on the game. I liked the pikmin series and was planning on picking up 4, but that changed my mind to maybe avoid it...
i think it looks pretty good, but there are some things in the trailer that i'm not sure about.
they showed a lot of pikmin types, i think all of them from every game? this is a worry of mine unless they made enough different areas to make you feel like you don't need every type on every expedition.
still not sure how to feel about the dog
really glad they're bringing back caves, but the pikmin 2 versus mode-esque battles seem weird
the night expeditions seem sort of interesting, curious about what purpose they serve
not sure how to feel about the upgrade shops and currency, hope they do it well
overall, theres a lot of new stuff and returning features that were missing in pikmin 3 for us to be excited about. seems like they want to go more of an open world, choose your own adventure style of progression in favor of how in previous games you had to defeat x boss or get y treasure to unlock a new area.
I'm pretty excited to see what this ends up having. Nintendo has already done a lot of the big obvious things with the Switch, which leaves the window open for lesser used IPs or more unique game concepts.
Or they can do sequels, which is still pretty exciting since it's a chance to improve on what are already some really strong titles.
tbh it seems like nintendo is doing the opposite of that. they used to have a lot of random smaller games/ips, but it's been feeling like they've been centralizing into their few core IPs and nothing else. like, we haven't even gotten a 2d zelda on switch yet (grezzo did LA remake but that's not really a new game).
That would probably require cooperation with square, which would finally open the door to proper sequels. I’d cry. (No shade on the paper Mario and Mario and Luigi games, they are great series in their own rights, just not the same.)
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