I absolutely loved the Pkimin 4 Demo. Having played all 3 prior games, 4 resonated better with more emphasis on exploration and removing the "you have X days" pressure. Made it far more enjoyable personally.

The only thing I really wish they hadn't eliminated was proper co-op. My son was very disappointed that all I could do was throw rocks and items rather than run around the world with him.

Most Nintendo games aren't worth $60. Most console games aren't worth $60.

It feels like these games are just marketed to people who already know what Pikmin is. They’ve put 4 out at an absolutely dreadful time too… The average player is still chugging through TOTK!

Well that's Nintendo for you. I got disappointed by the Yoshi and Kirby going kindergarten level difficulty, so I haven't buy any sequal on switch. It looks cute and have nice mechanism, and maybe some harder extra level that's not required for completion dotted around. But it's not enough, like even little big planet have more variety of difficulty than wiiu/switch Yoshi/Kirby. And LBP isn't a hard game to begin with.

Cute and hard game with proper progression is how you curate a new generation of players. Cause they ain't playing gore flying hack-and-slash from 5yo.

I love Pikmin, always have. I will always go out of my way to Pikup one of these games.

I think the tutorial for Pikmin 4 is boring and painful for people who already know the deal. And I think the constant, slow interruptions absolutely kill the pacing, at least at the beginning.

I'm there for the gameplay loop, not to read the same recycled trash dialogue that every Pikmin game has, and it's ridiculously similar to other basic games, too.

The devs seem to think I'd rather watch the UI do pretty things than play the game, and they couldn't be more wrong. Maybe that crap snappy, let me skim through dialogue at rocket speed, and let's get on with the fun.

Two reasons: Switch exclusive and $60.

I never really played Pikmin as a kid so I don't have the same nostalgia-hook like I do for Mario and Zelda games. I'm not trying to spend $60 on a game I don't know if I will like and don't have prior experience with, especially when I can get a baller indie game on my Steam Deck for $10-$15.

I didn't pick it up because it's a full priced game, and it's just pikmin again. Great there's a dog now.

Nintendo has a big sequelitis problem these days, for every new idea they have they have a bare bones sequel to some ip that's the same thing as ever.

Nintendo has this weird habit of thinking extremely little of their players and assuming they are simply too stupid to play video games, and therefore need to have their hands held or be distracted with flashy gimmicks. Their actual base gameplay mechanics are some of the best in the business but they rarely actually ask the player to apply themselves. I don't think anyone likes to be condescended to. If it weren't for Metroid and Zelda, I don't think I'd put up with their underpowered shield tablet.

I never really played Pikmin. Never had a Nintendo console other than GBC growing up. Then I played DS/3DS and a Switch. I don’t get the appeal now that it’s fourth entry in the series.