Pikmin 4 It’s coming tomorrow, July 21st, and it sounds like it’s the Switch game is pretty stupid. Despite this, there have only been four main games in the series since the first entry was released on the GameCube in 2001. The games don’t fare as well as other first-party Nintendo games, with the best-selling entry, Pikmin 3 Deluxesold a little over two million copies compared to, say, Super Mario OdysseyIt’s 25.76 million units. Why is this? Well, series creator and Nintendo Big Wig Shigeru Miyamoto has a few theories.
In an interview from Nintendo’s Ask A Developer seriesMiyamoto noted to fellow corporate developers that he’s always wondered why the series didn’t “sell sales” even though so many people enjoyed it. Then he wondered if it was because the RTS series might be too difficult for some players. However, the interviewer I suggested that too Pikmin could be emotionally draining for some players as the titular little plant-types you throw at your problems in these games die frequently and in droves. However, Miyamoto concedes that this is part of the mission Pikmin primarily appealing.
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“I understand that people have a harder time when death is involved,” Miyamoto said. “But I think the franchise’s strength lies in its relationship with mortality. When something is irreversible, you need to find a way to prevent unwanted things from happening. To prevent Pikmin from dying, you must practice “dandori” (a Japanese term meaning “think ahead about planning and efficiency to get things done smoothly”). For me, that’s what makes this game unique. I think people find it Pikmin difficult for two reasons: the controls and the depth of the gameplay. I thought long and hard about how we could convey these points as ‘interesting’ and not ‘difficult’.”
Despite these concerns, Nintendo isn’t considering watering down the experience Pikmin 4. Miyamoto said that while the series is iterative, Nintendo always tries to maintain what made the first game so compelling.
“We talked about how we want as many people as possible to play Pikmin 4but if not Pikmin“However, we will not live up to the expectations of those who have enjoyed the series so far,” he said. “The first game presented more of a challenge, while the second game was richer in content and we retreated to something closer to the first.” Pikmin 3. But after thinking about it, I realized we could do both. We were able to maintain the depth of gameplay that defines it Pikmin It is very interesting and at the same time provides the functional support to overcome the challenges around controls.”
Outside of the main games, Niantic also released a mobile AR game called Pikmin Bloom, which the company even supports after the recent layoffs.
