Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Pikmin 3 is a fantastic game, and was so when it initially released on the Wii U years ago. This Switch port add some nice enhancements and additions but is essentially the same game with sightly better graphics.If you missed it on the Wii U, it's a great pick up for the Switch; but if you already played it when it originally released like I did it doesn't add much to make replaying the game a vastly different experience.The new content is nice, in particular some of the epilogue missions and the new multiplayer modes; but on the whole it's not enough to really justify the $60 price tag if you played the game previously.For new players, it's a great pickup, even at $60. If you played it on the Wii U I would still recommend it, but maybe wait for it to go on ... MorePikmin 3 is a fantastic game, and was so when it initially released on the Wii U years ago. This Switch port add some nice enhancements and additions but is essentially the same game with sightly better graphics.If you missed it on the Wii U, it's a great pick up for the Switch; but if you already played it when it originally released like I did it doesn't add much to make replaying the game a vastly different experience.The new content is nice, in particular some of the epilogue missions and the new multiplayer modes; but on the whole it's not enough to really justify the $60 price tag if you played the game previously.For new players, it's a great pickup, even at $60. If you played it on the Wii U I would still recommend it, but maybe wait for it to go on sale at some point so the value equation makes more sense.

I have never finished a Pikmin game, but a portable version of a main entry in the series made it possible!Pikmin is a game in which miniature alien folk land on an Earth-like planet full of Earth-like food and also little creatures called Pikmin. You manage these Pikmin who are grouped by color, each with different abilities and traits, in order to fight other adorable creatures, destroy and build and move things.The game's delightful almost-difficult gameplay urges you forward just enough and keeps you engaged with a day cycle, permanent death for your pikmin, and a resource requirement you have to meet each day (a bottle of juice for your crew to drink), and always gives you something to manage at once with up go three three separate controllable groups and ... MoreI have never finished a Pikmin game, but a portable version of a main entry in the series made it possible!Pikmin is a game in which miniature alien folk land on an Earth-like planet full of Earth-like food and also little creatures called Pikmin. You manage these Pikmin who are grouped by color, each with different abilities and traits, in order to fight other adorable creatures, destroy and build and move things.The game's delightful almost-difficult gameplay urges you forward just enough and keeps you engaged with a day cycle, permanent death for your pikmin, and a resource requirement you have to meet each day (a bottle of juice for your crew to drink), and always gives you something to manage at once with up go three three separate controllable groups and pikmin assigned all over the map. All parts of the game can be played with two players, but there are both cooperative and competitive levels aside from the campaign which aren't going to keep you playing through the decade, but should give you at least as much as the campaign does as long as you have someone to play with.

I wasn't sure that I'd enjoy a time management game even with the pikmin asthetic, but for $30 I decided now was the time to find out. I'm glad I did because Pikmin 3 has been a lot of fun. I haven't beaten it yet, I've only recently unlocked all the Pikmin types, but the game is a lot more forgiving than I had expected and even lets you redo a days of exploration if you lost a lot of pikmin or feel you could've done better that day. There are some challenges to overcome and several multi-tasking puzzels but they are a lot of fun to overcome. Would recomend.