I don’t know how I forgot to mention this but Pikmin 3 ended on a cliffhanger which makes them retconing the entire series even more annoying

I waited a majority of my life for Pikmin 4, and when I first played and thought it felt off, so I just told myself I was being nostalgia blind. To hear a newer Pikmin fan echoing my thoughts feels very validating. I really hate complaining, but Pikmin 4 feels misguided. You’re 100% right that hey Pikmin feels more like a true Pikmin experience. At least this game selling well insures a brighter future for the series.

While I had a ton of fun with Pikmin 4 and look forward to replaying it I agree with several of your bigger complaints. I think wanting to make the series more accessible and less anxiety-inducing is what led to a lot of the creative flaws with 4. They clearly want Pikmin to be a bigger series than it is and looking at the reception 4 was a considerable push in that direction. It seems to pick and choose things from the series as a sort of "sampler" for people who never gave it a try but it ends up struggling to have its own identity by reusing so much and several mechanics are overpowered or underutilized. I appreciate that you presented your thoughts concisely and the audio was easy to listen to. Nice job bud✌

Can’t wait to play Peakmin 4 now that i know the game is objectively worse than Hey! Pikmin

Good video! I played through Pikmin 4 at least a year ago. I've been a Pikmin fan since the original Pikmin 1 on the GameCube. I have to agree with a lot of what you mentioned. The game just feels like it has too much fluff in it. Oatchi pretty much breaks most of the challenges and the Pikmin feel like they are just along for the ride. The game also just makes way too many unnecessary callbacks to earlier games. I'd rather they have brand new bosses to fight instead of just bringing back a bunch of the same Pikmin 2 bosses (it felt like a step back from the bosses in 3). I think Pikmin worked better when it felt like you were more isolated and were just trying to survive in a dark, hostile environment.

Absolute peak vid 🗣️

I agree with this

ommggggggg bg footage!!!!!!

No way you said that hey pikmin is better than pikmin 2