There’s nothing left in reserve, not even a stockpile of three-bean mix cans. ![]() The people of Koppai have chewed through their entire food supply. The story doesn’t exactly see it that way. But beneath the outer layer is a deep ecosystem of time management, risk versus reward, and weighing up the future of many against your own selfish desires. On the surface, Pikmin 3 masks itself as a niche child-friendly affair, like many Nintendo games. It effectively did that with Pikmin 3, but like so many Wii U games, quickly faded without the spotlight of a large install base. It has been 16 since the prior mainline instalment, yet Pikmin still carries the reputation of a relative newcomer to the Nintendo stable that is yet to fully establish itself. ![]() It has been seven years since I last hurled a conglomerate of indigenous flowering vegetables at inanimate objects to do my bidding - and that was this very same game, having skipped the lesser received 3DS release in 2017. With improved controls and a fitting co-op mode, Pikmin 3 Deluxe on Switch is the best way to play but without a trace of remastering, it also feels old in 2020 in the company of a new generation of consoles. ![]() ![]() Nintendo has scraped the bottom of the garden barrel in search of one of the final Wii U to Switch ports and unearthed a delightful, yet under-appreciated gem, very deserving of a rerun.
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