Is This Pikmin's Turning Point?

To say I was highly anticipating the release of Pikmin 4 would honestly be a bit of an understatement. As a fan of the series since the first entry, Pikmin 4 instantly became my most anticipated game of 2023 the moment it was revealed. Not only that, I previously decided to replay each of the prior games for my previous retrospective before its launch in order to generate as much interest as I could headed into its launch. This led me to finally approach Pikmin 4 from a unique perspective. Instead of evaluating the game from a singular perspective, I was able to approach see what had really changed while weighing its design choices against the goals of its developers. What I found was that while I have my own praises and faults with Pikmin 4, this game is so much more important than anything I feel about it. It's a turning point for the Pikmin franchise, leaving me incredibly optimistic about its future.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
4:30 Lessons Learned from Pikmin 3
9:48 An Unprecedented New Setup
17:14 The Dandori Difference
24:43 Leveraging Player Creativity
30:54 Pikmin 4's Striking Selling Point
39:40 Conflicting Cave Design
47:20 A Strange Relationship With Restrictions
58:48 Conclusion

All cited material is from Nintendo's Ask the Developer series for Pikmin 4 - https://bit.ly/AsktheDev

Special Thanks to the following creators for playing the parts of various developers
MARK HAHA as SHIGEFUMI HINO - ‪@marksrecroom‬
LUIS ILLINGWORTH as YUJI KANDO - ‪@HeyRaguio‬
NAVEED MOHEBBI as SHIGERU MIYAMOTO - ‪@NaveedMohebbi‬
KOHANA as YUTAKA HIRAMUKI - ‪@Kohana64‬

Thanks to ‪@hotcyder‬, ‪@Chariot_Rider‬, ‪@wyattjoseph‬, and ‪@MMLCommentaries‬ for script feedback!

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