Hey! Pikmin on the 3DS doesn’t suck, and I’m shocked

In September of last year, Nintendo revealed Hey! Pikmin during a Nintendo Direct presentation. I immediately wrote it off as the next mediocre 2D platformer from a series that deserves so much more. In my defense, we’d received nothing but phone-ins from Nintendo in the 2D platformer space, from Yoshi to Kirby and back again.

It just sort of made sense to me that Hey! Pikmin would be another mediocre effort. It seemed destined to be a simple cash-in for a dying system with a massive install base.

Good news, I was wrong. At least, after a weekend and a few commutes with the game, I’m actually enjoying Hey! Pikmin. It feels so great to have pegged this thing all wrong.

Is it a traditional Pikmin effort that rewards preservation and unit build-up? No. You won’t scratch that Pikmin itch with this game.

It’s more akin to something like Yoshi’s Island, except your eggs have been swapped out for Pikmin. In that regard, this game is almost better than Yoshi’s New Island that hit the 3DS a few years back. That felt like a phoned in effort, but this seems just a bit stronger.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/07/17/is-hey-pikmin-any-good/