Nintendo made many Switch announcements at the Game Awards 2023 (see our roundup). Winning was also important. We’ve covered a few of those on the site, but let’s cheer for Pikmin 4, which won Best Sim/Strategy Game! Geoff Keighley’s award floods reveal multiple winners at once, and the win came in one. Nintendo won this ...
Update: The second wave of Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch icons is out. Redeem by August 3. Nintendo Everything lists the offerings: Nintendo’s ‘Missions and Rewards’ online service has added new icons to celebrate Pikmin 4’s Switch release this week. This time you can claim icons for all your favorite Pikmin, the new doggo Oatchi, and ...
Pikmin 4 is big. We called Pikmin 3’s “hefty 30+ hour running time” in our review, and we weren’t alone. This makes it even more impressive that Pikmin 4’s director, Yuji Kando, admitted to playing through the main story mode “around 20 times” to fix bugs in Nintendo’s recent Ask the Developer series. Eiji Aonuma ...
Kung Fu Tea, an American bubble tea manufacturer, announced a special partnership with Nintendo ahead of Pikmin 4 later this month. Kung Fu Tea will provide an exclusive new flavor, Pikmin-themed cups, lids, “and more” as part of this. A “refreshing new limited-time” drink inspired by the small buds will be offered in August with ...
Nintendo added a new item to its US My Nintendo Store before Pikmin 4’s July 21 release. Order a Pikmin 4 Sticker Set with 200 Platinum Points. Pikmin and Oatchi, two 3″ vinyl stickers, are included. Stick these stickers on anything: “This set of two 3″ vinyl stickers features a variety of Pikmin, an explorer, ...
We got to play Pikmin 4 a month before its July 21 release to see what Nintendo has been working on for eight years. We enjoyed it, especially the new features. There are too many additions to discuss here (you can find our full thoughts in the hands-on preview at the bottom of this article), ...