Pikmin 3 Deluxe – Likes & Gripes

 

⚠️SPOILER WARNING⚠️

For my first Pikmin experience, this wasn't too shabby. 😎

Likes

• Unique style of gameplay (efficiency is king)!
• Forgiving for newcomers.
• Difficulty options.
• Ability to switch between gyro and pointer controls.
• Time-limited days and missions aren't short to the point of feeling unfair.
• Olimar side story is longer than expected (well worth the $60 price in my mind)!*

Gripes

• The story's on the short side. 😕
• Using pointer controls takes away the R button to reset the cursor instead of switching between Pikmin and the other crew members. 
• Olimar’s side story could have shown his finding of the S.S. Drake’s cosmic-drive key in a level but didn’t (missed opportunity?)... 🤔
• Pointer can be finicky (which is unhelpful in Missions where time is of the essence).

SCORE: 4/5

*The prologue is pretty brief (which worried me about the length of the epilogue), but the side story following the main story is rewardingly longer than expected.