Pikmin 4 | NSW | 21st July 2023 | Reviews out now, currently 88 on Metacritic

But I have, on occasion, sometimes wondered if this should be called Oatchi 1 instead of Pikmin 4.

Qikz wrote:Tip for this and all other Pikmin games which for YEARS since release I didn't know.

If you throw blue pikmin at drowning pikmin they'll throw the pikmin out of the water. I've just used the constant whistle method this entire time lol

Qikz wrote:Tip for this and all other Pikmin games which for YEARS since release I didn't know.

If you throw blue pikmin at drowning pikmin they'll throw the pikmin out of the water. I've just used the constant whistle method this entire time lol

Nintendo Life wrote:In short, we had a great time with it and were particularly enamoured by the new features that have been introduced this time around.

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), but one that we feel deserves a little fanfare of its own is the new ability to rewind time, perfect for if your day is going awry and too many of your Pikmin troop have suffered because of it.

Captain Kinopio wrote:I wonder if it's actually rewind time or just an option to restart the day. I would think the latter.

Learn all about the world of the Pikmin 4 game! Team up with tiny plantlike creatures called Pikmin and the adorable Rescue Pup Oatchi as you explore every corner of this mysterious planet. Rescue stranded castaways in strategic Dandori Battles, collect Treasures on the planet's surface and underground, set off for daring Night Expeditions, and so much more! Pikmin 4 launches July 21, 2023 only on the Nintendo Switch system. Pre-orders and a free demo are available now on Nintendo eShop.

Say you've just approached a large enemy and had trouble defeating it first time around - you've lost 20 Pikmin to an attack you never saw coming! Head to the game's options menu, and select Rewind Time.

From here, Pikmin 4 gives you a set of saved states to select and roll back to, the most recent being two minutes ago. Others options tend to offer you alternative save states from around the five or eight minute marks hence. Finally, there's an option to rewind all the way back to the beginning of a day (if you're in the overworld) or the beginning of a level (if you're in a cave).

With each of these save states, you're given a clear indicator of how many Pikmin you have alive in your squad, as well as the number who have died each day. You can also easily see what treasures and resources you have thus far collected.

Rewinding time means you'll need to recollect any treasures you acquired in the time lost, of course, so then it becomes a matter of whether you consider replaying five or eight or however many minutes just to get back the Pikmin that died in the interim.
It's a flexible enough system, but one that dissuades you from using it all of the time. I've rewound time to a save state two minutes before and messed things up again, only to find that I can't restart that save point a second time. Instead, I've found that I can only go back to an even earlier one which tasks me with yet more treasure hunting and exploration to redo.

rinks wrote:Details of how time rewind works:

Say you've just approached a large enemy and had trouble defeating it first time around - you've lost 20 Pikmin to an attack you never saw coming! Head to the game's options menu, and select Rewind Time.

From here, Pikmin 4 gives you a set of saved states to select and roll back to, the most recent being two minutes ago. Others options tend to offer you alternative save states from around the five or eight minute marks hence. Finally, there's an option to rewind all the way back to the beginning of a day (if you're in the overworld) or the beginning of a level (if you're in a cave).

With each of these save states, you're given a clear indicator of how many Pikmin you have alive in your squad, as well as the number who have died each day. You can also easily see what treasures and resources you have thus far collected.

Rewinding time means you'll need to recollect any treasures you acquired in the time lost, of course, so then it becomes a matter of whether you consider replaying five or eight or however many minutes just to get back the Pikmin that died in the interim.
It's a flexible enough system, but one that dissuades you from using it all of the time. I've rewound time to a save state two minutes before and messed things up again, only to find that I can't restart that save point a second time. Instead, I've found that I can only go back to an even earlier one which tasks me with yet more treasure hunting and exploration to redo.

https://www.eurogamer.net/heres-how-pik ... ture-works

OrangeRKN wrote:Waiting for the new feature that lets you resume progress after quitting the game