The franchise may seem cute and cuddly, but something darker lurks underneath — and the latest Pikmin game takes things a step further. The franchise may seem cute and cuddly, but something darker ...

I caught up with Pikmin 4 over the holidays — Nintendo had a good 2023, didn’t it? — and it’s been a joy to slip back into the unique rhythms of this oddball strategy series. But it took me a minute ...

Pikmin 4 is the fourth game in Nintendo’s long-running strategy series, but it may as well be the first. That’s because the Switch sequel reinvents the franchise’s 22-year-old formula, turning it into ...

While exploring a garden in Pikmin 4, I found a tube of something called “refreshing goo.” As I instructed my small army of Pikmin, the flower-headed creatures who helped me carry things around the ...

Much like previous installments, Pikmin 4 sees you stranded on a mysterious planet where the titular creatures known as Pikmin look to aid you with your mission. This time around, the main protagonist ...

If you were a gamer in the 90s, you might have had a clay pot and trowel next to your controller because Nintendo once ...

The Pikmin games are typically hit-or-miss for me. I enjoy them and admire how they work, but the anxiety and stress tied to their guidelines often left me coming away from each play session rather ...

Nintendo EPD’s Pikmin 4 is entertaining players across the world, especially given it’s the first in the series to feature a fully customizable main character. While departing from the past in some ...

Nintendo’s recent animated short Close to You initially appeared as a gentle, mysterious vignette: a baby’s pacifier drifts and floats, seemingly alive, as the child chases after it in a softly lit ...

The plant-like creatures known as Pikmin come in more shapes and colors than ever before in Pikmin 4. These colors do more than give each Pikmin a different style — they also indicate what that type ...