Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy review – back to school

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Nintendo releases an updated version of Pikmin 4 with higher resolution visuals and a peculiar new challenge mode that’s set to get new content well into next year.

Nintendo releases an updated version of Pikmin 4 with higher resolution visuals and a peculiar new challenge mode that’s set to get new content well into next year.

Having a sizeable collection of Wii U games to remaster for the Switch 1 helped greatly in filling out that console’s release schedules, especially in the initial years. Nintendo Switch 2 Edition remasters have attempted to fill that role on the new console, but they’ve struggled to justify their existence, with most of the changes being so small that even Nintendo doesn’t dare charge more than £5 for some of the upgrades.

Pikmin 4’s is a little more than that because it does have a substantial new mode, even if there are no major changes to the main game. The resolution has been increased to 4K in TV mode and you can now use GameShare for the competitive Dandori Battle mode, but that’s it in terms of new features – beyond using the microphone to give voice commands to your dog-like companion Oatchi.

Even as an upgrade that’s not really worth it but the most significant addition is an all-new mode called Dandori Academy, which is not only fun but addresses the key complaint of the original: that it’s too easy.

While the first three Pikmin games were often compared to a real-time strategy game, that comparison was stretched to breaking point when it came to Pikmin 4, which went off in a very different direction. You can find our full review of the original release here and apart from the voice commands it really is exactly the same game.

In it, you control a pint-sized alien that’s become stranded on an Earth-like planet and has to collect parts of their crashed ship, and various other things, by ordering around small armies of plant-like pikmin. These come in various colour schemes, each with different specialities, depending on whether you need to fight the dangerous fauna of the planet, bash through obstacles, or navigate things like water and fire.

In theory that’s business as usual for the franchise…

Dandor…

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