Gonna be hard to articulate how I feel about this game but we'll see. This is easily the best Nintendo game from the last decade and potentially my favorite game they've ever done. Everything in this game is a massive improvement from the rest of the series which is already excellent. Part of me was worried certain Pikmin types would get overshadowed since there was so many of them in this game but they managed to balance everything well. I didn't feel like any of them got neglected.

More notably, this game is an absolute love letter to the franchise. It definitely pulls most of it's inspiration from Pikmin 2 but there's tons of references (I.E Giant's Hearth quoting the Forest Navel theme idk if that's true but that was my guess). There's such a high level of polish in charm in Pikmin 4 that's hard to come across. Throughly enjoyed 100% completing this game.