This is fucking peak Pikmin.

As good as the previous games in the series are, Pikmin has always lived in my mind as B-tier Nintendo. Great but not quite to the quality of their best work. That's changed with Pikmin 4. We finally have a game that fulfills on the promise of its premise and embraces what sets it apart from other strategy games. Throw in some extremely welcome quality of life additions and a generous campaign and side activities, this is about as good as one could expect. The only quibble I have is the lack of true co-op, which would've put it over-the-top.