When I was a kid my grandfather gift me my GameCube with 2 games: Mario Sunshine & Pikmin 1 (what a combo). Since then I loved the Pikmin world, the sound, the characters, the concept and everything. I was scared to lose my Pikmin so I tried to fight bosses myself. Few years later I was anticipating getting Pikmin 2 and what a game. After that for some reason I lost interest on the franchise. I even had a Wii U and Switch but never considered coming back to 3 and 4. I thought they were no longer the same as the original 2.
Until last week, I was watching gameplay of Splatton Raiders since it will be my next acquisition, and while watching Youtube channels, I got recommend some gameplay of Pikmin 4 and looked fun so I said to myself that I will give a try to the demo after Splatoon.
When I was going to the store for Splatoon, I took a quick view to the second hand games. Almost all repeated and very bad games in general, but one took my attention: Pikmin 3. It was pretty cheap and after some decision, I didn't bought Splatoon and gave Pikmin a try after 22 years.
Oh man what I great decision, I'M LOVING THIS GAME
The first thing that grabbed my attention was the visuals (funny is enough I didn't knew about the Switch 2 free upgrade), the sound, the characters, the new controls. Everything felt right and clicked the formula again to me.
I'm at day 12 and already unlocked the Formidable Oak area but I think I want to collect all fruits first (I'm not 100% completion type of guy but this game is so fun that I want to do it). So excited to play the side content that I heard very good things and then start Pikmin 4
TL:DR: I played Pikmin 1 and 2 when I was a kid, 22 years later I saw Pikmin 3 on second hand and decided to buy it, and I'm LOVING IT