Pikmin 4 <\/em>offers a profoundly tranquil experience that allows you to play at your own pace and embrace the new world you are exploring. As you walk around lush worlds with your Pikmin army, looking to collect treasures and assorted items to progress to the next area, you can’t help but feel content and safe. It makes it easy to finish the four to five-hour main story\u2014but then the game hits you with a big curveball.<\/p>
Pikmin 4’s <\/em>main quest revolves around saving Olimar, and if you rush through the game, you can complete this quest in just a few hours. Upon finishing, a cutscene will play, the credits will roll, and you may, like me, wonder, “Is that it?” I felt robbed of a complete gameplay experience. <\/p>
Little did I know, however, that this was Nintendo\u2019s plan to fake everyone out. After the credits roll, the game fades to black, suggesting you won’t be able to continue or go back to collect anything you might have missed. Then, when all seems bleak, a flash appears, and a brand new cutscene plays as you return to the planet and slowly realize that (thankfully) there is a lot more content to come. There is more of the world to explore. And the post-game is about to begin.<\/p>
