7 beginner tips to get started in Pikmin 4

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While Pikmin 4 is very beginner friendly (even from a story perspective!), there are ways you can stretch out more efficiency; which comes in handy if you’re ever stuck! Here are some quick ways to smooth out your run.

Pikmin 4‘s core tenet is “Dandori,” which essentially asks you to delegate which party members gather which items (or destroy certain hazards). This can be as simple as throwing Yellow Pikmin at an electric fence to take it out, while Red Pikmin fight a fire enemy nearby.

As you progress, you’ll need to learn to split up your party within each type to ensure you have enough Pikmin for the job. For a particularly big treasure, you may want to toss a few extra Pikmin at it so it gets back to your base quicker (and if you’re attacked by an errant enemy, the team doesn’t drop the item on the ground).

As a general rule, Oatchi has two options at their disposal when it comes to upgrading their abilities: combat, and utility.

Combat isn’t particularly tough in Pikmin 4, and the game also comes with a handy rewind feature. If, at any time, a battle is so tough that it wipes you out; you can rewind your progress instantly. As such, Oatchi doesn’t need to become a combat machine, especially early on.

Instead, when you get the ability to upgrade Oatchi,  you’re going to want to go for gathering and exploration abilities initially. This allows you to enter new areas, which in turn will grant you more upgrades (which you can then funnel back into combat if you wish).

Don’t stress out, and take your time. Despite the fact that each run has a full day and evening cycle (a run ends right before it gets dark), there’s no penalty for going back into a level unless you’re speedrunning.

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