Pikmin 4 – How To Set Shortcut Inputs | Tips & Tricks

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Pikmin 4 is a sometimes-relaxing, sometimes-stressful adventure that tasks you with exploring a strangely familiar world with teeny-tiny carrot people. As a genre, Pikmin falls well within the RTS. This is rather unusual as that specific genre rarely works on consoles due to controller limitations.

Of course, none of this matters to Nintendo as they mastered the art 20+ years ago and Pikmin 4 is just a refinement of that core concept. To make controlling your hordes even easier, the game allows you to set four custom inputs – shortcuts to commands and even menus that you can change on the fly. This guide will walk you through how to do this whilst also giving you some tips on how to set up your four Shortcuts. 

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The game will inform you of this feature within the first few hours of play, however, you can discover this by yourself almost immediately if you go looking for it. To access the menu, you will need to press the ‘-’ button on your controller. This will bring up the Options menu.

From here, move your cursor down to the second option on your left. This should highlight ‘Shortcut Settings’. Press the ‘A’ button to select it. This will bring you to the Assign Shortcut Function screen. 

There are four available buttons to assign – all of which are mapped to your D-Pad. Simply press the ‘Up’, ‘Down’, ‘Left’, or ‘Right’ buttons to bring up a list of commands you can set. Find which one you want, press the ‘A’ button, and you are good to go. Repeat this for each direction and you’re done. 

You can assign just about anything to your D-Pad which gives you a staggering level of control-tweaking capability. It also adds a layer of uncertainty.