With Pikmin 4 on the Way, Revisit All the Cute, Plant-like Helpers Before Diving In

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A new Pikmin game is coming and if history has taught me anything about the franchise, we’re in for a treat. Before Pikmin 4 launches on the Nintendo Switch on July 21st, I wanted to get ready by taking a look at the plant like helpers who have come before.  With seven types of Pikmin and more to come, there is a lot to remember before diving back into one of Nintendo's greatest franchises.  

My experience with Pikmin didn’t start until Pikmin 3 .  When Mario Kart 8 released on the Wii U in 2014, it came with a free download of either New Super Mario U or Pikmin 3 .  I took a chance on Pikmin 3 and it quickly became my favorite game on the Wii U. I even double dipped and purchased the deluxe edition the day it was released on the Switch. Even though I didn’t have the background of playing the first two games in the Pikmin series, I wasn’t lost from a story perspective. There were certainly things that acted as callbacks to the first two games but I was able to fully understand everything going on.  One thing, however, that would have helped would have been a guide to all the different Pikmin types. With that in mind, I’m putting together a definitive guide to all the Pikmin types up to this point in the franchise and previewing what we know so far about new types being added to Pikmin 4 .

We start of course with the red Pikmin.  Red Pikmin are the most basic type of Pikmin in the franchise.  They have no special abilities or added strength. They, like every other type of Pikmin, can gather resources, fight enemies, complete tasks such as rebuilding a bridge, and tear down sand barriers.  Red Pikmin have been in every iteration of the Pikmin franchise to date and that is likely to continue.  While