Pikmin was always a bit of an outlier in the Nintendo gaming universe. Not as mainstream as Mario, far quirkier than Zelda, Pikmin was a game for the uber-strategy nerds, the die-hard fans.
With that in mind, this is a new type of Pikmin game entirely: an accessible one. A soft reboot, if you will, that ditches most of the plot from games two and three in favour of a new storyline, and new hero.
