Pikmin 4 Accolades Trailer Highlights Critical Acclaim

The First Descendant’s cross-platform open beta will be kicking off a little over a month from now, ahead of which Nexon has offered another look at the upcoming free-to-play looter shooter with a new trailer, putting the focus this time squarely on a single character.

I stood at the doorway looking at the giant worm-like Empress Bulblax.  It had birthed a whole litter of bulblax larvae and didn’t look like she was planning to stop any time soon.  I sent all 100 Pikmin I had into battle. They easily took down the larvae, but now it was time to go after Momma.  The Pikmin attacked, and for a moment, her HP was going down fast.  I can win this! The thing about Empress Bulblax, though is that her worm-like body makes her very capable of rolling.  She rolled right over my Pikmin and nearly 100 little Pikmin ghosts rose from the corpses of my now deceased companions.  I had to retry that fight almost 10 times before we won. Pikmin 4 is full of charm but doesn’t pull any punches on the action.  

Upon its launch a couple of weeks ago, Pikmin 4 dominated the weekly Japan physical sales charts with over 400,000 units sold at retail, and followed that up with over 115,000 units sold in its second week. As per the newest data released by Famitsu, it has topped those charts yet again, making it three weeks in a row for the strategy title, selling over 78,000 units during the week (with lifetime physical sales in Japan climbing to nearly 600,000 units).

Nintendo shared the latest trailer on Tuesday, giving fans a new look at Pikachu’s return to solving mysteries when the game launches on October 6, 2023 for the Nintendo Switch.

Dead By Daylight has had no problems capturing fans’ attention for years now. The video game continues to thrive with its new crossovers. Iconic horror films and television shows have been featured in the game, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon. In fact, we recently had the grand unveiling of Alien being brought into the game next. That teaser just alerted fans of what to expect. Today’s video drop gives you a far more terrifying experience. 

It’s been a busy weekend for fans of the fighting genre, with major new updates having been released for the likes of Mortal Kombat 1, Tekken 8, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, and more. Street Fighter 6 is, of course, already out, unlike those titles, but it’s got new content in the pipeline as well, and Capcom showed off a glimpse of what that’ll be with a new trailer at Evo.

Though Persona 3 Reload is obviously getting the bulk of attention from fans of Atlus’ beloved series, there’s other things to look forward to as well. November will bring turn-based tactics spinoff Persona 5 Tactica, and Atlus is continuing to build up to its launch with another new trailer.

Pikmin 4 saw a stellar debut in Japan upon its launch last week with over 400,000 physical copies sold, and it has continued to enjoy strong sales in its second week. As per the latest weekly hardware and physical software sales charts released by Famitsu, Nintendo’s strategy title topped software charts for a second week running, with over 115,000 physical copies sold in Japan in its second week (taking its total physical sales in the region to over 517,000 units).

Atlas Fallen has shown quite a bit of promise in the lead-up to launch, and as the action RPG draws closer to its release, developer Deck13 and publisher Focus Entertainment have revealed new details on plenty of aspects of the game with trailers in recent weeks, including its combat, customization and gear, progression mechanics, and more.

It may be hard to picture it, but it’s already been a week since the release of Pikmin 4. Yeah, where does the time go? We honestly don’t know, but the truth is that the game has been in the works for a long time, so it’s a relief to finally see it out in the wild. Despite the game being the fourth in a series, many people are hoping that this would be the game to “breakthrough” the wall that has been labeling it a “niche franchise” for some time and open it up to all manner of players.

Pikmin 4 has enjoyed a bumper debut in Japan. The long-awaited real-time strategy sequel released for the Nintendo Switch last week, and with three days on the market, topped the latest weekly charts for physical sales in Japan, as per data released by Famitsu. It’s also the biggest ever launch for a Pikmin game in Japan to date, exceeding what Pikmin 3 Deluxe managed upon its release for the Switch in 2020 (over 171,000 physical units sold upon release).

With a whopping nine varieties of Pikmin that can be found and used in Pikmin 4, there is almost always a Pikmin for the job. The further you get into the game, however, the more niche they become. None are quite as niche as the Winged Pikmin, however. Even after landing 100% in the base game, you only encounter these pink wonders once.