On Nov. 19, after years of anticipation, Grand Theft Auto 6 will finally be out. It’s a safe bet that a lot of employees will call in sick from work that day, if not for the entire week. Others scheduled their vacations months ago. The game’s launch will be an event, one that smart game publishers have worked to avoid with well-timed delays and release date shuffling.
Nintendo isn’t worried, though. It has a new title locked, loaded, and ready to launch just one week before Rockstar’s behemoth does its thing. Unexpectedly, the new Nintendo release going up against GTA 6 on Nov. 12 is Pikmin 4: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy. It’s a mouthful, and one Rockstar probably never saw it coming.
Originally released on the Nintendo Switch on July 21, 2023, also after years of anticipation (Shigeru Miyamoto said it was very close to completion as early as 2015), Pikmin 4 is the fourth entry in a series that has never been a Nintendo superstar on the level of Super Mario and Zelda. With that said, the ongoing adventures of an astronaut and his strange little buddies have still managed to cultivate a loyal following.
When Pikmin 4 first arrived and immediately stranded Captain Olimar on yet another Earth-like planet, returning fans didn’t mind the repetition. Here at Polygon, we wrote in our review that the game “makes the real world seem more wondrous than it did before.” It can be frustrating on occasion, but it is so full of smile-inducing moments that when you step away for a break, you’ll struggle to remember what issues you even had. The overall emotion the game evokes is joy.
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