Hey! Pikmin, so far, doesn’t seem to be generated a huge amount of buzz ahead of its July release. Developed by Arzest, this portable spin-off – tellingly not called Pikmin 4 – adopts a 2D approach to the exploration, puzzle solving and combat for which the series is known.
Nintendo has now released a Japanese overview trailer for the game, which gives us a good luck at gameplay and the implementation of amiibo. In addition to simple puzzle solving you seem to be able to take some enemies out with a single Pikmin throw, making them basic projectile weapons in some cases; bosses naturally need more effort to take down. You also see amiibo usage – the new Pikmin amiibo summons little assistants when needed, but other amiibo appear as items to retrieve in game, which are then presumably converted into resources. Check it out below.
