Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch)

Pikmin 1
Pikmin 1
Japanese name	ピクミン1?
Rating
Console	Nintendo Switch
Developer	Nintendo European Research & Development
Publisher	Nintendo
Genre	Real-time strategy
Players	Single-player
Release date
Japan	June 22nd, 2023
North America	June 21st, 2023
Europe	June 21st, 2023
Australia	June 21st, 2023
South Korea	September 22nd, 2023
Related games
Re-release of	Pikmin

Pikmin 1 is a port of the original Pikmin to the Nintendo Switch. It was revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation on June 21^st, 2023, alongside a port of Pikmin 2. Both were released on the eShop immediately after the presentation concluded. This port is based on New Play Control! Pikmin.

A bundle of this game and the Pikmin 2 Switch port was also released as Pikmin 1+2. This bundle received a physical release in North America, Europe, and Japan on September 22^nd, 2023.

Changes

On top of the changes common to both this game and Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch), which are listed here, the following additional changes exist.

Gameplay

• The infamous crushing glitch is now less common.
• The Secret Safe now requires 40 Pikmin to lift in all versions, not just in international regions.

Graphics

• The majority of the UI elements and a few environmental textures have been upscaled, using a combination of reused original high quality artwork, creating new high quality art, and upscales of the original textures.
• The Emperor Bulblax now displays a shadow in all regions (beginning with version 1.1.0).

Text

• The copyright on the title screen has been changed to "© Nintendo".

Audio

• A few sounds play differently, such as the Onion ejecting seeds.
• Some music instruments are slightly out of tune.
• Since the attract mode cutscenes have been removed, Japanese players can also no longer hear Ai no Uta.

Other

• The logo on the game's box art has been updated to resemble the modern Pikmin series logo, along with it now being known as Pikmin 1.
• The enemy reel has received several changes:
  • All of the gameplay has been re-recorded, now being more accurate to the game's actual gameplay.
  • A different font is used, and all of the text is center-aligned.
  • The text fades in, rather than getting "written" in like the original.
  • The Swooping Snitchbug is placed correctly in the reel's alphabetical order.
  • In the US version, the Wogpole, Wollywog, and Yellow Wollywog are renamed to Wolpole, Wollyhop, and Yellow Wollyhop respectively.
  • Instead of a dark filter closing in around a creature to highlight it, a smear effect is instantly placed.
• "THE END" screen at the end of the credits uses different renders of Captain Olimar and the Pikmin.
• Despite the game being based off of the New Play Control! version, the GameCube cursor is used.
• When Olimar takes damage, the screen shakes and turns red briefly.

Other information

• Game size: 1.09 GB.
• Supported play modes: TV (1 player), tabletop (1 player), and handheld (1 player).
• Supported controllers: two Joy-Cons, and Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.
• Supports cloud save data.

History

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Updates

See: Update#List of Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch) updates

Trivia

• The key art is likely inspired by the Japanese box art for the original GameCube game.

Gallery

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  Logo.

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  Horizontal key art.

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  Vertical key art.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	ピクミン1? Pikumin 1	Pikmin 1
Chinese (traditional)	皮克敏1 Píkèmǐn 1	Pikmin 1	Name taken from Nintendo's official website.
Dutch	Pikmin 1	-	Name taken from Nintendo's official website.
French	Pikmin 1	-
German	Pikmin 1	-
Italian	Pikmin 1	-
Korean	피크민 1 pikeumin 1	Pikmin 1
Portuguese	Pikmin 1	-	Name taken from Nintendo's official website.
Spanish	Pikmin 1	-

See also

• Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)
• New Play Control!
  • New Play Control! Pikmin
  • New Play Control! Pikmin 2
• Pikmin 3 Deluxe