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

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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 will receive a physical release in North America, Europe, and Japan on September 22^nd, 2023.

Changes

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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 rarer.
Holding Y on the pikmin select screen now allows you to call 10 Pikmin at a time.

Graphics

The standby Pikmin icons have been updated.
The render of Olimar standing used on his health wheel, the saved game selection menu, and Olimar's voyage log has been updated.

Text

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

Audio

A few sounds play differently, like the Onion ejecting seeds.
Some music instruments are slightly off-key.
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.
The enemy reel 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.
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.

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