{"id":133625,"date":"2023-05-11T00:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149248"},"modified":"2023-05-11T00:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:05:00","slug":"nintendo-survey-asks-players-what-kind-of-game-they-want-pikmin-4-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/nintendo-survey-asks-players-what-kind-of-game-they-want-pikmin-4-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Survey Asks Players What Kind Of Game They Want Pikmin 4 To Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e15d1c482899\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e15d1c482899\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pikmin 4\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e15d1c482899\/pikmin-4.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4e15d1c482899\/pikmin-4.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pikmin 4\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pikmin_4\">Pikmin 4<\/a> would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/02\/pikmin-4-sprouts-july-release-date-in-new-trailer\">landing on the Switch this July<\/a>. While the game is likely already complete, it seems Nintendo is curious to know what players want from this fourth long-awaited entry in the series.<\/p>\n<p>As highlighted by <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/\">VGC editor Andy Robinson<\/a>, Nintendo is &#8220;doing some research&#8221; this time in hopes of bolstering the upcoming game&#8217;s sales. As can be seen in the tweet below, a survey from the company behind the Switch asks what kind of game players would like Pikmin 4 to be.<\/p>\n<p>Attached is a grading scale where you select between options like &#8220;relaxing atmosphere&#8221; or &#8220;challenging atmosphere&#8221; and a number of other ones such as &#8220;simple&#8221; or &#8220;complex&#8221; gameplay.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/andyplaytonic\/statuses\/1656412159046455296 @ 2023-05-11T01:09:04+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nintendo survey just landed in my inbox. Seems it&#8217;s doing some research on how to try and get Pikmin 4 to actually sell this time <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0MuQSIjKRB\">pic.twitter.com\/0MuQSIjKRB<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Andy Robinson (@AndyPlaytonic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyPlaytonic\/status\/1656412159046455296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>While these sorts of questions might seem a bit odd just a few months out from release, as highlighted by Robinson, it&#8217;s potentially for marketing purposes &#8211; with Nintendo gauging how it can approach the game&#8217;s advertising to appeal to as many people in order to &#8220;actually sell&#8221; it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve played a Pikmin game before, you should know what to expect going into this new one. In saying this, there will be some new elements like Ice Pikmin and a new dog-like companion named Otchi.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"GwOUuC8Y5N0\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Apart from Pikmin 4&#8217;s release on <strong>21st July<\/strong>, Nintendo&#8217;s latest financial report for the fiscal year ending March 2023 has reconfirmed some other Switch release dates. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> DLC, as well as Wave 5 &amp; 6 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> Booster Course Pass.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:149087,147209 @ 2023-05-11T07:35:09+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What are you hoping to see from Pikmin 4 when it arrives on Switch? And what are your thoughts about this survey? Leave a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Earlier this year, Nintendo confirmed Pikmin 4 would be landing on the Switch this July. While the game is likely already complete, it seems Nintendo is curious to know what players want from this fourth long-awaited entry in the series. As highlighted by VGC editor Andy Robinson, Nintendo is &#8220;doing some research&#8221; this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}