Nintendo has released a demo for Pikmin 4 on the Nintendo eShop, in addition to an extensive overview trailer.

The 7-minute video sets the scene for theSwitchsequel, and details, among other things, its ‘Dandori Battles’ – competitive challenges against AI or another player to see who can most efficiently use their Pikmin to collect valuable items.

The Pikmin 4 demo is out now, alongside a 7-minute overview trailer

The trailer also showcasesPikmin 4’s RPG-type features, such as the ability to upgrade your character with new items or gear, or upgrade your canine companion Oatchi’s abilities. Finally, viewers are given a glimpse of the new nighttime challenges, which play out similarly to tower defence games.

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Pikmin 4 will be the first new entry for the series in a decade – Pikmin 3 was released on theWii Uin July 2013, before being ported to the Switch in 2020.

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The game, which will seemingly also be the secondmajor first-party Nintendo game to use Unreal Engine, sees the player taking control of a new character and using them to rescue both Captain Olimar and the Rescue Corps sent to find him, all of whom have crash-landed.

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