I dont mean to be rude but I think its something mostly between your social sphere. I played pik1/pik2/pik3 all on release, imo pikmin 2 was by far the best out of the three and pikmin 3 was the worst. The dungeons in 2 were imo a great idea but I do agree that they were poorly executed in almost every instance. Especially towards the end of the game they became a slog. I think the newer approach to dungeons should hopefully remedy this issue but we will certainly see

I wasn’t excited about the dungeons in Pikmin 2 and I’m sure that contributed to why it’s the Pikmin game I didn’t finish, but I played the Pikmin 4 demo and didn’t feel the same about them there. I do prefer the overworld parts more, but liked the puzzles I found in caves too.

I have only played the first two games so far. Overall I strongly disliked the dungeons in the second game as they felt like padding and a way to kill off your pikmin. They just weren’t executed properly in my opinion.

That being said, there was massive room for improvement. As long as the dungeons in 4 aren’t repetitive and feel unique enough I think they could be fun.

I am a huge fan of the series, and while I didn’t mind the dungeons in 2, I agree 3 was better. I thought the more realistic graphic style of 3 was gorgeous and a little disappointed that 4 is going more cartoonish. But if the gameplay is fun, which it seems they are focusing on, I can forgive it.

Huh, yeah I also loved the dungeons in Pikmin 2. But I also just had a discussion with another friend who didn’t like them, so it’s definitely not just you. At the least I’m hoping 4 improves on any shortcomings they had!

I thought Pikmin 2 was the worst Pikmin, the dungeons weren’t that fun, there was too much treasures that wasn’t fun to collect, and the story kind of sucked.

But 4 has a rewind feature which would let you re-approach a situation. Unlike 2, in which if you make a wrong move, loosing a bunch of Pikmin on the final level, you’d have to go through it all again.