Difficulty

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Difficulty is a feature in Pikmin 3 Deluxe that alters aspects of the game in order to adjust how easy or hard it is. These aspects include the length of a day and the strength of enemies.

Upon creating a save file on the file selection screen, the player will be prompted to choose a difficulty. There are 3 options: Normal, Hard, and Ultra-Spicy, with the latter only being unlocked once the player has completed the story mode in Hard difficulty, or completed the demo.

Effects

Normal

Normal mode is the easiest difficulty. In it, days last 18 minutes. The mid-day chime plays after 9:00 minutes, the sunset warning begins after 15:50 minutes, and the sunset countdown begins after 17:27 minutes. Enemies usually have lower health than on the Wii U original. Nectar eggs are common.

Hard

Hard mode is the intermediate difficulty. In it, days last 13 minutes, which is the same as in the original Wii U version. The mid-day chime plays after 6:30 minutes, the sunset warning begins after 10:50 minutes, and the sunset countdown begins after 12:27 minutes. Most enemies have twice as much as health than on normal difficulty. There are more nectar eggs than in the original game, but less than in Normal mode.

Ultra-Spicy

Ultra-Spicy mode is the hardest difficulty. In it, days last 13 minutes, and enemies are stronger. Most notably, the 100 Pikmin limit of Pikmin on the field is reduced to a 60 Pikmin limit. Fruits also provide half the amount of juice that they normally would. There are the same number of nectar eggs as there are in the original Wii U version.

See also

• Menu/Options
• Badge