Pikmin 3 Deluxe: Difference between revisions

* If the two players are close, one can use the {{button|switch|y}} menu to get the other player's leader into their group, which will make the trailing leader forced to remain within a certain distance of the main one, although they can still be controlled and play freely. During this state, the leading player's view takes up the whole screen. Throwing the trailing leader or dismissing will return to normal co-op mode. This feature does not exist in Mission Mode.

* When there is only one leader available due to story reasons, the second player will control a copy of that same leader. On each player's screen, the other leader will appear as a solid-color transparent version of the character. In this way, it is impossible for one leader to group with or throw the other.  

* Either player can open the radar, the hints screen, or the Onion menu, which will pause gameplay for both, and take up the whole screen. Only that player can control the menu. Some menus will have the widget highlighters colored after the player's leader. If the leaders are grouped together, then the secondary leader cannot open the Onion menu.

There are new Side Stories to play through.{{cite web|rname=noa_tweet}}

* The first side story is set before the main story and is called "Olimar's Assignment", while the second is set after the main story. They star [[Captain Olimar]] and [[Louie]], who are both playable in Olimar's Assignment. Like the main story, these can be played in single-player or cooperatively with two players.

* The mini radar is not available during these side modes.

* Both the Onion and the [[SPERO]] are present; the Onion allows the player to grow more Pikmin, while the SPERO takes in recovered fruit and treasures.

* Players can collect [[badge]]s by meeting certain conditions.

* Several help and assistance features exist.

* Hints can be enabled.{{cite web|https://topics.nintendo.co.jp/article/cf7a50af-03e5-4b49-bff4-0db5fbc3b3cc|『ピクミン３』がデラックスになってNintendo Switchに登場。新要素を収録し、10月30日発売決定。|Nintendo of Japan|retrieved={{date|5|August|2020}}|rname=japanese_official_topic}}

** When the hint button is pressed, a screenshot and some text will explain to the player what to do at the current point of the story. There can be multiple pages of hints, which can be cycled through. After the hints are closed, arrows will appear on the ground to guide the player to the next destination.

* A new "After Hours" mode is added to Mission Mode; if the player does not reach a platinum medal, they can continue playing through the stage from the moment they left off for as long as they like until they finish it, suffer a pikmin extinction, or fall trying. A timer will count upwards noting how much longer it took to finish the mission. The further progress they make in this mode is not recorded, however players must clear all of stages 1-5 of their respective mode to "unlock a new mission", which this mode counts towards.

* Story Mode has three [[saved game]] slots to choose from.

On {{date|6|October|2020}}, the official English website was updated with new pages on story and gameplay. A Nintendo Treehouse event featuring ''Pikmin 3 Deluxe'' and [[zelda:Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity|''Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'']] was announced at the same time.{{cite web|https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1313584841393397761|Nintendo of America|Twitter|published={{date|6|October}}|retrieved={{date|6|October|2020}}}} The event, which happened the next day, featured 2 presenters playing through day 2 of Story Mode in the [[Garden of Hope]], day 4 of the Olimar's Assignment side story (the first gameplay shown of this mode), and a game of [[Bingo Battle]].{{cite youtube|rname=treehouse_presentation}} Also revealed were the difficulty modes, how 2-player gameplay worked, the [[Menu/Pause|pause menu]] and control options, and various other differences. A [[#Demo|demo]] of the game was announced at the end of the presentation, and was released about 7 hours later.

   

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