The gameplay is kinda fun so far, but wtf is up with this story? Were there translation issues? It doesn't line up with the rest of the timeline and it makes me want to avoid all future pikmin games. It seems like the storyboard director was just incredibly lazy. I could've written a better story&timeline, and I'd have no idea what I'm doing.
This game is also lacking on the difficult puzzles, it seems a bit too easy so far. I haven't seen any map recircling either, which is a bummer; the game feels very linear (as in point A to point B)
I wish they made a +4player PVP mode instead with game modes like swarm-survival, battle royale (with maybe 3 onions that need to be destroyed/defended), sneak to the finish (with players running as pikmin through a maze trying to get past an Olimar with a whistle), or etcetera. Dandori is literally the worst possible gamemode they could've implemented.
The co-op is also trash, Pikmin 1 & 2 were FAR better. Crazy how we waited 10 years for this. I'm guessing they're just leaving the game as is too; it feels like there is going to be little-to-no replay value.
A simple update on the in-game text or an expansion would fix all of these things. This game would be 10000× better on PC, mods made by a single person would easily fix all these issues.
The negative aspects are really pulling from the entire game's enjoyment. It is sad that Nintendo hasn't even fixed these things, it makes me want to stay clear of Nintendo brand things as well.