Pikmin 4 will let you make your own weird little guy

Nintendo hasn’t said much about next month’s new Pikmin game for Switch, but a brief new trailer for it Picmin 4 reveals a small but welcome new detail: you can create your own custom character as a member of the Galactic Rescue team whose mission is to rescue stranded Captain Olimar.

Picmin 4 – like it Splatoon 3 And Nintendo Switch Sports for it – embraces character creation. You can create your own weird little person with different options including skin tone, body type, hairstyle, hair color and expression. At least there are two expressions: worried little mouth (à la Olimar) and grumpy frown.

Beyond character creation, Picmin 4 introduces a new type of Pikmin, the Ice Pikmin, which can freeze enemies and bodies of water; and Oatchi, a dog who can help the Galactic Rescue team with things like destroying obstacles and carrying Pikmin around. The world’s #1 Pikmin fan, Shigeru Miyamoto, says the new Pikmin will be easier to control than previous games.

Picmin 4 is scheduled to release on Switch on July 21 Everyone 1-2-Switch!it’s one of the few confirmed Switch games on Nintendo’s current release calendar – and one that’s been a long time coming.