Pikmin 4 1.1.0 update out now, patch notes

The Pikmin 4 content update, which is version 1.1.0, is now available.

This was announced a little while back. As a reminder, it includes new difficulty options, the ability to take pictures with the “Field Camera” item, Decor Pikmin, and more.

The full rundown is as follows:

Pikmin 4 version 1.1.0 update patch notes

Newly Added Gameplay

• You can now choose from three different activity levels for creatures: Relaxed, Normal, and Fierce.
  • This can be changed at any time from Settings in Options (- Button).
• You can now take pictures with the “Field Camera” item and decorate them with stamps and frames.
  • The Field Camera is added to your bag on the morning of day 2.
  • If resuming save data from before the software is updated, it will be added to your bag when you return to the Rescue Command Post and morning arrives.
• ”Decor Pikmin” will now appear in the story.
  • To have Decor Pikmin join your squad, after rescuing the Rescue Corps Ranger Dingo, use the Field Camera to take pictures of a Decor Pikmin.
• By sharing the data of Decor Pikmin who have joined your squad in the full version of Pikmin 4 with the smart device application Pikmin Bloom, you can also get seedlings for those same Decor Pikmin in Pikmin Bloom.
  • You can send the Nintendo Account ID and discovered Decor Pikmin data when you finish exploration on the day the Decor Pikmin was discovered.
  • The Nintendo Account must be the same between the user playing Pikmin 4 and the one playing Pikmin Bloom.
• You can now use “Roll Over” in which you begin another playthrough, carrying over some of the save data on a file that has cleared the story.
  • With save data present that has cleared the story, select an empty Rescue Database on the file selection screen.
• If you have ever reached the morning of day 2 in the story, you may skip that introduction when playing again from the beginning.
  • You begin from exploration day 2 in which you head for Sun-Speckled Terrace after creating an ID Badge.

Newly Added Controls

The following control settings have been added to Settings in the Options menu (- Button).

• You may switch between enabling and disabling Auto Target Lock for Cursor.
• You may select either the cursor or the player avatar as the center point of the whistle.
  • This is set to “Player Avatar” when you begin with the activity level set to “Relaxed,” but this may be changed at any time.
• You may now select either “Normal” or “Precise” for the speed of the arrow that appears when you hold down X to aim. Setting this to “Precise” will make it easier to adjust the direction of the Pikmin’s Charge and Oatchi’s Rush.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed other issues to improve the gameplay experience.

Note: A patch with the same changes has also been distributed for the Pikmin 4 demo (Ver. 1.1.0). The demo version cannot link to the Pikmin Bloom smart device application.

Pikmin 4 is out now on Nintendo Switch. In case you missed it, we have a trailer for the update here.