Joe's Outlier: Pikmin 4

Four Hocotatians surround a strange dog-like creature with no nose. A dialog box from 'Shepherd' reads 'That’s actually quite typical for his breed'
  • This game's status as an 'outlier' means it was only ranked by Joe.
  • Joe ranked the game #4.

Joe writes:

Pikmin 4 was FINALLY another entry in the criminally-overlooked-in-the-west (compared to other Nintendo franchises) series. Once again doing away with an overall time limit, it almost makes it feel like a Star Trek scenario where the best (in this case least stressful) games in the series are the even numbered ones. Every Pikmin game is great and this might be the best yet. Just an absolute joy the entire way through!