Hey! Pikmin Accessibility Report - 3DS and 2DS

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Hey!
Pikmin

Accessibility Report

6 Accessibility Features

We've documented 6 accessibility features for Hey! Pikmin, including Large Subtitles, One Motion Targeted, Multiple Buttons & Single Stick, Minimal Reading and Tutorials. Its accessibility is strongest in Controls and Reading but it also has features in Getting Started and Visual to reduce unintended barriers.

This report is created with input from accessibility experts and the player community to help people find games that have the accessibility features they require. Once you have found potential games on the database, there are excellent specialist accessibility sites that offer in-depth reviews to guide your purchasing decisions.

Hey! Pikmin is a spinoff game from the Pikmin series. In this game Captain Olimar crash lands on a planet and needs to find fuel to escape, leading a group of Pikmin through 2D side-scrolling levels collecting the Sparklium. Players enter a level and use the Pikmin they find in that level whilst exploring.

Game Details

Release Date: 28/07/2017

Out Now: 3DS and 2DS

Players: 1

Genres: Action, Platform (Adventure, Collecting, Puzzle and Traversal)

Accessibility: 6 features

Components: 2D Side-On

Developer: Nintendo (@Nintendo)

Costs: Purchase cost

Controls

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Controls in Hey! Pikmin which deal with how you control the game, different options for alternative inputs and whether you can remap these settings to suit your needs.

Gamepad

Can play with the following:

Multiple Buttons & Single Stick: Can play with multiple buttons and a stick.

Touchscreen

Can play with the following. Additional gestures may be required for games played with a screenreader like VoiceOver.

One Motion Targeted: Can play with touchscreen, tap and swipe or hold gesture.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Controls

If you want to play Hey! Pikmin, but it doesn't offer the Controls accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Controls accessibility:

Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (10 Controls Features)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (9 Controls Features)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (9 Controls Features)
Pikuniku (5 Controls Features)

Difficulty

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Difficulty in Hey! Pikmin which deal with how you can adjust the challenge of play, and whether this is locked once chosen or can be adjusted as you play. The following games are similar to Hey! Pikmin, and offer accessibility features for Difficulty:

Donkey Kong Country Returns (1 Difficulty Feature)
Steamworld Dig (1 Difficulty Feature)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (1 Difficulty Feature)

Getting Started

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Getting Started in Hey! Pikmin which deals with what support is offered to get started with the game. This includes customising the experience when you first open the game via any onboarding processes it provides as well as tutorials and other assistance when you first start playing.

Assistance Getting Starting

These features aid your play of the game in terms of cognitive load on learning controls, dealing with pressure and coping with the environment and challenges.

Tutorials: There are helpful tutorials and instructions on how to play. Information is provided in a timely manner, with appropriate level of detail.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Getting Started

If you want to play Hey! Pikmin, but it doesn't offer the Getting Started accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Getting Started accessibility:

Unravel Two (6 Getting Started Features)
Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Getting Started Features)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (4 Getting Started Features)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (4 Getting Started Features)

Reading

We've documented 2 accessibility features for Reading in Hey! Pikmin which deal with how much reading or listening comprehension is required, how well the game provides visual and audible access to the text and whether subtitles and captions are a good fit for purpose.

Reading Level

How much reading is required to play the game's main path or story and how complex the language is. The presence of voiced characters doesn't reduce this requirement, as it's recorded as a separate datapoint.

Simple Minimal Reading: Minimal reading is required. The quantity and complexity of reading are at a level that a primary/elementary student (9-year-old) could understand.

Subtitles

Large Clear Subtitles: Subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast. They are at least 1/20 (46 pixels on 1080 screen) the height of a landscape screen and at least 1/40 height on portrait screens, or can be adjusted to be. We base this on the full line-height, including the space above and below the letters. Considered separately from the general text of the game, the subtitles are large, clear and of good contrast.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Reading

If you want to play Hey! Pikmin, but it doesn't offer the Reading accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Reading accessibility:

Sackboy: A Big Adventure (7 Reading Features)
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (6 Reading Features)
Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Reading Features)
Donkey Kong Country Returns (4 Reading Features)

Navigation

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Navigation in Hey! Pikmin which deal with how the game provides guidance and assistance to navigate its worlds. These are only for games that have traversal and exploration in 2D and 3D spaces. The following games are similar to Hey! Pikmin, and offer accessibility features for Navigation:

Pikuniku (4 Navigation Features)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (3 Navigation Features)
Steamworld Dig (3 Navigation Features)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps (3 Navigation Features)

Visual

We've documented 1 accessibility feature for Visual in Hey! Pikmin which deals with how you can adjust the visuals to suit your needs, and offer additional information if you can't hear the game.

Visual Distractions

No Flashes: No flashing strobe effects or you can disable them. This includes the absence of flashing from dramatic visual effects, explosions or weather effects like lightning.

Similar Games With More Accessibility Features for Visual

If you want to play Hey! Pikmin, but it doesn't offer the Visual accessibility features you require, these similar games extend the Visual accessibility:

A Hat in Time (7 Visual Features)
Pikuniku (6 Visual Features)
Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (5 Visual Features)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure (5 Visual Features)

Audio

We haven’t documented any accessibility features for Audio in Hey! Pikmin which deal with how you can adjust the audio of the game and whether audio cues compensate for aspects of the game that are hard to see. The following games are similar to Hey! Pikmin, and offer accessibility features for Audio: