You have to do this to save, copy, delete, and overwrite progress files in Pikmin 4.
The save system of Pikmin 4 has been confusing for many new players. Everyone wants to save progress in the middle of the exploration and sometimes hunt. Now, you can have several reasons to pause and play from the point you left, but the question that arises is if it’s possible or not. What exactly is the game’s automatic and manual saving system? And if there is a way to overwrite and delete saved files. All such questions have been answered in this guide, so read along.
In Pikmin 4 progress can be saved both automatically and manually, but there are some conditions for both methods. Automatic saving happens at the start and end of the day, when you enter or exit a cave, when you level up, and after a purchase. These are what you would call autosave points that apply to the selected Rescue File. And you will see a P icon with Saving in the upper left corner whenever Pikmin 4 automatically saves. There are three Rescue File slots in the save option, and you can even use Copy to duplicate any file, in case you don’t want the autosaved one. To use this manual save feature, you have to follow these steps.
This is all you have to do to delete, duplicate, overwrite, and create a save file in Pikmin 4. There is so much that players can do in this game, from fighting bosses to creating Pikmin and adding Onion to scouting with Drones. So if you are interested in such topics, you should check our Pikmin 4 guides.