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[ShockingAlberto]

I lost faith in Miyamoto a long time ago. It's been obvious for years that he completely lost it and has no business making games anymore.

Literally no business

It's not just "I don't like this," it's that he SHOULD NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED NEAR VIDEO GAMES

 

[geordiemp]

He should be a UK politician.

I ma sure he could come up with more diplomatic answers.

 

[JinjoUnchained]

So this one will have 4 playable characters, right? Each game so far has added one more.

 

[Freezie KO]

He should be a UK politician.

I ma sure he could come up with more diplomatic answers.

The NXit?

 

[Incitemaybe]

I wouldn't be surprised if NX had the option of using touch screen devices as a second screen, i'd be down for that for Pikmin 4.

 

[Hiltz]

It sounds like Pikmin 4's core development is perhaps nearly completed, or maybe just needs time to be polished, but due to the upcoming launch of NX early next year, Nintendo had to prioritize development staff to other projects deemed more important. If this were a flagship IP, then it would have likely been a different story. We saw how games in prototype development, such as Zelda: A Link Between World's, had just finished its prototype yet could not enter production because Nintendo needed the 3-man team to be assigned to next-gen Wii U launch software (Nintendoland and New Super Mario Bros U). I don't really see what the point of wasting resources on releasing a Wii U version of Pikmin 4 if it takes away it being an NX launch title or a post-launch release in order to help provide much needed software momentum in 2017.

 

[KratosEnergyDrink]

I'd almost prefer it if Pikmin 4 were an Android and IOS game. Touch controls is absolutely the way to go for this franchise.

Oh god, nooo!

Wiimote-Nunchuk controls are great but touching with finger while the hand blocks half if the screen would be horrible.

 

[MK_768]

To me it sounds like they are instituting new ideas created after they decided to push it back for NX. So maybe it was "almost done" 9 months or so ago but they gave themselves an extra year of development with the NX.

Just speculating lol.

I'm not concerned. I think it was always gonna be a summer game in 2017 even if it "should" be a launch title if done.