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[Pyrokai]

Everyone keeps saying they can't see this being on Wii U, but I feel the opposite. I feel like it's totally and undeniably a Wii U title.

 

[Mauricio_Magus]

Whhhaaaaaaatttttttt

 

[Chanser]

I love surprise announcements.

 

[mdubs]

I did not expect this at all, thank you based Miyamoto!

 

[Beelzebufo]

Everyone keeps saying they can't see this being on Wii U, but I feel the opposite. I feel like it's totally and undeniably a Wii U title.

We can only dream. Fall 2016?

 

[Earthpainting]

Just make the ground Pizza. Problem solved.

Amazed at how good that shot still looks. It kind of makes me want Pikmin 4 to lean a bit more to the Chibi-Robo side and make our little pikmin friends interact with more human locations. A backyard and human home. Not sure how you'd handle rockets in a kitchen or fridge, but I'm sure they could make it work if they wanted to.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Wow, seriously? That's outta nowhere.

I couldn't get into Pikmin 3, but this is great news for Pikmin fans.

 

[Aostia]

Amazed at how good that shot still looks. It kind of makes me want Pikmin 4 to lean a bit more to the Chibi-Robo side and make our little pikmin friends interact with more human locations. A backyard and human home. Not sure how you'd handle rockets in a kitchen or fridge, but I'm sure they could make it work if they wanted to.

I've always dreamt about a Pikmin x Chibi Robo crossover. For real.

 

[The Giant]

This would have been the surprise game, if an direct came out in august.

 

[Mass Effect]

say what

 

[Taker666]

Wii U would be my guess.

Straight sequel using the Pikmin 3 engine to fill out the 2016 line-up.

If Nintendo are going to have more Wii U games then sequels using existing engines seems the way to go.

 

[ShadowElliot]

WHAT?!

I just woke up to this?! Best Monday yet!

 

[silva1991]

Please be a Wii U game.

 

[JDSN]

Are they using this series to launder money? Surprised it keeps going strong, not like it matters, secret WiiU GOAT.

 

[Not75Drops]

Wait, back in July? Why was the interview withheld off for so long?

 

[Gvitor]

What

Where are the Nintendo Directs? =(

 

[Neoxon]

I would rather they hold onto it for the NX.

Makes sense, Miyamoto did express interest in bringing Pikmin to handhelds. With the NX Platform, you can do that & give the NX Console a Pikmin game on Day 1.

What

Where are the Nintendo Directs? =(

They're likely reevaluating their strategy for Nintendo Directs. They'll be back, just not for a while.

 

[Brazil]

Oh my God YEEEES

 

[wrowa]

Reminds me of the way Pikmin 3 was casually confirmed at an E3 roundtable. I think in response to a question by Chris Remo, actually.

It's nice to hear that it's not just in development but also "close to complete" though. Not another five years of waiting after the initial confirmation!

 

[foxuzamaki]

THE FUCK?

Miyamoto basically already confirmed pikmin 4 like a year ago when they releasd those pikmin CGI movies.

 

[KingBroly]

What

Where are the Nintendo Directs? =(

Do you really need this to be answered?


Miyamoto's part CEO now, so he can basically say whatever he wants now.

 

[Regio_sk8]

So, Could be a NX launch title?, i know Pikmin is a niche game and it´s not a big deal in sells, but in my opinion is better than launching it for WII U.

Nintendo needs to go BIG and better for the NX Launch, if they don´t want another WII U Situation.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Do you really need this to be answered?


Miyamoto's part CEO now, so he can basically say whatever he wants now.

"F-Zero was a mistake."

 

[Windom Earle]

Guess I should play the sealed P3 I have here. Never played a Pikmin game actually.

 

[New002]

Very cool. Hope it comes out for the Wii U!

 

[Capra]

Can this mean we finally get a reprint of 3? I never got to play it and I REALLY don't want to chance on buying Nintendo digital unless it's Fatal Frame V.

 

[Vaddon]

Out of nowhere. Can't complain though, always want more from this franchise.

 

[Ridley327]

Reminds me of the way Pikmin 3 was casually confirmed at an E3 roundtable. I think in response to a question by Chris Remo, actually.

It's nice to hear that it's not just in development but also "close to complete" though. Not another five years of waiting after the initial confirmation!

Not getting hit with such a big upheaval in development strategies does have its advantages. Even if it's NX-bound, they're not in the position to be surprised again by those requirements.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Nintendo Directs are truly dead

fuck

 

[Beelzebufo]

Amazed at how good that shot still looks. It kind of makes me want Pikmin 4 to lean a bit more to the Chibi-Robo side and make our little pikmin friends interact with more human locations. A backyard and human home. Not sure how you'd handle rockets in a kitchen or fridge, but I'm sure they could make it work if they wanted to.

Just say it flew through a window. That was one of the biggest draws of 2, even though the toy box dungeons and stuff weren't handled perfectly.

They probably won't go in that direction though because by Pikmin 3 the whole planet is seriously terraformed.

 

[The_Lump]

HOLY YES.

"Close to completion" indeed :')

 

[kenji]

the internet is two months old and we only see it now?

anyway, if it's like pikmin 3, then we won't see it in a very long time

 

[Mechanized]

Does Pikmin sell? Like... more than a Metroid would? It seems extremely niche yet they still keep making them.

 

[BassForever]

O_O WHAAAT

Awesome, should probably get around to playing my free copy of Pikmin 3 soon <___<

 

[MrV4ltor]

Nintendo Directs are truly dead

fuck

What? It's not like they dropped a trailer or a press release, he just said that it's happening.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Does Pikmin sell? Like... more than a Metroid would? It seems extremely niche yet they still keep making them.

We're getting a new metroid on 3DS!

 

[Dreamwriter]

Seems like a poor way of announcing the game, but I'm excited nonetheless. I still haven't opened Pikmin 3 yet as I'm working through some other games.

They weren't announcing the game, it seems obvious to me Miyamoto wasn't supposed to spill the beans on it.

 

[Joqu]

Hell yes.

Thank you Miyamoto. I mean I'm assuming he's the reason these games keep getting made.

 

[Neoxon]

Just imagine if it's a New 3DS exclusive.

The 3DS overall is almost dead. At best, you should hope for an NX Handheld release.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

Does Pikmin sell? Like... more than a Metroid would? It seems extremely niche yet they still keep making them.

They've made one pikmin game in the last decade, so it's not really like they're pushing them out by the boatload.

Metroid tends to sell more, but also probably costs a lot more and doesn't have a existing wii u game to reuse assets and code from.

 

[Oersted]

Do you really need this to be answered?


Miyamoto's part CEO now, so he can basically say whatever he wants now.

What? He did this already with Pikmin 3 and 2.

 

[deletethis123]

Eh, they said this about Zelda in 2013. I will believe them when I see it.

 

[Kresnik258]

What!?

Well this is an interesting development.

 

[JazzmanZ]

Oh i've known they've been making 4 since earlier this year, glad there's an update on development.

 

[TheJoRu]

Yoooo!

Pikmin 3 was the first game I played on the Wii U. It remains being one of this gen's best and most underappreciated gems.

 

[MrV4ltor]

Oh i've known they've been making 4 since earlier this year, glad there's an update on development.

How?

 

[DaSorcerer7]

Eh, they said this about Zelda in 2013. I will believe them when I see it.

Did they?

 

[KingBroly]

Oh i've known they've been making 4 since earlier this year, glad there's an update on development.

?

 

[Neoxon]

Maybe the NX Platform will have a decent number of launch titles after all. Though to be honest, I'm rather curious about how a Pikmin game would play on a handheld (mainly the NX Handheld, more so if it has dual screens).

 

[KelpPlankton]

Seems to me like this must be one of those cases where Nintendo's always got teams experimenting internally and the Pikmin guys just stumbled onto something that let them do a fourth game very quickly.

If I had to guess, this is probably a Super Mario Galaxy 2 sort of situation where it's going to feel like an extension of the previous game but with more refined level design and a few new mechanics. And then throw in Amiibo support, since Olimar's got one of those.