Pikmin 4
At this point, it feels like I write something every year about how Pikmin 4 needs to get talked about again in the near future.
Well, that’s because I’ve got some damn good reason to keep asking, because the game was apparently “very close to completion” back in 2015, according to series creator and general Nintendo legend, Shigeru Miyamoto, when he spoke with Eurogamer.
Then, in 2016, we were told Pikmin 4 was still happening, and the year after that, Miyamoto spoke to Eurogamer again to confirm that “it is progressing.”
Now, we don’t pretend to be experts of video game development, but a four-year gap between being “very close to completion” and still not seeing anything seems a little bit concerning to us.
However, now that the Switch has entries from a bulk of Nintendo’s major IP, it seems about right that the cute, colorful minions may show up in Nintendo’s Direct this year.
Besides, there’s something about the real-time strategy and puzzle series that seems like a rather great fit for the hybrid nature of the Switch.
Even if it’s still not due out until next year, including Pikmin 4 in its E3 plans would certainly help Nintendo to alleviate the fears of many fans that the title may never see the light of day, particularly after the relatively disappointing Hey! Pikmin.
