Kotaku: Pikmin

New Screens for Army Corps of Hell Show Off Elemental Attacks and Giant Insect Bosses on PlayStation Vita

Evan Narcisse — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:40:00 EST

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We've previously talked about how Square Enix's first Vita game will give you an army of goblins that you control as a demon king. The Final Fantasy publisher's outed some new screens for the original strategy/action game that puts some of the special moves you'll be able to do. You'll need them to face off against Beelzeboon, who Square Enix says is a boss character in the game. And the screen with the king character you'll control highlights some of the looks that you'll be able to customize the avatar with. More »

This Vita Game Is Metal Up Your Ass

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:30:00 EDT

I'm not normally a man to carry around regret, but last week, I didn't get a chance to play this game. The lines, as we've told you, were too damn long. But if ever Square Enix were going to make a game that spoke directly to my heart, it would be this. More »

Transferring DSi Games to the 3DS Is So Easy!

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:00:00 EDT

Besides the Nintendo eShop, today's 3DS system update allows players to transfer DSiWare titles, photos, and music over to the 3DS. More »

LEGO Pikmin? What An Awesome Idea

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 04:00:00 EDT

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After over two years of hard work, Filip Johannes Felberg has completed his masterpiece: a recreation of the entire cast of Pikmin in LEGO form. More »

There's Something Cool In The 3DS' Box (Aside From The 3DS)

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:00:00 EST

Included with every 3DS sold will be six cards. They may look like plain paper cards, but they're actually "augmented reality" devices, which when detected by the 3DS' camera come to life on the handheld's top screen. More »

There Will Be No Pikmin On The 3DS (Yet)

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:45:00 EST

You may have heard whispers of a Pikmin game being revealed for the 3DS. Those whispers are wrong. Nothing to see here. Move along, move along! More »

Let's Guess Mario Creator's New Game!

Brian Ashcraft — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:00:00 EDT

Shigeru Miyamoto has created a plethora of game characters and games. Many of his ideas come from his hobbies. He has expressed his desire in making an all-new character. That could mean an all new game. But what? More »

Report: Mario Creator Wants To Develop An All-New Character, Get Pikmin 3 Done Quickly

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:00:00 EDT

A new 3D take on Super Mario World may not be the only thing on Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto's mind these days. Nintendo's famous game designer may also have plans for an all-new character and a sooner-than-you-think Pikmin sequel. More »

Don't Worry, Pikmin Is Still Coming

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 22:30:00 EDT

Nintendo's E3 press conference came and went without a single mention of the Pikmin game we'd been promised. So where is it? Nintendo tells us it's coming, just...not today. More »

Pikmin 3 "Well Underway" Says Miyamoto

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:30:00 EDT

Nintendo designer and Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto was in London today to pick up his BAFTA fellowship award, an honor he reciprocated by delivering his acceptance speech in pure English. What did Miyamoto have to say, specifically about Pikmin? More »

Pikmin? Made For Japanese Schoolgirls

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 EST

GameCube strategy game Pikmin might have been inspired by Shigeru Miyamoto's gardening, but do you know why he made the game? More »

So, Shigeru Miyamoto Got A Cat

Brian Ashcraft — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:30:00 EDT

Remember when Shigeru Miyamoto started weighing himself everyday? We got Wii Fit. And before that, he had a dog. We got Nintendogs. And even before that, he took up gardening. We got Pikmin. Now, Miyamoto has a cat. More »

Captain Legomar And His Blocky, Danish Pikmin

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:30:00 EDT

LEGO and video games. They go together like milk and cookies. Angelina and other people's babies. And...LEGO and Pikmin. More »

Miyamoto "Sorry" He Has No New Pikmin For Us Yet

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:15:18 EDT

Last year, Shigeru Miyamoto let slip that Nintendo was making a new Pikmin game. Today, he told me and Brian Crecente that the project is moving ahead, but not at the pace some fans may have hoped. More »

Celebrate Earth Day By Playing These Games

AJ Glasser — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:20:00 EDT

April is a busy month – April Fools, tax day, Hitler's Birthday and of course that day where we all try and pretend our planet isn't going to drift into the sun tomorrow: Earth Day. More »

Nintendo Teases Pikmin Wii With a Plant

Brian Crecente — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:00:00 EST

Nintendo sent a message plant to Kotaku Tower today along with a postcard from Pikmin's Captain Olimar to tease the upcoming North American Release of New Play Control! Pikmin. More »

Animal Crossing, Now With Pikmin DLC

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:30:00 EST

So, GameCube classic Pikmin is beign re-released on the Wii. For older, pre-Wii Nintendo fans who probably already played it, it'll be a tough sell. So Nintendo figure Pikmin-themed DLC for Animal Crossing might help. More »

Pikmin, Mario Power Tennis Get New Wii-make Options

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:20:00 EST

The latest issue of Famitsu, by way of IGN, reveals new details on Nintendo's GameCube-to-Wii remakes of Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis. Don't brush 'em off! Nintendo's not just slapping on Wii-mote controls. More »

Wii Versions Of Jungle Beat, Pikmin Aren't Just Wii-makes

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:40:50 EST

The first GameCube to Wii remake from Nintendo to release under the "Play On Wii" label will be 2005's Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. (It hits Japan on Dec. 11, with a North American release unconfirmed.) Formerly controlled by smacking and clapping near the DK Bongos controller — which I happened to snatch up day one, my judgment still impaired by a five minute play session at E3 — the Wii version will simply use the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to make Kong run, jump and slap. But that's not all that's changing, according to a report from Famitsu by way of IGN. More »

There Are A Lot More GameCube Wii Remakes Coming (Pikmin 2, Jungle Beat, etc etc)

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:30:00 EDT

Yesterday's announcement that Pikmin would be re-released for the Wii? It was, as you no doubt expected, just the start. Nintendo have big plans for this line, with many, many more games planned. And yesterday, they even announced a few of them. First up is Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat, which will actually be out before Pikmin (on November 11), though with the game eschewing bongo controls in favour of standard (ie nunchuk + Wii Remote) ones it's hard seeing the point in it all. The other announced GameCube games make a little (OK, a lot) more sense, and are Pikmin 2, Mario Tennis, Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and Chibi Robo. All will ship with updated Wii controls, and all will sell for budget prices. More »

Nintendo Are Still Doing A NEW Pikmin

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:30:00 EDT

At the tail-end of E3, Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto uttered a single line. "We're making Pikmin". It was a good line, but also a vague line, one that led to a bit of speculation yesterday when Nintendo announced their first GameCube/Wii remake. Since that first game was Pikmin, pessimists would be forgiven for thinking Miyamoto was only talking about the remake, and not a new Pikmin game. Well, in this case, the pessimists are wrong. Nintendo smile machine Cammie Dunaway has confirmed "Mr. Miyamoto referred to a new Pikmin, as opposed to the classics that are being rereleased on Wii". We all good? More »

Is 'Piktura' The New Pikmin For The New Nintendo DS?

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:30:04 EDT

While we're still considering the existence of a new Nintendo DS model — the one with a built-in camera and music playback topping the list of new features — to be filed under "unconfirmed," we want to believe that Nikkei Net reporters aren't just pulling system specs, launch dates and pricing out of the ether. If a new DS is indeed slated for the end of year, something we're likely to find out this Thursday with Nintendo holding dual media briefings in Tokyo and San Francisco, it's probably going to take more than a camera and MP3 playback to woo current DS Lite owners. More »

Nintendo Copyrights "Piktura"

Brian Ashcraft — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EDT

A month before E3, Nintendo Co., Ltd. copyrighted "Piktura" with the Japanese patent office. Hrm, Piktura? Does that refer Pikmin? Or does that (Piktura = a pun on picture?) refer to something connected to the Wii Photo Channel? Or maybe, the new Pikmin game will incorporate the Photo Channel? Who knows. Nintendo, Nintendo does, that's who. More »

Miyamoto Confirms New Mario, Zelda, Pikmin Projects

Leigh Alexander — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:40:00 EDT

Relax. Nintendo has not forgotten you. Making new titles for the traditional fanbase just takes time, says Shigeru Miyamoto, speaking to the Telegraph recently in an interview. Said Miyamoto:

"Making these 'traditional' games is what I am best at. Because games of that nature take upwards of two or three years to make, we always have to keep the teams working on those projects going. At any given time, the team could be five to ten people, or it could be 50-plus. People are always switching in and out of those teams.

Miyamoto: "We're Making Pikmin"

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:08 EDT

At tonight's E3 2008 Nintendo Developer Roundtable, Shigeru Miyamoto quickly and casually confirmed that a new Pikmin title is under development. His words? "We're making Pikmin." The long version of that answer, when asked if the team was planning on revisiting that particular franchise was far more verbose. More »

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Producer Pines For New Nintendo Characters

Michael McWhertor — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:40:00 EDT

Nintendo fans may not be the only ones growing ever weary of Mario's sports, kart and paper-based adventures. With almost nothing in the way of new franchise characters coming out of Nintendo in the past decade, it's enough to make even the hardened Nintendo devotee hope for something exciting and new. That includes Super Smash Bros. Brawl producer Masahiro Sakurai, who ends today's Smash Bros. Dojo with an aside. He highlights the characters in Brawl's All-Star mode, expressing what seems like frustration at Nintendo's lack of new icons. More »

Don't Beat the Pikmin Pinata

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:22:07 EDT

Nothing says birthday fun like smashing papier-mache. So thought Kotaku reader JL who made this Pikmin pinata for his 8 year-old party. Says JL: More »

Pikmin Japanese Goods

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:22:42 EST

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Nintendo's just released Pikmin paper and pencil sets for school kids. Add this to the growing list of Pikmin goods, which includes stuffed animals, figurines and bicycles. Yes, bicycles! Products after the jump. More »

Pikmin Tea

Brian Crecente — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 12:00:17 EST

Pikmin Tea? Kind of makes me sad to think that each cup might come from boiling to death a screaming little red creature. More »