Pikmin 4
Shigeru Miyamoto loves it, so we all have to love it. Pikmin almost feels like a troll at this point for the Nintendo honcho, appearing where baying crowds are desperate for news of anything Mario. The climactic reveal of Pikmin 4 in last September’s Nintendo Direct felt like a kick in the teeth after everyone was hyped for news on Breath of the Wild 2 or a new Nintendo console.
BUT! Let’s not let that make us forget that Pikmin 4 is a new game from Shigeru Miyamoto, even if it’s not exactly our first choice. His Lemmings-alike series has been in development since the last game came out in 2013, and Miyamoto toldEurogamer that it was “nearing completion” in 2015! Then last year we found out, with the briefest glimpse, that it’d be with us in the year of our Lord Bowser, 2023.
Naturally, there’s not been a breath of information about it since, but given it’s Nintendo we can expect it to show up as a surprise in a future Direct, and should then be in stores about seven minutes later.
Release Date: 2023
