During today’s Nintendo Direct Nintendo announced a barrage of 3DS games, one of which was a new Pikmin game (no final name yet). The new Pikmin adventure will feature Olimar, and has many concepts that should be familiar to anyone who’s played the series before. The Pikmin shown in the video follow Olimar around just like the console versions (except in a 2D side-scrolling way). Players will attempt to overcome the game’s challenges by utilizing the different Pikmin following Olimar around. In the brief Nintendo Direct preview we saw Pikmin grab materials to build a bridge which safetly let Olimar and the other Pikmin make it over a huge drop. The game will leverage both 3DS screens, and is being designed to be an action game that requires fast use of the different Pikmin types. Pikmin for the Nintendo 3DS is scheduled to release sometime in 2017. Once we have a release date we’ll update this page.
Nintendo Direct Quote for Pikmin on Nintendo 3DS
Pikmin for Nintendo 3DS (name not final): A new side-scrolling Pikmin adventure game unlike Pikmin games of the past is coming to Nintendo 3DS. Pikmin follow Olimar around, and players tap the touch screen where they want to throw them. This is designed as an action game that makes players think fast and use every Pikmin to overcome anything that stands in their way. The game is scheduled to launch in 2017.
