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The Best Pikmin Ever

Who needs Link and Zelda and Mario and Luigi when you have this gorgeous little critter right here? That’s a new Pikmin for Pikmin 3, introduced today during the 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct. Iwata says it’s called the Flying Pikmin, because obvious.


Miyamoto Wishes Pikmin 3 Could Have Been A Wii U Launch Game

It’s been a rough few months for folks who bought the Wii U right at launch. Almost none of the third-party games that came out alongside Nintendo’s new home console set the world on fire, and the first-party offerings made by Nintendo didn’t deliver a lightning-bolt success like Wii Sports. It’s no wonder that Shigeru Miyamoto wishes that Pikmin 3 had been ready to debut along with the System.


This Must Be The Coolest University Graduation Ceremony On Earth

Think your graduation was cool? Maybe it was. Maybe it was totally gnarly. But, I’ll tell you what, I’m pretty damn sure Sailor Moon didn’t roll in and a red Pikmin didn’t stroll up on stage. Oh, and there probably wasn’t a large Wii Remote, nor was there a large Xperia phone. Call it a hunch.


Those Cute Pikmin Were Going To Be Your Weapons

Man there’s nothing like the feeling of commanding a squadron of Pikmin, is there? Over the course of two games, Nintendo’s too-cute strategy franchise has given you armies of multicoloured plant creatures to mess around with. The little guys are so helpful and adorable that it tends to feel really bad when some of them die. Well, Shigeru Miyamoto has revealed that, once upon a time Pikmin were originally supposed to be weapons for the player to use.


Pikmin 3 Gets Beautiful On Wii U Next Year

In today’s Nintendo Direct, a release timeframe of Q2 2013 for Pikmin 3. During the broadcast, viewers got a look at the in-progress version of the latest entry of the strategy action franchise.


How To Transfer Wii Data To A Wii U (And See The World’s Cutest Progress Bar)

You can transfer most Wii data to a new Wii U. This is a good thing, but nearly as good a thing as the animation that plays when you do this. As soon as it started, I had to grab my camera and start shooting this.


Nintendo Shows Off Its Latest Club Nintendo Goodies For Japan

Today, Nintendo unveiled its latest collection of Club Nintendo goodies for Platinum Members in The Land of the Rising Sun. There’s a Pikmin bag, “Premium Mario Playing Cards”, a calendar and a DSi game called Nintendoji. A Club Nintendo Exclusive, this downloadable game is a dungeon-based role-playing game with card elements.


Here’s The Pikmin Mini-Game For Wii U

Watch me throw Pikmin as Captain Olimar in this mini-game for Nintendo Land, the compilation title for Wii U that’s out on launch date, which is November 30 in Australia.


Here’s Why Japanese Gaming Is Not Dead

At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, Onimusha and Dead Rising uttered the following: “Man, Japan is over. We’re done. Our game industry is finished.” I hope Inafune was watching E3 this year.


Shigeru Miyamoto Thinks He’s Right About Pikmin 3

After years of being badgered about making a new Pikmin game, Nintendo is finally making a new Pikmin game. It took the company a while, Nintendo’s head of game development, Shigeru Miyamoto, told me in Los Angeles last week, because the company was experimenting with how to get Pikmin right.


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