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Wednesday21st Jun 2023
News Pikmin 1 & 2 Drop On Switch eShop Today, With A Physical Bundle On The Way
Available individually, or bundled with a discount
It seems that Nintendo's current console is now the premier place to experience the Pikmin series (sorry, Hey! Pikmin and Pikmin Bloom), with the announcement today that both Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2 are joining Pikmin 3 Deluxe and the upcoming Pikmin 4 on Nintendo Switch — and they're out today!
Thursday20th Oct 2022
Random Former Luigi's Mansion Dev Is Now Heading Up The Silent Hill Franchise
From one horror to the next
Last night, Konami finally lifted the lid on its plans for the Silent Hill franchise and, as expected, there's nothing of any real note for Switch owners; we're really quite sad. However, one interesting and fun little discovery made the rounds on Twitter shortly after the presentation. It turns out that the producer for...
Wednesday27th Oct 2021
Poll Pikmin Is Now 20 Years Old - Which Is Your Favourite Game In The Series?
Whistle-blower
With all the talk around the launch (and state) of Nintendo 64 games with the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, it may well have slipped your notice that Pikmin — the Nintendo RTS series that grew from an idea Shigeru Miyamoto had while chilling in his garden — is now two decades old. Yes, time marches on and we retro gaming...
Sunday10th May 2020
Poll Box Art Brawl #42 - Pikmin 2
Pik one
Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, the weekly bout where regional box art variants battle for supremacy and the adoration of you lovely people. Last week we watched The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask celebrate its 20th anniversary by giving itself a sou
Saturday5th Jan 2019
Random Totaka's Song Has Been Discovered In Pikmin 2, Again
Nearly 15 years after the game's original release
A famous melody which has appeared in multiple Nintendo games over the years is Totaka's Song. It was originally created by Nintendo composer and sound director Kazumi Totaka and first appeared in X - a 1992 shooter on the original Game Boy - as a secret. Since then, it's become somewhat of an iconic...
Monday7th Sep 2015
News Pikmin 4 is "Very Close to Completion", Though Its Platform is Unclear
Nintendo's smallest heroes are coming back
When Pikmin 3 arrived in summer 2013, it ended a long and generation-spanning wait for fans of one of Shigeru Miyamoto's freshest franchises. Disregarding Wii re-releases it had been around nine years since Pikmin 2 on GameCube. The wait for Pikmin 4, however, looks set to be far shorter. Speaking to...
Friday7th Nov 2014
News Pikmin Art Academy Contest Announced on Miiverse
Styluses at the ready
Following the release of the PIKMIN Short Movies on the Wii U and 3DS eShop, legendary series creator Shigeru Miyamoto has announced via Miiverse that a special PIKMIN themed Art Academy contest will be taking place throughout the month of November. The title of the contest is "Pikmin Spotted!", and owners of Art Academy:...
Sunday26th Oct 2014
News Shigeru Miyamoto Introduces His Pikmin Short Films in Tokyo
Details over release on Nintendo systems still unconfirmed
Not long ago we shared the news that Shigeru Miyamoto was preparing to unveil three Pikmin short films at the Tokyo International Film Festival. That takes place in the coming week, and Miyamoto-san has begun to talk more about the project ahead of the short films having their world...
Thursday11th Sep 2014
News Shigeru Miyamoto's Pikmin Short Films to Make Début at Tokyo International Film Festival
Have been coming to fruition for over a year
Last year we shared the news that Shigeru Miyamoto was overseeing a series of animated Pikmin short films, with the legendary game designer explaining that his origins in four-panel comics and passion for the franchise had brought the project to reality. They were initially planned to arrive in some form...
Thursday1st Aug 2013
News Pikmin Keyrings Arrive as Club Nintendo Europe Rewards
If you lose your keys, just whistle
Club Nintendo rewards, in Europe particularly, aren't updated particularly regularly. When something new arrives, as a result, street parties are held, firework displays are common and gamers are merry. Well, OK, that doesn't happen, but considering that some of the existing rewards in Europe are DSi kits and...
Sunday21st Jul 2013
News Pikmin 3 Shifts Slightly More Copies Than The Original in First Week in Japan
Naturally, it sold less than Pikmin 2
Pikmin 3 was released in Japan last week and new data from Media Create has shown it has sold a respectable number of copies. The folks at Siliconera have put together a little comparison chart showing how the third game in the series sold in relation to its two predecessors. As we know, Pikmin 3 sold 92,720...
Thursday25th Jun 2009
News Captain Legolimar Lands in Denmark
Little chap proceeds to fend off Lego Bulborbs
Last week we brought you this superb Lego Donkey Kong level among other Nintendo craft treats, but the collision of Nintendo and Lego became a lot cuter with the arrival of Olimar and Louie, from talented Danish artist Filip Felberg. Check out the gallery in the link below, but be careful - those Lego...
