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Tuesday23rd Jul 2013
News Shigeru Miyamoto Reportedly Hints at Pikmin 3 DLC
Cough up for more Pikmin goodness
Pikmin 3 is just days away in Europe, while North America doesn't have too long to wait before its long awaiting arrival on the Wii U. As you may have read in our Pikmin 3 review we were very impressed, sharing our view that it's "beautifully crafted and filled to the brim with exciting gameplay features". With a...
Monday22nd Jul 2013
Nintendo Download 25th July (Europe)
Pikmin 3 at last, lots of retro, BASIC programming and more
It's another Monday morning, but it's also another Nintendo Download update for Europe. The star of this week's show is undoubtedly an eagerly anticipated Wii U retail release, but we also have a variety of titles — old and new — covering every Nintendo platform. Without further ado,...
Sunday21st Jul 2013
News Pikmin 3 Listed As £39.99 On The Wii U eShop in The UK
That 30% off The Wonderful 101 offer just got more tempting
During last week's Nintendo Direct Mini in Europe, the company revealed a promotion that will allow people who purchase Pikmin 3 from the eShop to receive a 30% discount on the digital version of The Wonderful 101. This certainly sounds like a tempting offer from Nintendo but many a savvy...
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...
Friday19th Jul 2013
Video Learn the Pikmin 3 Basics
You don't just charge, regardless of what U.S. trailers tell you
Nintendo UK has been producing a series of short videos to introduce gamers to Pikmin 3, which arrives in Europe on 26th July; it's worth bearing in mind that not all current and prospective Wii U owners will have experienced the GameCube originals or Wii re-releases. The latest video...
Thursday18th Jul 2013
News Purchase Pikmin 3 And Receive A 30% eShop Discount On The Wonderful 101
Exclusive promotion for European buyers who go digital
During Nintendo of Europe's surprise Nintendo Direct Mini broadcast, the company revealed that customers who purchase a download copy of Pikmin 3 will receive a fantastic 30 per cent discount on the highly anticipated The Wonderful 101 on the eShop. Satoru Shibata, President of Nintendo of...
Wednesday17th Jul 2013
News Pikmin 3 Makes Japanese Chart Debut at Number One, Boosts Wii U Hardware Sales
Light on the horizon
The Wii U has endured a largely consistent loss of momentum in 2013, which a release lineup that — despite some excellent titles — has largely failed to inspire substantial sales. Nintendo has, unsurprisingly, lined up a significant range of titles for the second half of 2013, starting off with Pikmin 3. The latest title in...
News Pikmin 3 Causes Wii U Sales Growth In Japan
Launch sales comparable to those of New Super Mario Bros. U
Pikmin 3 launched this week in Japan, and appears to have had the desired effect on the Wii U's retail health. According to Japanese store Tsutaya, the sequel is selling very well indeed and has triggered "greater sales" of its host console. Here's Taketo Matsuo, Tsutaya’s Director of...
Tuesday16th Jul 2013
Video This New Pikmin 3 Trailer Goes For Realism, Sort Of
All you need is a whistle
The release of Pikmin 3 creeps ever closer, and considering just how long a new entry in the series has been in demand, we should surely be getting rather excited about it. It's also a brand-new Wii U game to sink our teeth into, and is a title about which Shigeru Miyamoto has been particularly enthusiastic; it's become...
Monday15th Jul 2013
News Pikmin 3 Will Support The Use Of The Regular Wii Remote
Plenty of control methods
There are quite a number of control options for the highly anticipated Pikmin 3; the Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk, and now it's been confirmed that you can use the standard Wii Remote and Nunchuk. In our first impressions of the game, we were only able to test it out with the Wii Remote...
Saturday13th Jul 2013
News Pikmin 3 is Playable Next Weekend At GameStop or EB Games
Pre-order a digital copy to get it a day early
During E3 Nintendo gave people in the US the opportunity to head down to a participating Best Buy store to play some of the games that were shown off during the special Nintendo Direct. The company is now running a similar scheme dedicated to the upcoming title Pikmin 3. Reggie Fils-Aime, President of...
News Shigeru Miyamoto Optimistic About The Future of Wii U
Pikmin 3 will be followed by more great titles
Nintendo has been having a bit of a rough time with the Wii U in all worldwide regions but the company hopes to improve this in the future with the release of some stellar first and third party titles. In an interview with Japanese gaming website 4Gamer, Shigeru Miyamoto admitted things hadn't gone...
Tuesday9th Jul 2013
News Miyamoto: HD Development "Took More Time Than Originally Anticipated"
Pikmin 3 was delayed for extra polishing
Shigeru Miyamoto has said working on Pikmin 3 has been a blast for him, but the upgrade to HD for it and other titles may have been more work than Nintendo originally anticipated. According to Gamasutra, Miyamoto explained to shareholders at their most recent meeting that higher-rate v
Monday8th Jul 2013
Video Learn About New Pikmin 3 Types in This Nintendo UK Series
Cute and effective
Pikmin 3 is now surprisingly close to its European release on 26th July, while North Americans only have a little longer to wait until 4th August. As the first firing shot in what Nintendo plans to be a bombardment of top-notch titles to shift Wii U units, we can expect plenty of hype and build-up. Naturally, not all current and...
Thursday27th Jun 2013
News Pikmin 3 Will Need to Gather 3950MB to Download onto Your Wii U
That's 31,840 blocks in old money
Pikmin 3 is getting so close that we can almost smell the flowers, right before we ruthlessly hurl Pikmin at them. It arrives in Europe on 26th July and North America on 4th August, and we shouldn't forget that fans of the GameCube originals have been demanding this new title since the early Wii days. Nintendo's...
Wednesday26th Jun 2013
News Watch the Japanese Pikmin 3 Nintendo Direct - Live!
Look at the pretty graphics, if you don't speak Japanese
It's that time again — the first occasion since that bombast and noise-making of E3 — for a new Nintendo Direct. This may not be a landmark presentation to enrapture us all — it's focused exclusively on Pikmin 3 and will be in Japanese — but will allow us to see more of the upcoming...
Tuesday25th Jun 2013
News Pikmin 3 Featuring In The Latest Japanese Nintendo Direct Broadcast
Miyamoto will play the game in front of your hungry eyes
It's been exactly two weeks since the last Nintendo Direct broadcast for this years E3, and now the company has announced that a new presentation will take place tomorrow, the 26th June, focusing primarily on the upcoming Wii U release, Pikmin 3. The stream will take place on Nintendo's...
Tuesday18th Jun 2013
News Miyamoto: Pikmin 3 Has Become "The Ultimate Version of Pikmin 1"
"After I made it, I played it and it's fun"
Pikmin 3, after a heck of a long wait, will finally arrive on Wii U on 26th July in Europe and 4th August in North America. It's also, based on his various appearances before and during E3 and the ever-presence of Pikmin toys in his vicinity, an important game for Shigeru Miyamoto. So often a figure of...
Tuesday11th Jun 2013
News Miyamoto: I Can Recommend Pikmin 3 To Anyone
Suitable for all ages
Speaking in a developer video, Shigeru Miyamoto has enthused about Pikmin 3, explaining that he became convinced that the upcoming Wii U title is a game that everybody can play after some neighbourhood children recognised his Pikmin characters. Nintendo's legendary game designer mentioned how pleased he is with how the game has...
Sunday9th Jun 2013
Rumour Best Buy's Wii U E3 Demo List Revealed
Dare we say it's slightly disappointing?
We know that through two days, one during E3 and one shortly after, over 100 Best Buy stores throughout North America will host demo units of major upcoming Wii U games, with the goal of giving shoppers the booth experience wherever they are. It's a solid initiative, and a picture has emerged — via...
Friday17th May 2013
News Nintendo Reveals New Pikmin 3 Characters and Details
European release pinned down, too
Of all of the titles shown during today's Nintendo Direct broadcasts, Pikmin 3 perhaps had the most coverage of all. Plenty of new details were revealed but, to put Europeans out of their misery first, this title is now confirmed for 26th July in the region. In terms of new details, the three new characters in the...
Wednesday17th Apr 2013
News Pikmin 3 Arrives in North America on 4th August
Europe has a less specific date of "just a few months"
While today may have been branded as a 3DS Direct, the Wii U was mentioned and has enjoyed a bit of attention in the huge amount of information to come out of Nintendo since the broadcasts. One of these is an important one for the home console, with Pikmin 3 confirmed to arrive in North America...
Monday11th Mar 2013
News Miyamoto Overseeing Series of Animated Shorts
Even in his spare time he's playing with Pikmin
Nintendo has a bit of a history in cartoon making, as anyone who ever had the pleasure of watching The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! will testify to. It seems as though the company is now contemplating venturing into the business once more, with a few animated shorts designed to be viewed using the...
Thursday7th Mar 2013
News Pikmin 3 Aims to "Simply Go Deeper" Than Previous Experiences
Miyamoto believes players need to play Wii U before grasping "how fun it is"
As part of an extensive interview that's been published by GameSpot, we've already been given an idea of Shigeru Miyamoto's perspective on Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon's role as "lighter fare" on 3DS. Naturally a big topic raised with the executive producer was an upcoming...
Tuesday5th Feb 2013
News Pikmin 3 Will Allow For GamePad-Only Play
Bloomin' marvellous
Nintendo's latest Q&A session with investors certainly had a few things of interest that got people talking, most notably the possibility of an additional platform on top of the company's existing systems. In the very same Q&A session, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed more information about Pikmin 3, the upcoming flowery...
Wednesday23rd Jan 2013
News Take a Pikmin's Eye View with Pikmin 3's Camera Mode
Shutterbug
Just what does life look like from a Pikmin's perspective? You're not going to have to wait long to find out — Pikmin 3 will include a camera mode to let you get right down to sub-ankle height and see the world in a whole new way. We still don't have a solid release date for the third Pikmin game, but a new function of the strategy...
Wednesday2nd Jan 2013
News Miyamoto: Pikmin 3 To Be More Like Series Original
Legendary designer looking to increase the player's stress levels
In a recent interview with UK gaming publication, GamesMaster, Shigeru Miyamoto has claimed that he wants Pikmin 3's gameplay to have more in common with the first game of the series, rather than its sequel. Miyamoto stated that he wasn't happy with the decision to make Pikmin 2 less...
Wednesday5th Dec 2012
News Pikmin 3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf Drop Into Q2 2013
Localisation and development to blame
During today's Nintendo Direct broadcasts in North America and Europe, Nintendo showed fairly brief glimpses of Pikmin 3 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf, with the Wii U title getting a little longer to flex its HD muscles. There was disappointing news, however, as Nintendo of Europe boss Satoru Shibata confirmed...
Wednesday17th Oct 2012
News Pikmin 3 Sprouting For Spring 2013 Release In North America
Out of the launch window?
According to the latest Iwata Asks, the highly anticipated strategy game Pikmin 3 has been pushed back to a Spring 2013 release in North America. The game was previously slated as a 'launch window' title across the US, but that period ends on March 31st - which is just eleven days into Spring. Unless it is released between...
Friday24th Aug 2012
News Nintendo In The Game For Golden Joystick Awards
Your votes can help
It's awards season, once again, with nominations for the 30th Golden Joystick Awards now confirmed and Nintendo games or exclusives featuring in a number of categories. These awards are decided entirely by the public, so if you feel that the big N deserves a chance to win you can have your say. Below are the nominations for...
