Watch the Japanese Pikmin 3 Nintendo Direct - Live!

Any idea as to what Aus time?

so about 37 minutes (8:30 SA time).
I'll watch Sky news until then.

Imagine at the end of this they confirmed SUPER MARIO PIKMIN!!! Mario gets shrunk whilst spinning around Galaxys after the end of Galaxy 2 and then he has to survive in
the pikmin world im patenting that idea right now!!!!!

Wonder if someone is gonna pie Matsumoto...

Did they just do a "myamoto upturning the table joke"

What are they saying xD

Aah! Must resist watching! I don't wanna spoil anything! :3

I really want this game. This [and either NSMBU or NSLU - I haven't decided] are going to be my first games when I buy my Wii U later this summer. EXCITE!

(on that note, is NSLU worthwhile in terms of content to keep me going for a while?)

i never played Pikmin. I might start after watching this video.

Still don't speak Japanese

Anything interesting near the beginning, I only turned it on at 7:10? Did they even demonstrate multiplayer? Last 10 minutes was rock and flying Pikmin, so it justlooked like Pikmin.

Any non-Pikmin news? I don't care for that particular game

That game seems to be amazing

@Fazermint Australia has a new Prime Minister - but that probably isn't the exciting news you were after...

@MadAdam81 Heh, made me chuckle

Always surprised by Nintendo fans who haven't played the Pikmin games. This will be a system seller.

@Harrison_Peter ikr, everyone should try pikmin because its so awesome.

Just Wow!

This is the best quality footage I've personally seen of the game and the level of quality in the presentation and graphics is just stunning in places.

That Title Screen alone floored me.

The controls, gameplay, character and level designs, music/sound-fx and whatever else all look to be of a very high standard too.

Edit: I guess looking closer it's clear that some of the level textures could be a little higher-res in places (mainly on some of the ground textures), which will probably stand out even more a few years down the line, but either way the game still looks beautiful.

Cannot wait for this game!

@SyntheticPerson

I enjoyed NSLU, but I think it works better as a companion piece to NSMBU. NSLU is like a Hard Mode/Rush version of the original game, and it's better appreciated when you've played the other levels. By itself it would just seem like a bunch of really short (but challenging) stages.

@Harrison_Peter I'm one such fan, and the reason is I stuck to handhelds for the past couple of generations. Already got my Wii U though, so I can't wait to jump into the bandwagon.

Thank you very much, Thomas. I missed it so I can watch it now. Really looking forward to this game.

Looks great! though I don't want to see more lol. I just want to play it myself

That laugh track in there is strange.

I love the tight integration of the WiiU Gamepad.

Has there been any confirmation from Nintendo on the frame rate? The animations look so smooth in other videos, it kinda looks janky in this video (probably the stream is screwed up)

I saw it in motion in person, and the game looks amazing, very smooth, fluid and quick animations.

@element187 Anything past 30 fps doesn't matter. It will probably run at 60 fps, because most of the games, as they said, will. And, like you said, it more than likely is the stream.

Isn't that the same guy from Game Center CX?

My friend speaks fluent Japanese, I should have him translate it for me. xD