Remember those cute little Pikmin movies that you could download onto your Wii U? Well, they're disappearing from the console today and have been reuploaded to YouTube.
It's another sad day for the Wii U, then, but at least this means that everyone can now view the short clips for free. The announcement of the change has been detailed on Nintendo's official site:
As of October 8, 2020, these short movies will no longer be available for purchase. Once the short movies have been purchased on your Nintendo Account, they can be re-downloaded and played if deleted from your device. These short movies are planned to be uploaded to the official Nintendo YouTube channel after October 8, 2020.
There were three movies released in total and we've shared these for you below. If you never got the chance to see them or if you want to take a nostalgic trip back in time, feel free to give them a watch.
Watch the colorful antics of Pikmin as they jump into three short movies, the first movies ever directed by Shigeru Miyamoto. The three shorts, titled The Night Juicer, Treasure in a Bottle and Occupational Hazards find Pikmin in unusual, funny, and even dangerous situations. NOTE: No real Pikmin were harmed during the filming of these movies.
Remember, a free demo of Pikmin 3 Deluxeis available to download on Switch as we speak!
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Are the 3D ones still on the 3DS though?
Oh sweet, can finally enjoy this content in high quality on any device, legally and freely.
Can they do the same for other video content like the Kid Icarus Uprising anime shorts?
Or even the CGI animated "Kirby 3D"?
If you have them already downloaded on the WiiU and 3DS though?
@RupeeClock Some of those Kid Icarus shorts were pretty fun to watch. I'd hate to see them lost to time.
Also? I'd hate to see Kid Icarus Upriaing lost to time... we need a Switch port... but this isn't really the right place to argue about that topic.
@Abeedo if you've bought them then you'll still have access. If not, then no as they're getting pulled as well.
Man, I remember seeing The Night Juicer for the first time...it was terrifying.
@LEGEND_MARIOID They should still be in the download list if you purchased them. They are just removed from store.
The Yellow Pikmin are my favourite.
The classier move would've been to make them free on the eShop and upload them to YouTube.
Oh well, I don't have the space on my Wii U anyways.
@RupeeClock you can still find Kirby 3D, it's on YouTube with both parts featured, of course
@Atariboy oh, u are the other person who has a soft spot for Atari.... I miss the Lynx and the Atari Arcade stuff.
Should have been free from day-1 and used as marketing for the game back in 2013.
Thoroughly enjoyed these when they came out. Particularly seeing the characters so well rendered and playful. Would be thrilled if it ever became a mini series 🤩
I'm one of the few people who actually bought these when they came to WiiU. Everyone I've talked to just watched bootleg uploads online.
I bought and thoroughly enjoyed them 😁
On the Pikmin 3 Deluxe cartridge would've been better like what happened with the 3DS version of Yoshi's Woolly World.
I bought my Wii U to play Pikmin 3, never bought these vids though b/c even way back in 2013 making people buy commercials for your game seemed like a stupid thing to do. Even if they were liek $1.99 each $4.99 for all 3, whatever they cost.
Will watch them now though. Surprised they didn't make them platinum or gold coins on Switch. I just spent 800 plat coins on a Dodo airlines bag. Cost me $5.43 for my "free" bag but oh well.
@Grumblevolcano Maybe they couldn't fit 3 vids on the cartridge?
At least the Switch has a Youtube app. Maybe they'll just link to them in the News section? I seem to be the only person on NL who uses the News section but I do watch a bunch of vids that way.
Cart would be better to keep for all time, and no streaming internet required, but it's the least of their oversites. And who knows, maybe they are on their? Or a link on the main game menu via an update?
I never understood why you had to buy them in the first place.
@Abeedo the ones you downloaded are.
Other than that, no, Nintendo Video ended before the 3ds did.
now for Nintendo to post the Pikmin videos from the 3DS
@Roam85 I thought it was on the 3ds store
Man, I bet the ten people who bought a Wii U are mad lol
If anyone is curious, the Pikmin Short Movies 3D are unavailable on the eShop for 3DS. The software comes up in a search but can't be downloaded.
I'm more disappointed in this one's removal, now these can't be watched in 3D...
@Cosats Because they were animated shorts.
Once again, waiting is better than paying.
Olmar is evil.
@Desrever Kid Icarus on Switch would require so much work that they might as well do a Remake.
Oh no, i wanted to get the 3D version, is that one out too?! I would assume that one will still be purchasable just because of the 3D effect, but if it also got removed then I am gonna be super disappointed...
@Abeedo I'm assuming they are getting removed, so they should re-upload to youtube for ppl who can do 3D.
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