Nintendo almost finished Pikmin 4

Nintendo’s chief executive Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed that a fourth game in the Pikmin franchise is in development and is “nearly complete.” Nevertheless, it is not yet clear when the game will be released and on which platform.

Game designer and producer at Nintendo Miyamoto made the statement to Eurogamer in July this year, but until now that information has remained under embargo. It is unclear on which platform the new Pikmin title will be released. Nintendo is behind the scenes developing the Nintendo NX. Pikmin 4 may come out before that, but that would mean gamers will have to wait a little longer; in 2016, Nintendo will reveal more details about the device. When the NX should be released is unknown. If the game comes out sooner, it will presumably work on Wii U.

Pikmin is a first-party franchise from Nintendo. The first game was released for the Nintendo Gamecube in 2001. The third game was released for the Wii U a few years ago. In Pikmin, players take on the role of an alien on a strange planet whose task is to collect as many fruit seeds as possible. home to end a famine. Players get help from the Pikmin, the little creatures that can also be seen on the box art. Pikmin is an RTS game.

Screenshot of Pikmin 3 (2013) for Wii U