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Announcements

• Pikmin 4 has been released on on July 21st, 2023.
• July 28th was the 10th year anniversary of Hey! Pikmin in North America and Europe, August 4th was the 10th year anniversary of Pikmin 3 in North America, August 30th was the 19th year anniversary of Pikmin 2 in North America, and December 3rd was the 22nd year anniversary of the original Pikmin in North America.

Did you know...

• ...that Yellow Pikmin in Pikmin carrying a Bomb Rock drop it without detonating it when called back to the Onion?

• ...that Pikmin 2's pre-rendered cutscenes take up most of the storage space on the disc?

• ...that via an "Emergence Cave Run", it is possible to repay Pikmin 2's debt without reaching the Awakening Wood?

• ...that the Pikmin 3 title screen terrain is an altered version of the Awakening Wood?

• ...that in Pikmin 4, if your created character is the same as a castaway or you if are playing as Oatchi and talk to a castaway, they will have different dialogue?

• ...that Koppai is named after Nintendo's original name, Nintendo Koppai?

• ...that the background images of the area selection menus in Pikmin and Pikmin 2 come from real photographs of Hokkaido, Japan?

• ...that PNF-404, the planet the games take place on, is a post-apocalyptic Earth?

Featured article

Pikmin 4 is the fourth main installment of the Pikmin series. It was released worldwide on July 21st, 2023 for the Nintendo Switch. In a Nintendo Direct on September 13th, 2022, Pikmin 4 was revealed for the first time, confirming its existence.

Captain Olimar, the protagonist of previous Pikmin games, once again crash-lands on a mysterious planet, and sends out a distress signal for aid. After a team of rescuers, the Rescue Corps, receive his distress signal, they immediately set off to retrieve him. But, when they enter the planet's atmosphere, they also crash-land, splitting each of them apart. You must embark on an expedition to save Captain Olimar and the other members of the Rescue Corps, and repair the Rescue Corps' ship!