Just out of sight.

He isn't even hiding who his favorite child is anymore

Miyamoto has previously labelled Pikmin as Nintendo's "most global characters" and considers "video games to be just one of the worlds in which Pikmin live". We've even seen entire shorts dedicated to these tiny little creatures over the past year.

Fans spent a lot of time trying to decipher possible clues hiding in a recent Pixar-like Nintendo short film featuring a baby and, as it turned out later on, Pikmin. Were they a tease for a new Pikmin game? Rosalina’s origin story in the Mario Galaxy movie?

Rather than reveal a new title in the Pikmin franchise, Nintendo has something a bit more unexpected to unveil. The most recent installment, 2023’s Pikmin 4, is getting a free update for Nintendo Switch. The new update will be released in November, and ...