Release Date, Leaks, and Everything We Know

Pikmin 4: Release Date, Leaks, and Everything We Know

As far as rumoured Nintendo projects go, Pikmin 4 is certainly a unique one, because it's only ever been revealed by Shigeru Miyamoto. We've never had a trailer, screenshots or gameplay footage, just his sole confirmation that it was far along with its development in 2015.

Needless to say, it still hasn't emerged and there's been some confusion surrounding Pikmin 4's status. For now though, here's everything we do know about the game.

• Read More: When Is The Next Nintendo Direct?

Latest News - April 2022

21 April 2022

Pain. Still no Pikmin 4 news. (sigh).

8 February 2022

Nintendo has confirmed a new Direct presentation airs tomorrow on February 9. Scheduled to kick off at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10PM GMT / 11pm CET, that's expected to last for "roughly 40 minutes," focus on Switch games launching "in the first half of 2022."

23 March 2021

Nintendo and Niantic Are Bringing Pikmin To AR - Pokemon Go developer Niantic will partner with Nintendo to bring more of its franchises into augmented reality titles. The first game to get the AR treatment will be a mobile Pikmin title, and will be launching later in 2021.

30 October 2020

Pikmin 3 Deluxe Launches On Switch - After releasing on the Wii U in 2013, Pikmin 3 joined many former first-party exclusives in being ported to Nintendo Switch. Offering a new co-op mode and expanded content, it also left people wondering about Pikmin 4's fate.

Development History

Pikmin 4 was first announced during an interview with Eurogamer in 2015, Miyamoto confirmed that it was "actually very close to completion". Then in 2016, we got reassurances that the game was being worked on but months later 3DS spin-off entry Hey! Pikmin was announced, though we were later told these are separate projects.

Cut to 2017, and Miyamoto once again spoke to Eurogamer. Joking about Pikmin 4's status, he stated that "I've been told not to share anything about this from PR, but I can tell you it is progressing."

Allegedly, development was rebooted in 2019 - though this has no official source and was mentioned by YouTube streamers. It could very likely be true given the now seven year gap since the announcement of Pikmin 4's existence.

Release Date

Since the Miyamoto interview in 2017 we've had no further announcements about whether Pikmin 4 is still in development. While it could've been cancelled or a change of direction may have occurred, it's left many wondering just what happened. We imagine that as one of Nintendo's most longstanding series it still has plenty of life left in it. But at the time of witing, there is no indication when Pikmin 4 is coming or what sort of release date we can expect for this long-overdue sequel.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLLIp6CtsZWovbC%2B06xlnKedZLuqutOepZ2nX6W2rLnIp2RtZaKqurDB0axkpZ2RoMBuuMCtnKysXaOyuL%2BMmqWdZZWrsrPF06Ggp59drLJut82ormg%3D