Three astronauts embark on a mission to find fruit. As you do.
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Pikmin 3 will launch in Europe on July 26, after the July 13 release in Japan and ahead of the August 4 release in North America.
In addition to this release date news, Nintendo revealed several new details about the game's story, characters and features. The three playable characters are Alph, Brittany and their captain, Charlie, who crash-landed on this mysterious planet while on a mission. Their goal is to scavenge and harvest fruit for survival, and they enlist the help of the indigenous Pikmin to do so.
In terms of gameplay features, it has been confirmed that Pikmin 3 will have an unlimited number of days, similar to Pikmin 2, but players will be able to revert back to any previous day they have already completed, if they decide they want to start fresh and undo mistakes.
The game will also support three control schemes: the Wii U GamePad, the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and the Wii U Pro Controller. While using the GamePad control scheme, the screen displays the KoPod, which serves as an information terminal and map. Players can tap on specific points on the map to have the character they are currently controlling move to that position automatically.
