Topic: Miyamoto: Pikmin 4 Is 'Progressing'

[Br26]

Shigeru Miyamoto confirms Pikmin's fourth instalment is in still in development.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/44851/miyamoto-pikmin-4-is-progressing

Pikmin 4, which was absent at this years E3, is "progressing", legendary Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto said.

In an interview with Eurogamer's Tom Phillips, Miyamoto says that the Pikmin 4 project is still in development, though he couldn't say much more at the moment.

"I've been told not to share anything about this from PR," Miyamoto told him, "but I can tell you it is progressing."

A fourth entry in the long running Pikmin series was first discussed by Miyamoto back in 2015 in an interview with Eurogamer. Hey! Pikmin, a side scrolling game for the Nintendo 3DS, is due for release July 28th.

[Khushrenada]

Well, at least it clears up some confusion people had about whether "Hey! Pikmin, Listen!" was what Nintendo meant by Pikmin 4 or if it was in reference to another game in the mainline series.

[Mop it up]

Whew! I was getting worried about it when there was no peep.

[Soren]

[Mythtendo]

Why did Miyamoto say way back in September 2015 that the game was almost done?

[Ian Sane]

I remember we got similar comments about Pikmin 3 seemingly every E3 for years.  If this follows the same pattern Pikmin 4 may end up on the Switch successor.

[Mop it up]

Why did Miyamoto say way back in September 2015 that the game was almost done?

Perhaps the game's tea table was upended? More than once, even?

[pokepal148]

He was actually referring to the title screen.

[NWR_insanolord]

Why did Miyamoto say way back in September 2015 that the game was almost done?

If I had to guess, that was probably true at the time, but when they moved it from Wii U to Switch they decided to tweak a few things while they waited for it to come out, and then that snowballed and resulted in further delays. I have nothing to back that up, but it's a believable explanation, especially for a game Miyamoto has his hands in.

[pokepal148]

Maybe it was a mistranslation and he was referring to Pikmin 4 3DS.

Or Pikmin 4 had to be heavily overhauled without the Wii U gamepad.