Nintendo announced on Saturday during a livestream that November 1 is now "Pikmin Day," and announced a new short movie series based on the game titled Hello! Pikmin. The short series' first episode premiered during the stream, and the second episode also debuted on Monday. The next episode will debut later this month, and one new episode will be released every month starting in December.
Hello! Pikmin episode 1
Hello! Pikmin episode 2
In addition, the livestream featured a new demo video of the new Dandori Academy mode included in the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 . The game's Switch 2 version and the Dandori Academy mode will launch on November 12. A free demo version is launching on Monday.
Nintendo also revealed the new "Secret Caves" feature for the franchise 's Pikmin Bloom game, that will launch this winter.
The Pikmin series of strategy games allows players to control creatures called Pikmin in an effort to explore an unknown planet and survive against predatory adversaries, using the special properties of each kind of Pikmin to navigate the game environment.
Nintendo released the first game in the series on the Nintendo GameCube in 2001. Nintendo released Pikmin 3 , on the Wii U in 2013. The side-scrolling action-adventure game Hey! Pikmin shipped for Nintendo 3DS in July 2017 in Japan, North America, and Europe. Nintendo released the Pikmin 3 Deluxe version for the Switch in 2020. Pokémon GO developer Niantic released the free-to-play AR (augmented reality) game Pikmin Bloom worldwide in October 2021. The Pikmin 4 game shipped for the Switch in July 2023.