The Pikmin series has always been a fan favourite, but despite great review scores across all three mainline games, the series has never had incredibly high sales. As a result, Pikmin 4 has always remained in the balance as Nintendo weighs up whether the series is worth continuing.
The series creator, Shigeru Miyamoto, was quoted back in 2015 saying that Pikmin 4 was “very close to completion”, leading fans to believe a new game was coming soon. There is speculation that Miyamoto was actually referring to Hey! Pikmin, a launch title for the New Nintendo 2DS XL which launched back in 2017. When asked two years later about the development of Pikmin 4, Miyamoto responded with this: “I’ve been told not to share anything about this from PR, but I can tell you it is progressing.”
Since 2017, we haven’t heard anything about Pikmin 4, though there is a glimmer of hope for fans. Pikmin 3 Deluxe, an enhanced port of the Wii U version, launched on the Nintendo Switch in 2020. Considering the game sold moderately well, this could be a deciding factor on whether Nintendo decides to create a fourth game in the series.
