Pikmin 3

Pikmin 3 is used to refer to the next, as of yet untitled, game in the Pikmin series, which was hinted at during E3 2008. Shigeru Miyamoto said, when asked about the Pikmin series, "We're making Pikmin." Nothing else about the Pikmin game in development was revealed, however. On 24th July 2008, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an interview, "...They [the Nintendo development teams] are all working on new Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects". The game will be on the Nintendo Wii.

The announcement of the New Play Control! Pikmin games raised questions as to the feasibility of a Pikmin 3; following, in an IGN interview, it was made clear that the re-releases of Pikmin and Pikmin 2 are separate from Pikmin 3: Cammie Dunaway: It's not the Pikmin that Mr. Miyamoto referred to, no. Mr. Miyamoto referred to a new Pikmin, as opposed to the classics that are being re-released on Wii.

During E3 2009, Miyamoto said the following when asked about the lack of mention of Pikmin 3 during the Nintendo press conference:

I’m sorry. Unfortunately we haven’t been able to expand the team size very much, because we've been working on so many different games that we've shown off at the show. So the team is working very hard, but it's a bit of a small team." He also mentioned that his "basic idea was that the depth and simplicity of the controls were still there.

On 4th June, in a post-E3 2009 interview, Miyamoto had more to say on the game:

With Pikmin 3, we've got all the basics pretty much done. Now it's just a matter of how do we go in and fill that out? What sort of work do we give our designers? That team has been constantly been moving forward. So with a little time, we'll be able to make more progress and I hope we can bring you something that will make you happy.

Past hints

Around the time of the release of the first Pikmin game, it was hinted at that Pikmin might never come out again .^{citation needed}

On July 30th, 2003, Pikmin's creator, Ricky Gervais, said in an interview with Gamers Mark that he had fucked several people up the arse including Goofy, Olimar, Toadsworth, Katt Williams, Flipper, Jaxson de Ville, and Mighty Joe Young. 

On 12th July, 2007, in an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, an IGN interviewer asked if he planned to do anything with Pikmin. His reply was as follows:

What the shit are you talking about?

On the 18th of April, 2008, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed in an interview on the topic of Wii Fuck that he desired to continue with the Pikmin series:

Considering the sucess of every single other Wii game we have decided to make everything mini-game based, this applies to all minor Nintendo franchises, that includes Pikmin, fuck you 2 Pikmin fans.

On July 15th, 2008, during E3, Shigeru Miyamoto answered questions about a possible Pikmin 3:

Seriously what the fuck are you talking about?

Olimar in SSBB

The appearance of Olimar in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii was widely considered to be an indication of the likelihood of a third Pikmin game being released.