Pikmin 3

Pikmin 3 is the upcomming third installment in the Pikmin franchise, revealed at E3. It will be f

Pikmin 3 official logo. Shown at E3. Note the Pink Pikmin.

or Wii U.^[1]

Plot

From what has been seen so far at E3^[2], the game revolved around 4 entirely-new characters exploring the depths of the Pikmin planet. Olimar and presumably Louie are notably missing as well.^[3]

Gameplay

Pikmin 3 will play in a similar fashion to previous installments. However, the pikmin themselves will be able to preform a multitude of different tasks. There are new hazards such as ice and magma-based enemies. Olimar is,

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The 4 playable captains in Pikmin 3. Note how none of the originals are present.

for a reason Miyamoto wants to stay secret, not a playable character. Instead, a pink-haired girl, a bald general, a small green haired boy and a tall, green-haired man are the playable characters. ^[4]

Pikmin will break walls differently based one where they attack walls, and the various other new tasks can be performed, such as picking up fruit and anything else used for nourishment.

The captains will be able to throw other captains and appear to be able to play with eachother in the main story mode.

The controls and battle mechanics will be much more detailed. For example. The players can use the Wii controls, and shake the wii remote to throw Pikmin, and shake the nunchuck to charge. Also, the Pikmin will be able to do more damage depend on where they hit a specific monster. The Wiimotion Plus is required for Wii controls.The players will be able to use the Wii U gamepad to scroll completely out of the map during play.

There will be many new game modes, including multiplayer, singleplayer, and a new type of Challenge Mode.

New Pikmin

So far, 2 new Pikmin types are available.

Pink Pikmin

Rock Pikmin

Nintendo E3 Presentation

Pikmin 3 was the very first game Nintendo presented at E3 on June 5th, 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cMFfTMrWI8

New enemies

- A magma slug that attacks by licking up Pikmin with its blue toungue.

- A flying caterpiller-like creature that are similar to the Wigglers from Mario. Its body seems to be made of fruit, and it has a curled, butterfly-like nozzle.

- A transparent squid-like enemy who's ink can suffocate Pikmin.

- Medusal Slurker.

- Armored Mawdad

- A white Bulborb with black spots that can snatch pikmin from a distances using its long tongue (similar to an anteater).

- A Dweevil-like creature that picks up crystals to defend itself, which can be destroyed with Rock Pikmin to expose the creature.

- What appear to be Skitter Leaf-like animals with realistic dead-leaf appearances.

- Bugs that can skate across the surface of water and hold water in a bulb on their back which is used to attack and then must be refilled somehow.