wraggster
April 17th, 2013, 23:55
Nintendo of America has announced a Pikmin 3 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/nintendo-wii-u/adventure/12300/pikmin-3/) release date of August 4 in North America.http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_3003/image_300336_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=300336)
The game will launch in stores and on the Nintendo eShop simultaneously. A European release date has yet to be confirmed.During today's Nintendo Direct event, company president Satoru Iwata revealed the game's box art and a new flying Pikmin type called Winged Pikmin, which fly around following the player and can carry items.Pikmin creator Shigeru Miyamoto described the game as a "real-time action management game" that tasks players with controlling a swarm of 100 Pikmin and carrying out various objectives. The game was first shown at E3 2012 with a new rock Pikmin that can be used to break hard objects.At the time (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/351567/pikmin-3-for-wii-u-new-details-revealed/) Miyamoto said Nintendo is "developing [Pikmin 3] with the belief that we can help people understand once again the kind of fun deeper games can offer."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/401635/pikmin-3-release-date-confirmed-for-north-america/
The game will launch in stores and on the Nintendo eShop simultaneously. A European release date has yet to be confirmed.During today's Nintendo Direct event, company president Satoru Iwata revealed the game's box art and a new flying Pikmin type called Winged Pikmin, which fly around following the player and can carry items.Pikmin creator Shigeru Miyamoto described the game as a "real-time action management game" that tasks players with controlling a swarm of 100 Pikmin and carrying out various objectives. The game was first shown at E3 2012 with a new rock Pikmin that can be used to break hard objects.At the time (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/351567/pikmin-3-for-wii-u-new-details-revealed/) Miyamoto said Nintendo is "developing [Pikmin 3] with the belief that we can help people understand once again the kind of fun deeper games can offer."
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/401635/pikmin-3-release-date-confirmed-for-north-america/