On Wednesday August 5, 2020, a port of Pikmin 3 was announced for Switch, as Pikmin 3 Deluxe, including all DLC, new additional missions, co-op multiplayer, and new difficulties. It was the first original entry in the Pikmin franchise in 9 years, since the original release of Pikmin 2 on the GameCube in 2004. Pikmin 3 is the third installment in the Pikmin franchise, which is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U.Įlements new to the series include two new Pikmin types, the ability to throw leaders, using three leaders at a time, several different control schemes, and a handy information terminal, the KopPad. This article was a featured article from June 16th, 2013 to June 25th, 2014.