The Japanese company closes the web portal dedicated to the title of Shigeru Miyamoto after six years active. For no apparent reason.
Nintendo has closed the Pikmin 3 web portal after six years of activity. The original Wii U title, launched in July 2013, had an official site operated by Nintendo with information about the video game; however, that URL now redirects to the game product page on Nintendo.com.
The official website of Pikmin was also provided with a so-called "Explorers Guide" and "Pikminology 101", where the game's plot background was explored with informative details of each of the types of characters; In addition, it included a section that redirected to the Nintendo eShop, where you can continue buying the game in digital format as well as the payment DLC ($ 4.99) and the free demo; all for Wii U.
The reason for the closure of the Pikmin 3 website has not transcended and does not imply, at least not necessarily, that Nintendo is planning a relaunch of the game on another platform, such as Nintendo Switch, however much it is one of the candidates nominated by Hybrid machine players in forums and social networks.
This is what the official Pikmin 3 website looked like in 2019 | Lotots
Numerous Wii U exclusive games have been adapted to Nintendo Switch
A few days ago we published an article in FreeGameTips in which we collected all the exclusive games published by Nintendo on Wii U that have been adapted to Nintendo Switch and, in turn, those that have not yet done so. Pikmin 3 is one of them, one in addition to the most desired by the community of players of the great N if we rely on polls and rankings with several thousand participants.
It will be the future that says in what place is the intellectual property of Pikmin, whose fourth installment was officially announced by Miyamoto back in September 2015. The last information we have about that Pikmin 4 goes back to July 2017, when He said the development was progressing properly.
As with Metroid Prime 4, still undated for Nintendo Switch, it seems logical to launch previous deliveries after these new iterations have been released; however, there is no official information about it.
