Pikmin 3’s official website is gone, spurring Switch speculation - grahamsheining

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The official website for Pikmin 3 has been affected offline, which is leading lots of populate to think there whitethorn be a Switch reveal soon (via Loot Pots).

The Switch has a constellation of Wii U titles that were ported to the portable platform, much equally Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Kart 8, New Topnotch Mario Bros. U, and The Legend of Zelda: Breathing spell of the Wild. Its program library continues to be uplifted with first- and third-company titles, and we're looking nervy to the releases of Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, Animal Crossover: New Horizons, and Bayonetta 3. Yet, Nintendo isn't entirely focused on the future and is porting two Wii U titles to the Switch soon, allege reports.

IGN's Peer Schneider mentioned these mystery ports in the latest episode of the IGN NVC podcast. "The secret Wii U ports that are being discussed, unmatched of them is a nine out of 10 for Maine, and one of them is more of a sextuplet out of 10… I really liked what Nintendo did with their take on real-time strategy games," said Schneider. Industry insider Emily Rogers corroborated this, claiming that these ports "are not difficult to guess because in that respect aren't galore Wii U games left to port." The prevailing theory is that uncomparable of these could be Pikmin 3. It fits the criteria for a top-notch rattling-time scheme game developed for the Wii U, and nowadays that the official Pikmin 3 site has disappeared, speculation is swirling.

The site was taken down sometime between Nov 2019 and January 2020. It seems like a small thing, but Nintendo has performed hocus pocus on little-sites in the past, which then LED to an declaration. One example is the Animal Crossing official website showing procurator text and capture of The Caption of Zelda: Breath of the Wild back in 2018. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was undraped only a few months after that, in the Sep 2019 Nintendo Direct. Also, it could be that the Pikmin series is acquiring its first Exchange entranceway in the form of Pikmin 4. Pikmin 3 sold 93,000 copies in its first two days in Japan, and received a warm reception round the world. I'm sure those WHO hold a torch for the game would leap out at the chance to play it on a new platform and make water the most of that computer hardware's capabilities.

Or, Nintendo could have switched off the official Pikmin 3 website because it has No further use for it. We won't know for sure until Nintendo acknowledges the speculation surrounding Pikmin 3. But, a Nintendo Direct is oftentimes the opportune second to let ou a new game. At one time we know more, we'll keep you in the iteration.