Nintendo Unveils Hello! Pikmin Short Film Series and Declares November 1 Pikmin Day — Manga and comics

Nintendo announced a new Hello! Pikmin short film series, with the first two episodes already released and monthly episodes planned. The livestream also revealed a Pikmin 4 Switch 2 Dandori Academy demo and a new Pikmin Bloom feature called Secret Caves.

Nintendo used a livestream to announce that November 1 is now "Pikmin Day" and that the franchise is getting a new short movie series titled Hello! Pikmin. The first episode premiered during the stream, and the second debuted on Monday. The next episode is scheduled for later this month, after which Nintendo plans to release one new episode each month starting in December.

The stream also featured a new demo video for Dandori Academy, a mode included in the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4. Both the Switch 2 version and the Dandori Academy mode are set to launch on November 12. A free demo version is launching on Monday.

For Pikmin Bloom, Nintendo revealed a new "Secret Caves" feature, scheduled to launch this winter.

The Pikmin series consists of strategy games in which players control creatures called Pikmin to explore an unknown planet and survive against predators, using each type's special properties to navigate the environment. Nintendo released the first game on the Nintendo GameCube in 2001, followed by Pikmin 3 on the Wii U in 2013, Hey! Pikmin for the Nintendo 3DS in July 2017, Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the Switch in 2020, Niantic's free-to-play augmented-reality game Pikmin Bloom worldwide in October 2021, and Pikmin 4 for the Switch in July 2023.

Sources: Anime News Network.