Pikmin 3 (ピクミン3, Pikumin Surī?) is a real-time strategy puzzle video game developed by Nintendo EAD and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. It is the sequel to Pikmin and Pikmin 2, released in 2001 respectively. and 2004 on GameCube. The game was announced at E3 2008 by Shigeru Miyamoto. At E3 2009, Nintendo stated that production was still ongoing2. At E3 2011, Nintendo stated that the game is being carried over to Wii U. It is finally released on July 13, 2013 in Japan, July 26, 2013 in Europe, and August 4, 2013 in North America.
