If Pikmin 4 does arrive soon, it should take notes from Bloom's more in-depth customization mechanics. Pikmin creator Shigeru Miyamoto has been talking about a fourth mainline game in development since 2015, but between the success of Bloom and Pikmin 3 Deluxe on Switch, this sequel has never seemed so likely. However, thus far the gambit seems to be paying off, with Pikmin Bloom hitting two million downloads within its first two weeks on the market. Given the immense success of Pokemon GO, it was interesting to hear Niantic would be throwing its weight at a much smaller Nintendo IP.

A few spin-offs have come out amid the wait for Pikmin 4, with Niantic's AR mobile game Pikmin Bloom being the most recent. since Brawl, and the titular Pikmin can even be spotted at Super Nintendo World in Japan. Despite only having three mainline titles since 2001, its characters have been in Super Smash Bros.

Pikmin is one of Nintendo's more prominant franchises, even if it has never been a heavy hitter like Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokemon.

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