UPDATE: An update from Nintendo has now clarified the nature of this week's two 'Close to You' short films — and, sadly, it doesn't sound like Pikmin 5 is yet on the way. Read IGN's full coverage here ...

UPDATE 08/10/25: Yes, it turns out Nintendo's surprise animated short was about Pikmin all along. Today, Nintendo has released a fresh version of the Close to You film, now with added colourful ...

Miyamoto experiments with short videos for the 3DS. Shigeru Miyamoto, the managing director of Nintendo, has been playing with the idea of creating animated shorts featuring the Pikmin from the series ...

UPDATE: Nintendo has just revealed a second version of its mysterious animated short film — now with an army of Pikmin visible. Full details on this fresh Pikmin-filled version of Close to You can be ...

Nintendo yesterday released a nearly four minute long animated short film called "Close to You." The video on the Nintendo Today app has been updated to now feature Pikmin. No other information was ...

Nintendo has released a second version of the animated short that confused many fans and is now likely to have made some of those who guessed what was going on feeling very pleased with themselves.

The four-minute animated video “Close to You” released by Nintendo yesterday has been updated to feature Pikmin where items previously seemed to be moving on their own. Nintendo again did not share ...

Shigeru Miyamoto is working on a movie based on Nintendo's Pikmin series. Titled Pikmin Short Movie, it is reportedly the iconic game designer's first animated short film.

Fans spent a lot of time trying to decipher possible clues hiding in a recent Pixar-like Nintendo short film featuring a baby and, as it turned out later on, Pikmin. Were they a tease for a new Pikmin ...

Original Story: Nintendo yesterday surprised everyone with a new animated short called 'Close To You', and it's already led to all sorts of theories online. We know Nintendo is currently in the ...