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The American box art for all of the currently released Pikmin games.

The Pikmin series currently consists of two games, Pikmin and Pikmin 2 (and their counterparts in the New Play Control! range on the Nintendo Wii), with a third to be released this year. Both games have been scored well by critics, the sequel generally higher than Pikmin. There have been a number of rumours in the past concerning a Pikmin 3 being in production for the Wii U, and on July 15, 2008 at a private conference, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that Pikmin 3 was in production. During E3 2012, Pikmin 3 was officially announced for the Wii U. The total number of sales for the series is approximately 3.78 million [1]. It has now been announced that Pikmin 3 is in production, and previews have been released. At E3 2012, Pikmin 3 was discussed and could be tried out; a challenge mode in which the new leader is to collect fruit with red and the new Rock Pikmin, and the other mode being a boss battle against the Armored Mawdad. The new game in the series will be released August 4th in the US, July 26th in Europe, July 13th in Japan, and Australia's release date is to be announced.

Elements from the series also play parts in a number of other Nintendo games, most notably Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in which Captain Olimar is a playable character, as well as a Pikmin stage and multiple music tracks, stickers, and trophies.

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File:Pikmin3Boxart.png

The confirmed box art for Pikmin 3.

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-{{game icons|pikmin=y|pikmin2=y|pikmin3=y}}
+[[File:All Pikmin Box Art.png|thumb|300px|The American box art for all of the currently released Pikmin games.]]
-{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Pikmin'' series}}
+The '''Pikmin series''' currently consists of two games, ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and'' [[Pikmin 2]]'' (and their counterparts in the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' range on the [[Nintendo Wii]]), with a [[Pikmin 3|third]] to be released this year. Both games have been scored well by critics, the sequel generally higher than Pikmin. There have been a number of rumours in the past concerning a ''Pikmin 3'' being in production for the [[Wii U]], and on July 15, 2008 at a private conference, Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed that ''Pikmin 3'' was in production. During E3 2012, ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' was officially announced for the Wii U. The total number of sales for the series is approximately 3.78 million [http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=pikmin]. It has now been announced that ''Pikmin 3'' is in production, and previews have been released. At E3 2012, ''Pikmin 3'' was discussed and could be tried out; a [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin 3)|challenge mode]] in which the new leader is to collect fruit with red and the new [[rock Pikmin|Rock Pikmin]], and the other mode being a boss battle against the [[Armored Mawdad]]. The new game in the series will be released August 4th in the US, July 26th in Europe, July 13th in Japan, and Australia's release date is to be announced.
-[[File:Pikmin logo.png|thumb|300px|The ''Pikmin'' series logo]]
-The '''''Pikmin'' series''' is a video game series developed by [[Nintendo EAD]] that focuses on manipulating [[Pikmin]]. It currently consists of two games: ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' (and their counterparts in the [[New Play Control!]] range on [[Wii]]), with ''[[Pikmin 3]]'' in development.
-==''Pikmin'' series games==
+Elements from the series also play parts in a number of [[Pikmin in other media|other Nintendo games]], most notably ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in which [[Captain Olimar]] is a playable character, as well as a [[Distant Planet|''Pikmin'' stage]] and multiple music tracks, stickers, and trophies.
-*''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]''
+==Characters==
-**''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''
+[[Captain Olimar]]
-*''[[Pikmin 2]]''
-**''[[New Play Control! Pikmin 2]]''
+[[Captain Louie]]
-*''[[Pikmin 3]]'' (not yet released)
+[[The President]]
+[[Alph]]
+[[Brittany]]
+[[Charlie]]
-==Reception and sales==
+==Games==
-Both released games have been scored well by critics, ''Pikmin 2'' generally higher than ''Pikmin'' (e.g. scores of 90<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/pikmin-2 ''Pikmin 2'' at Metacritic]</ref> and 89<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/game/gamecube/pikmin ''Pikmin'' at Metacritic]</ref> on review aggregator Metacritic, respectively). The total number of sales for the series is approximately 3.81 million as of May 2013<ref>[http://vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php?name=pikmin ''Pikmin'' sales at VGChartz]</ref>.
-==In other games==
+[[File:Pikmin3Boxart.png|thumb|The confirmed box art for Pikmin 3.]]
-{{main|Pikmin in other games}}
-Elements from the series also play parts in a number of other Nintendo games, most notably ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', in which "Olimar & Pikmin" is a playable character, as well as a Pikmin stage—[[smashwiki:Distant Planet|Distant Planet]]—and multiple soundtracks and trophies.
-Pikmin have made cameo appearances in games like ''[[mario:WarioWare: Smooth Moves|WarioWare: Smooth Moves]]'' and the Nintendo DSi/3DS software transfer animation, while Pikmin-themed items have appeared in ''[[wikipedia:Nintendogs|Nintendogs]]'' and the [[nookipedia:Animal Crossing (series)|''Animal Crossing'' series]].
+*''[[Pikmin 1|Pikmin]]''
+*[[Pikmin 2]]
+*''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
+*''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''
+*''[[Pikmin 2|Nintendo Selects: Pikmin 2 ]]''
+*[[Pikmin Adventure]] (''Nintendo Land'')
+*''[[Pikmin 3]]'' (not yet released)
 ==See also==
 *''[[Stage Debut]]''
 *''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''
+*[[Pikmin Adventure]]
-==References==
-<references />
 [[Category:Pikmin]]
+[[Category:Pikmin 1]]
+[[Category:Pikmin 2]]
+[[Category:Pikmin 3]]
+[[Category:Games]]

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