Pikmin 4 in development and "very close to completion"

[Samus Aran]

bananaking21 said:
Nintendo's marketing continues to amaze. why on earth did they announce Pikmin 4 like this? why not actually show it off? better yet... why didnt they show it off at E3? if its for the NX why even talk about it?

Didn't Sony announce GoW in the exact same way?