Bold Prediction Wii U will have a true Animal Crossing game

[Miyamotoo]

curl-6 said:

Miyamotoo said:

Yes, after E3 it clear that Nintendo is gearing for NX with big titles wihle WiiU/3DS will get smaller projects, ports and spinoffs, but Pikmin 4 for Wii U wouldnt be big project because reason I already mentioned, even would be again "big game".

You're correct that they can save a bunch of time and resources by reusing some assets from Pikmin 3, but the game still won't be a low budget title, as it will still require quite a bit of work. It won't be "big" in the same way as Zelda or Xenoblade, but it'll be a bigger investment than Mario Tennis or Amiibo Fetsival.

Definitely will be bigger project than Mario Tennis and Amiibo Festival, game would be considered like A game, but not if look time or resources they need to make it.

For Pikmin 4 they already have almost everything in Pikmin 3 that can be reused, basically they need just to make new levels, few new enemies and bosses and one or tho new mehanics. We had DLC with new levels for Pikmin 3 only few months after Pikmin 3 launch. Saying all that I think they could make Pikmin 4 for Wii U in around one year, Miyamotoo said that game is near finished around E3 that means that they probably start working on game somwere in second half of 2014.