Pikmin 4: Miyamoto gives an update

[Miyamotoo]

Einsam_Delphin said:

Miyamotoo said:

I know what is prioirete, and games like Zelda, 3D Mario some bigger IPs are definatly prioirete compared to Pikmin.

Miyamoto didn't that Pikmin wasn't priorite, he just said that isn't currently but it will be soon, that doesnt mean game wasn't priorite year or two ago.

There was no real reason at all to make such a confidence at that point especially if that wasn't true, nobody says that game is almost finished if they didnt on that game at all, he could just say we have plans or in worst case we working on Pikmin 4, not game is almost finished. I gave you explantaion that has most sense.

 

I can barely make out what you're saying, but Miyamoto clearly says they've been trying to make it a priority. Can't try to make something a priority if it already is one.

"it has been hard to kind of fit that into that list, but we’re hopefully starting to see that on the list now."

That quote certainly doesn't mean it ever was a priority, as he never says it was ever removed from the list, only that it had yet to be added.

Deny it if you want, but consumer confidence is a valid reason that explains much of the bs Nintendo says, from lying about new hardware models to continued software support on Wii U.

Like I wrote, game could be priorite year or two ago, but for instance was pushed aside in favour of more important games that Nintendo preparing, so they looking to put it again priorite. So game isnt on curent list of priorites, but that doent mean that game wanst on that list year or two ago. That isnt relly hard to imagine and its most likly scenario.

"It's actually very close to completion," Miyamoto said. "Pikmin teams are always working on the next one."

Nintendo then confirmed the news to Eurogamer in a separate statement:

"We can confirm that Pikmin 4 is in development but that is all we can confirm at present."

So not only Miyamoto last year said that game is close to completion, Nintendo later confirmed that Pikmin 4 is in development, so game was close to completion and that imply that game was far in development last year and they were focused on that game, but later most likely whole project is moved to NX and that require additional development time, in meantime they were higher priority games.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-07-20-pikmin-4-in-development-and-very-close-to-completion