After today's direct the Nintendo 3DS is far from dead, so...

[teigaga]

Jumpin said:

onionberry said:

that's not pikmin 4, it's a spin off

It was never stated Pikmin 4 was in development, just that "A" Pikmin game was in development and near completion. There was speculation and rumours that it would be a 3DS game, and it looks like that turned out to be accurate.

Miyamoto specifically stated

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

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