Considering that the nintendo conference will be 2 hours long this year, I see no reason why they can't give Pikmin 3 some time :D.

Never played Pikmin before, but Olimar rocks in SSBB.

you know my stance :P pikmin 3 holiday 2012

Is it really? Well, that hasn't happened since 06. Very nice. But, I suspect it's to talk about the 3DS. But it doesn't mean Pikmin wont be there.

EDIT: I don't think ti will come out until 2011. So far, it's not a hardware pusher. I think we'll see it in Spring or Winter of 2011.

Its hard to explain and even by watching a video it may look stupid but thats why the sales are probably low when compaired to other Nintendo franchises. When you finally try it ou hopefully find that its amazing and Pikmin 2 is the best game ever made so far in my opinion. Anyway hope this video can explain because I probably can't all that well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xahdDqCxCoU&feature=related

Any news on N.P.C Pikmin 2 in the U.S.A yet?

it's kind of like a rts game, where you directly control one main character (olimar, some spacesuited alien thing) and you lead around a group smaller characters (pikmin, those multicolored things with leafs/buds/flowers on their heads) and order them to do stuff. you go around killing other animals to grow more pikmin, tearing down obstacles like walls, building bridges to get across water, and look for spaceship parts/treasure to advance. it sounds very weird at first, but once you play it for a bit, you'll get it.