Shigeru Miyamoto Reportedly Hints at Pikmin 3 DLC

Posted Tue 23rd Jul 2013 11:50 by Thomas Whitehead Cough up for more Pikmin goodness

Pikmin 3 is just days away in Europe, while North America doesn't have too long to wait before its long awaiting arrival on the Wii U. As you may have read in our Pikmin 3 review we were very impressed, sharing our view that it's "beautifully crafted and filled to the brim with exciting gameplay features".

With a title that offers such excellent gameplay — we reckon the main single player campaign will last between 8-16 hours depending on your approach — it's only common to want more of a good thing. It's been picked up on NeoGaf that more could be on the way as DLC, with Shigeru Miyamoto supposedly saying the following to Shigesato Itoi about plans for the game.

So, using the internet [the team] thinks it'd like to add new missions and maps to the game little by little.

This appears to be a first hint at DLC for this title, which isn't surprising considering the co-op features that incorporate specific missions and tasks. Nintendo has already dabbled with DLC on the Wii U, of course, in the form of New Super Luigi U, while the 3DS has seen plenty of additional free and paid-DLC in various releases.

It seems premature to think about DLC before the game's arrived — though that doesn't stop plenty of publishers — but what do you think of this prospect? Would you like paid-DLC in the future for Pikmin 3, do you only want free DLC, or is this extra content malarkey against your principles? Sound off in the comments below.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/07/shigeru_miyamoto_reportedly_hints_at_pikmin_3_dlc

Do you think Pikmin 3 could use some extra missions and maps?

SMH, the game is already finished and even released in Japan and almost in Europe. Why shouldn't Nintendo talk about DLC now?

Yeah, if it have lots of content. I really like how Nintendo does their DLCs.

I have to say that the 3ds games that do have dlc seem to have it in good quality such as fire emblem so this could be pretty good.

I guess there's nobody we can do now about DLCs, since even Nintendo is doing them. At least, please, don't do those first-week DLC releases like with FE Awakening, wait at least 3 weeks/one month before releasing DLCs.

I'm fine with DLC as long as it doesn't suck or required to experience the best of the main game.

I kinda wish Nintendo would invest their resources in new games instead of DLC, but at least Pikmin lovers will get more of a good thing.

More Pikmin maps would be good, especially if they the maps don't have a time limit so that you can just enjoy mobilizing your Pikmin forces or solving the puzzles.