I don't understand why they won't make Pikmin 3 sooner. Some people say that its because it doesn't sell as well as other Nintendo games do. Yet...

They are making another Metroid! So if the reason for not making Pikmin 3 a top priority is because of sales makes no since at all.

I am 100% sure that Pikmin 3 would(and will if it does come out) outsell Metroid Other M. Look below:

 Metroid Prime sales- 2.8 Million(Bundle for some time) Metroid Prime 2 sales- 1.2 Million Metroid Prime 3 sales- 1.5 Million Metoid Prime Trilogy sales 300K.

Pikmin sales- 1.6 Million Pikmin 2 sales- 1 Million NPC Pikmin sales- 390K NPC Pikmin 2 sales- 210K.

The new Wii base would help Pikmin more then it would help Metroid. Pikmin(1) also outsold both M.P.2 and M.P.3. M.P.T sold 300K with the game being $50 for 3 games including one from this gen. While NPC Pikmin and NPC Pikmin2 sold together 600K(Double Metroid) with it being $60($30 Each) for 2 games from the past gen. So...

Why Is Nintendo taking so long to make Pikmin 3(Probably delayed development for now) when it would outsell M.O.M easy???

They are fool, good thread by the way

While I really liked Pikmin NPC, I'd buy MetroidM first and Pikmin3 later. Metroid >>> Pikmin.

Also I don't see how your sales data supports your theory.

What? Metroid have more sales than all Pikmin games from those stats.

1		Pikmin 3		Unknown	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	N/A	08th Nov 09
2		New Play Control! Pikmin		Nintendo	N/A	7.7	9.3	0.39m	25th Dec 08	20th Jun 09
3		New Play Control! Pikmin 2		Unknown	N/A	8.7	N/A	0.21m	12th Mar 09	20th Jun 09
4		Pikmin		Nintendo	N/A	9.1	N/A	1.63m	03rd Dec 01	24th Aug 09
5		Pikmin 2		Nintendo	N/A	9.1	N/A	1.06m	30th Aug 04	20th Jun 09

1		Metroid Prime: Trilogy Read the review		Nintendo	9.3	9.0	N/A	0.30m	24th Aug 09	20th Aug 09
2		Metroid Prime 3: Corruption		Nintendo	N/A	9.0	9.4	1.55m	26th Oct 07	20th Jun 09
3		Metroid: Other M		Unknown	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	N/A	17th Nov 09
4		Metroid Prime Read the review		Nintendo	9.3	9.6	9.5	2.83m	17th Nov 02	27th Aug 09
5		Metroid Prime 2: Echoes		Nintendo	N/A	9.2	N/A	1.29m	15th Nov 04	13th Sep 09
6		Metroid Prime Hunters		Nintendo	N/A	8.9	N/A	0.68m	20th Mar 06	20th Jun 09
7		Super Metroid		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.42m	18th Apr 94	02nd Jul 09
8		Wii de Asobu: Metroid Prime		Unknown	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.02m	19th Feb 09	20th Jun 09
9		Metroid Fusion		Nintendo	N/A	9.0	N/A	1.55m	17th Nov 02	20th Jun 09
10		Metroid		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	2.73m	15th Aug 87	08th Jun 09
11		Metroid II: Return of Samus		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.76m	26th Aug 91	13th Aug 09
12		Metroid: Zero Mission		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	09th Feb 04	10th Aug 09
13		Metroid		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	20th Jul 07	08th Jun 09
14		Metroid Prime Pinball		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.23m	24th Oct 05	25th Jun 09
15		Super Metroid		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	20th Aug 07	26th Jun 09
16		Wii de Asobu: Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes		Unknown	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	N/A	25th Jun 09
17		Metroid Prime / The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	01st Nov 05	08th Jun 09
18		Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt		Nintendo	N/A	N/A	N/A	0.00m	21st Nov 04	25th Jun 09
19		Classic NES Series: Metroid		Nintendo	N/A	5.2	N/A	0.07m	25th Oct 04	19th Jul 09

Metroid Prime 1 did good, but the series lost sales then

Nintendo isn't just about sales all the time. And Metroid is one of its core franchises.

It also comes down to Nintendo trying to make a game that appeals to the 'core' market as well as the western market. And Metroid has always done that.

Pikmin was more of a fun original game Miyamoto made that gained a small fanbase. And it'll get a sequel eventually. But Metroid is a 20 year old core series.

I like Pikmin better, even if it was massive frustation at the begginig

when is pikmin 2 new play coming to america anyways??

no release date yet, and probably never

Pikmin 2 came out 5 years ago on the GameCube. Go play that.