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Pikmin 3 is the upcoming third installment in the Pikmin franchise. It will be released on the Nintendo Wii U console on July 13th for Japan, August 4th for America, and July 26th in Europe. It is the first original entry in the Pikmin franchise in 9 years, since the original release of Pikmin 2 on the Gamecube in 2004. Before I crash-landed on this planet... Year 20XX on the astrometric calendar. In the end of the space, (planet Koppai) is facing a serious food crisis caused by explosive population growth and the unplanned temperament of inhabitants. To find a planet with food, I launched an unmanned space probe and discovered a promising planet (PNF-404). I and two other experts were sent in to investigate deeper, but we had an accident, and made an emergency landing in (PNF-404)....

Charlie is in a silver world... Charlie awoke in a snow-filled landscape. He started looking for Alph and Brittany, but found something else...

Alph wakes up in the water... I met a mysterious creature. After recovering the communication terminal (GPAD), I continued searching the planet alone...

Where's Brittany...!? Brittany calls for Alph's help through his communication terminal (GPAD). She seems to be in some remote area...

Will the captains reunite, and what's the fate of planet Koppai?
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...Did you know...?

• ...that Blue Pikmin can save other types of Pikmin from drowning?
• ...that it seems Blue Pikmin are more likely to be eaten than other colors in Pikmin 2?
• ...that via an "Emergence Cave Run", it is possible to repay the debt without reaching the Awakening Wood?
• ...that there are exactly twelve 1:07 segments in a Pikmin day, making it 13:24 minutes long?
• ...that the Planet of the Pikmin resembles earth?