Nintendo’s mystery animated short is, in fact, for a Pikmin project
Nintendo has released a second version of the animated short that confused many fans and is now likely to have made some of those who guessed what was going on feeling very pleased with themselves. The video appears to be the same as the one that the company foisted upon the world on Tuesday, but there’s one critical difference. This time, you can more clearly see Pikmin moving a a baby’s building blocks and pacifier around its bedroom.
The little creatures were invisible in the first version of the video for the most part, though there was an out-of-focus one running underneath the tot’s crib. Well done you, if you spotted that, or noticed the nods to Pikmin music in the short’s score.
According to the Pikmin Bloom mobile game, Pikmin are invisible to humans, which is likely why the tot’s mother doesn’t react to them here. The parent is probably more interested in her kiddo’s apparent first steps than how the pacifier got caught in the mobile above the crib, anyway.
As with the first version of the short, the updated video first appeared in the Nintendo Today app — we’ll update this story to include a version from elsewhere once it’s available. Nintendo clearly really wants fans to use that to get major announcements from the company first.
Being able to see the Pikmin in all their glory this time around does clear up one key question about the initial short (which is now even more adorable), but another one remains. Just what the heck is Nintendo actually teasing here? It’s unclear whether the company has a new Pikmin game up its sleeve or whether it’s making a movie about the lil’ critters. It could be something else entirely! Perhaps another version of the short is coming to clear that up.
