Round Up: Pikmin Day 2026

Image: Nintendo / Nintendo Life Nintendo astounded us with a Pikmin-themed Direct this weekend, proclaiming Pikmin Day! If you haven’t viewed the video yet, here’s all the information from the stream: Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube854k Pikmin Day – A fresh yearly festivity for Pikmin Image: Nintendo Joining MAR10 Day and other occasions like Pokémon Day, is Pikmin Day! This will become an annual celebration each year on 1st November. Miyamoto elaborated on how this originated: Shigeru Miyamoto: “From now on, we will refer to November 1st as Pikmin Day. The initial Pikmin game, launched on Nintendo GameCube in 2001, introduced the red, blue, and yellow Pikmin. If you visualize those three Pikmin as the numeral one, that corresponds to November 1st, Pikmin Day!” Pikmin 4 – Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy – Complimentary Demo (2nd November) Image: Nintendo A complimentary demo for Pikmin 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori... Read More

PSA: ‘Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy’ Demo Blooms On Switch 2 Today

Play before you pay by Jim Norman 6 hours ago Image: Nintendo We were a little surprised to have any Pikmin news at all this weekend, let alone a flippin’ Direct! Since the whole thing caught us a little off guard, we thought it only right to share this reminder: Pikmin 4 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy is getting a free demo, and it’s available today! The new demo gives you free rein to explore the base game’s first main area, Sun-Speckled Terrace, and access to two of the challenges in the new Dandori Academy Switch 2 expansion. It’s live on the Switch eShop right now, for those interested. The best part? All of your save data will carry over to the full game (if you choose to take the plunge on 12th November), so you don’t need to worry about playing through the opening stage again. The surprise Pikmin Direct... Read More