Pikmin 3 is reportedly planned for Switch

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Pikmin 3 may get the deluxe treatment on Nintendo Switch sometime soon. 

Venture Beat, which has accurately predicted other Nintendo projects in the past, reports that Pikmin 3 is one of several games that Nintendo is prepping for re-release on Switch. Pikmin 3 Deluxe reportedly sits alongside the HD Super Mario 3D trilogy which was rumored earlier this year. 

Rumors of this trilogy first emerged alongside word of a new Paper Mario game coming this year, and after today's reveal of Paper Mario: The Origami King, they're starting to gain credibility. Several sources also claimed that a new 2D Metroid would be announced for 2020 to help tide fans over until Metroid Prime 4, and while this remains nothing more than a rumor, it does make the conspicuous Metroid teaser in the Origami King trailer all the more curious.

This wouldn't be the first time Nintendo ported Pikmin games to new systems. Pikmin 1 and 2 were re-released on Wii after their Gamecube debut, and more and more Wii U games are coming to the much-more-successful Switch, including Platinum Games' Pikmin-like The Wonderful 101. All that being said, rumors regarding Pikmin 3 and 3D Mario games coming to Switch remain totally unsubstantiated. 

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Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.