{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e0ea7853d02178acc67bce91","clusterId":"c_ad0d95a0e0c1cf8de0b66233","slug":"nintendo-launches-hello-pikmin-short-film-series-on-pikmin-day","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Nintendo Launches Hello! Pikmin Short Film Series on Pikmin Day","summary":"Nintendo announced during a Saturday livestream that November 1 is now Pikmin Day, and that a short film series called Hello! Pikmin will release one episode a month starting in December. Episode 1 premiered during the stream and episode 2 followed on Monday, with another episode due later this month. The stream also showed the Dandori Academy mode in the Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4, out November 12, and a Secret Caves feature for Pikmin Bloom this winter.","whyItMatters":"The shorts give Pikmin a monthly release rhythm outside the games, timed against the November 12 Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 and a free demo launching Monday.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eA free demo version launches on Monday, ahead of the Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 and its Dandori Academy mode on November 12. Nintendo paired that with a Secret Caves feature for Pikmin Bloom, the free-to-play AR game Niantic released worldwide in October 2021, due this winter. The shorts sit on a series that opened on the GameCube in 2001, moved to the Wii U with Pikmin 3 in 2013, branched into the 3DS side-scroller Hey! Pikmin in July 2017, and returned with Pikmin 3 Deluxe on Switch in 2020 and Pikmin 4 in July 2023.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Hello! Pikmin's monthly release plan starts in December, but Nintendo already used the Pikmin Day stream to put out two episodes and promises a third this month.","twitterPost":"Hello! Pikmin's monthly schedule starts in December, after Nintendo already released two episodes and plans a third this month.","threadsPost":"Hello! Pikmin's monthly cadence starts in December, yet Nintendo already released two episodes around the Pikmin Day stream and has a third due this month. That puts the early episodes ahead of the monthly schedule.","newsletterBlurb":"Nintendo used a Saturday livestream to declare November 1 Pikmin Day and to launch Hello! Pikmin, a short film series that ran two episodes and continues monthly from December. The same stream detailed the Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 and its Dandori Academy mode, both out November 12, with a free demo on Monday. Pikmin Bloom gets a Secret Caves feature this winter.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-01/pikmin-game-gets-short-film-series/.243408\",\"title\":\"Pikmin Game Gets Short Film Series\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":6021,"outputTokens":3670,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1793593745,"createdAt":"2026-11-02T04:23:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T04:27:59.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T04:27:59.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ad0d95a0e0c1cf8de0b66233","canonicalTitle":"News\nPikmin Game Gets Short Film Series","representativeArticleId":"a_002771f32d06eed81729036b","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Pikmin\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-11-02T03:52:25.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-11-02T03:52:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T04:28:01.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-11-01/pikmin-game-gets-short-film-series/.243408","title":"News\nPikmin Game Gets Short Film Series"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Pikmin"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Nintendo declared November 1 Pikmin Day during a Saturday livestream.","Hello! Pikmin, a short film series, released its first two episodes and adds one per month starting in December.","The Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Pikmin 4 and its Dandori Academy mode launch on November 12.","A free demo version launches on Monday.","Pikmin Bloom will add a Secret Caves feature this winter."],"pageLinks":{"healthSlugs":["pikmin"],"storySlugs":[],"entities":[{"slug":"pikmin","supported":2,"disputed":0,"contradicted":0,"unverified":0,"overall":"green","story_count":1,"has_dossier":false}],"stories":[],"entitiesOk":true,"storiesOk":true}}