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Nintendo also detailed Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy for Nintendo Switch 2, which will support microphones so players can give Oatchi verbal commands.","whyItMatters":"The holiday came with no major reveal, so Pikmin Day reads as a low-cost way to introduce the series to people who know Pikmin only in passing rather than as a platform for a new game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eMiyamoto used the date to walk through the series from its 2001 GameCube release and pointed out that the entire mainline series is available on the Switch. The Pikmin 4 + Dandori Academy segment covered the Switch 2 port\u0026#39;s microphone support for Oatchi commands and how the Academy mode sets players a designated arena of Pikmin and treasures to route through, including assigning teams to open shortcuts.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Nintendo picked November 1 for Pikmin Day because three upright Pikmin read as three 1s. The date is a pun, and Nintendo built the first one around shorts and a fan's knitted hats rather than a game reveal.","twitterPost":"Pikmin Day is November 1 because three upright Pikmin read as three 1s. Nintendo built the whole date around a visual pun.","threadsPost":"Nintendo set Pikmin Day on November 1 for a reason: three upright Pikmin resemble three 1s. That pun is the date's entire logic, and the first Pikmin Day leaned on animated shorts and a fan knitting her own Pikmin hats. The Switch 2 Dandori Academy details came alongside it, not inside it.","newsletterBlurb":"Shigeru Miyamoto declared November 1 Pikmin Day, a date picked because three upright Pikmin look like three 1s. The day brought minor updates instead of a major reveal, including the promise of more animated shorts. 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