Original Story: Nintendo yesterday surprised everyone with a new animated short called ‘Close To You‘, and it’s already led to all sorts of theories online.
We know Nintendo is currently in the process of expanding beyond video games with theme parks and movies (we’re looking at you, Super Mario Galaxy Movie). It’s also got its video production company ‘Nintendo Pictures‘ and recently launched a Mario product line in Japan for younger audiences, made up of rattles and building blocks with amiibo functionality.
Then there’s perhaps the most common claim that this new video is tied to Pikmin. If you watch the short, it appears there’s something invisible moving all the objects in the scene, and Nintendo enthusiasts online have seemingly matched up the music in this trailer with the game series.
We’ve even got past quotes from Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto telling us how Pikmin are “all over our world” and “invisible to the naked eye”. So, what do you think? Is this something to do with Pikmin, or do you think it’s something completely different? Vote in our poll and let us know in the comments.
Do you think the ‘Close To You’ short is Pikmin related? (1,651 votes)
Absolutely, why are we even questioning this?26%I’m pretty confident it is after everything I’ve seen (and heard)20%That’s the first thing that comes to mind, so it’s gotta be!5%This being Pikmin-related would make a lot of sense15%I’m not so sure, I don’t think there are any solid links here6%Maybe it’s Mario-related or for some other Nintendo IP?3%It could just be a random ad or short! Nintendo Pictures is a thing…7%I don’t think it’s got anything to do with Pikmin8%I can never predict what Nintendo is cooking up12%