By Pikmin 4 is in development, Nintendo has confirmed.
A new game in the action strategy series - which sees you guide groups of coloured aliens to collect fruit and fight monsters in enlarged gardens - is "actually very close to completion", the game's executive and Super Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto told Eurogamer.
"Pikmin teams are always working on the next one," he added.
While a platform of release wasn't discussed, it's been speculated that it's near-completion status suggests a possible release on current hardware Wii U or 3DS.
The last entry, Pikmin 3, was released on Wii U in 2013, which was followed by a series of animated shorts conceived by Miyamoto himself.
Pikmin first debuted in 2001, followed by a second game on GameCube in 2004.
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