Pikmin 3 is the third installment in the Pikmin franchise, which is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. Elements new to the series include two new Pikmin types, the ability to throw leaders, using three leaders at a time, several different control schemes, and a handy information terminal, the KopPad. It was the first original entry in the Pikmin franchise in 9 years, since the original release of Pikmin 2 on the GameCube in 2004. On Wednesday Augus