Hello! Pikmin: Nintendo's New Animated Shorts Put One Tiny Red Pikmin Next to a Very Large Frog

Nintendo has started a series of animated Pikmin shorts called Hello! Pikmin. It announced them in its Pikmin Day Direct presentation, which also named 1 November as Pikmin Day, and the first episode, Frog, is on Nintendo's official YouTube channels. A second, Dream, is already up too.

The thumbnail for Frog shows how the series looks: a single red Pikmin, leaf on its head, standing between a huge, sleepy-eyed frog and a baseball that is about its own size. Dream's thumbnail has the same soft, lifelike look, with a yellow Pikmin holding a flower on a sunny path among tall grass and rocks.

According to GoNintendo, a third episode arrives later in November, then one a month from December. The shorts are on Nintendo's YouTube channels and in the Nintendo Today! app.

The shorts land just before a new version of the most recent game. Pikmin 4 Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy comes out on Thursday 12 November 2026. Nintendo's store page says it adds sharper visuals on Switch 2, voice commands for Oatchi the space dog through the console's microphone, and Dandori Academy, a set of timed exam stages with 72 to be released over time. Owners of Pikmin 4 on the original Switch can buy just the upgrade pack. Anime News Network reports a free demo is out now.

If you have never played Pikmin, the shorts are a good, free way to meet them.