Nintendo Japan Press Release:

AR technology company Niantic, Inc.（HQ: San Francisco, CA USA; CEO: John Hanke) and Nintendo Co., Ltd. (HQ: Kyoto Minami-ku; Representative Director and President: Shuntaro Furukawa) are partnering together to jointly develop apps that combine Niantic's real-world AR technology with Nintendo’s beloved characters. The first title the two companies are developing together is based on the Pikmin franchise, with gameplay activities designed to encourage walking and make the activity more enjoyable.

The app is scheduled to launch globally later in 2021, with Niantic as the publisher. The title will also be the first title created by Niantic Tokyo Studio, Niantic’s development studio established in April 2018.

That’s all we know now.

I do have to say, it’s very refreshing to see them not go the obvious route (Pokemon Go 2!) and instead move forward with one of Nintendo’s sleeper franchises in Pikmin.

I wonder if they can catch even an essence of the lighting in a bottle which was Pokemon Go.