Nintendo Finally Comments on This Week's 'Closer to You' Pikmin Videos, Reveals They're the First Short Films From Nintendo Pictures

Nintendo has astatine past offered thing of an mentation for its mysterious abbreviated movie task 'Close to You', which debuted this week and was aboriginal revealed arsenic featuring Pikmin.

Writing connected X, Nintendo stated that the 2 videos were the archetypal abbreviated films created by Nintendo Pictures, the company's question seizure and animation workplace that antecedently worked connected a scope of video games and CGI movies.

Today's connection seems to suggest that the films are not viral selling for thing other — this is not our archetypal look astatine Pikmin 5, arsenic acold arsenic we're alert — though the doorway is near unfastened for much abbreviated films successful future.

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"We anticipation you enjoyed the 2 'Close to You' videos released connected October 7 and 8," Nintendo wrote. "The 2nd video is disposable connected Nintendo Today!, a escaped app disposable connected your astute device. These are the archetypal abbreviated films created by Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd.

"Nintendo Pictures volition proceed to research caller originative possibilities done video content."

Nintendo Pictures is simply a seasoned CGI and question seizure institution that antecedently existed nether the sanction of Dynamo Pictures. The workplace was formally acquired by Nintendo and rebranded successful 2022. One of the company's erstwhile projects was Death Stranding 2, thing which led to the unusual concern of Nintendo's sanction appearing successful the PlayStation title's credits.

Nintendo Pictures is not to beryllium confused with Nintendo Stars, the company's wider part that is present dedicated to processing diagnostic films, including the company's already-announced upcoming projects specified arsenic The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and the untitled live-action Zelda film.

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