Wii U owners may have been a little disappointed that they’d have to wait for Pikmin 3’s launch later this year, but delaying its release may have been a great choice for Nintendo to make.  As revealed by Satoru Iwata, Pikmin 3 will now have multiple control variations to suit almost everyone’s way to play, among the new features found within the gameplay itself.

Some new footage of Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U Pikmin title, Pikmin 3, has surfaced on the internet, and we’re excited to show off some more of its co-op gameplay. From the looks of things, there will be a crap ton of new, giant monsters to encounter and defeat. Players have got to hand it to Nintendo to make Pikmin games look so natural in both their environments and alien life forms.

Though Nintendo was shooting for Pikmin 3 before the end of 2012, it looks like it will just make the cutoff of the Wii U’s launch window next year.

The announcement of Pikmin 3 at E3 was one game we couldn’t wait to learn more about. With the Wii U just months away from release, we wanted to grab as much info on Nintendo’s next-gen, co-op titles as possible. From the big Nintendo cheese himself, Shigeru Miyamoto, we got the inside scoop on Pikmin 3's co-op capabilities.