- being overseen by Miyamoto
- could be released via Nintendo Video
- may be sold off if they do well
- originally created a video with Pikmin for movie theaters, telling people to turn their cellphones off
- this was used in Toho Cinemas on about 150 screens and 60 theaters
- first short will feature Olimar blending up what appears to be a red Pikmin. When the other characters see Olimar, they see him with a knife and start to back away. That's when they bump into a pile of carrots, which is what Olimar is really blending up.

"When Olimar first discovered the Pikmin he named them based on the PikPik brand carrots in his home world, so he clearly loves carrots. I thought it would be fun to have a scenario where it seems like he is going to eat the Pikmin. So it's kind of dark, but he doesn't eat them." - Shigeru Miyamoto
- Nintendo hasn't discussed whether they'll do this type of animation project for other characters
- Miyamoto also states he isn't stopping work on game creation to handle this animation. It's just a side-project.