In the latest Nintendo Direct, broadcast live from Tokyo, gaming visionary and Pikmin creator Shigeru Miyamoto sits down with Japanese comedian Hitoshi Matsumoto to showcase the long-gestating Wii U exclusive, Pikmin 3.

The pair play for over 20 minutes, the footage of which can be found below.

Shigeru Miyamoto has described the game as a “real-time action management game” where players take control of a swarm of 100 Pikmin and use their assistance to complete a variety of tasks. The title has been fundamentally built “with the belief that we can help people understand once again the kind of fun deeper games can offer.”

Pikmin 3 has a release date of July 26 in Europe, July 27 in Australia and August 4 in North America. Will you be picking it up at launch? Let us know in the comments below.

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Rob Gisbey is a games journalist and music production graduate from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. To listen to his acoustic demo, read his articles and listen to the VxM Videogames Podcast head to his blog.