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" Pikmin 3 and The Wonderful 101 have been given release dates. The two Wii U exclusives will be released July 26 and August 23 respectively in Europe. Gallery: View images of Pikmin 3: Both titles launch in North America at a later date, as Pikmin 3 will release August 4 and The Wonderful 101 on September 15. New details of Pikmin 3 were also revealed. Alph, Brittany and Charlie will be the playable explorers as Olimar will no longer be the main character. Another announcement is that the GamePad - known as KopPad in-game - allows players to view a map. The adventure can also be played exclusively on the GamePad, as well as with a Wii remote and Nunchuk. Nintendo has previously said that Pikmin 3 will be closer to the original than Pikmin 2. The release dates were part of the latest Nintendo Direct, which saw the announcement of Sonic Lost World and a release date for New Super Luigi U. Watch a trailer for The Wonderful 101 below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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