Nintendo just uploaded a mysterious new video, leaving fans confused. But there is one major theory

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Nintendo unexpectedly released a nearly four-minute animated short film on YouTube today, titled “Close to You.” The video depicts a touching moment between a mother and baby. While the mother is away, objects in the baby’s room, like a pacifier, start moving seemingly on their own, encouraging the baby to explore. This leads to the baby taking its first steps just as the mother returns. The video has no description and comments are disabled, but that hasn’t stopped people online from sharing their theories about its meaning.

Nintendo uploads mysterious animated short on YouTube, and fans are already analyzing and speculating

The animation doesn’t seem to connect to any existing Nintendo games or characters. However, with the new *Super Mario Bros.* movie coming out soon, many people think this short might have been made by the same studio, Illumination, that’s working with Nintendo on the film. Fans are curious about why this short was released and, even though comments were disabled on the YouTube video, they’ve found other ways to share their thoughts and discuss it.

Fans on the Nintendo Switch 2 subreddit are buzzing with theories after a recent video release. Several users noticed the music in the video seems to come from the *Pikmin* games. This idea is supported by a subtle detail: around 1:38 in the video, some viewers spotted a small red object moving under the baby’s crib. While blurry, it’s clearly something in motion. Based on these clues, the leading theory is that the video somehow connects to *Pikmin*.

It might seem strange, but this idea could actually be plausible. If you pay attention to how things move at the start of the video, it’s a bit like the way Pikmin carry objects – a little clumsy and unsteady. Plus, Nintendo released several short animated Pikmin videos four years ago, including one showing Pikmin near a construction site and another featuring a glass bottle. Given their history with these shorts, is it really surprising to consider they might have created another one?

Even if that’s true, it still makes you wonder: why all the secrecy? Why would Nintendo try to hide the connection to *Pikmin*? One reason could be that it’s fantastic, natural marketing. Within just two hours of the video being released, fans were already discussing it online, and now I’ve written over 500 words analyzing it!

Nintendo has built a strong connection with its fans, so anything they do gets a lot of attention. Today, we might find out that a recent hint was actually a preview of a new *Pikmin* game or movie, but it’s also possible we’ll never know for sure. Keeping fans in the dark for too long could lead to disappointment, even though speculation is inevitable. Ultimately, we’ll just have to wait and see what Nintendo announces.

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2025-10-07 19:03