In an interview with 4Gamer, Miyamoto recalled Pikmin 3???s early 3DS tests, ???The truth is we were doing prototype tests of Pikmin for the DS and 3DS but it turned into unit management with only the touch pen and no matter what it just didn???t seem like Pikmin. ???We concluded that Pikmin is a game that revolves around action based on its controls and the strategy sits on top that.