Overview

• The short debuted on the Nintendo Today! app before appearing on YouTube and Nintendo’s social accounts.
• The nearly four-minute video shows a toddler pursuing a floating pacifier as toys shift around, then ends with a simple © Nintendo card and no credits.
• Nintendo provided only the title “Close to You” on its posts and turned off YouTube comments, offering no explanation or promotional detail.
• Viewers flagged Pikmin-like musical cues and a brief red blur some interpret as a Red Pikmin, though this remains speculation.
• Others suggested a link to 2026’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and a possible Rosalina nod, but no connection has been confirmed.