Interestingly, some research suggests that we don’t just think that small things are cute, but also that cute things are smaller than their actual size. For instance, mothers misperceive their ...

“When you’re looking at [things] and seeing them as cute because they’re small, you’re also seeing them as cute because they’re cleverly made,” says Joshua Paul Dale, a faculty member ...

But really, it seems like Miyamoto just wants to make more Pikmin games, movies, and other stuff. In a recent and ... alien man controlling an army of small, cute critters.