Rumor: Pikmin 3 to bloom next March?

Okay, we'd advise you take this news with a pinch huge damn barrel of salt, but UK-based retailer Play.com now has Pikmin 3 listed for release on March 27th, 2009. Our first thoughts upon spying this detail were as follows:

1. March 27th, 2009 is a rather random date to simply pluck out of thin air, don'cha think?
   

2. It's also a Friday, the day when games usually launch in Euroland.

3. Play is a UK-based site, so this may well be a European date (if it's even true).

4. The specificity of the date only makes it more convincing to us.

5. March 27th, 2009 really is quite a long way off. Boo hoo.
   

Heck, it's the weekend, so let the wanton speculation ensue!