is a 2004
real-time strategy
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puzzle video game
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H ...
developed and published by
Nintendo
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Nintendo was founded in 1889 as by craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi and originally produce ...
for the
GameCube
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home video game console. It is the direct sequel to the 2001 game ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
'' and is the second game in the ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
'' series.
Like its predecessor, ''Pikmin 2'' focuses on exploring the surface of an unknown planet from a microscopic perspective, where the player directs and delegates tasks to a horde of tiny plant-like creatures called Pikmin. The Pikmin can be directed to destroy obstacles, defeat enemies and retrieve objects. It introduces many gameplay mechanics not seen in ''Pikmin'', including the ability to control two different leaders of the Pikmin at once and the addition of new Pikmin types.
The game received critical acclaim, gaining aggregate scores of 89.60% and 90 on
GameRankings
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and
Metacritic
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, respectively. Many critics praised the additions to the ''Pikmin'' gameplay, such as the removal of the 30-day time limit imposed in the original game. ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'' were re-released as part of the ''
New Play Control!
is a series of first-party GameCube titles porting, ported over to the Wii by Nintendo. Games in the ''New Play Control!'' series feature a number of enhancements, most notably the implementation of the Wii's unique motion controller, motion co ...
'' series for the
Wii
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other Regional lockout, regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major ho ...
in 2008 and 2009, respectively. On March 30, 2017, the Wii version of ''Pikmin 2'' was digitally re-released worldwide for the
Wii U
The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
The W ...
. A sequel to the game, ''
Pikmin 3
''Pikmin 3'' is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U video game console. It is the sequel to the GameCube games ''Pikmin'' (2001) and ''Pikmin 2'' (2004), and was released in Japan on July ...
'', was released in 2013 for the Wii U.
Gameplay
''Pikmin 2'' expands on the gameplay introduced in its predecessor, ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
''. The player controls both
Captain Olimar
is a main character from Nintendo's ''Pikmin'' video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto. He first appeared in ''Pikmin'' (2001), which led to the development of three additional games; two of them featuring Olimar as the protagonist.
Olimar ...
and
Louie from a
third-person microscopic perspective in a mission to retrieve treasures (which consist of human waste such as scrap metal and broken toys) from the surface of an unknown planet (called the "distant planet"). The gameplay focuses on leading and directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin to accomplish this mission. The Pikmin follow behind Olimar and/or Louie as they move around the field. The player can quickly throw individual Pikmin at enemies and obstacles, where they automatically engage in combat, destroy obstacles, or build bridges. The player can also direct the entire mob (or a subdivision) to swarm and attack enemies en masse. Because the player controls two leaders simultaneously, the player can have the leaders separate with their own Pikmin hordes and accomplish numerous tasks in the field at once. While the player can amass a limitless number of Pikmin, only up to 100 Pikmin are allowed on the game field at any time.
Because Pikmin are small and weak, they can be easily killed by hazards or devoured by enemies when misdirected or left unattended. The player can also only explore with Pikmin during daylight, one day at a time. The player begins each day at sunrise and needs to finish all tasks and collect all stray Pikmin before sunset. Pikmin that are left behind at sunset are immediately lost to ferocious
nocturnal
Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite.
Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed sens ...
predators. This mechanic is also a major feature in ''Pikmin''. Unlike ''Pikmin'', however, in which the player must complete the game in thirty days, the game gives the player an unlimited number of days.
The Pikmin themselves appear in five distinct colors, which indicates their strength or immunity to hazards. Red, Blue, and Yellow Pikmin, which originally appeared in ''Pikmin'', are resilient to fire, drowning, and electric hazards, respectively. Two new colors, Purple and White, are unique to ''Pikmin 2''. White Pikmin are swifter than the other types, can resist poisonous gases and will poison enemies if devoured, and can locate hidden treasures buried in the soil. Purple Pikmin, while not immune to any hazards, are slower but far stronger than the others and can lift as much as 10 ordinary Pikmin. They are also heavy, and can stun enemies when thrown at them. Because of these differing characteristics, the player must choose the appropriate Pikmin that are best-suited to the task at hand.
The
stalk on a Pikmin's head, topped with either a leaf,
bud
In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately. Buds may be spec ...
, or flower, indicates the Pikmin's swiftness and strength, growing upon consumption of
nectar
Nectar is a sugar-rich liquid produced by plants in glands called nectaries or nectarines, either within the flowers with which it attracts pollinating animals, or by extrafloral nectaries, which provide a nutrient source to animal mutualists ...
harvested from various sources. More Pikmin can be bred when they carry pellets or enemy carcasses to their respective "Onion" motherships, where they can be safely stored and extracted. Purple and White Pikmin do not have their own Onions and are stored inside the Hocotate Ship. They also cannot breed; these Pikmin are created by throwing existing Pikmin into rare flowers. ''Pikmin 2'' also introduces a sixth Pikmin type, Bulbmin, which are resistant to all hazards but are in the player's possession only temporarily. Lastly, ''Pikmin 2'' introduced sprays that can be collected by harvesting certain plants. The purple spray can be sprayed on enemies, and causes them to temporarily be encased in stone, making them highly vulnerable to attacks. The red spray is cast on the Pikmin and gives them a temporary boost to their speed and attack strength.
The player is able to explore four distinct locales on the distant planet, which vary in theme, enemies, and treasures found. The player is also accompanied by the Hocotate Ship's
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
, which gives the player hints and input. When a treasure is found, the Pikmin must carry it back to the Hocotate Ship, where it will be placed into the ship's cargo hold and its worth calculated. In addition to exploring the surface of each locale, there are caves scattered throughout the landscape, which the player, the Pikmin horde, and the ship's AI can enter. Caves contain multiple treasures and enemies spread across multiple sub-levels. While inside a cave, time does not pass on the surface due to a
time warp
Time travel is a common theme in fiction, mainly since the late 19th century, and has been depicted in a variety of media, such as literature, television, film, and advertisements.
The concept of time travel by mechanical means was popularize ...
caused by a strong
geomagnetic
Earth's magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from Earth's interior out into space, where it interacts with the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun. The magnetic ...
field, allowing the player to explore for an indefinite period of time before sunset.
However, the Pikmin Onions do not follow, meaning that the player must bring in enough Pikmin to use. Caves are also home to larger, stronger enemies that serve as the game's
bosses, which upon defeat often award treasures that bestow new abilities to the player characters. Cave layouts also generate randomly with the exception of certain floors in them, generally boss floors. Caves are also the only places where the player can find the "Violet" or "Ivory" "Candypop Buds" that make Purple or White Pikmin, respectively. The player completes the game after collecting all 201 treasures.
Additional modes
In addition to the main
single-player game mode, there is both a
two-player
A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same computing system ( couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or ...
competitive mode and an
unlockable challenge mode. In the competitive game mode, Olimar and Louie are each controlled by a player. In a
capture the flag
Capture the flag (CTF) is a traditional outdoor sport where two or more teams each have a flag (or other markers) and the objective is to capture the other team's flag, located at the team's "base", and bring it safely back to their own base. ...
style gameplay, the player's objective is to either retrieve four yellow marbles or claim the opponent's marble using Pikmin. A player can launch attacks against the other's Pikmin in an effort to hinder the opponent's progress. When a player collects a cherry, an advantage is gained, such as gaining or flowering Pikmin or summoning enemies at the opponent's base.
The challenge mode is unlocked during the single-player game. One or two players can play this mode cooperatively. Each selectable
level
Level or levels may refer to:
Engineering
*Level (instrument), a device used to measure true horizontal or relative heights
*Spirit level, an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal or vertical
*Canal pound or level
*Regr ...
takes place in caves of varying depth. The objective is to locate a Key treasure, used to open access to the next sub-level, within the specified time limit. The player completes the level upon finding the exit out of the cave, and is scored based on the treasures collected, the number of Pikmin surviving upon exit, and the time taken to complete the level.
Plot
After his adventure in ''Pikmin'', Captain Olimar returns to his home planet Hocotate. Landing at his workplace, Hocotate Freight, Olimar learns from the company's president that due to his co-worker, Louie, losing a shipment of golden Pikpik carrots to a "space rabbit", the company was forced to take out a massive loan to cover the loss. As a result, Hocotate Freight now suffers from a severe debt of pokos (the planet's currency), and as a result, Olimar's ship, the only valuable object they had, is sold off. The remaining debt is 10,100 pokos, with nothing to pay it off. Shocked, Olimar drops a
bottle cap
A bottle cap or bottle top is a closure for the top opening of a bottle. A cap is sometimes colourfully decorated with the logo of the brand of contents. Plastic caps are used for plastic bottles, while metal with plastic backing is used for gl ...
he brought back from the planet he was trapped on, whereupon a nearby ship of the company reveals it to be a treasure with considerable value, enough to start paying off the debt, now reduced to 10,000. The company president, hearing of this, decides to send Olimar and Louie to the planet to find more treasure and help pay off the debt.
Arriving back on the Pikmin's planet, Olimar and Louie are initially separated, but reunite after working with the local red Pikmin population in their area. In the process of finding treasure, the pair work with these red Pikmin, along with yellow and blue Pikmin in different areas of the planet, encountering two new species that Olimar had never encountered before, white and purple Pikmin. After finding enough treasure, Olimar takes off for Hocotate, only to realize mid-flight that Louie was accidentally left behind. Though the debt is cleared, the president decides that now they must return to find the other treasures to help strengthen the company's finances, and joins Olimar on his return trip to the Pikmin's planet to retrieve the rest, and find Louie. Eventually the pair encounters Louie within an underground cave network, the "Dream Den", on top of a giant elemental creature that can harness the ability to switch between using fire, water, poison and electricity. After defeating the creature, Olimar and the president retrieve Louie and the final treasures, and depart the planet, leaving the Pikmin behind that helped them.
In a special epilogue, it is revealed that Louie ate the entire shipment of Pikpik brand carrots he was delivering. He then falsified his report to the president to avoid trouble, effectively causing the situation that led to Olimar's return to the Pikmin's planet.
Development
In December 2002 a year following the release of ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
'',
game designer
Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...
Shigeru Miyamoto
is a Japanese video game designer, producer and game director at Nintendo, where he serves as one of its representative directors. Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential designers in the history of video games, he is ...
confirmed a sequel to be in development. Development took about two and a half years; the original plan was to release it in Autumn 2003, but the team chose to delay it by six months to make further changes and revisions. ''Pikmin 2'' was directed both by
Shigefumi Hino
Shigefumi Hino (日野 重文 ''Hino Shigefumi'', born 1963) is a Japanese graphics designer, game director and planner from Nintendo. He is the creator of Yoshi from the ''Yoshi'' franchise. Hino later served as the director of the ''Pikmin'' ...
, who focused on the graphics design, and
Masamichi Abe, who focused on the
game design
Game design is the art of applying design and aesthetics to create a game for entertainment or for educational, exercise, or experimental purposes. Increasingly, elements and principles of game design are also applied to other interactions, in ...
. Miyamoto and
Takashi Tezuka
is a Japanese video game designer, director, and video game producer, producer. He is a senior officer of Nintendo EPD and executive at Nintendo.
Career
Upon graduating the Design Department of Osaka University of Arts, he joined Nintendo in A ...
served as
producers. Hajime Wakai composed the
game soundtrack, while
Kazumi Totaka
is a Japanese video game composer and sound director who is best known for his various compositions in many Nintendo games. He occasionally does voice acting as well, including Yoshi from the ''Mario'' series. He also directed the development ...
served as the sound director; "
Totaka's Song" is hidden twice in the game as an
Easter egg
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. The 30-day time limit imposed in the original ''Pikmin'' was removed in order to allow players to explore the game world at a leisurely pace, which in turn increased the overall length of the game. Cooperative two-player gameplay within the main single player game was experimented, but it was found that it imposed limits on the overall game design. Multiplayer was thus relegated to a separate game mode.
''Pikmin 2'' was first released in Japan on April 29, 2004 and then in
North America
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,
Europe
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, and
Australasia
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later in the year.
Nintendo e-Reader
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cards compatible with ''Pikmin 2'' were released only in Japan, which contained additional
minigame
A minigame (also spelled mini game and mini-game, sometimes called a subgame or microgame) is a short game often contained within another video game. A minigame contains different gameplay elements, and is often smaller or more simplistic, than th ...
s. Many of the treasures feature
product placement for real-life brands such as
Duracell.
Re-release
In 2009 both ''Pikmin'' and ''Pikmin 2'' were re-released for the
Wii
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other Regional lockout, regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major ho ...
as part of the ''
New Play Control!
is a series of first-party GameCube titles porting, ported over to the Wii by Nintendo. Games in the ''New Play Control!'' series feature a number of enhancements, most notably the implementation of the Wii's unique motion controller, motion co ...
'' brand, a selection of
ported
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GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...
games with updated
Wii Remote
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controls. Although ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' was released in Japan, Europe, and Australia that year, it was not confirmed for a North American release until three years later in the June 2012 issue of ''
Nintendo Power
''Nintendo Power'' was a video game news and strategy magazine from Nintendo of America, first published in July/August 1988 as Nintendo's official print magazine for North America. The magazine's publication was initially done monthly by Ninten ...
'' and was later confirmed for a June 2012 release.
The North American
localization
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Biology
* Localization of function, locating psychological functions in the brain or nervous system; see Linguistic intelligence
* Localization of sensation, ability to tell what part of the body is a ...
of ''Pikmin 2''s Wii port was released as a
Nintendo Selects
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game along with the Nintendo Selects re-release of ''
Mario Power Tennis'' and is the penultimate Wii game to be published by Nintendo of America.
Reception
''Pikmin 2'' received critical acclaim, gaining an aggregate score of 89.44% on
GameRankings
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based on 58 reviews,
and an aggregate score of 90 on
Metacritic
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based on 54 reviews.
''GameSpot'' named it the best GameCube game of August 2004.
The February 2006 issue of ''
Nintendo Power
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'' rated the game as the 47th best game made on a Nintendo System in its Top 200 Games list, and was also rated 29th on ''
Official Nintendo Magazine
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Originally published by EMAP as '' ...
''s 100 greatest Nintendo games of all time. ''
GamePro
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'' labeled it one of the top five
GameCube
The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wii ...
games.
In 2020, ''
IGN
''IGN'' (formerly ''Imagine Games Network'') is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc. The company's headquarters is located in San Francisco's SoMa distri ...
'' placed the game at #6 on their list of "the top 20 GameCube games of all time".
Many critics considered the title to be superior to its predecessor ''
Pikmin
is a real-time strategy and puzzle video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and published by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin in order to collect items by destroying obstacles, avoiding ...
'', expressing that ''Pikmin 2'' addressed many problems or issues seen in the original game. The removal of the 30-day time limit originally used was applauded by many critics for increasing the game's longevity,
though Nintendo World Report had mixed opinions, feeling that the lack of urgency might encourage players to be "lazy."
The addition of a separate multiplayer mode was praised, though the lack of
LAN online-play was a disappointment to some.
''Pikmin 2''s strategic and puzzle-oriented gameplay was praised by many. The
artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...
of the Pikmin was noted by ''
GameSpot
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'' as improved over the original,
though ''IGN'' remarked on reoccurring shortcomings, such as Pikmin getting stuck behind walls or breaking away from the group.
The
graphics
Graphics () are visual images or designs on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, screen, paper, or stone, to inform, illustrate, or entertain. In contemporary usage, it includes a pictorial representation of data, as in design and manufacture ...
and presentation in ''Pikmin 2'' were highly praised; many critics felt that they were greatly improved over the original game. ''IGN'' stated that "it's highly refreshing to see a Nintendo-created game with such undeniably high production values," noting the "
photorealistic
Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium. Although the term can be ...
" environments,
particle effects
A particle system is a technique in game physics, motion graphics, and computer graphics that uses many minute sprites, 3D models, or other graphic objects to simulate certain kinds of "fuzzy" phenomena, which are otherwise very hard to repro ...
, character animation, and the observation that the game constantly runs at 30
frames-per-second.
GameSpot agreed, expressing that "from a performance viewpoint, ''Pikmin 2'' stands as an impressive achievement on the GameCube, especially since the improved visuals still move at a solid frame rate despite the increased detail."
Tom Bramwell of
Eurogamer
''Eurogamer'' is a British video game journalism website launched in 1999 and owned by alongside formed company Gamer Network. Its editor-in-chief is Martin Robinson.
Since 2008, it is known for the formerly eponymous games trade fair EGX ...
called ''Pikmin 2'' "relentlessly and giddily gorgeous."''
'' Other critics, such as ''
X-Play
''Xplay'' (previously ''GameSpot TV'' and ''Extended Play'') is a TV program about video games. The program, known for its reviews and comedy skits, airs on '' G4'' in the United States and had aired on ''G4 Canada'' in Canada (and briefly on Y ...
'', did not agree about the graphics, feeling the improvements were "marginal" at best.
In addition, many reviews voiced minor complaints regarding the game's
camera system
In 3D video games, a virtual camera system aims at controlling a camera or a set of cameras to display a view of a 3D virtual world. Camera systems are used in video games where their purpose is to show the action at the best possible angle; m ...
, which was often obstructed by large objects in the playing field when positioned at certain angles.''
''
The staff of ''X-Play'' nominated ''Pikmin 2'' for their 2004 "Best Strategy Game" award,
which ultimately went to ''
Rome: Total War''.
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