Pikmin2 the game

Many fans are already wondering what else Nintendo might reveal, and a new rumor suggests that the company has big plans for Pikmin. Leak group LeakyPandy on Twitter claims that it has heard about a new series entry in development at Next Level Games, the team behind Luigi's Mansion 3. As with any Switch rumor, readers are advised to take this with a grain of salt until we receive official confirmation about the game from Nintendo.

Pikmin has never been a huge seller for Nintendo, but the series maintains a healthy and passionate following. Players can also fight against each other using their own army of Pikmin.

The mode is similar to Bingo Battle in Pikmin 3. The Japanese version of Pikmin 2 features e-Reader compatibility. Sets of Pikmin e-Reader cards were sold, which unlocked new mini-games.

This feature was not available in other regions, because the peripheral had been discontinued. The option on the bonuses menu of these versions was removed though it is still accessible through hacking and will work with a Japanese e-Reader. When the e-cards were first announced for Pikmin 2 , many people thought it was an announcement for a Game Boy Advance version of Pikmin 2.

The Red , Yellow and Blue Pikmin that debuted in the first game haven't changed, except for the Yellow Pikmin, who are no longer able to handle bomb-rocks which are all larger in this game , but are instead immune to the electrical hazards in the game.

Mushroom Pikmin are not seen in Pikmin 2 , and there are three new kinds of Pikmin that can be discovered in underground areas, which are:. Purple Pikmin are the first underground Pikmin and the second kind of Pikmin discovered in the game. They have a bulky appearance and have visible hairs on their head. Purple Pikmin are needed to carry the heavy Spherical Atlas in the cave, because Purples have 10 times the strength of an ordinary Pikmin. Their great weight means that they shake the ground upon landing from a throw , which can temporarily stun nearby enemies of most species that are on the ground.

Purples are also the strongest type of Pikmin, dealing the most damage in attacking enemies. They possess an advantage over other Pikmin when dealing with some bosses: for example, they can harm Giant Breadbugs and can make a Waterwraith vulnerable to attack by any Pikmin. White Pikmin are the second underground Pikmin and third type of Pikmin found in Pikmin 2. To find the game's first White Pikmin, the player must have more than 20 Purple Pikmin, to smash the paper bag in order to get to the White Flower Garden and progress to sublevel three, where the Ivory Candypop Buds are.

They are smaller than other Pikmin and have red eyes. The poison clouds produced by poison pipes and Doodlebugs will cause any other Pikmin to choke, but White Pikmin are immune to them. These Pikmin can locate buried items on their own, making them essential for unearthing buried treasure. They are also the fastest of the Pikmin, both in terms of carrying items and keeping up with the leader.

When eaten by an enemy, they poison their foe and cause it to lose some health ; smaller enemies are killed instantly. The downside is their weaker attack strength. Bulbmin are the last type of Pikmin the player may find. Bulbmin may look like Bulborbs, but they can be used like, and act similarly to, any other Pikmin. To retrieve small Bulbmin, one must defeat the larger Bulbmin and then call the small ones with a leader's whistle.

Bulbmin are immune to all the hazards on the planet except physical threats posed by enemies, but can't leave underground areas, making them a good choice to use in Candypop Buds. The Pikmin willingly follow his orders and imitate his movements, despite whatever fate may await them. Each species of Pikmin has weaknesses and strengths and all Pikmin must be used in cooperation in order to collect all of the missing ship parts.

These are the types of Pikmin encountered in this game. They are used to retrieve the Main Engine , since they are the only Pikmin he has at the time. Red Pikmin are resistant to fire and are the strongest of all the Pikmin found in the game. Besides their color, they can also distinguished from other Pikmin types with their pointed nose-like growth. Yellow Pikmin are the only Pikmin with the ability to carry bomb-rocks in this game , and can be thrown higher than normal.

The Yellow Pikmin's defining physical characteristic is their large ears. Blue Pikmin are the third and last kind of Pikmin found in the game. They are located in The Forest Navel. Blue Pikmin are the only species of Pikmin that can move around in bodies of water, thanks to their gills. When non-blue Pikmin fall in the water, blue Pikmin will run to them and throw them out of the water, saving their lives.

The explorable area of the planet is split into five different areas. After 1, 5, 12 and 29 ship parts are recovered, the S. Dolphin receives an upgrade, which allows it to fly to an additional area.

The following list of areas is ordered from the first one unlocked to the last. Ship parts are what the player needs to collect in order to advance with the game. There are thirty in total, and they can upgrade the S. Dolphin once certain amounts of parts are recovered. Each ship part is unique, and five of them are not mandatory for Olimar to succeed in his escape. There are a number of creatures in the planet that are enemies to the Pikmin. They are mostly predators, although almost all of them can be killed by large armies of Pikmin.

Players control the game with a GameCube controller. In-game, they take control of Olimar, and if he has any Pikmin on his group, he can control them to some degree by shifting the group's position, dismissing them, or throwing them. The player is also given some control over the camera. During development of the GameCube , a tech demo was created that showed off multiple Marios , under the title Super Mario This demo demonstrated the console's ability to have several dozens of individual objects on-screen at once.

This concept was later recycled and lead to the creation of Pikmin. While experimenting with the idea for a game, Nintendo came up with a concept of a god game.

According to an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, it would feature the player character as a god, looking over two humans — then called Adam and Eve — that would develop by themselves. The Ship proceeds to absorb the bottle cap and values it at x, leading to the President sending Olimar and Louie back to the Distant Planet to collect more treasures. When they arrive Louie falls out of the cockpit. Luckily, Olimar reunites with Louie beginning their quest for treasure.

The gameplay of Pikmin 2 is similar to the series' first game with a few changes. The Y Button no longer opens up the map of the current area anymore; instead, it is accessed via the start button. The Y Button is now used to switch control between two currently available pilots, allowing the player to multi-task, introducing a strategic aspect. Unlike the first game, this one has an endless amount of days in which to complete all objectives.

You also cannot get a game over by Pikmin extinction or losing your health. At the end of a day, the nocturnal enemies of the planet awaken, posing an impossible threat, and any Pikmin left behind are killed. After the ship has risen into a low orbit, it is possible to view the treasures salvaged that day, the current Pikmin count, and an E-mail sent by various characters.

There are two new hazards introduced in Pikmin 2 : electricity and poison. The majority of obstacles are present again, along with new obstacles, such as electric gates and Paper Bags. Red , Yellow and Blue Pikmin are stored in Onions , while purples and whites are stored in the ship's hull, due to their being produced through appropriate Candypop Buds , thus having no respective Onions.

There is a general consensus that the overall atmosphere of Pikmin 2 is different to that of the first game; the feelings of being rushed and isolation prevalent throughout in Pikmin have been lessened. In the first game, Captain Olimar was stranded, alone, on a foreign planet, with a limited number of days to survive.

It can be concluded, then, that it is Pikmin 2' s absence of a time limit, the addition of Louie as a companion and the daily E-mails that achieve this. The Japanese version of Pikmin 2 featured e-Reader compatibility.