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[[File:P2 Lost Toy Box Sublevel 1.png|thumb|The [[Lost Toy Box]].]]

'''Challenge Mode''' ({{j|チャレンジモード|Charenji Mōdo|Challenge Mode}}) is an alternative game mode in ''[[Pikmin 2]]''. It takes place in many special [[cave]]s, and the player will need to collect [[The Key]] in each sublevel in order to open the hole to the next one, or in the case of the last sublevel, the [[geyser]] that finishes the cave. It is unrelated to [[Pikmin (game)|the first game]]'s [[Challenge Mode (Pikmin)|Challenge Mode]].

All stages have a time limit (in units; each unit represents two seconds), and players must finish the current sublevel before time runs out, or they fail the challenge. Every time a new sublevel is entered, some more units of time are added to the existing amount. Although the goal is to just complete the last sublevel, players are also given a [[#Scoring|score]] based on how well they performed. The game keeps track of the high scores for each stage, and on top of recording the completion of a level (which marks it with a white flower), the player can also receive a pink flower ranking for that cave if they beat it without a single Pikmin death (or Pikmin sprout left behind).

There are 30 stages in all, each with a specific amount of starting Pikmin, sprays, time limits, etc. During gameplay, the player has access to only one [[Exploration Kit]] perk: the [[Five-man Napsack]].

P2 Cave of Snarls Puffy Blowhog.png|[[Cave of Snarls]]|link=Cave of Snarls

P2 Hidden Garden Unmarked Spectralids.png|[[Hidden Garden]]|link=Hidden Garden

P2 Breeding Ground Queen Candypop Bud.png|[[Breeding Ground]]|link=Breeding Ground

P2 Cave of Pain Hairy Bulborb.png|[[Cave of Pain]]|link=Cave of Pain

P2 Bully Den Waterwraith.png|[[Bully Den]]|link=Bully Den

P2 Sniper Room Decorated Cannon Beetle.png|[[Sniper Room]]|link=Sniper Room

P2 Emperor's Realm Bulborbs.png|[[Emperor's Realm]]|link=Emperor's Realm

Co-op is a variation of Challenge Mode with two players. As with [[2-Player Battle]], player one controls [[Captain Olimar|Olimar]] on the top half of the screen, and player two controls Louie on the bottom half of the screen. The spray counter on the [[HUD]] shows the same value for both screens, seeing as the sprays are shared, i.e. if one player uses a [[spray]], it'll be depleted on the counter of both players' screens. Other than this, co-op is completely identical to regular Challenge Mode.

==Unlocking==

To unlock Challenge Mode, the player needs to collect [[The Key]] from the final floor of the [[Citadel of Spiders]] in the [[Perplexing Pool]], in [[Story Mode]]. Doing this once and saving the game will unlock Challenge Mode permanently, even if the player deletes that Story Mode [[Saved game|save file]].

 

 

By completing all 30 levels with a pink flower (with no Pikmin losses), a [[Cutscene#Louie's Dark Secret|secret cutscene]] will be unlocked, and can be viewed from the [[bonuses menu]].

 

The final score the player receives depends on the amount of Pokos gathered, the amount of Pikmin that survived at the end, and the amount of time left on the timer before leaving. If the run is ended because a [[leader]] lost all his [[health]] or because the timer ran out, then the number of Pikmin and time remaining will be set to 0 when tallying up the score. The final score value is obtained by summing the three factors, but the number of Pokos and number of remaining Pikmin are multiplied by 10, as detailed in the following formula:

 

 

P2 Challenge Mode Menu.png|The [[Challenge Mode menu]].

P2 Emperor's Realm Bulborbs.png|The Emperor's Realm.

P2 Twilight Garden Beady Long Legs.png|Fighting a Beady Long Legs in the Twilight Garden.