2-Player Battle

2-Player Battle menu screen.

2-Player Mode is a new mode introduced in Pikmin 2. There are two players, Captain Olimar and Louie. Olimar has Red Pikmin and Louie has Blue Pikmin. 2-Player Mode takes place in underground areas and each have an Onion for their type of Pikmin, near which is a similarly-colored marble, which is vital to the game. There are four ways to win (see below), and ten different areas to play on, ranging in difficulty. Returning a cherry to your Onion will allow you a spin of the roulette wheel.

Ways to win

• Take 4 yellow marbles to your Onion
• Take your opponent's marble to your Onion
• Pikmin Extinction
• Olimar/Louie is down!

Maps

• Battle Field
• War Path
• Carpet Plane
• Angle Maze
• Colosseum
• Rusty Gulch
• Brawl Yard
• Tile Lands
• Dim Labyrinth
• Hostile Territory

Roulette Wheel

The Roulette Wheel can be accessed when you find a cherry and a pikmin successfully takes it back to your Onion. You will have access to 12 different powers that benfit you, disadvantage your opponent or both. When you defeat enemies that are created upon a spin of the roulette wheel by either player, their bodies cannot be carried to the Onion because they disappear after having been defeated. Also, if you wait for a minute or two, the enemy will simply die on its own. Here are the 12 options that can be gained by a roulette spin:

• Ultra-Spicy Spray: gain one dose of Ultra-Spicy Spray.
• Ultra-Bitter Spray: gain one dose of Ultra-Bitter Spray.
• Volatile Dweevil: a Volatile Dweevil will fall near your opponent.
• Fiery/Watery Blowhog: a Fiery Blowhog will appear near Louie's Onion or a Watery Blowhog will appear near Olimar's Onion.
• Withering Blowhog: a Withering Blowhog will appear near your opponent's Onion.
• Swooping Snitchbug: a Swooping Snitchbug will appear near your opponent's Onion.
• Marble: your marble, if above ground, will bounce all the way back to your Onion, whether it is near or far.
• Boulders: several boulders will drop near your opponent.
• Flower: all of your Pikmin that are not planted in the ground will bloom into flowers.
• +5 Sprouts: you gain five Pikmin sprouts if you have less than 50.
• +10 Sprouts: you gain ten Pikmin sprouts if you have less than 50.
• Ghost: you become invisible to your opponent for a limited amount of time (they can see only the dust from your footsteps).

Pikmin Arithmetic

Enemies found underground in Story Mode are also in 2-Player Mode; here is how many sprouts they are worth:

• Snow Bulborb: 4 sprouts
• Dwarf Orange Bulborb: 4 sprouts
• Breadbug: 4 sprouts
• Anode Beetle: 5 sprouts
• Careening Dirigibug: 8 sprouts