New Play Control! Pikmin 2: Difference between revisions

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'''''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''''' is a re-release of {{p2}} for the [[Wii]], as part of the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' range of video games. It was released in Japan, Europe, and Australia in 2009, and in North America in 2012, and features a number of changes to the original game, mainly in its [[controls]].

Unlike the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|first game's Wii version]], the [[:Category:Boxart images|box art]] for every [[region]] is the same as for the [[GameCube]] releases, within a ''New Play Control!'' border; the cover, however, may be turned over and replaced to show the full size cover. In North America, it was released as part of [[Nintendo Selects]], so it has a different border to releases in other places.

* The Nintendo logo before the title screen is white.

* The cursor was graphically changed to look the same as in [[New Play Control! Pikmin|the previous ''New Play Control!'' title]].

* Arrows appear when [[swarm]]ing.

* In the GameCube game, the US and European versions have extra instrumentation for the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Wistful Wild|Wistful Wild's sunset theme]] (even if they only play on the first loop). None of the ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' regional versions have this, though.

* The [[Man-at-Legs]] is invincible while rising from the ground.

* [[Throw]]n flower Pikmin now fall at the same speed as leaf or bud Pikmin, instead of falling slower.

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* This game follows the European [[Region|version]]'s rename of [[Wollywog]]s, [[Yellow Wollywog]]s and [[Wogpole]]s to Wollyhops, Yellow Wollyhops and Wolpoles, respectively, started by ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''. This change does not happen in the European version ''Pikmin 2'' for the [[GameCube]], but stuck for the European version of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is presumed that it took place due to Nintendo assuming British players would find the term "wog" offensive.

* The [[Menu#Title screen|title screen]]'s copyright information has been updated from "© 2004 Nintendo" to "© 2004-2009 Nintendo".

*On the [[Menu#Options|options menu]], the language, [[rumble]] and sound mode options have been removed.

*In the Japanese [[region|version]] exclusively, there is an extra [[cutscene|attraction mode cutscene]] with ''[[Ai no Uta]]'' as the song.

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On {{date|15|December|2016}}, this game was made available as an eShop download for the [[Wii U]] Virtual Console in Europe. It only became available on the North American eShop on {{date|30|March}} of the year after. Finally, it became available for Japan's Virtual Console eShop on {{date|20|June|2017}}. The Japanese version of the game is only available in Japanese, while the American version is available in English, American Spanish, and Canadian French, and the European version of the game is available in English, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish.

The first version of this port was released in Japan, and uses Japanese text. Later, the game got released in Europe and Oceania, in a different version, that uses European-language scripts. Finally, the game also got released in North America, in a version that uses only English text. Besides languages, each of these versions have some miscellaneous differences, with the most important one being the list of [[treasure]]s. Most of the treasures are the exact same, but a few got changed to better fit each region's culture.

{{see also|Promotional material}}