New Play Control! Pikmin

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The NPC cover for Pikmin

New Play Control! Pikmin is a re-release of Pikmin in the New Play Control! range of video-games. It was released in 2008 in Japan and 2009 everywhere else, and features a number of changes to the original game.

Changes

• The game now has widescreen support.
• A new control scheme allows control of the cursor by pointing at the screen with the Wii controller. Because of that, the player can now call the Pikmin at a greater distance.
• An updated save system allows the player to restart play from any previous day. Thus allowing the player to fix the Libra Glitch.
• Some sound effects are played by the Wii remote speaker.
• Enemy sound effects, 'voices' in particular, are different, notably more 'squeaky'.
• Only the "tails" of Pikmin spirits are blue, rather than being completely blue as they are in the Gamecube version.
• Yellow Pikmin holding bomb-rocks no longer drop them when whistled to. In addition, they will automatically try to run out of range of a planted bomb-rock's explosion or throw it at an enemy.
• The Enemy Reel is presented differently. The Enemy Reel plays as usual, but around the edges of the screen, five-petaled flowers are falling, in addition to what looks like snowflakes towards the end of the Enemy Reel.
• Pikmin last longer when on fire or drowning.
• The carrying numbers are like in Pikmin 2, which means they show the color of the onion they are carried to.

External Links

• Official New Play Control! Pikmin website (North American).
• Official Pikmin (Wii de Asobu) website (Japanese).
• Video Demo of the game.